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=== Federal tract books 1820-1908 === | === Federal tract books 1820-1908 === | ||
There are [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2074276 3,907 United States '''federal''' tract books] containing the official record of each parcel of public land until it was transferred from federal to private ownership in | There are [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2074276 3,907 United States '''federal''' tract books] containing the official record of each parcel of public land until it was transferred from federal to private ownership in the [[United States Land and Property#United_States|federal land states]] between the years 1820 and 1908. Unfortunatly, the federal tract books for Alaska and Missouri are lost or missing.<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> | ||
==== Why they were created ==== | ==== Why they were created ==== | ||