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===== Obtaining incomplete case files ===== | ===== Obtaining incomplete case files ===== | ||
Only about 40 percent of entrymen completed the filing process and received their patent from 1820 to 1908. Case files prior to 1820, and unfinished case files that did not receive a patent may have as much genealogical information as those with patents which are indexed. Tract books may help find the case file information needed to retrieve records of the 60 percent of entrymen who never completed the process. | Only about 40 percent of entrymen completed the filing process and received their patent from 1820 to 1908. Case files prior to 1820, and unfinished case files that did not receive a patent may have as much genealogical information as those with patents which are indexed. Tract books may help find the unindexed case file information needed to retrieve records of the 60 percent of entrymen who never completed the process, or who filed before 1820. | ||
===== Tract books ===== | ===== Tract books ===== | ||