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Acres of Records: The Homestead Act and Genealogy Video Class

By Thomas MacEntee

Format: Download

SKU# U1088

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This 150-year-old law enticed settlement across the vast frontier by offering 160 free acres of public land to anyone willing to live on and improve it. This class explores sources for researching your homesteader ancestors.

What you’ll learn:

  •  Overview of the Homestead Act, its purpose and provisions
  • How homesteaders got land and what the government required them to do to keep their free acreage
  • What types of records were generated as a result of the Homestead Act
  • How and where to access Homestead Act-related records

Additional Information

SKU U1088
Author/Speaker/Editor Thomas MacEntee
File Type MP4, PDF, WMV
Format Download

Retail: $29.99

Your price: $19.99

You save: $10.00 (33%)

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This law offered 160 free acres of public land to anyone willing to live on and improve it. Explore sources for researching homesteader ancestors.

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