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'''Online index.''' An important computerized index of <u>patented</u> land entries 1820-1908 for all [http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Land_and_Property#United_States federal land states] is available on the Internet at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/ BLM Land Patent Search] site.<ref name="Haw5">Hawkins, 5.</ref> | '''Online index.''' An important computerized index of <u>patented</u> land entries 1820-1908 for all [http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Land_and_Property#United_States federal land states] is available on the Internet at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/ BLM Land Patent Search] site.<ref name="Haw5">Hawkins, 5.</ref> | ||
'''Other indexes.''' Selected states may have indexed their own land records. Use Internet search engines like ''Google '' to find statewide land indexes that can be used to find legal land descriptions by section number, township number, and range number. ''For example'', see the [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/databases/tractbooks.shtml 1860-1954 Tract Books Index]. | |||
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