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[[Image:U.S. Principal Meridians and Base Lines.png|647px|U.S. Principal Meridians and Base Lines.png]] | [[Image:U.S. Principal Meridians and Base Lines.png|647px|U.S. Principal Meridians and Base Lines.png]] | ||
For a larger version of this map, [http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/meridians/pmmap2.jpg click here], and then click again to further enlarge it. | For a larger version of this map, [http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/meridians/pmmap2.jpg click here], and then click again to further enlarge it. | ||
==== Numbered Townships and Ranges ==== | ==== Numbered Townships and Ranges ==== | ||
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With careful examination for grid markers, the federal-land-state townships and ranges usually can be identified in a Rand McNally ''Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide''<ref>Rand McNally and Company, ''Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide'' (Chicago : Rand McNally, 1989). {{WorldCat|22500935|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}.</ref> found at most large libraries. Each township has a range strip and a township strip. Together they create an address for that township within the boundaries of their ''principle meridian '' and ''baseline''. Begin counting where the principal meridian and baseline intersect. If the township address is T2N R3E, it means that the township is two units north of the baseline, and three units east of the principal meridian. Similarlly, a township address of T3S R1W would be three units south of the baseline, and one unit west of the principal meridian. | With careful examination for grid markers, the federal-land-state townships and ranges usually can be identified in a Rand McNally ''Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide''<ref>Rand McNally and Company, ''Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide'' (Chicago : Rand McNally, 1989). {{WorldCat|22500935|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}.</ref> found at most large libraries. Each township has a range strip and a township strip. Together they create an address for that township within the boundaries of their ''principle meridian '' and ''baseline''. Begin counting where the principal meridian and baseline intersect. If the township address is T2N R3E, it means that the township is two units north of the baseline, and three units east of the principal meridian. Similarlly, a township address of T3S R1W would be three units south of the baseline, and one unit west of the principal meridian. | ||
[[Image:Congressional Township Rectangular Survey Grid.png|647px|Congressional Township Rectangular Survey Grid.png]] | [[Image:Congressional Township Rectangular Survey Grid.png|647px|Congressional Township Rectangular Survey Grid.png]] | ||
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:*write down the '''''exact title, volume number, and page number ''''' (source information) of the tract book volume in which the ancestor's entry was found | :*write down the '''''exact title, volume number, and page number ''''' (source information) of the tract book volume in which the ancestor's entry was found | ||
This information is important to helping the National Archives retrieve the land entry case file for you. | This information is important to helping the National Archives retrieve the land entry case file for you. | ||
==== For Further Reading ==== | ==== For Further Reading ==== | ||
*Kenneth Hawkins, ''Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office: Record Group 49'', Reference Information Paper, 114 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2007), 9. [http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf Internet version (pdf)] {{WorldCat|146498814|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}} | *Kenneth Hawkins, ''Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office: Record Group 49'', Reference Information Paper, 114 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2007), 9. [http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf Internet version (pdf)] {{WorldCat|146498814|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}} {{FHL|1440124|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J53hrL}} | ||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/landmaps/range_map.html Range Maps for Dummies] in ''RootsWeb'' (Ancestry.com). | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/landmaps/range_map.html Range Maps for Dummies] in ''RootsWeb'' (Ancestry.com). | ||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msahs/allabout6.html Range Map Tutorial] in "Attala Historical Society, Kosciusko, Mississippi" at ''RootsWeb'' (Ancestry.com). | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msahs/allabout6.html Range Map Tutorial] in "Attala Historical Society, Kosciusko, Mississippi" at ''RootsWeb'' (Ancestry.com). | ||
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{{U.S. Land and Property}} | {{U.S. Land and Property}} </div>{{-}} | ||
[[Category:United_States_Land_and_Property]] | [[Category:United_States_Land_and_Property]] | ||