A relative loand me the Harrison County book 1981. If you want me to do a look up for a name let me know. I will have it for a little while. Carol I'm researching: Neidermeyer, Longmeyer (Longmere), Wehrli, Kreder so far.

John Philip Colletta is coming all the way from Washington DC to speak to genealogists in the Omaha area with ideas to hone their skills and give them the tools to find more ancestors. The big day is October 30 and it will be at the Paralyzed Veterans of America building--lots of space.    His topics are: AM Using Original and Derivative Sources: How to evaluate Evidence  This lecture defines and discusses original and derivative sources, and explores the assets and drawbacks of each. It demonstrates how to derive the full informational content from a source; the importance of knowing the origin and purpose of the source; how to resolve conflicting "facts;" how to weigh documentary evidence to arrive at the "most probable" truth; how to combine sources to see the "whole picture;" and how to test hypotheses to learn the true story of your own ancestors. Only a Few Bones: Case studies in pulling sources together to reconstruct real life events. The biographical facts we discover about our ancestors did not happen in a vacuum. Our ancestors were born, lived, & died under specific physical circumstances at specific times in history. Using seven specific19th-century case studies drawn from his book, Only a Few Bones: A True Account of the Rolling Fork Tragedy and Its Aftermath, this lecture demonstrates how to turn biographical facts into the real-life experiences they were by gathering together multiple documentary sources bearing on a particular ancestral event and individualizing it. The case studies include: locating the precise place in the backcountry where an ancestor was born; determining whether an ancestor built his house on his city land or his country land; learning the circumstances -- time, place, weather, society, etc. -- of a wedding ceremony; exploring an ancestor's appointment to public office during Reconstruction; examining a freedman's experience as Justice of the Peace; locating the grave of a Jewish clerk who died young; reconsructing an ancestor's legal dispute with the captain of the Robert E. Lee.   11:45  Lunch on your own & visit vendors. The box lunches will be either turkey or beef, and must be pre-ordered.  They will not be available for purchase the day of the conference.  (There are restaurants & fast food places not too far from the conference facility, however.) 1:30  Military Pension & Bounty Land Records 1776 - 1912  This lecture explains what federal military pension and bounty land records are. It discusses how they are arranged at the National Archives, what information they contain, and what you need to know to begin a search for an ancestor's record. Using two specific sample cases, it demonstrates how to use resources available locally on microfilm, in books and on the Internet, as well as those in the National Archives, to find and obtain the record of an ancestor's military pension or bounty land.   3:00  Breaking Through Brick Walls: Use your Head.  The path of genealogical investigation is strewn with many stumbling blocks, and every so often we even hit a brick wall. When that happens, it’s time to use your head! This lecture offers some guidelines, some points of methodology, for how to proceed when you hit a brick wall. The theory, however, is presented very briefly, giving way to five or six solid, practical examples.    I have read his fascinating book Only a Few Bones, and am looking forward to hearing more about the process he used in researching a murder mystery that was about 100 years old.   There are fliers are at Omaha Public Libraries (at W. Dale Clark Library where the genealogy collection is, they're on 3rd floor). We've tried to get them out at area genealogy societies and family history centers. If you would like, I can email the registration information to you, because time is getting short to qualify for the reduced rate allowed because of pre-registration.  (Must be postmarked by the 12th of Oct, UNLESS you are attending the Family History Fair on the 20th and turn it in there.)  There are discounts for those who are members of the genealogy society, or who join at the time of their registration.   Discounts on conferences are only one of the perks of membership in Greater Omaha Genealogical Society. For groups of 5 or more from another gen society, we offer a rebate to the society of $5.00 per person.    If you can't make it to a library or family history center to pick up a flier, let me know and I'll try to email the registration information out to you. Sandy O'Neil, GOGS, HCGS

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coffman, Cronin, Hudson, Clement, Evison, Griffith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2221 Message Board Post: My wife is researching the family of Frank and Martha Hudson Coffman. She'd enjoy corresponding with any other researchers.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/473.564 Message Board Post: My wife and I have considerable information on this family and would enjoy sharing with others studying these people.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2220 Message Board Post: I would like to hear from any-one having any info on Jacob Kling. He was born about 1851 in Germany. He was married to Fenneken Reudink on July 21, 1887 in Douglas Co, NE. In 1897 they moved to Cuming Co.6 miles north of Scribner, Ne. Their children were, Conrad, Gesina, Martin, Emma, and Arnold who was my Grandfather

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Purcell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0k.2ADE/1075.1.2 Message Board Post: I too am a descendent of Jesse & Jane Purcell through their son Alexander. I would love to have copies of the pictures you have of their grave site. Please email me at [email protected] And by the way, I see you are located in Arlington. We live in Roanoke, just 30 minutes away. Thanks, Jenny

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PURCELL, BROWN, AKERS, MEADORS, HARRIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0k.2ADE/782.989.3 Message Board Post: According to my grandmother, Jesse Purcell & Jane Akers are my g-g-g-g-grandparents. My grandma, Irene Lenore Meadors, parents were George Meadors & Bessie Harris. Bessie's parents were Richard Harris & Surrelda Purcell. Surrelda's parents were Alexander Purcell & either Martha or Elizabeth Brown (not sure about the first name). Alexander's parents were Jesse Purcell & Jane Akers. If anyone has any more information regarding the family, any stories, the lineage, please email me at [email protected] I am just beginning my family research, and need all the help I can get. Thanks, Jenny

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA Oct 5th, 2004 Arlene Marie Hoeppner, 74, of Council Bluffs died Oct. 3 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital, surrounded by her family and friends. In life, she was a caring daughter and granddaughter, loving wife, devoted mother, adoring grandmother and great-grandmother, and a true friend to all who knew her. She loved unconditionally and lived every day of her life with gratitude and appreciation for the love and joy she received. She was honest, patient, strong, kind and self-less. She felt blessed that she was given the opportunity to watch her family grow and derived endless pleasure from the special gift of being present in the lives of her great-grandchildren. She enjoyed reading, crocheting, music, dancing and playing cards. She was born and raised in rural communities in southwestern Iowa, and graduated from Persia High School. Her career included many years of service as a legal secretary at Connelly and Connelly Law Firm and as an office manager at Legal Services of Iowa Corporation. She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Mary Tennigkeit, and her husband, Donald Hoeppner. Left to mourn her loss are her children: daughters Janice (Jim) Schneckloth of Oklahoma City, Okla., Jane Arrick of Council Bluffs, and Jennifer (Larry) Van Cleave of Urbandale; son, Duran (Natalie) Hoeppner of Des Moines; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren. Her extended family includes fiance Ed Grudle, his four children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, many cousins, and special friends, including Viola Butterbaugh. A visitation service has been planned at Henry-Livingston Funeral Home from 6 to 8 tonight. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will follow immediately at Minden Cemetery in Minden. Memorials may be offered to local Diabetes Foundation, Community Alliance of Omaha.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2219 Message Board Post: Where would I find Naturalization Records for a person that lived in Logan, Jefferson County, Iowa? Name: Mary Erickson Born: 4-1852 Sweden Immigrated: 1871 I'd also love to obtain an obituary and date of death. Mary was alive in 1930 and living in Logan, Iowa. Thanks

