Posted on: Costilla County, Co Query Forum Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Co/Costilla?read=49 Surname: KUZEL, BUTEK, MEEK ------------------------- Seeking the date of death and burial site of Jan KUZEL who homesteaded in the Blanca, Costilla Co., CO area between 5 Jan 1909 to 8 Nov 1910. He was b. in Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) in the village of Rusava in the Moravia area. His father was Jiri (George) KUZEL and his mother was Anny BUTEK. He was 54 or 55 years old when he died (one source says suicide) in Blanca. He is not listed in the SSDI. The State could/would not search for a death certificate without an exact date of death. Are their Blanca or Costilla county newspaper files that might have an obituary in the 1910 era? Please contact Mrs. Ethel Kuzell MEEK, 3508 N. Mechanic, El Campo, TX 77437-9429 by snail-mail or Ben GANTT at bengantt@hal-pc.org