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Applications may include final certificates, applications with land descriptions, affidavits showing proof of citizenship, Register and Receiver receipts, notices | Applications may include final certificates, applications with land descriptions, affidavits showing proof of citizenship, Register and Receiver receipts, notices, newspaper clippings, and testimonies of witnesses (neighbors), or even family Bible records. | ||
Between 1862 and 1986 about 10 percent of all land in the United States, 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi), were transferred from federal to private control through 1.6 million granted homesteads.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “About the Homestead Act” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | Between 1862 and 1986 about 10 percent of all land in the United States, 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi), were transferred from federal to private control through 1.6 million granted homesteads.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “About the Homestead Act” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | ||
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Mailing Address:<br>Box 1828<br>Cheyenne, WY 82003 | Mailing Address:<br>Box 1828<br>Cheyenne, WY 82003 | ||
You will need a legal description of the land to search these files effectively. | You will need a legal description of the land to search these files effectively. See the '''[[Homestead Records]]''' Wiki page for instructions about using the online GLO-BLM Land Patent Search to find this description and obtain application files. | ||
A large section of land was granted to the Union Pacific Railroad, which then sold it to settlers through its own land offices. Many of the records of these transactions were destroyed in a fire. The Burlington Railroad also sold land. Microfilm copies of these records are at the Nebraska State Historical Society. | A large section of land was granted to the Union Pacific Railroad, which then sold it to settlers through its own land offices. Many of the records of these transactions were destroyed in a fire. The Burlington Railroad also sold land. Microfilm copies of these records are at the Nebraska State Historical Society. | ||