I need a little help with early patterns of travel. I know many of you are very knowledgeable on this subject. I am looking for the most likely route in 1869 from Marshall County, Illinois to York County, Nebraska. Can anyone help me with this? Nancy Stricklett Galaway ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

could some one please help? need info on M C REMINGTON who had a combined drug and jewlery store in1800in neligh nebraska when? whatwas her maden name?any and all help appreciated thanks so much dottie in idaho

In a message dated 1/2/2002 6:43:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > WASHINGTON COUNTY -- BLAIR > Belknap > Paasch > Petersen > > WASHINGTON COUNTY - RICHLAND TOWNSHIP > Lambrecht > Lamp > Misfeldt > Petersen > > WASHINGTON COUNTY - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP > Jansen > > DOUGLAS COUNTY - BENNINGTON > Gottsch > Hansen > Hladik > Petersen > Stark > > DOUGLAS COUNTY - JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP > Kopke > Logeman > > DOUGLAS COUNTY - UNION TOWNSHIP > Petersen > > You see that Petersen is the common thread. There were lots of them. If > you need to limit what you look up for me, Richland Twp (or precinct) in > Washington county, and Bennington area in Douglas county will still yield a > lot for me. > HERE IS WHAT I FIND IN THE ATLAS: Washington Co., Blair - Belknap, Paasch, Peterson: 1. Section 71, 38.47 acres, Nels Peterson Estate. 2. Section 31, 80 acres, P.L. Peterson 3. Section 10, 40 acres, J.L. Peterson 4. Section 15, 114.25 acres, K. A. PETERSON 5. Sections 25/35, 40/40 acres, J.C. Peterson RICHLAND TOWNSHIP - Lambrecht, Lamp, Misfeldt, Petersen 1. Section 31, Charley Petersen, 80 acres. 2. Section 28, 180 acres, Frederick Petersen. 3. Section 34, 40 acres, H. F. Lambrecht. 4. Section 27, 160 acres, Nick Petersen 5. Section 10, 80 acres, Fritz Misfeldt Washington Co., Washington Twp. - Jansen (I don't find a Washington Twp. in Washington County.) DOUGLAS CO., BENNINGTON (town) is in Jefferson Township: Gottsch, Hansen, Hladik, Petersen, Stark, Kopke, Logeman - 1. Section 34, 160 acres, F. Logemann 2. Section 26, 320 acres, H. Logemann 3. Section 26, 80 acres, Wm. Logemann 4. Section 11, 160 acres, H. Logemann 5. Section 8, 80 acres, B. Gottsch 6. Section 3, 160 acres, C. F. Gottsch That's all I can find on the atlas. I hope this is helpful. Regards, Mona Sarratt Knight "Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty." John Philpot Curran, 1808. "Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people." Harry Emerson

The Firth Cemetery has had some names/dates submitted today. If you have transcriptions either complete or partial for any of the Lancaster County Cemeteries, please contact me about having them added to the Lancaster County pages. We are always looking for materials to be added and we encourage your submissions. Types of materials we are looking for include: Family histories, biographies, photos, obituaries, tombstone photos & inscriptions, cemetery lists, etc. Because of copyright laws, only materials dated before 1925 or written by the submitter will be accepted. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/firthcem.html Have a nice day ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of Rootsweb Mail Lists: NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; surname lists - BLUNT-L, BRICE-L, BRODY-L, CALDWELL-L, LILLIBRIDGE-L and WEITZEL-L See the Mail List Jump page for the links to these list home pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lists.html All incoming and outgoing e-mail is passed through the most recent Norton Antivirus definitions to assure viruses are not passed.

>Has anyone on this list actually written somewhere (other than a county >courthouse office) for a pre-1904 birth or death record, or a pre-1909 >marriage record and been successful? If so, where did you write? >Please furnish the particulars of place, process, cost, etc. Thank you! Hi John, My best luck for pre-state kept records (can I call them that and get away with it?) has been the local church. Most of my research is in Howard and Sherman counties, and I have found the church records to be very helpful. Everything isn't there that I thought would be, but there is a lot. You can find out if the local parish existed in the timeframe you are interested in by writing or calling the present church. BTW, I have also seen Fialas in the course of my research, too. I think in Howard Co. If you would like me to do a lookup, please send along the details of your family. Laura

On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 09:03:02 -0700 Elaine Ashby <[email protected]> writes: > Back in July, 2001 someone sent in the Story Tellers and said the > author was unknown. There was a response from someone that gave the > author's name and I am trying to locate that information. Someone submitted it to me to include on the Buffalo County NEGenWeb pages. I tried to find the source of it -- Tom Dunn's name was given, so I wrote to him. He said he was not the author. I was never able to find an author. Just now I did a search on Google -- Tom Dunn is the only name I found, and I have it directly from him that he didn't write it. But it's quoted on many sites. Try Google and type in: story teller genealogy Hope that helps. Mona [email protected] List Mom - [email protected] Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal My Sites - http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

In a message dated 1/2/2002 10:04:41 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Back in July, 2001 someone sent in the Story Tellers and said the > author was unknown. There was a response from someone that gave the > author's name and I am trying to locate that information. > > Thanks > Have you checked the list archives? You can find it by going to: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=NEBRRoots Have a nice day ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of Rootsweb Mail Lists: NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; surname lists - BLUNT-L, BRICE-L, BRODY-L, CALDWELL-L, LILLIBRIDGE-L and WEITZEL-L See the Mail List Jump page for the links to these list home pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lists.html All incoming and outgoing e-mail is passed through the most recent Norton Antivirus definitions to assure viruses are not passed.

