I see no one's mentioned the homesteading list question so I thought I'd put in my 2cents. I don't think you'll find a "homestead list" for Oneida county as I think this "guberment" program mostly applied to the western territories. When our ancestors came here they had to "BUY" or lease the land and usually at high prices. Homesteading came into being after the Civil war in order to lure settlers into the midwest. Neal Carrier > On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:56:21 -0800 "gbowne" <gbowne@email.msn.com> > writes: > > > > Is their a homesteaders list ( those who lived on the land for I > > think 7 > > years then the land became theirs? > >