Hi, list! I've just added or updated several things on the Lincoln page and wanted to let you know about them. 1. A partial list of obits for 1986. I'll try to fill this out when I go home. Here is a list of names:Ahlvers, Bonnie nee Garrison; Arkebauer, Alvina A.; Baird, Leona; Borgelt, Earl C.; Bruce, Abbie C.; Campbell, Blanche H.; Chard, Barbara nee Smith; Coyle, Sestia L.; Espey, Harry; Estrada, Dorothy nee Barrows; Frevele, Minette; Greene, D. Madge nee Marteney; Gurley, Maymie nee Woody; Hartman, Dr. Merle M.; Hutchison, Ethel nee Walters; Llafet, Geneva nee Songer; Lonberger, Earl; Look, Edna A. nee Suelter; McFarlin, Leon M.; Nelson, Earl "Pete"; Reinert, John C.; Saine, Cora Belle nee Strange; Schropp, Beryl E.; Shaver, Dessa L. nee Cheney; Shaw, Sarah nee Tufts; Strecker, Mollie; Sulsar, Hylas; Trapp, Clara; Webster, Frank H.; Whited, Marie nee Spear; Wiegert, Erna nee Schwerdtfeger; Wiegert, Walter B. 2. Added gleanings to the 1900s list for 1939 and 1962. Names include Dillon (reunion), Bradbury, Metz, Herren, Hagberg, Shirk, Lewick Dresselhaus, Eckhart, Buzick, Greene (reunion), Peckham (reunion), Livingood, Hemminger, Sherman, Healy, and others. 3. Added these names to the 2000 obits list: Behrens, Hilda E. nee Choitz; Clark, Elmo Vincent; Cromwell, Bertha Mae; Hunter, Ruth Irene; Marshall, Richard "Wilson"; Modrow, Roy Q.; Ostermann, Elda E. nee Headley; Shannon, Clifford Edward 4. Added brief sketches of the Vesper Presbyterian church and Vesper High School to the community page. Names include Serrien, Cheney, Block, Middlekauff, Brumbaugh, Bradbury, Jennings, Fitzgerald, Casserly, McBride, McFarland, Rahmeier. 5. Added a page called "Builders of Lincoln County," including articles about settlers written for the Lincoln Sentinel-Republican in 1939 and 1940. I have put up nine stories so far: W.J. Berryman, Dr. Sarah A. Cole, Mrs. Eva (Trask) Crawford, Dr. H.M. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Hancock, Columbus C. Hendrickson, John Riley Hendrickson, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hurlock, Mr. and Mrs. E.A. McFarland. The url to start is: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/builders.htm I think that's it for now. Let me know if you have questions or need lookups on these obits! Tracee

Hi, list! Because several people mentioned an interest in the DILLON family, I thought I'd put this on the list as well as add it to the gleanings on the Lincoln page. Lincoln Sentinel-Republican -- Thursday, Aug. 31, 1939 The DILLON family reunion was celebrated in the spacious country home of Mr. and Mrs. L. DILLON at Vesper on Sunday, Aug. 27. The day was wonderfully cool and pleasant. Dinner was served cafeteria style to the 55 present. The event was an especially happy occasion due to the presence of distant relatives coming to spend the day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Harley WHALEY, Ravenwood, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Roy WHALEY, Mrs. Cora WHALEY, Elmo, Mo., Frank NEW Jr., Hopkins, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Ed DILLON and daughter Waneta, Mrs. A.E. GLOVER and daughter Estalene, North Branch, Kan.; Walter DILLON, Burr Oak, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd BROTHERS and daughter Ella May, Sterling; Gern NEW of Nickerson; Mrs. Laura WIRTH and sons, Emory and Francis, Waldo; Mr. and Mrs. Roy DILLON, Leo and Melva Marie, Sylvan Grove; Mr. And Mrs. Carl DILLON and daughter Erma Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Martin JOHANSEN and Russel Anglin, Mr. and Mrs. L. DILLON, Vesper; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis PISTOLE, Mervin, Melvin and Lois (??), Milo; Mr. and Mrs. Glen PISTOLE and son Clarence, Harold OETTING, Hunter; Mrs. Mary HANNEMAN and sons, Elmer, Roy and Delmar Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene SPEAR, Leola and Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil PISTOLE, Virgil Jr. and Vivian, John HOLMQUIST, Ed B. DILLON, Miss Nannie DILLON, all of Lincoln.

