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'''Follow-up sources.''' Then use the new information from the tract book to help find further records. For example: | '''Follow-up sources.''' Then use the new information from the tract book to help find further records. For example: | ||
:*'''Case files.''' Every entry in a tract book should have a corresponding [[Land entry case files|case file]]. Use the tract book information to order copies of the land entry case files from the National Archives. For $50 the National Archives will copy a land entry case file if you properly complete [http://www.archives.gov/forms/pdf/natf-84.pdf | :*'''Case files.''' Every entry in a tract book should have a corresponding [[Land entry case files|case file]]. Use the tract book information to order copies of the land entry case files from the National Archives. For $50 the National Archives will copy a land entry case file if you properly complete [http://www.archives.gov/forms/pdf/natf-84.pdf Form NATF-084] (pdf) and submit it. They prefer online orders but will accept mail orders. Instructions are on the form. | ||
:*'''Other related files.''' Case files are usually only part of the iceberg. Patents, warrants, surveys, and newspaper notifications are among the kinds of records that '''''may ''''' be found outside of case files. Look for extra land records at the federal, state, or county levels. | :*'''Other related files.''' Case files are usually only part of the iceberg. Patents, warrants, surveys, and newspaper notifications are among the kinds of records that '''''may ''''' be found outside of case files. Look for extra land records at the federal, state, or county levels. | ||
:*'''Disposal of the property.''' Find out how your ancestor disposed of the property as a way of finding clues about possible relatives. For example, your ancestor may have sold or given land to his or her heirs before death, or the heirs may have sold the land after the individual died. For daughters, the names of their husbands are often provided. For sons, the given names of their wives may be included. Heirs may have sold their interest in the land to another heir even though the record may not indicate this. | :*'''Disposal of the property.''' Find out how your ancestor disposed of the property as a way of finding clues about possible relatives. For example, your ancestor may have sold or given land to his or her heirs before death, or the heirs may have sold the land after the individual died. For daughters, the names of their husbands are often provided. For sons, the given names of their wives may be included. Heirs may have sold their interest in the land to another heir even though the record may not indicate this. | ||