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| RW_URL_02 =[https://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf NARA Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office]   
| RW_URL_02 =[https://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf NARA Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office]   
| RW_URL_03 =[http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ National Archives Land Records]   
| RW_URL_03 =[http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ National Archives Land Records]   
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| RW_URL_04 =[http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/049.html National Archives Records of the Bureau of Land Management]   
| RW_URL_05 =[http://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/land-entry-alliance.html?sort=fname National Archives Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files]
| RW_URL_05 =[http://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/land-entry-alliance.html?sort=fname National Archives Index to Cancelled, Rejected, and Relinquished Land Entry Files] Alliance, NE ca. 1869-1950
| RW_URL_06 = [https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records]
| RW_URL_06 = [https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records]  
| RW_URL_07 = [https://www.archives.gov/research/land/land-records Land Entry Case Files and Related Records]
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== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
This collection consists of canceled and relinquished case files of land entries that progressed from an application to an allowed entry, but were later canceled by the General Land Office (GLO) in Washington D.C., or relinquished by the entryman from 1861-1932.  Application files could be for homesteads, mining claims or land preemptions. A file may contain the original entry application, correspondence between the officials of the district (local) land offices, receipts for fees paid, public notices, affidavits and witness statements, proof of military service, the entryman’s (a settler or person making a land claim) naturalization records, and documents concerning the cancelation or relinquishment of the entry.


This collection consists of canceled and relinquished case files of land entries that progressed from an application to an allowed entry, but were later canceled by the General Land Office (GLO) in Washington D.C., or relinquished by the entryman from 1861-1932. Application files could be for homesteads, mining claims or land preemptions. A file may contain the original entry application, correspondence between the officials of the district (local) land offices, receipts for fees paid, public notices, affidavits and witness statements, proof of military service, the entryman’s (a settler or person making a land claim) naturalization records, and documents concerning the cancelation or relinquishment of the entry. <br><br>
The initial point of contact between a settler and the government was a district land office. A District Land Office was staffed by a Register and a Receiver. The Register was responsible for land entry papers until they were sent to the GLO, and for maintaining the tract and register books and other records relating to claims. The Receiver handled the money involved in land claims.


The initial point of contact between a settler and the government was a district land office. A District Land Office was staffed by a Register and a Receiver. The Register was responsible for land entry papers until they were sent to the GLO, and for maintaining the tract and register books and other records relating to claims. The Receiver handled the money involved in land claims. <br><br>
A person wanting to make an entry of any type went to the Register of the local land office and filed his claim upon the public domain (available public lands). Some types of claims, such as cash entries, were settled quickly; other claims required several proofs over time. When all the legal requirements for title to the claimed land had been satisfied, a final certificate was issued by the Register to the entryman, and all papers regarding the claim were sent to the GLO. If all the was found to be in order a patent (title) was prepared and sent to the Register for delivery to the entryman. Case files where a final certificate or title was issued were removed by the land office and sent to the GLO.
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A person wanting to make an entry of any type went to the Register of the local land office and filed his claim upon the public domain (available public lands). Some types of claims, such as cash entries, were settled quickly; other claims required several proofs over time. When all the legal requirements for title to the claimed land had been satisfied, a final certificate was issued by the Register to the entryman, and all papers regarding the claim were sent to the GLO. If all the was found to be in order a patent (title) was prepared and sent to the Register for delivery to the entryman. Case files where a final certificate or title was issued were removed by the land office and sent to the GLO.  
'''Local Land Offices included in this Collection are shown in the [[#Coverage Table|Coverage Table]] below.'''


Local Land Offices included in this Collection are shown in a [[#Coverage Table|Coverage Table]] in the Collection Contents Section below.
''' Related Publications '''
*[https://www.archives.gov/files/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf Kenneth Hawkins, comp. '' Research in Land Entry Files of the General Land Office.'' NARA Reference Information Paper 114]
*Roberta King.'' Homestead records: Cancelled, contested, and relinquished entries.'' NGS Magazine 34 #1 (January-March, 2008): 46-49.  


*''' Homestead National Historical Park'''
===To Browse This Collection===
*[https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/homesteading-by-the-state.htm Homesteading by the State]
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*[https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/researcher-information.htm Researcher Information]
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*[https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/requesting-homestead-records.htm Requesting Homestead Records]
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*''' Bureau of Land Management'''
*[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx General Land Office Records]
 
=== Index and Image Visibility ===
{{Image Visibility}}
 
=== To Browse This Collection ===
{{Collection_Browse_Link |CID=CID2170637 |title=United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932 }}


== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==
The records usually include:  
The following information may be found in these records:
*Name of applicant  
*Name of applicant  
*Date  
*Date  
*Description and location of land
*Description and location of land
== Collection Contents ==
== Collection Contents ==
=== Sample Images ===
=== Sample Images ===
<gallery perrow="3" heights="120px" widths="160px">
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Cancelled Claim DGS 100528846_2.jpg|1908 Cancelled Claim
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Homestead Application page 2 DGS 100114617_14.jpg|1908 Homestead Application page 1
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Homestead Application page 2 DGS 100114617_15.jpg|1908 Homestead Application page 2
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Homestead Affidavit DGS 100528846_5.jpg|1908 Homestead Affidavit
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Non-Mineral Affidavit DGS 100528846_6.jpg|1908 Non-Mineral Affidavit
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) General Land Office Register DGS 100528846_11.jpg|1910 Land Office Register
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Power of Attorney DGS 100528846_13.jpg|1909 Power of Attorney
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Relinquisment DGS 100114617_9.jpg|1909 Relinquisment
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Affidavit of Contest page 1DGS 100114617_10.jpg|1909 Affidavit of Contest page 1
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Affidavit of Contest page 2 DGS 100114617_11.jpg|1909 Affidavit of Contest page 2
</gallery>


<gallery perrow="3" heights="120px" widths="160px" caption="Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files: Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Record Examples">
=== Coverage Table ===
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Cancelled Claim DGS 100528846_2.jpg|Cancelled Claim
This table lists the land offices included in this collection. The link in the NAID column will open a new window where you can see the National Archives Catalog record for that item.
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Homestead Application page 2 DGS 100114617_14.jpg|Homestead Application page 1
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Homestead Application page 2 DGS 100114617_15.jpg|Homestead Application page 2
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Homestead Affidavit DGS 100528846_5.jpg|Homestead Affidavit
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Non-Mineral Affidavit DGS 100528846_6.jpg|Non-Mineral Affidavit
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) General Land Office Register DGS 100528846_11.jpg|Land Office Register
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Power of Attorney DGS 100528846_13.jpg|Power of Attorney
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Relinquisment DGS 100114617_9.jpg|Relinquisment
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Affidavit of Contest page 1DGS 100114617_10.jpg|Affidavit of Contest page 1
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Affidavit of Contest page 2 DGS 100114617_11.jpg|Affidavit of Contest page 2
</gallery>
 
===Coverage Table===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Land Offices Included in the Collection: !!  !!  !! !!  
! State !! District Land Office !! Collection Years !! Image Range !! NAID  
|-
| State  || District Land Office || Collection Years || Image Range || NAID  
|-
| Kansas ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
|  || Dodge City || 1894-1919 || 1-14686 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584041 584041]
|-
|-
| || Topeka || || 1-5599 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584006 584006]
| Kansas || Dodge City || 1894-1919 || 1-14686 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584041 584041]
|-
|-
| Nebraska || ||  || ||  
| Kansas || Topeka ||  || 1-5599 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584006 584006]
|-
|-
| || Alliance || 1908-1932 || 1-21534 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584054 584054]
| Nebraska || [https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/land-entry-alliance.html Alliance] Name Index || 1908-1932 || 1-21534 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584054 584054]
|-
|-
| || Broken Bow || 1908-1913 || 3-12569 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584158 584158]
| Nebraska || [https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/land-entry-broken-bow.html Broken Bow] Name Index || 1908-1913 || 3-12569 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584158 584158]
|-
|-
| || Lincoln || 1905-1920 || 3-3051 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584169 584169]
| Nebraska || [https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/land-entry-lincoln.html Lincoln] Name Index || 1905-1920 || 3-3051 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584169 584169]
|-
|-
| || North Platte || 1902-1922 || 1-6576 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584161 584161]
| Nebraska || [https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/land-entry-north-platte North Platte] Name Index || 1902-1922 || 1-6576 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584161 584161]
|-
|-
| || O'Neill || 1900-1914 || 2-4590 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584170 584170]
| Nebraska || [https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/land-entry-oneill.html O'Neill] Name Index || 1900-1914 || 2-4590 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584170 584170]
|-
|-
| || Valentine || 1909-1918 || 1-10156 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584151 584151]
| Nebraska || [https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/land-entry-valentine.html Valentine] Name Index || 1909-1918 || 1-10156 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584151 584151]
|-
|-
| ||  || 1908-1932 || 18287-18410 ||  
| Nebraska ||  || 1908-1932 || 18287-18410 ||  
|}
|}
See Also:
*[[United States, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Offices - Coverage Table]]


== How Do I Search This Collection? ==
== How Do I Search This Collection? ==
You can view the images in this Collection. Before using this collection, it is helpful to know:
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
*The name of the applicant
*The name of the applicant
*The approximate date of application
*The approximate date of application
 
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Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]].
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== What Do I Do Next? ==
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Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members. 
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? ===
 
