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== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
This collection includes serialized land entry case files that were cancelled, relinquished, or rejected by the General Land Office for the years | This collection includes serialized land entry case files that were cancelled, relinquished, or rejected by the General Land Office for the years 1861 to 1925. The applications include homesteads, mining claims, and land preemptions. This collection includes Nebraska land offices at Alliance, Broken Bow, Lincoln, North Platte, O'Neill, and Valentine. The records are at the NARA Regional Center in Kansas City, Missouri. This collection is being published as images become available. | ||
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== Record Content == | == Record Content == | ||
<gallery | <gallery caption="Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files: Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Record Examples" widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow="3"> | ||
Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Cancelled Claim DGS 100528846_2.jpg|Cancelled Claim | Image:Nebraska, Land Entry Case Files Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0395) Cancelled Claim DGS 100528846_2.jpg|Cancelled Claim | ||
Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Homestead Application page 2 DGS 100114617_14.jpg|Homestead Application page 1 | Image:Kansas, Land Entry Case Files, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected (13-0398) Homestead Application page 2 DGS 100114617_14.jpg|Homestead Application page 1 | ||
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Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. Keep in mind: | Look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. Keep in mind: | ||
*There may be more than one person in the records with the same name. | |||
*You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name. | *There may be more than one person in the records with the same name. | ||
*You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name. | |||
*Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life. | *Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life. | ||