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To locate the land-entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to tell you the legal description of the land from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area concerned. | To locate the land-entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to tell you the legal description of the land from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area concerned. | ||
An online index is available for those that completed the homestead process to patent (original deeds from the government) at the [ | An online index is available for those that completed the homestead process to patent (original deeds from the government) at the [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management]. | ||
For original patents and copies of tract books and township plats, contact the Bureau of Land Management, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson, ND 58601, Telephone: 701-227-7700. [https://www.blm.gov/office/north-dakota-field-office North Dakota Bureau of Land Management] | For original patents and copies of tract books and township plats, contact the Bureau of Land Management, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson, ND 58601, Telephone: 701-227-7700. [https://www.blm.gov/office/north-dakota-field-office North Dakota Bureau of Land Management] | ||
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