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''Washington Donation Land Claims 1855-1902.'' The National Archives. Washington [District of Columbia], 1951. (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].) | ''Washington Donation Land Claims 1855-1902.'' The National Archives. Washington [District of Columbia], 1951. (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].) | ||
The Washington State Digital Archives has an Index to the[http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Default.aspx Donation Land Claims] 1852-1855. | The Washington State Digital Archives has an Index to the [http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Default.aspx Donation Land Claims] 1852-1855. | ||
'''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. | ||