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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 failed to receive a patent because it was | 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 failed to receive a patent because it was unfinished, forfeited, rejected or cancelled.<ref name="Hone" /> | ||
'''Finding unpatented entry information.''' To obtain case file information on | '''Finding unpatented entry information.''' To obtain case file information on unpatented (and therefore unindexed) entries in most federal land states, researchers must use tract books for the area their ancestor started to claim.<ref name="Haw5" /> | ||
'''Access.''' Original tract books, Internet digital versions, and microfilms exist: | '''Access.''' Original tract books, Internet digital versions, and microfilms exist: | ||