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The first land office in Nebraska was established at Omaha in 1855. The FamilySearch Library has research handbooks for many counties describing the evolution of the land office districts. | The first land office in Nebraska was established at Omaha in 1855. The FamilySearch Library has research handbooks for many counties describing the evolution of the land office districts. | ||
Each local land office kept tract books and township plats. Records of the land offices and microfilm copies of all tracts are at the Nebraska State Historical Society. | Each local land office kept tract books and township plats. Records of the land offices and microfilm copies of all tracts are at the Nebraska State Historical Society. The NSHS library has a collection of over 500 county atlases or plat books. The approximate time period of these atlases and plat books is 1885 to the present. Of these estimated 500 atlases/plat books, 147 have been microfilmed. These are mainly from 1885 to 1947, though not every county has an atlas for every year. | ||
A database has been developed to give an accurate account of our holdings and to help researchers in verifying the existence of atlases/plat books for their years of interest. | A database has been developed to give an accurate account of our holdings and to help researchers in verifying the existence of atlases/plat books for their years of interest. | ||
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Between 1862 and 1986 about 10 percent of all land in the United States, 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi), were transferred from federal to private control through 1.6 million granted homesteads.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “About the Homestead Act” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | Between 1862 and 1986 about 10 percent of all land in the United States, 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi), were transferred from federal to private control through 1.6 million granted homesteads.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “About the Homestead Act” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | ||
[[Homestead Records|Homestead]] applications and other land office records are available | [[Homestead Records|Homestead]] applications and other land office records are available from: | ||
'''Textual Reference Branch'''<br>National Archives and Records Administration<br>7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.<br>Washington, DC 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5395<br>Fax: 202-219-6273<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/ | '''Textual Reference Branch'''<br>National Archives and Records Administration<br>7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.<br>Washington, DC 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5395<br>Fax: 202-219-6273<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/ | ||
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