Need Help In the Dunlap reporter paper under It Was Reported for Sept 9, 1904 it had ---    Mrs Wm. Hein and mother and Mrs Fred May and son went to St; Louis yesterday to visit the expositon.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Would anyone have any information about these 2 families especially Mrs Fred May & son. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boe, Millard, Jackson, Austin, Brown, Cleveland Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2218 Message Board Post: Betty Boe September 30, 2004 Betty Boe was born October 16, 1920 in Woodbine, Iowa to parents John Edward and Lulu Mae (Millard) Boe. She was raised in the Woodbine area and graduated from Woodbine High School. She furthered her education by taking the Normal Training and teaching in country schools. She continued her learning process by taking additional classes at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. Alter some years of teaching, Betty changed jobs and began working in the banking industry. She worked at 1st National Bank in San Francisco, Calif., and then in Omaha, Neb., for more than 20 years. In the mid 1980s Betty moved to Dunlap. Betty was a member of the Methodist Church and United Methodist Women. She was a volunteer with the American Cancer Society drives and also collected money for the American Heart Association. Betty attended TOPS meetings and she enjoyed reading and working crossword puzzles. She was an avid sports fan and loved to follow the high school and college athletic events. Betty died Thursday, September 23, 2004 at the Dunlap Nursing and Rehab Center in Dunlap attaining the age of 83 years, 11 months, and seven days. Preceding her in death were her parents; two brothers, Warren and Lawrence; and two sisters, Lila Jackson and Neva Austin. She is survived by two sisters, Enid Brown of Escondido, Calif., and Irene Cleveland of Woodbine; brother-in-law, Kenneth Austin of Dunlap; sister-in-law, Ruth Boe of Dunlap; and many nieces, nephews and other family, friends, and neighbors. Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church in Dunlap Monday afternoon, September 27, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Judy Deweber officiating. Musician was Barb Amsberry and vocalist was Jay Randall who sang "Amazing Grace" and "In The Garden." Interment was made at Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Dunlap. Pallbearers were Dave Austin, Nick Cleveland, Steve Hamblen, Bob Jackson, Dan Jackson, Bob Steele. Funeral arrangements were handled by Fouts Funeral Home in Dunlap. Respectfully submitted for other researchers ©The Dunlap Reporter 2004

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hambleton, Flessner, Randall Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2217 Message Board Post: Lt. Col. I.E. "Gene" Hambleton September 30, 2004 Lt. Col. I.E. "Gene" Hambleton, a military aviator whose 1972 rescue in Vietnam inspired the movie "Bat 21," died Sept. 19 in Tucson, Ariz. He was 85 years old. Col. Hambleton, a longtime friend of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Randall, had visited Dunlap several times. He became known worldwide through the book "Bat 21" that he wrote with the help of a U.S. Air Force friend. The book was printed in several languages and was made into the movie of the same name in which Gene Hackman played the part of Gene Hambleton. Col. Hambleton was a navigator, radar operator, and electronics countermeasure officer. Bat 21 was the call sign of the plane performing a night mission over North Vietnam when it was shot down by a SAM missile. Hambleton was injured in the explosion and ejection at high altitude and was the sole survivor. The book is the story of his escape and evasion in enemy territory with the help of his Motorola radio, forward air controllers and intelligence officers using golf code and knowledge of Hambleton's golf experiences and navigation abilities. Col. Hambleton retired in 1973 after 30 years of distinguished service in the U.S. A! ir Force. Military memorial services with bagpipes were held Sept. 23 in Tucson and will be held this week in Illinois. Hambleton's remains will be taken to the national cemetery near Joliet, Illinois, to be interred with his wife of some 60 years, Gwen (Flessner) Hambleton, who died Dec. 21, 2003. Gene and Gwen were both Illinois natives. They never had children. Dick and Margaret Randall knew Gene and Gwen Hambleton when the two fliers were in training at Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas, and then at Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas during the Korean war. Gene Hambleton has played the Dunlap Golf Course and stayed at the Randalls' home in Dunlap. The Randalls hosted a Bat 21 reception at the Gold Slipper with the Hambletons who had come to Dunlap after attending a small Iowa bankers meeting at a golf course in Galena, Illinois. Hambleton enjoyed the bank group and golfed with them at Okoboji. The Dunlap Library has the Bat 21 book as do several of the more senior Dunlap fir! emen. Respectfully submitted for other researchers ©The Dunlap Reporter 2004

Good morning, I am planning on doing a mass mailing searching for any Fitch surname connections in Harrison County. Yahoo has a directory listing and a lot of the listings have a 712 area code, for cities not even in Harrison County. Is this normal in Iowa to have the same area code for more than one county? Or is yahoo using 712 as a coverall number for what they have not researched maybe? Welcome all comments. Thank you, Deborah

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA Sept 29th 2004 MISSOURI VALLEY - Gertrude G. Edmonds, 103, of Missouri Valley died Sept. 27 at Longview Care Center in Missouri Valley. Survivors include her daughters, Catherine Bock and husband, Albert, of Missouri Valley, Lucille Sandquist of Woodbine; son, Gerald Edmonds, of Omaha; 16 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. A wake service will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Hennessey-Aman Funeral Home in Missouri Valley. Visitation with the family will follow the service. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Missouri Valley. Burial will be in Soldier Valley cemetery in Pisgah.

