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===== Tract books ===== | ===== Tract books ===== | ||
Tract books serve as a comprehensive reference to the millions of land entry case files held at the National Archives in Washington, DC. However, they are arranged according to the '''''land description ''''' rather than the name of the claimant. They include '''all''' applicants for federal land, including those whose claim was forfeited (never completed), rejected or cancelled.<ref>E. Wade Hone, ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1997), 113. {{WorldCat|483096407|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}} | Tract books serve as a comprehensive reference to the millions of land entry case files held at the National Archives in Washington, DC. However, they are arranged according to the '''''land description ''''' rather than the name of the claimant. They include '''all''' applicants for federal land, including those whose claim was forfeited (never completed), rejected or cancelled.<ref>E. Wade Hone, ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1997), 113. {{WorldCat|483096407|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|766994|item|disp=FHL Book 973 R27h}}.</ref> | ||
'''Finding incomplete entry information.''' To obtain case file information on unfinished (unpatented) entries in most federal land states, researchers must use tract books.<ref name="Haw5" /> | '''Finding incomplete entry information.''' To obtain case file information on unfinished (unpatented) entries in most federal land states, researchers must use tract books.<ref name="Haw5" /> | ||