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:*'''Land patent.''' If your family still has the patent (original title) for a piece of property, that patent will show the land description. | :*'''Land patent.''' If your family still has the patent (original title) for a piece of property, that patent will show the land description. | ||
:*'''Seven states index.''' The ''seven states index'' at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives in Washington, DC]], also gives each entry's land description for Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah for pre-1908 [[Land entry case files|case files]] both patented and unpatented.<ref>Hawkins, 3-4.</ref> | :*'''Seven states index.''' The ''seven states index'' at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives in Washington, DC]], also gives each entry's land description for Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah for pre-1908 [[Land entry case files|case files]] both patented and unpatented.<ref>Hawkins, 3-4.</ref> | ||
:*'''Use search engines like''' '''Google''' to identify state land record indexes that could reveal land descriptions. Selected states may have indexed their own tract book records. ''For example'', see the [ | :*'''Use search engines like''' '''Google''' to identify state land record indexes that could reveal land descriptions. Selected states may have indexed their own tract book records. ''For example'', see the [https://history.nebraska.gov/collections/nebraska-homestead-land-records Nebraska 1860-1954 Tract Books Index]. | ||
'''2. Search tract books page-by-page.''' If you only have an approximate idea where your ancestor lived, then search page-by-page through the tract books for that area until you find his or her name. | '''2. Search tract books page-by-page.''' If you only have an approximate idea where your ancestor lived, then search page-by-page through the tract books for that area until you find his or her name. | ||