Back in July, 2001 someone sent in the Story Tellers and said the author was unknown. There was a response from someone that gave the author's name and I am trying to locate that information. Thanks

Happy New Year!! I've just posted more obits from the Cedar County News, Cedar County, NE, at this site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar2/ The surnames included in the obits just added are: ANDERSON ARENS BECKER BOECKMAN BROERS (See VEDDER) BRUENING CARL CARLSON DOMINA FISCHER FOXHOVEN HOCHSTEIN HOEBELHEINRICH KATHOL KOCH MCGREGOR PINKELMAN RANKIN SCHREINER STEFFEN VEDDER WALZ Maiden names from the female obits include: AUGENSTEIN HESSE HOESING JOSLIN KONKEN PASEWARK SUING

Does anyone have a connection to a HICKS family of Denton, NE? I am trying to find out about Mary Ann Owen who was married to a HICKS. She was called Anna according to an obituary for her sister Stella Owen Williams. Looking for any existing photos of Mary Ann or her family. Mary Ann was a niece of my G-grandmother Ellen Josephine Owen Harrison of Memphis, NE in Saunders County. Have a nice day ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of Rootsweb Mail Lists: NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; surname lists - BLUNT-L, BRICE-L, BRODY-L, CALDWELL-L, LILLIBRIDGE-L and WEITZEL-L See the Mail List Jump page for the links to these list home pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lists.html All incoming and outgoing e-mail is passed through the most recent Norton Antivirus definitions to assure viruses are not passed.

Hi John, I can only speak for Buffalo County, where, incidentally, there are/were Fialas. The county didn't register births previous to 1904 -- and in a number of cases not until many years later. E.g., my mother's birth in 1909 was never registered. So there are no Buffalo County birth records prior to 1904 at the county or state level. Marriage records for Buffalo County are on file at the court house from the early beginnings of county government. The Trails and Rails Museum has them also, in their archives, which the Fort Kearny Gen. Soc. uses to do look-ups, etc. I don't know the cost at the court house, but I can give you the name of a volunteer who will do a look-up for you. :-) Death records -- I don't know. I haven't looked, nor have I asked. If you are interested, or haven't already done so, please visit the Buffalo County NEGenWeb Project site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal scroll down to the search engine box and enter "Fiala" Happy New Year! Mona [email protected] Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal Our Family - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 10:10:33 -0600 jFiala <[email protected]> writes: > I have found that many Nebraska counties have sent their pre-1904 > birth > and death records, and their pre-1909 marriage records to "The > State". > However, county officials don't seem to be able to say where that > is, or > if they are accessible "somewhere". Their recollection is just that > "The State" required they be sent in. I have the genealogy brochure > published by the NSHS with the description of what they have, which > in > the case of birth and death records appears to be pretty limited. > > Has anyone on this list actually written somewhere (other than a > county > courthouse office) for a pre-1904 birth or death record, or a > pre-1909 > marriage record and been successful? If so, where did you write? > Please furnish the particulars of place, process, cost, etc. Thank > you! > > John Fiala > > > ==== NEBRRoots Mailing List ==== > NEGenWeb Project. Visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/ > Nebraska History & Trivia join: [email protected] > List Admin: [email protected] > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

I have found that many Nebraska counties have sent their pre-1904 birth and death records, and their pre-1909 marriage records to "The State". However, county officials don't seem to be able to say where that is, or if they are accessible "somewhere". Their recollection is just that "The State" required they be sent in. I have the genealogy brochure published by the NSHS with the description of what they have, which in the case of birth and death records appears to be pretty limited. Has anyone on this list actually written somewhere (other than a county courthouse office) for a pre-1904 birth or death record, or a pre-1909 marriage record and been successful? If so, where did you write? Please furnish the particulars of place, process, cost, etc. Thank you! John Fiala

[email protected] wrote: > Someone had posted on a surname list that there was "nothing on-line about > Nebraska" and people there weren't helpful. Well, I could hardly let that > pass! I referred several people to the web site and the on-line library! > Here's a note from a new visitor! Good job team! Thank you, Mona. Our NEGenWeb Project volunteers always love to hear that we've helped someone. That's why we volunteer to work with our county and state sites. One correction: The NEGenWeb Project is a part of the USGenWeb Project, and our National site and many of our state and county sites are generously given web space by Rootsweb. There are other servers that also give webspace to USGenWeb Project state and county sites. So, although we have our site on Rootsweb, we are not a Rootsweb project. Connie NEGenWeb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/ NEGenWeb Project Resource Center: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/ NEGenWeb Project OnLine Library: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/index.html

