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Reclaiming the Homestead Archives


Reclaiming the Homestead Archives - Nitty Gritty Life

From a minor remodel to a full re-build, home renovation is hard. Here are just a few of the things we learned while living through a home renovation.

Requesting Homestead Records - National Park Service

All other records need to requested from the National Archives. Importance of the Legal Land Description. Most homestead entries were made on ...

The Homestead Act of 1862 | National Archives

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman made the first claim under the Act, ...

Homestead Act (1862) | National Archives

The Homestead Act accelerated the settlement of the western territory by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a minimal ...

Homestead Records - Homestead National Historical Park (U.S. ...

... Homestead Land Entry Case Files housed at the National Archives. The Homestead Records Project seeks to digitize the over 800,000 Homestead ...

Homestead Land Entry Files | Final Proof | Genealogy Records

When a homesteader claimed a piece of public land through the Homestead Act of 1862, they could receive 160 acres of public land if they ...

Reclaiming the Old Homestead - Quicksilver Gallery

“Reclaiming the Old Homestead”. Cotton-tail Rabbits, Wild Violets and an assortment of things humans discarded. Archival giclee signed and numbered limited ...

Land Patents/Homesteading - Land Records Forum - History Hub

... archives.gov. To request the file you will need to know the name of the person claiming the homestead, where the homestead was (state), and ...

Reclaiming the Homestead: Our Path to Homestead Ownership

Homestead ownership seemed the impossible dream. Until it wasn't. Our journey to owning our farm and taking charge of our dreams starts here.

LAND FOR THE LANDLESS: HOMESTEAD RECORDS AND HOW ...

Most of the records you will find in the catalog are Registers of Entries and Registers of Cash Receipts. National Archives: JI/ /Jomestead records. Pre-1908 ...

U.S., Homestead Records, 1863-1908 - Ancestry

Homestead files consist of unbound documents that include final certificates, applications with land descriptions, affidavits showing proof of citizenship.

United States, Homestead Final Certificates - FamilySearch

The certificates are part of Record Group 49 Records of the Bureau of Land Management located in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The certificates are ...

Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, ...

Homestead Act: 1862 Date & Definition | HISTORY

Land Speculators and the Homestead Act. Of course, there were those who took advantage of homesteading. According to the National Archives, a ...

ARCHIVES INFORMATION BULLETIN - Missouri Secretary of State

homestead on surveyed lands. Individual entries were limited to a maximum of one quarter section, of 160 acres, at $1.25 per acre, any.

Digging Down to Our Roots: The History of Homesteading

... claim, they could become the land owners. Source: National Archives ... homestead claim. In a way, the Homestead Act was an incentive to ...

About - Homestead Records - University of Nebraska–Lincoln

An estimated 2 million homestead case files are located in the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) in Washington, DC.

Returning to Balance, Reclaiming Native Dakota Land

As I continue to read the National Archives' materials on the Homestead Act, I learn there was some public opposition to increased homesteading ...

Back To School: Those Valuable Homestead Records - Family Locket

When he had completed all of the paperwork, he was granted an official land patent. I'll use the case files of my great grandfather Robert C.

Homestead National Historical Park - NPS History

1902 Land Reclamation Act, to provide water to arid and semiarid West and Southwest ... Breaking New Ground: Administrative History of Homestead ...