The names I am researching are: HEWES, HARPER, WOODY, WRIGHT, JACKSON, WHITE, SHREVES, VANPELT, NORTON AND BRIDENSTINE. Sherry Ray Kent, WA

Hello all.... My Lincoln County Surnames: Primary names: POLLOCK, DEEDS Related names: WEBB, HALLOCK, HEMMINGER / HEMINGER, PEPPER, GRAVES, HILLS, KEELER Information on DEEDS/WEBB/HEMMINGER (and SOWERS tie-in) can be found at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/deedsh.htm Information on POLLOCK, HALLOCK, PEPPER, GRAVES, HILLS, KEELER can be found at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/sam.htm later Bill Sowers Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian State Library of Kansas 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: http://lib.wuacc.edu/

Hello Lincoln County Researchers I'm a little late with my surnames due to a new computer and all the set up and transfers that go with that. My Surnames in Lincoln County are: WOODY, CROWL and BOWLIN My great grandfather Henry Woody moved to Lincoln County sometime in the late 1890's from Georgia. I am thinking that he followed the trail to Kansas from some earlier Woody migrations. Josiah Askew Woody and his wife Rausey Melinda Bryan Woody came to Lincoln County in 1871. Anyway, back to my line, Henry WOODY married Edith CROWL and lived in or near Barnard. They had seven children, Wanda Wilma, Kathryn, Frank, Nellie Ellen (married Keith Fisher SAUNDERS) and my grandfather Alex Lenard WOODY. Alex WOODY born Feb. 15, 1908 in Barnard married Margaret Mary BOWLIN ( may have been married in Beloit, Mitchell County but not sure). Did anyone's family that lived near Barnard in the late 20's or early 30's go to Beloit to get married? My father Donald Mac WOODY was born in Barnard on Jan. 17, 1932 That's all I know for now other than the whole clan packed up and headed to Oregon in 1938/39. I am not sure why. Tracee, if you could look for a marriage record for Alex Woody and Margaret Bowlin I would appreciate it. Thanks, Mike Woody Albany, Oregon

I'm researching the following surnames in Lincoln county: HACKER, HANCOCK, LEWIS, PAINTER, SCHMIDT -Kirk Painter ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hello Tracee and other Lincoln County researchers... Just a note about the homestead records. I don't know if this is relevant but the initial applications were published in the newspaper... I've seen many of them as I look through for gleanings. Each application announced in the paper listed that it was filed in either one of two "land offices".... one in Salina and the other in Concordia. The notices in the paper include an application number, the location of the land, and the names of witnesses to the application. Would these land records be filed in Lincoln County or perhaps at the National Archives? I'm really not sure. I'd love to enter all of the homestead applications I find in the 1870's/80's papers I go through. The problem with them is that if I took the time/effort to type all of them up I'd have no time to put in other info that is included for the gleanings (e.g... marriages, deaths, births, arrivals, departures, etc.). If somebody would like to check out the Lincoln newspapers through Interlibrary loan from the Kansas State Historical Society (or if they live in Topeka or Lincoln and have the time to go to the State Historical Society or Lincoln Public Library) and go through them pulling out the land application notices in each issue and donate them to the website that would be great... a lot to ask but what the heck!... I figured I'd give it a try.<grin> Good luck in your research Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com- check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html Graham County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Barton County Kansas ALHN web page at: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/

