The Homestead Act of 1862

Thomas MacEntee
Apr 23, 2014
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Welcome
2m 34s
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Speaker's Introduction
1m 35s
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Introduction
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What Was It?
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Homestead Act Goals
2m 19s
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The First Homesteader
2m 27s
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Homestead Process
6m 06s
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Application
5m 25s
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BLM
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Land Entry Case Files
3m 28s
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Completed Homesteads
2m 19s
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Incomplete Homesteads
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Tract Books
1m 39s
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Ordering Records
1m 30s
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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
22m 54s

About this webinar

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.

About the speaker

About the speaker

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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