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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|Land and Property]]'' [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Case files''' | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|Land and Property]]'' [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Case files''' | ||
{{TOC right}}The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] preserves over ten million land entry '''case files''' which document | {{TOC right}}The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] preserves over ten million land entry '''case files''' which document each transfer of federally controlled public land parcels to private ownership. These files indicate who applied for the land, if a patent (original title) was issued, and include a physical description of the property and where the land was located. The type of transaction is also shown such as cash entry, credit entry, [[Homestead Records|homesteads]], patents (deeds), [[Timberland|timberland rights]], or [[Mining Claims|mineral rights]], [[US Military Bounty Land Warrants|military bounty land]], [[United States. United-States - Land and Property- Private land claims|private land claims]] (from previous foreign governments), [[Grants to Land Companies and Railroads|railroad grants]], school grants, and swamp grants.<ref name="Hone">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><br><br> | ||
These case files stretch from the time of the American Revolution (1776) to the mid-1900s, but mostly apply from 1820 to 1908. The vast majority of case files pertain to land in [[United States Land and Property#United_States|30 federal land states]]. | |||
=== Value of case files === | === Value of case files === | ||
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=== Centents of case files === | === Centents of case files === | ||
=== How to obtain a case file === | === How to obtain a case file === | ||
=== Availablity === | === Availablity === | ||