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*"Register Cliff" Oregon Genealogical Society Quarterly 24 (Summer, 1986):19-20; (Fall, 1986): 4-5. FHL 979.5 D25o | *"Register Cliff" Oregon Genealogical Society Quarterly 24 (Summer, 1986):19-20; (Fall, 1986): 4-5. FHL 979.5 D25o | ||
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* Jim Topkins. "The Law of the Land:What the emigrant needs to know about claiming land at the end of the Oregon Trail." Overland Journal (Fall, 2001): 81-112. | |||
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'''The federal Donation Act of 1850''' encouraged settlement of Oregon Territory by granting 320 acres to white male citizens, or those who intended to become citizens, who settled on the land prior to 1 December 1850. Wives were eligible for an additional 320 acres. White male citizens who arrived between 1 December 1850 and 1 December 1853 could apply for 160 acres, with wives receiving an equivalent amount. The act further provided for similar grants to those of mixed Indian-white parentage who were already in the territory; and it required settlers who had staked claims previously to refile them. Amendments in 1853 and 1854 cut the residency-cultivation requirement in half and extended the filing date to April 1855 | '''The federal Donation Act of 1850''' encouraged settlement of Oregon Territory by granting 320 acres to white male citizens, or those who intended to become citizens, who settled on the land prior to 1 December 1850. Wives were eligible for an additional 320 acres. White male citizens who arrived between 1 December 1850 and 1 December 1853 could apply for 160 acres, with wives receiving an equivalent amount. The act further provided for similar grants to those of mixed Indian-white parentage who were already in the territory; and it required settlers who had staked claims previously to refile them. Amendments in 1853 and 1854 cut the residency-cultivation requirement in half and extended the filing date to April 1855 | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1852047?availability=Fresno%20California%20Family%20History%20Center David C. Duniway. Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims: abstracted from applications. 5 volumes. Portland,Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1957-1975. FHL 975.R2gfpo] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1852047?availability=Fresno%20California%20Family%20History%20Center David C. Duniway. Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims: abstracted from applications. 5 volumes. Portland,Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1957-1975. FHL 975.R2gfpo] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/217794?availability=Family%20History%20Library Oregon State Archives, comp. Index to Oregon Donation Land Claims. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum, 1953-1957.] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/217794?availability=Family%20History%20Library Oregon State Archives, comp. Index to Oregon Donation Land Claims. Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum, 1953-1957.] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/259481?availability=Family%20History%20Library Abstracts of Oregon Donation Land Claims, 1852-1903, 7 rolls, National Archives Microfilm Publication, M145] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/259481?availability=Family%20History%20Library Abstracts of Oregon Donation Land Claims, 1852-1903, 7 rolls, National Archives Microfilm Publication, M145] | ||
=== County level land records === | === County level land records === | ||