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'''Tract book entries.''' In addition to the case file, a related entry would always be made in the appropriate [[Tract books|tract book]]. Tract books are arranged by state, land office, township number, range number, and section number. | '''Tract book entries.''' In addition to the case file, a related entry would always be made in the appropriate [[Tract books|tract book]]. Tract books are arranged by state, land office, township number, range number, and section number. | ||
=== How to obtain a case file === | === How to obtain a case file === | ||
<u>Steps to obtaining a case file</u>: | <u>Steps to obtaining a case file</u><br> | ||
1. Find the legal land description of the property | : 1. Find the legal land description of the property<br> | ||
:A. in an index under an ancestor's name, or | :A. in an index under an ancestor's name, or <br> | ||
:B | :B> by searching appropriate tract books page-by-page for an ancestor's name.<br> | ||
2. Submit a land entry case file request Form NATF-84, and $50 to the National Archives. | 2. Submit a land entry case file request Form NATF-84, and $50 to the National Archives. | ||
Tract books are easiest to use if you have an ancestor's land description with the section, township number, and range number to help you quickly turn to the page where an ancestor should be listed. | Tract books are easiest to use if you have an ancestor's land description with the section, township number, and range number to help you quickly turn to the page where an ancestor should be listed. | ||
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:*'''Land patent.''' If your family still has the patent (original title) for a piece of property, that patent will show the land description. | :*'''Land patent.''' If your family still has the patent (original title) for a piece of property, that patent will show the land description. | ||
:*'''[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/ BLM land patent search].''' The online index to eight million land patents 1820-1908 and [[US Military Bounty Land Warrants|military bounty land]] shows each entry's land description. However, this index does '''not''' include the two million [[ | :*'''[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/ BLM land patent search].''' The online index to eight million land patents 1820-1908 and [[US Military Bounty Land Warrants|military bounty land]] shows each entry's land description. However, this index does '''not''' include the two million [[Land_entry_case_files|case files]] which were never finished, forfeited, relinquished, or cancelled. | ||
:*'''Seven states index.''' The ''seven states index '' at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives in Washington, DC]], also gives each entry's land description. The index covers Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah for pre-1908 [[ | :*'''Seven states index.''' The ''seven states index '' at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives in Washington, DC]], also gives each entry's land description. The index covers Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah for pre-1908 [[Land_entry_case_files|case files]] both patented and unpatented.<ref>Hawkins, 3-4.</ref> | ||
:*'''Use search engines like Google to identify state land record indexes that could reveal land descriptions.''' | :*'''Use search engines like Google to identify state land record indexes that could reveal land descriptions.''' | ||