Federal Homestead Records and What You Might Find in Them

Published: Wed, 11/12/14

Vol. 19, No. 54 - November 13, 2014

Did your ancestors homestead land in the United States? Millions of people did, so the chances of your ancestors being among them is quite high. Homesteading was the federal government’s way of…

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