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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Dakota]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Dakota]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North_Dakota_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
When the United States acquired [[North Dakota|North Dakota]], most of the land became part of the public domain. The federal government administered the land through the General Land Office. Available land was surveyed into townships and transferred to private ownership through a process called land entry. The first General Land Office was established at Pembina in 1870. The local land offices kept tract books (recording transactions for each section of land), and township plats (maps of land entries for each township). | When the United States acquired [[North Dakota|North Dakota]], most of the land became part of the public domain. The federal government administered the land through the General Land Office. Available land was surveyed into townships and transferred to private ownership through a process called land entry. The first General Land Office was established at Pembina in 1870. The local land offices kept tract books (recording transactions for each section of land), and township plats (maps of land entries for each township). | ||
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[[North Dakota]] Research Outline.''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.'' (NOTE: All information in the original research article has been added to the FamilySearch Wiki, where it is both enhanced and updated by the genealogical community.) | [[North Dakota]] Research Outline.''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.'' (NOTE: All information in the original research article has been added to the FamilySearch Wiki, where it is both enhanced and updated by the genealogical community.) | ||
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[[Category:North_Dakota|Land]] | [[Category:North_Dakota|Land]] | ||