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===== Obtaining unindexed case files ===== | ===== Obtaining unindexed case files ===== | ||
An unfinished, rejected, or otherwise cancelled claim will nevertheless have a land entry case file. These files, especially when contested, can provide more detailed genealogical information than cases which were readily accepted. Unfinished, rejected, or cancelled files are indexed for ''only a few states''. Nevertheless, they still can be found by researching '''tract books''' for the area where | An unfinished, rejected, or otherwise cancelled claim will nevertheless have a land entry case file. These files, especially when contested, can provide more detailed genealogical information than cases which were readily accepted. Unfinished, rejected, or cancelled files are indexed for ''only a few states''. Nevertheless, they still can be found by researching '''tract books''' for the area where an ancestor started the claim. Tract books can also be used to find information for pre-1820 cases.<ref name="Hone">E. Wade Hone, ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1997), 113. {{WorldCat|483096407|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|766994|item|disp=FHL Book 973 R27h}}.</ref> | ||
===== Tract books ===== | ===== Tract books ===== | ||