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 === Contents of case files  ===
+:::'''''Example''''': [http://www.ingallshomestead.com/history.html homestead case file] for the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder of ''Little House on the Prairie;'' 24-page 1880-1886 De Smet, South Dakota<br><br>
 Case files can include a variety of record types. Military bounty land case files will have different kinds of records than homesteads, cash entries, mining, or timberland cases. ''For example'',
 :*'''''Military bounty land&nbsp;''''' case files can include warrants, treasury certificates, exchange certificates, and applications.<ref>E. Wade Hone, ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1997), 115-26. {{WorldCat|483096407|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|766994|item|disp=FHL Book 973 R27h}}.</ref>
-:*'''''Cash entry&nbsp;''''' may include an application, receipt, warrant for survey, survey, testimonies, affidavits, newspaper notifications, naturalization papers, final certificate, and patent.<ref>Hone, 111-13, and 127-18.</ref><br>
+:*'''''Cash entry&nbsp;''''' may include an application, receipt, warrant for survey, survey, testimonies, affidavits, newspaper notifications, naturalization papers, final certificate, and patent.<ref>Hone, 111-13, and 127-18.</ref><br><br>
-'''Variation over time.''' Case file contents varied over time. Case files before 1840 usually listed only the entryman (applicant), location, acreage, price, date, and place of the land entry. After 1840 case files often contain the entryman's age, place of birth, citizenship, military service, literacy, economic status, and similar information about family members. They could also show land title, land use, rights of way, land surveys, crops, improvements, and conflicting claims.<ref>Kenneth Hawkins, ''Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office: Record Group 49'', Reference Information Paper, 114 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 1-2. [http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf Internet version (pdf)] {{WorldCat|146498814|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}  {{FHL|1440124|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J53hrL}}</ref>
+'''Variation over time.''' Case file contents varied over time.<br>
+:Before 1840 usually listed: <ref>Kenneth Hawkins, ''Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office: Record Group 49'', Reference Information Paper, 114 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 1-2. [http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf Internet version (pdf)] {{WorldCat|146498814|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}  {{FHL|1440124|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J53hrL}}</ref>
+::*the entryman (applicant)
+::*location
+::*acreage
+::*price
+::*date
+::*place of the land entry
-:*An example 24-page 1880-1886 De Smet, South Dakota homestead case file for the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder of ''Little House on the Prairie&nbsp;'' is on the Internet at [http://www.ingallshomestead.com/history.html Ingalls Homestead].<br>
+:After 1840 case files often contain:<ref>Kenneth Hawkins, ''Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office: Record Group 49'', Reference Information Paper, 114 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), 1-2. [http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf Internet version (pdf)] {{WorldCat|146498814|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}  {{FHL|1440124|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J53hrL}}</ref>
+::*the entryman (applicant)
+::*the entryman's age
+::*place of birth
+::*citizenship
+::*military service
+::*literacy
+::*economic status
+::*similar information about family members
+:''Also:''
+::*land title
+::*land use
+::*rights of way
+::*land surveys
+::*crops
+::*improvements
+::*conflicting claims
+<br>
-'''Land descriptions.''' Case file land descriptions use the terminology of the [[Rectangular surveys|rectangular survey]] system, including sections, townships, and ranges.
+'''Land descriptions.''' Case file land descriptions use the terminology of the [[Rectangular surveys|rectangular survey]] system, including sections, townships, and ranges.<br><br>
-'''Tract book entries.''' In addition to the case file, a related entry would always be made in the appropriate [[Tract books|tract book]]. Tract books are arranged by state, land office, township number, range number, and section number.
+'''Tract book entries.''' In addition to the case file, a related entry would always be made in the appropriate [[Tract books|tract book]]. Tract books are arranged by state, land office, township number, range number, and section number.<br><br>
 === How to obtain a case file  ===