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The process of obtaining private title to government land is called land entry. Settlers could acquire land in several ways: | The process of obtaining private title to government land is called land entry. Settlers could acquire land in several ways: | ||
'''Donation land '''could be claimed by individuals who settled and cultivated land before 1855. The Family History Library has a register with indexes and abstracts of the ''Washington Donation Land Claims 1855-1902'' ('''Family History Library''' film 418160). This identifies each claim by name, local office, and certificate number. It can be used to locate the original file. The original files for 1851-1903 are at the National Archives and on microfilm at the National Archives—Pacific Northwest Region (Seattle) at http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/ and at the Family History Library (on 108 Family History Library films beginning with film 1028543). | '''Donation land '''could be claimed by individuals who settled and cultivated land before 1855. The Family History Library has a register with indexes and abstracts of the ''Washington Donation Land Claims 1855-1902'' ('''Family History Library''' film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=47803&disp=Abstracts+of+Washington+donation+land+cl++ 418160]). This identifies each claim by name, local office, and certificate number. It can be used to locate the original file. The original files for 1851-1903 are at the National Archives and on microfilm at the National Archives—Pacific Northwest Region (Seattle) at http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/ and at the Family History Library (on 108 Family History Library films beginning with film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=18339&disp=Oregon+and+Washington+donation+land+file++ 1028543]). | ||
'''Cash entries '''were granted for cash payment for the land. Anyone who was twenty-one years old or was a head of household (including widows) could purchase up to 160 acres of land. | '''Cash entries '''were granted for cash payment for the land. Anyone who was twenty-one years old or was a head of household (including widows) could purchase up to 160 acres of land. | ||
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Washington State Archives: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/ <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | Washington State Archives: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/ <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Washington.ASP Washington Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Washington.ASP Washington Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ||
[[Category:Washington]] | [[Category:Washington]] | ||