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To locate the land-entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to tell you the legal description of the land from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area concerned. | To locate the land-entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to tell you the legal description of the land from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area concerned. | ||
An online index is available for those that completed the homestead process to patent (original deeds from the government) at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management] | An online index is available for those that completed the homestead process to patent (original deeds from the government) at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Bureau of Land Management]. | ||
For original patents and copies of tract books and township plats, contact the Bureau of Land Management, | For original patents and copies of tract books and township plats, contact the Bureau of Land Management, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson, ND 58601, Telephone: 701-227-7700. [https://www.blm.gov/office/north-dakota-field-office North Dakota Bureau of Land Management] | ||
The National Archives has the original homestead entry files, cash entry files, tract books, and township plats. See [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives and Records Administration]] for address and telephone. Records of the local land offices are also at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Township plats are also at the North Dakota Water Commission, 900 East Boulevard, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0850, Telephone: 701-328-2750, Fax: 701-328-3696.<br>Email: [https://www.swc.nd.gov/theswc/contactus.html Contact list]<br> | The National Archives has the original homestead entry files, cash entry files, tract books, and township plats. See [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives and Records Administration]] for address and telephone. Records of the local land offices are also at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Township plats are also at the North Dakota Water Commission, 900 East Boulevard, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0850, Telephone: 701-328-2750, Fax: 701-328-3696.<br>Email: [https://www.swc.nd.gov/theswc/contactus.html Contact list]<br> | ||