Someone had posted on a surname list that there was "nothing on-line about Nebraska" and people there weren't helpful. Well, I could hardly let that pass! I referred several people to the web site and the on-line library! Here's a note from a new visitor! Good job team! "Mona, Thank you SOOOOO much for your suggestions on the Rootsweb/Nebraska page. Through your suggestion I have found a picture of my great grandparents home in Nebraska City. I am so very happy since I never knew any of that part of my ancestory, and have made trips to Nebraska City trying to find out 'something' about their lives. I have only begun to look at your other suggestions, but I will follow through on all three of your postings. Again, thank you so very much. People interested in genealogy are so willing to share. " Mona Sarratt Knight "Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty." John Philpot Curran, 1808. "Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people." Harry Emerson

I recently found a 1913 atlas of these counties in Nebraska. Unfortunately, it's not indexed; however, each plat of a township shows the land parcel, section, and name of the owner/occupant of that piece of land. If you know a township your ancestor was is, and whether it was Douglas, Sarpy or Washington County, then I can check the atlas for you. Happy to do free look-ups. Regards, Mona Sarratt Knight RESEARCHING SARRATT, McMAHON, MAGERS, McNEFF IN NEBRASKA.

I recently purchased this item at an antique store. Interesting stuff, and helping to genealogists who want more recent info. Yes, it is 1963, and not 1863. If anyone wants a look-up, please let me know. Mona Sarratt Knight "Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty." John Philpot Curran, 1808. RESEARCHING MAGERS, McMAHON, McNEFF, SARRATT IN NEBRASKA.

A current Plat of Lancaster County, showing the townships has been added to the Lancaster County website. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/twpplat.htm Have a nice day ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of Rootsweb Mail Lists: NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; surname lists - BLUNT-L, BRICE-L, BRODY-L, CALDWELL-L, LILLIBRIDGE-L and WEITZEL-L See the Mail List Jump page for the links to these list home pages: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lists.html All incoming and outgoing e-mail is passed through the most recent Norton Antivirus definitions to assure viruses are not passed.

Better than contacting Lincoln (which doesn't have any of my family in their obit files, despite the fact that many died in Omaha or in the Kearney area over the past 100 or so years--I checked, even though I've gotten copies of their obits here in Omaha and in Hastings), contact the Adams county Genealogical Society in Hastings, NE. They have indexed their newspapers & can get the obit for you if there was one. Naturally, the individual I knew the most about had the biggest obit, her husband whom I needed information about was a two liner., Karen

Published in SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical Treasures Found, Vol. 3, No. 41, 27 December 2001. http://www.PetuniaPress.com/ o I have a box of papers, pictures, and documents I found in the basement of a house we were renting. They looked like the type of things that I wouldn't want to lose so I didn't throw them out. The papers are mostly about Phyllis HUMPHREY of McAllen, Texas and letters to and from Bart or Barton LARSON in Nebraska. I was living at 1826 Jefferson Avenue in Lincoln, Nebraska when I cleaned out the basement and found this box. It has award plaques, a 1965 high school diploma for McAllen High School, and other papers. I would gladly ship these items to their owners. Lydia [email protected] o I have a tinted high school picture of Alice KNEPPER from O'Neill, Nebraska, which I would like to return to her or her children. It was taken in about 1951. John Galuardi [email protected] o I have three pictures that do not belong to my family that I will be happy to send to a family member. -- Sidney T. SMYTHE, President of St. Johns Military Academy, Wisconsin, circa 1920. -- Henry E. VOEGELI, manager of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, circa 1930s. -- Florence SCOTT, probably Chicago, Illinois (or could be Nebraska, if an Army family) circa 1920s. Susan Cranston [email protected]

re: Hello Everyone, I am new to this list and am hoping someone can help me. I am trying to locate an obituary on a gentleman who is buried in the Kearney Cemetery ... The Nebraska State Historical Society is a great resource for finding obits. If you can get to Lincoln in person, you'll find they have a gigantic card file in the entryway lobby that is simply alphabetic by person's name. Chances are you can find your name there and it will list a newspaper containing an obit. They will very likely have the newspaper on microfilm. If you can't get there, they can do the lookup for you for a small fee. Of course in either case you may get a really nice writeup or just a "services thursday" notice. The NSHS folks will likely search several days' of papers to make sure that the latter is all that's available if that's the case. http://www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/services/refrence/index.htm Kent Christensen Albuquerque Christensen/Christoffersen: ?? -> Lancaster Co., NE, USA Pedersen (Peterson): Hjorring, DK -> Sarpy Co., NE, USA Grell: Germany -> Sarpy Co., NE, USA