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==== Rectangular Survey Land Records ==== | ==== Rectangular Survey Land Records ==== | ||
The [[National Archives and Records Administration]] (NARA) is the repository for records documenting the transfer of public lands to private ownership. They preserve the case files of over 10 million individual land transactions called land entries. They also house tract books and various name indexes to help access the case files. NARA has the land entry files for all 30 of the [http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Land_and_Property#United_States federal land states]. | The [[National Archives and Records Administration]] (NARA) is the repository for records documenting the transfer of public lands to private ownership. They preserve the case files of over 10 million individual land transactions called land entries. They also house tract books and various name indexes to help access the case files. NARA has the land entry files for all 30 of the [http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Land_and_Property#United_States federal land states].<ref>Hawkins, 1.</ref> | ||
Land records, depending on the time period, may show a settler's (entryman's) age, birthplace, citizenship, military service, economic status, and family members. They could also show land title, land use, rights of way, land surveys, crops, improvements, and conflicting claims.<ref>Hawkins, 1-2.</ref> | |||
The National Archives keeps land entry files arranged by:<ref>Hawkins, 2-3.</ref> | |||
*'''''military bounty land warrants&nbs;''''' by year of the act authorizing them | |||
*'''''pre-1908 land entry files ''''' by state, land office, type of entry (credit, cash, homestead, timber, or mineral), and final certificate number | |||
*'''''post-1908 land entry files ''''' by serial patent number | |||
==== For Further Reading ==== | ==== For Further Reading ==== | ||