Hi once again! Just a note to say I will be going to Lincoln on May 24 for a two-week visit. This is my semi-annual offer to do lookups while I'm there. Here's what I will do: 1. Look up obituaries, provided I have a date of death (no searches for "sometime in 1910). 2. Look up marriages at the courthouse. I can send you dates (easier for me), or I can get copies of the marriage license. FYI: the licenses do NOT have the names of the bride and groom's parents, so there isn't any more real info there than the date anyway. The copies will cost 25 cents. (That's the courthouse's rate, not mine.) 3. Take photos of gravestones at St. Patrick's Cemetery, St. John's Catholic, Prairie Grove and Lincoln City Cemetery. I also am open to any suggestions for information I should try to bring back with me. Someone (Lori, perhaps?) suggested seeing if the courthouse has homestead records, someone else suggested voter registration cards. I'm going to check into both of those and just generally "poke around" and see what else might turn up. Any other ideas, let me know. Please send me your lookup request NO LATER THAN May 20. I make every effort to get everyone's lookups done but I have to add that I may not have time, depending on demand. (I also have to add that I've never failed to get them done yet, but my mom has a full slate of stuff planned for me.) That's it from me today, I promise. Tracee

Hi, list. Just added a new category to the Lincoln County page: a community history page. Here is the link: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/commun.htm So far, as you'll see, I only have Vesper up there, but I hope to keep adding to it. Anyone with info, please feel free to contribute! Anyone with family who settled in that area will want to read it, but names mentioned that I recall are TOOLE/O'TOOLE, FLAHERTY, STEELE, BLOCK, MIDDLEKAUF. Enjoy!

I guess perhaps I ought to take my own advice and send my names: Brockett, Brooks, Corrigan, Crowe, Kerr, King, Kyne, Lewick, Luff, Walls, Walters Whalen is also an interest of mine, as well as any of the Irish-Catholic families that farmed near Vesper: Powers, Dudley, Fox, Haley/Healy, etc. Several of you mentioned DILLON. Anyone related to the Irish-Catholic Dillons who lived west of Lincoln? Shot in the dark ... I know there were at least two Dillon families. Thanks to everyone who sent names to the list. That will help me when I'm going through records. I've made a list of everyone's interests and I can alert you personally if I come across something. Most of you are familiar to me through various lookups but if there's anyone out there who hasn't asked for cemetery or death register lookups for your surnames, please do. Tracee

Hi everyone! Here are my surnames from Lincoln County: PECK, PICKETT, HURLBUT, WILSON, WILLIAMS, CAMPBELL Am also interested in connecting with anyone connected to the DILLON family of Lincoln County. Anyone out there?

My surnames are: ALLEY, WICKER (WHICKER)

In Lincoln County from about 1970 - 1900 Wm & Sally (LEE) GILLMORE W L & Mary Jane (VILOTTE) GILLMORE Charles H & Sally (GILLMORE) STEELE Any thoughts much appreciated. Thanks, Laura Gilmore

I'm researching my husbands family in Lincoln County. Summers Pistole Cheney Farr I also believe from some old correspondence I've found that he is somehow related to a Minnie Johansen and believe that Minnie may have been a Dillon before marriage. Would love to hear from someone interested in these Surnames. Ramona Summers * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ramona Summers mailto:ramona@inficad.com Ramona's Home Page http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3785/ Dreamland Computer Club http://www.inficad.com/~bobbies Genealogical Workshop of Mesa http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3785/gwomentrance.html

TURNER, BROOKS, RAYNOR, KENT IN ALLEN CO. - THOMPSON, HARCLERODE

Here are my Lincoln County surnames. Boyle Coffman Geyer Kirchner Randol Whitman Lori rastus@pld.com

My surnames wandered between Lincoln Co and Ottawa Co. : Ada, Milo, Barnard and Lincoln They are: GRACE, GRAVES, HILLS, FRANK, REDDING and HISEROTE. Jane

My surnames are from the Barnard area and a few from Denmark. They are Clark, Good, Simpson, Shafer, Bernhardt, Peterson, Adams, King. I have a new email address - foulke@netscape.net Sandy

Researching the BOLTE- MCCURDY families. The Boltes came to Lincoln county 1878/79. Donna Krenzel

Please contact me if anyone on your family tree had diphtheria or lost love ones to that disease, especially (though not exclusively) if it happened in Lincoln County. Thanks, Wilda