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 '''To obtain the patent application papers''' (case files) follow the instructions called “[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara National Archives and Records Administration Land Entry Case Files]” on the Internet at http//:[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara]
+== Other Sources for Finding Land Patents ==
+*The BLM Eastern States Office has an index to all patents issued after 30 June 1908.
+:Eastern States Office
+:7450 Boston Boulevard
+:Springfield, VA 22153
+:Telephone: 703-440-1600
+:Fax: 703-440-1609
+:Internet: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
+*The Family History Library and the Eastern States Office have an incomplete card file that indexes pre-1908 patents issued in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, and Wisconsin. These are on 160 microfilms.
+:United States. Bureau of Land Management. Card Files. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Land Management, [19--]. (FHL films 1501522-681.)
+*The pre-1908 land patents are also being indexed and placed on compact discs for computers. The Family History Library and other repositories have copies for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. They are found in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under [STATE] - LAND AND PROPERTY.
+*Indexes for the same states along with Missouri are available on the Internet. For an information packet, telephone the Bureau of Land Management at 703-440-1564.
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