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Beginner's Corner

Getting started What's the next step? Finding your ancestor in the records Tips for beginners

Online Sources

Land patent search Family History 101 Footnote.com ($) Ancestry.com ($)

Acquiring Land

Deeds Grants to states Headrights Homestead Land companies and railroads Lottery land Military bounty land Mining claims Private land claims Timberland

Topics

Indexing systems Inheriting land Locating federal land on maps Land grant process Land measurements Land patent search Land terms & definitions Maps Metes and bounds Rectangular surveys Platting land Federal land states State land states Tract books

News and Events

Footnote.com ($) now has images of entry case files from Nebraska's Broken Bow land office, 1890-1908 (NARA M1915).

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