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 == What is in the Collection?  ==
-This collection includes serialized land entry case files that were cancelled, relinquished, or rejected by the General Land Office for the years 1861 to 1932. The applications include homesteads, mining claims, and land preemptions. This collection includes Nebraska land offices at Alliance, Broken Bow, Lincoln, North Platte, O'Neill, and Valentine. The records are at the NARA Regional Center in Kansas City, Missouri. This collection is being published as images become available.
+This collection consists of canceled and relinquished case files of land entries that progressed from an application to an allowed entry, but were later canceled by the General Land Office (GLO) in Washington D.C., or relinquished by the entryman from 1861-1932.  Application files could be for homesteads, mining claims or land preemptions. A file may contain the original entry application, correspondence between the officials of the district (local) land offices, receipts for fees paid, public notices, affidavits and witness statements, proof of military service, the entryman’s (a settler or person making a land claim) naturalization records, and documents concerning the cancelation or relinquishment of the entry. <br><br>
+The initial point of contact between a settler and the government was a district land office. A District Land Office was staffed by a Register and a Receiver. The Register was responsible for land entry papers until they were sent to the GLO, and for maintaining the tract and register books and other records relating to claims. The Receiver handled the money involved in land claims. <br><br>
+A person wanting to make an entry of any type went to the Register of the local land office and filed his claim upon the public domain (available public lands). Some types of claims, such as cash entries, were settled quickly; other claims required several proofs over time. When all the legal requirements for title to the claimed land had been satisfied, a final certificate was issued by the Register to the entryman, and all papers regarding the claim were sent to the GLO. If all the was found to be in order a patent (title) was prepared and sent to the Register for delivery to the entryman. Case files where a final certificate or title was issued were removed by the land office and sent to the GLO.
+Local Land Offices included in this Collection are shown in a [[#Coverage Table|Caverage Table]] in the Collection Contents Section below.
-*Land Offices Currently Available
-*Kansas
-*Dodge City, 1894-1919, nos. 1-14686 [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584041 NAID 584041]
-*Topeka, 1861-1925, nos. 1-5599 [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584006 NAID 584006]
-*Nebraska
-*Alliance, 1908-1932, nos. 1-18285 [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584054 NAID 584054]
 ===To Browse This Collection===
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 *Description and location of land
-== Collection Content  ==
+== Collection Contents ==
 === Sample Images ===
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+===Coverage Table===
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Land Offices Included in the Collection: !!  !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| State  || District Land Office || Collection Years || Image Range || NAID
+|-
+| Kansas ||  ||  ||  ||
+|-
+|  || Dodge City || 1894-1919 || 1-14686 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584041 584041]
+|-
+|  || Topeka ||  || 1-5599 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584006 584006]
+|-
+| Nebraska ||  ||  ||  ||
+|-
+|  || Alliance || 1908-1932 || 1-21534 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584054 584054]
+|-
+|  || Broken Bow || 1908-1913 || 3-12569 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584158 584158]
+|-
+|  || Lincoln || 1905-1920 || 3-3051 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584169 584169]
+|-
+|  || North Platte || 1902-1922 || 1-6576 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584161 584161]
+|-
+|  || O'Neill || 1900-1914 || 2-4590 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584170 584170]
+|-
+|  || Valentine || 1909-1918 || 1-10156 || [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/584151 584151]
+|-
+|  ||  || 1908-1932 || 18287-18410 ||
+|}
 == How Do I Search the Collection? ==
-To begin your search it is helpful to know:
+You can view the images in this Collection. Before using this collection, it is helpful to know:
 *The name of the applicant.
 *The approximate date of application.
-Compare the information on the image to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if it is the correct family or person. You may need to compare several images before you find your ancestor.
+=== View the Images ===
+[https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https://familysearch.org/recapi/sord/collection/2170637/waypoints Browse Page]. br>
+# Select the '''State'''
+# Select the '''Local Land Offfice'''
+# Select the ''Record Type, Date Range, and File Number Range''' to view the images.
-'''View images in this collection by visiting the [https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https://familysearch.org/recapi/sord/collection/2170637/waypoints Browse Page] then:'''<br>⇒ Select the "State" category<br> ⇒ Select the "Land office name" category <br>⇒ Select the "Record Type, Date Range, File no. range" category
+=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===
+Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images.
 For tips about searching on-line collections see the on-line article [[FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks]].
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 === I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now? ===
+*Add any new information to your records
-*Use the name, location and date to find the family in census records, land records, and probate records.
 *Use the ages in those records to estimate birth dates and find birth, christenings, marriage and death records.
 *Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
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 === I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now? ===
-*Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc.  Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 *Collect entries for every person who has the same surname.  This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 *If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.