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*If available, check the image for additional information
*Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family
*Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family
*[[Nebraska Church Records|Church Records]] often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? ===
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=== Research Helps ===
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=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/766994 E. Wade Hone, ''Land & property research in the United States'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Publishing, c1997 FS Library 973 R27h]
*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2352754 Kansas, Ford County, land entry case files, 1894-1919]
*Search the indexes and records of [[Nebraska, United States Genealogy]] or [[Kansas, United States Genealogy]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2261318 Shawnee County, land entry case files, 1861-1925]
*Search in the [[Nebraska Archives and Libraries]] or [[Kansas Archives and Libraries]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2506141 Nebraska. Box Butte County, land entry case files, 1908-1932]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2623579 Nebraska. Cherry County, land entry case files, 1909-1918]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2530912 Nebraska, Custer County, land entry case files, 1906-1921]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2752385 Nebraska, Holt County, land entry case files, 1900-1914]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2752386 Nebraska, Lancaster County, land entry case files, 1905-1920]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2752384 Nebraska, Lincoln County, land entry case files, 1902-1922]


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*{{RecordSearch|2074276|United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955}}
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*{{RecordSearch|1840496|Nebraska, Broken Bow Homestead Records, 1890-1908}}


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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2305831 ''Manual of surveying instructions : for the survey of public lands of the United States and private land claims'' Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1894]
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/115656 compiled by Harry P. Yoshpe and Philip P. Brower,'' Preliminary inventory of the land-entry papers of the general land office'' Washington, D.C. : s. n., 1949]
;Collection Citation:"United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932." Images. <i>FamilySearch</i>. <nowiki>http://FamilySearch.org</nowiki> : 29 March 2017. Citing NARA NAIDs 584006, 584041, 584054, 584158, 584169, 584161, 584170, 584151. National Archives at Kansas City.


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Record Type Land Entry case Files
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Collection years 1861-1932
National Archives Identifier 378
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What is in This Collection?

This collection consists of canceled and relinquished case files of land entries that progressed from an application to an allowed entry, but were later canceled by the General Land Office (GLO) in Washington D.C., or relinquished by the entryman from 1861-1932. Application files could be for homesteads, mining claims or land preemptions. A file may contain the original entry application, correspondence between the officials of the district (local) land offices, receipts for fees paid, public notices, affidavits and witness statements, proof of military service, the entryman’s (a settler or person making a land claim) naturalization records, and documents concerning the cancelation or relinquishment of the entry.

The initial point of contact between a settler and the government was a district land office. A District Land Office was staffed by a Register and a Receiver. The Register was responsible for land entry papers until they were sent to the GLO, and for maintaining the tract and register books and other records relating to claims. The Receiver handled the money involved in land claims.

A person wanting to make an entry of any type went to the Register of the local land office and filed his claim upon the public domain (available public lands). Some types of claims, such as cash entries, were settled quickly; other claims required several proofs over time. When all the legal requirements for title to the claimed land had been satisfied, a final certificate was issued by the Register to the entryman, and all papers regarding the claim were sent to the GLO. If all the was found to be in order a patent (title) was prepared and sent to the Register for delivery to the entryman. Case files where a final certificate or title was issued were removed by the land office and sent to the GLO. Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.


Local Land Offices included in this Collection are shown in the Coverage Table below.

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To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

  • Name of applicant
  • Date
  • Description and location of land

Collection Contents

Sample Images

  • 1908 Cancelled Claim

    1908 Cancelled Claim

  • 1908 Homestead Application page 1

    1908 Homestead Application page 1

  • 1908 Homestead Application page 2

    1908 Homestead Application page 2

  • 1908 Homestead Affidavit

    1908 Homestead Affidavit

  • 1908 Non-Mineral Affidavit

    1908 Non-Mineral Affidavit

  • 1910 Land Office Register

    1910 Land Office Register

  • 1909 Power of Attorney

    1909 Power of Attorney

  • 1909 Relinquisment

    1909 Relinquisment

  • 1909 Affidavit of Contest page 1

    1909 Affidavit of Contest page 1

  • 1909 Affidavit of Contest page 2

    1909 Affidavit of Contest page 2

Coverage Table

This table lists the land offices included in this collection. The link in the NAID column will open a new window where you can see the National Archives Catalog record for that item.

State District Land Office Collection Years Image Range NAID
Kansas Dodge City 1894-1919 1-14686 584041
Kansas Topeka 1-5599 584006
Nebraska Alliance Name Index 1908-1932 1-21534 584054
Nebraska Broken Bow Name Index 1908-1913 3-12569 584158
Nebraska Lincoln Name Index 1905-1920 3-3051 584169
Nebraska North Platte Name Index 1902-1922 1-6576 584161
Nebraska O'Neill Name Index 1900-1914 2-4590 584170
Nebraska Valentine Name Index 1909-1918 1-10156 584151
Nebraska 1908-1932 18287-18410

See Also:

How Do I Search This Collection?

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

  • The name of the applicant
  • The approximate date of application

Search the Index

This collection does not have a searchable index. Only images are available. See View the Images to access them.

View the Images

View images in this collection by visiting the Collection Browse Page:
  1. Select State
  2. Select Local Office Name
  3. Select Record Type, Date Range, and File Number Range to view the images

How Do I Analyze the Results?

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

  • Add any new information to your records
  • If available, check the image for additional information
  • Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

  • The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
  • Try searching by surname only
  • Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century

Research Helps

The following articles will help you research your family in the United States.

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