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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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  • United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books (FamilySearch Historical Records) | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    Information about how to use the tract books in your research.

  • United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books Coverage Table (FamilySearch Historical Records) | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    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.

• GLO for the Gold in Land Records - Family Tree Magazine

  Using Land Patents, by Nancy Hendrickson

• Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office

  Reference Information Paper 114 from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC.