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Applications may include final certificates, applications with land descriptions, affidavits showing proof of citizenship, Register and Receiver receipts, notices and final proofs, and testimonies of witnesses. | Applications may include final certificates, applications with land descriptions, affidavits showing proof of citizenship, Register and Receiver receipts, notices and final proofs, and testimonies of witnesses. | ||
Between 1862 and 1986 about 10 percent of all land in the United States, 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi), were transferred from federal to private control through 1.6 million granted homesteads.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “About the Homestead Act” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | Between 1862 and 1986 about 10 percent of all land in the United States, 270,000,000 acres (420,000 sq mi), were transferred from federal to private control through 1.6 million granted homesteads.<ref>United States, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “About the Homestead Act” in ''Homestead National Monument of America'' at http://www.nps.gov/home/historyculture/abouthomesteadactlaw.htm (accessed 5 February 2010).</ref> | ||
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[[Homestead Records|Homestead]] applications and other land office records are available from: | [[Homestead Records|Homestead]] applications and other land office records are available from: | ||
*[[Nebraska, Broken Bow Homestead Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Nebraska, Broken Bow Homestead Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 1890-1908 free index and case files images on 3fold (1,824 cases). | *[[Nebraska, Broken Bow Homestead Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Nebraska, Broken Bow Homestead Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 1890-1908 free index and case files images on 3fold (1,824 cases). | ||
*[[Nebraska Homestead Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Nebraska Homestead Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | *[[Nebraska Homestead Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Nebraska Homestead Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] 1863-1908. | ||
'''Textual Reference Branch'''<br>National Archives and Records Administration<br>7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.<br>Washington, DC 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5395<br>Fax: 202-219-6273<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/ | '''Textual Reference Branch'''<br>National Archives and Records Administration<br>7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.<br>Washington, DC 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5395<br>Fax: 202-219-6273<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/ | ||