Homestead Records (NE)
Records: 76,889 · Complete: 99%
Documents within the homestead records state the value of the owner's property; the amount, description, and value of crops grown; and the dimensions of his house, barn, or corncrib. They are arranged by township, range, section, then by owner's last name. Files consist of the final certificate, the application with land description, an affidavit showing proof of citizenship, register and receiver receipts, a notice and final proof, and testimony of witnesses.
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"Land Entry Case Files: Homestead Final Certificates" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/650/homestead-records-ne: accessed August 19, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Homestead Records (NE)
- Total Records
- 76,889 · Complete: 99%
- Content Source
- Record Group
- 49
- Published on Fold3
- 19 Nov 2009
- Last Updated
- 17 Oct 2018
- Description
- Land entry case files and homestead final certificates from the Records of the Bureau of Land Management. They are scanned from textual records.
