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Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Homsteading
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
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Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in North Dakota
A book by H. Elaine Lindgren.
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Letters of a Woman Homesteader
A book by Elinore Pruitt Stewart.
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Montana Women Homesteaders: A Field of One's Own
A book by Sarah Carter.
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Pioneer Women: The Lives of Women on the Frontier
A book by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith.
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Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
A book by Joanna Stratton.
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A book by Roger Welsch.
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Staking Her Claim: Women Homesteading the West
A book by Marcia Meredith Hensley.
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Ancestry.com - Homesteaders Left Marks on Land and Paper
Article from Shaking Your Family Tree by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
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Arphax Publishing Co. - Home of the Family Maps Land Patent Books
The Family Maps Land Patent Books are published county by county, state by state. Data for each county is compiled from the Federal Land Patents database and displayed in these customized books. All books include a Patent Map and Patent Index for each of the Congressional Townships within the county. Deluxe Editions also include for each Township: a Road Map and a Historical Map, which includes waterways, watercourses & railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include city-centers and cemeteries that can be found at NationalAtlas.gov. All books contain a separate Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the county to find the location of your ancestor's federal land purchase. Family Maps books are a helpful visual reference tool that makes your federal lands research easier than ever.
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Bureau of Land Management Directory
Phone directory and web page directory for BLM offices and state offices.
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Freedom of Information Act - Electronic Reading Room
Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Office and Field Facilities.
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The Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
The Official Land Patent Records Site. This site has a searchable database of more than three million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908, including scanned images of those records. Currently, we are adding images of Military Land Warrants. These land patents were issued to individuals as a reward for their military service. Images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810, are added to the site state-by-state as each state's documents are completed. Due to organization of documents in the GLO collection, this site does not currently contain every Federal title record issued for the Public Land States. This site does not cover the thirteen colonies, their territories, and a few other states.
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States included are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
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Explanation of steps involved to get copies of the Survey Plats & Field Notes and National Archives and Records Administration Land Entry case Files.
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FamilySearch.org - United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908
3,907 tract books containing official records of the land status and transactions involving surveyed public lands arranged by state and then by township and range. These books indicate who obtained the land, and include a physical description of the tract and where the land is located. The type of transaction is also recorded such as cash entry, credit entry, homesteads, patents (deeds) granted by the Federal Government, and other conveyances of title such as Indian allotments, internal improvement grants (to states), military bounty land warrants, private land claims, railroad grants, school grants, and swamp grants.
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Inexpensive webinar for sale from Michael John Neill.
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Information about how to use the tract books in your research.
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A table that helps you determine which tract book volume to browse. It is sorted by State Land Office/Volume Number and Description. Use the BLM GLO database first to determine the township and range for your ancestor's land.
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Fold3 - Homestead Records - Broken Bow, Nebraska
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Land Entry Case Files of the Broken Bow Land Office, Broken Bow, NE: Homestead Final Certificates, 1890-1908. Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
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Examples of some of the homestead forms available from the Provincial Archives, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Homestead National Monument of America
The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman a chance to live the American dream. Homestead National Monument of America, located in Southeast Nebraska, commemorates this Act and the far-reaching effects it had upon the landscape and people of the plains.
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Homestead Papers Copied by Faith Libelo
She can visit the National Archives for you and copy the files. E-mail Faith at fsl.genie.research@erols.com for details.
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Homestead Records Detail Pioneer Life
Article by Michael John Neill that discusses using homestead records and what types of information these records typically contain.
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Homestead Records Information Page
Step-by-Step Procedure to Homestead Records.
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If This Land Could Talk - Homesteading on the Northern Plains
A family history book chronicling three generations from first homesteader in 1880 to 1950 in Kidder County, North Dakota. Includes significant historical events for Kidder County. Surnames: Price, Williams, Shirley (Sjøli), and Hanson.
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Land Records: Ingalls Homestead File
Scanned images of 24 original documents pertaining to the DeSmet, South Dakota homestead of the family of Laura Ingalls Wilder. A terrific example from the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Saskatchewan Gen Web Project - Homestead Records.
How to read homestead record: Section, Township, Range, Meridian. Included: How to find Saskatchewan Townships & Ranges in a tutorial quiz.
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Saskatchewan homestead records, 1870-1930, and index
From the Family History Library Catalog.
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By Richard Pence.
