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Historical Records Homestead Act of 1862

The Homestead Act of 1862

Thomas MacEntee
Apr 23, 2014
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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What Was It?
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Homestead Act Goals
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The First Homesteader
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Homestead Process
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Application
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BLM
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Land Entry Case Files
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Completed Homesteads
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Incomplete Homesteads
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Tract Books
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Ordering Records
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Online
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Changes to the Act
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End of the Act
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Statistics
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Criticism
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Famous Homesteaders
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Further Reading
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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In this session you'll learn how The Homestead Act of 1862 lured citizens of the United States to procure federal lands West of the Mississippi River. The application and qualification process, as burdensome as it was for our ancestors, produced a bumper crop of documents for use by genealogists and family historians.

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Thomas MacEntee
Thomas MacEntee is a guy with a love of punk rock music but also art history who somehow “fell” into the technology industry years ago. He left a lucrative tech career to pursue his love of family history and genealogy. Technology and historical r
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