United States, Homestead Final Certificates - FamilySearch Historical Records

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What Is in This Collection?
Homestead Final Certificates from twenty-five General Land Offices. 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 arranged by land office then numerically by certificate number.At present images have been published for the land offices Arizona.


 *  Organization Authority Record
 * Arizona. Phoenix.
 * Arizona. Prescott.
 * Arizona. Florence/Tucson

 General Land Office Records 


 * Alaska. Juneau,1902-1908, 1-90
 * Alaska. Nome 1907, Unarranged
 * Alaska. Sitka	1899-1902, 1-42
 * Arizona. Phoenix, 1905-1908**
 * Arizona. Prescott,1871-1905**
 * Arizona. Tucson, 1875-1905**
 * Illinois. Springfield, 1863-1876, 1-76
 * Indiana. Brooksville/Indianapolis 1875-1909,1-33
 * Iowa. Kanesville/Council Bluffs, 1863-1875, 1-196
 * Iowa. Fort Didge, 1863-1874, 1-874
 * Iowa. Sioux City, 1863-1878, 1-4966
 * Iowa. Des Moines,1863-1908, 1-2,802
 * Ohio, Chillicothe, 1863-1876, 1-110
 * Nevada. Elko, 1872-1877, 1-30
 * Nevada. Carson City,1864-1908,1-432
 * Nevada. Austin & Eureka, 1868-1893, 1-137
 * Utah. Beaver City, 1876-1877, 1-16
 * Utah. Salt Lake City,1868-1946,1-8096
 * Utah. Vernal, 1905-1927, 2-18
 * Wyoming. Cheyenne, 1871-1908, 1-2298
 * Wyoming. Evanston,1877-1908, 1-1477
 * Wyoming. Lander,1890-1908,1-926
 * Wyoming. Buffalo,1888-1908.1-1611
 * Wyoming. Sundance,1890-1908,
 * Wyoming. Douglas, 1890-1908,1-1034

Additional states and descriptive information may be added to this collection.

 Related Publications 
 * Roberta King. Homestead Records: Cancelled, Contested, and Relinquished Entries. NGS Magazine 34 #1 (January-March 2008): 46-49.
 * Kenneth Hawkins, comp. Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office. NARA Reference Information Paper 114

 Related Collections 
 * Public Land Survey Township Plats, 1789 - 1946 NAID 566647 RG 49 Records of the Bureau of Land Management

Homestead National Historical Park
 * Homesteading by State
 * Research
 * Researcher Information
 * Requesting Homestead Records


 * Bureau of Land Management
 * General Land Office Records

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Homestead
 * Arizona, Apache County, 1884-1951; index, 1880-1985
 * Arizona, Florence and Tucson, 1875-1905
 * Arizona, Phoenix, 1905-1908
 * Arizona, Prescott, 1871-1905
 * Colorado, Denver County, 1864-1908
 * Illinois, Springfield, 1863-1876
 * Indiana, Brookville and Indianapolis,1875-1909
 * Iowa, Des Moines, 1863-1908
 * Iowa, Fort Dodge, 1863-1874
 * Iowa, Kanesville and Council Bluffs, 1863-1875
 * Iowa, Polk County, 1863-1908
 * Iowa, Pottawattamie County, 1863-1875
 * Iowa, Sioux City, 1863-1878
 * Iowa, Webster County, 1863-1874
 * Iowa, Woodbury, 1863-1878
 * Ohio, Chillicothe, 1863-1876
 * Oregon State Archives, Index to Oregon donation land claims
 * Montana, Flathead County, 1897-1933
 * Nevada, Austin and Eureka, 1867-1893
 * Nevada, Carson City, 1868-1893
 * Nevada, Elko, 1872-1877
 * New Mexico, Socorro County, 1882-1906
 * Utah, Beaver, 1876-1877
 * Utah, 1868-1946
 * Utah, Vernal, 1905-1927
 * Wyoming, Buffalo, 1888-1908
 * Wyoming, Cheyenne, 1874-1908
 * Wyoming, Douglas, 1890-1908
 * Wyoming, Evanston, 1877-1908
 * Wyoming, Lander, 1890-1903

Donation Land Claims
 * Oregon and Washington donation land files, 1851-1903, NARA M815
 * Abstracts of Oregon donation land claims, 1852-1903
 * Abstracts of Washington donation land claims, 1855-1902
 * Donation land claims by orphans in Oregon and Washington, 1867-1873
 * Washington County, Oregon donation and land claim records, 1849-1851, 1910

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Harry P. Yoshpe and Philip P. Brower, compiled,  Preliminary inventory of the land-entry papers of the general land office Washington, D.C. : s. n., 1949
 * Manual of surveying instructions : for the survey of public lands of the United States and private land claims Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1894

Citing This Collection
Estados Unidos, Certificados Finais de Herdade (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)