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'''Seven states index.''' Seven states (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah) have an entryman name index for pre-1908 case files both patented and unpatented.<ref>Hawkins, 3-4.</ref> | '''Seven states index.''' Seven states (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah) have an entryman name index for pre-1908 case files both patented and unpatented.<ref>Hawkins, 3-4.</ref> | ||
'''Online index.''' An important computerized index of <u>patented</u> land entries 1820-1908 for all federal land states (''except '' '''''Montana''''', '''''Nebraska''''', and '''''Oklahoma''''') is available on the Internet at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/ BLM Land Patent Search] site.<ref>Hawkins, 5.</ref> | '''Online index.''' An important computerized index of <u>patented</u> land entries 1820-1908 for all [http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Land_and_Property#United_States federal land states] (''except '' '''''Montana''''', '''''Nebraska''''', and '''''Oklahoma''''') is available on the Internet at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/ BLM Land Patent Search] site.<ref>Hawkins, 5.</ref> | ||
Only about 40 percent of entrymen completed the filing process and received their patent from 1820 to 1908. Tract books may help find the case file information needed to retrieve records of the 60 percent of entrymen who never completed the process. | Only about 40 percent of entrymen completed the filing process and received their patent from 1820 to 1908. Tract books may help find the case file information needed to retrieve records of the 60 percent of entrymen who never completed the process. | ||