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|title=Nebraska, Homestead Records from Nebraska City and Lincoln Land Offices, 1863-1908}} | |title=Nebraska, Homestead Records from Nebraska City and Lincoln Land Offices, 1863-1908}} | ||
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== Collection Time Period == | == Collection Time Period == | ||
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== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
This collection includes homestead entry case files and land entry case files. The records are arranged by final certificate number. They are from the Bureau of Land Management. The homestead entry case files include | This collection includes homestead entry case files and land entry case files. The records are arranged by final certificate number. They are from the Bureau of Land Management. The homestead entry case files include documents required to qualify for a homestead such as: | ||
<gallery | *applications | ||
*petitions | |||
*affidavits | |||
Many immigrants also included their naturalization certificates with their application. | |||
=== Record Content === | |||
<gallery perrow="3" heights="120px" widths="160px" caption="United States Homestead Record Examples"> | |||
Image:Nebraska Lincoln Land Office United States Homestead Records (09-0176) Application DGS 4568014.jpg | Image:Nebraska Lincoln Land Office United States Homestead Records (09-0176) Application DGS 4568014.jpg | ||
Image:Nebraska Lincoln Land Office United States Homestead Records (09-0176) Proof DGS 4568014_14-15.jpg | Image:Nebraska Lincoln Land Office United States Homestead Records (09-0176) Proof DGS 4568014_14-15.jpg | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
The key genealogical facts found in most final certificates and homestead patents are: | |||
*Date | |||
*Application and final certificate numbers | |||
*Name of applicant | |||
*Description and location of land | |||
== How to Use the Record == | == How to Use the Record == | ||
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. For example: | When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. For example: | ||
*Use the name, location and date to find the family in census records | |||
*Use the description and location of land to find the family in land records | |||
*Use the description and location of land to find the family in probate records | |||
If you are unable to find the ancestors you are looking for, check for nearby land owners with similar or variant spellings of the surnames. | |||
== Record History == | == Record History == | ||
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=== Contributions to This Article === | === Contributions to This Article === | ||
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== Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections == | == Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections == | ||
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== Sources of Information for This Collection == | == Sources of Information for This Collection == | ||
<!--bibdescbegin-->Homestead Final Certificates | <!--bibdescbegin-->Nebraska. Homestead Final Certificates. RG 49. National Archives and Records Administration, Bureau of Land Management General Land Office, Washington DC.<!--bibdescend--> | ||
[[Category:Nebraska|Land and Property]] | [[Category:Nebraska|Land and Property]] | ||