Both Porter obits are listed on the obituary index as being in the Missouri Valley Times.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Porter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/2216 Message Board Post: I'd be happy to share what I have on this family. I believe this is from the Missouri Valley Times date about 29 Jan 1907. Claude/Claudius F. F. death certificate indicates he died 27 Jan 1907, but obit seems to indicate it was 29 Jan 1907 same day as his son Benjamin F. Porter. = Obit for C.F. F. Porter 29? Jan 1907 Missouri Valley Iowa C. F. F. Portor died at his farm home near Calhoun at 1:30 o'clock this morning, of pneumonia aged 69 years. The deceased moved to this county from Oregon three years ago, and had made a large circle of friends by kindly disposition and neiborly conduct. He leaves eight children to mourn his death. The funeral will be held from the Calhoun school house, Wednesday, at 10 o'clock and the remains will be buried in Calhoun county. Three other members are down with this pneumonia, one son being dangerously sick with the disease.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Porter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/12.704 Message Board Post: I believe this is from the Missouri Valley Times date about 30 Jan 1907. Ben died just hours after his father C.F.F. Porter. Can anyone confirm the newspaper and date? Obit of Benjamin F. Porter Benjamin F. Porter died at the family home near Calhoun last night at 10:30 o"clock, of pneumonia. Mr. Porter was born December 21st 1860, being thus about 47 years of age at the time of his demise. His father, C.F.F. Porter also died yesterday, but in the morning. The remains will be buried tomorrow in the Calhoun cemetery, temporarily, and later both the father and son will be taken to Oregon for final interment. The case is doubly sad on account of the whole family being sick and almost helpless. Mr. Porter leaves a wife, son and daughter, also three step children to mourn their loss.

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA Sept 28th, 2004 MISSOURI VALLEY - Freeman L. Wotton Sr., 63, of Missouri Valley died Sept. 27 at the Community Memorial Hospital in Missouri Valley. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War as a gunner and helicopter maintenance. Survivors include his wife, Cheryl, of Missouri Valley; sons, Harold and Leonard of Missouri Valley, Lenny of Maine; daughter, Tracy, of Maine; two sisters, Judy and Kathy of Maine; three grandchildren and one special guy he thought was his son, Jake Valdez of Oregon. Memorial service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Hennessey-Aman Funeral Home in Missouri Valley.

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA Sept 28th, 2004 MISSOURI VALLEY - Gertrude Edmonds, 103, of Missouri Valley died Sept. 27 at Longview Care Center in Missouri Valley. Services are pending at Hennessey-Aman Funeral Home in Missouri Valley.

Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs IA Sept 25 2004 LOGAN - Wayne Lee Miller, 42, of Logan died Sept. 23 at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha. Wayne was born Sept. 1, 1962, in Harlan to Francis and Delores (Shriber) Miller. Wayne attended and graduated from Logan-Magnolia High School. He was married to Nancy Huelshorst Feb. 9, 1985, in Missouri Valley. Wayne farmed and was employed at Bond Equipment in Logan as a welder. Survivors include his wife, Nancy, of Logan; children, Lindsay, Kendra and Dillon, all of Logan; father, Francis Miller of Logan; sisters, Susan Flannery and husband, Tom, of Hinton; Vicky Jones and husband, Lonnie, of Racine, Wis.; brother; Gene Miller of Logan; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, cousins and many friends. A rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Sunday at Logan Memorial Chapel with visitation to follow. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Logan. Burial will be in Harris Grove Cemetery in Logan.