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'''Variation over time.''' Case file contents varied over time. Case files before 1840 usually listed only the entryman, location, acreage, price, date, and place of the land entry. After 1840 case files often contain the entryman's age, place of birth, citizenship, military service, literacy, economic status, and similar information about family members.<ref>Hawkins, 1-2.</ref> | '''Variation over time.''' Case file contents varied over time. Case files before 1840 usually listed only the entryman, location, acreage, price, date, and place of the land entry. After 1840 case files often contain the entryman's age, place of birth, citizenship, military service, literacy, economic status, and similar information about family members.<ref>Hawkins, 1-2.</ref> | ||
:*An example 1880-1886 De Smet, South Dakota homestead case file for the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder | :*An example 24-page 1880-1886 De Smet, South Dakota homestead case file for the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder of ''Little House on the Prairie '' is on the Internet at [http://www.ingallshomestead.com/history.html Ingalls Homestead].<br> | ||
'''Land descriptions.''' Case file land descriptions use the terminology of the [[Rectangular surveys|rectangular survey]] system, including sections, townships, and ranges. | '''Land descriptions.''' Case file land descriptions use the terminology of the [[Rectangular surveys|rectangular survey]] system, including sections, townships, and ranges. | ||