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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Source Information
Fold3, Homestead Records (NE) ( : accessed February 3, 2023), database and images,
- Publication Title
- Homestead Records (NE)
- Total Records
- 76,889 Complete: 99%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- 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.