The STEVENS family of John V. and Mildred were found in Lincoln, not Omaha. Sorry for any confusion. Laura

slsmn = salesman 1929 Polk's Omaha City Directory: Under the name HAY there were several entries, but none for Laura, Arthur or Blanche. There were: Andrew Blanche Bruce Florence Gerald Marjorie Matilda Wm THORSPECKEN, Arthur A. slsmn Jerpe Comn Co. h2735 Saratoga 1931, same HAY, same as above THORSPECKEN, Arthur A. slsmn h2735 Saratoga Violet E. sten L.G. Doup Co. r2905 Meredith Ave Good luck with your search, Laura

I am posting several responses to look-ups on the list to benefit everyone... carp = carpenter r = residence forgot to write down "h" - I think it was head of house 1928, Polk's Omaha City Directory STEVENS, John V. (Mildred) carp h351 N. 28th 1929, same STEVENS, John V. (Mildred) carp h419 N. 27th 1930, same STEVENS, John V. (Mildred) carp h2816 S also at same address: Raymond G. appr r2816 S Harold J. student r 2816 S 1931, same STEVENS, John V. (Mildred) carp h2816 S also at same address: Kenneth student r 2816 S Ray bricklayer r 2816 S 1932, same STEVENS, John B. (Mildred) carp h2816 S 1933, same STEVENS, John V. carp h2816 S Good luck with your search, Laura

I did a look-up last week for DAHMS in Howard County, and now I have come across another one in Holt County. On 27 May 1913, Morton Y. GREELEY married Lillian Mae DAHMS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John DAHMS from 3 miles north of Emmet. If anyone wants more info, let me know. Laura

Hi All, Well just got the latest batch of postcards that Fred sent me a few weeks before Balloonfest to get into his on-line collection. It took me a full week to recoup from all the hours spent with our yearly Michigan State Championship of Hot Air Ballooning. If you are ever in Michigan last weekend in June, it is a real neat festival to come to. Very Family oriented. We had over 150,000 people this year. There were about 80 cards added and many new small towns were added per your requests to Fred. He has already been able to get images of people's ancestral homes to them via this site, so he is pleased. http://www.livgenmi.com/2001NEFredsPostCardsTitle.htm Hope you enjoy them, and remember if you like NE history to check out the Nebraska section of the Memorial Library as we have added more data. Pam http://www.LivGenMI.com Home of the 1895 atlas & many more historical maps & books for the U.S. in the Memorial On-Line Library www.LivGenMI.com/memoriallibrary.htm http://www.ChaseNEgw.com Home of the 1891 Shippers Dispatch Gazetteer http://www.ShepherdsVoice.org Home of Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church Brighton MI. Come pay us a visit! If you use any of the above or any of the hundreds of bits of information I have put on the net for you.....Your Obligation is to complete your "Hug Homework"! Pam - List Lady [email protected]

Hi, Floyd, and Carol, I'm not aware of any cemetery in Buffalo Co. named Salem. A search of Abrahamson, on the Buffalo Co. NEGenWeb Project site, 10 references to that name were listed. Carol might like to check those out to see if they seem to be connected to her family. See the URL in my signature. Scroll down that page to the search engine box. Good luck!! Mona [email protected] Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 14:22:41 -0600 Floyd Smith III <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Gang, > > I wrote to Carol and informed her I was going to forward this onto a > couple of lists to catch the attention of someone that may be able > to > help her. Any takers?........Floyd > > David & Carol Vaughan wrote: > > > I recently found out that I have many relatives buried in the > Salem > > Cemetery near Kearney, NE. I already knew that I had relatives > > (Burgeson) buried in Prairie Home Cemetery in Phelps Co. Does > anyone > > have a list that can be purchased that has all the names of the > people > > buried in Salem Cemetery? My relatives that are buried there are > the > > John Abrahamson family and descendants. Evidently their homestead > was > > between Holdrege and Kearney somewhere, but don't know exactly > where, > > whether in Buffalo County or Phelps County, I don't know. If you > know > > anyone that can give me this information, I would appreciate it. I > > also have family memorabilia in the museum in Minden, NE. A loom > made > > by my gr-gr grandfather, John Abrahamson, is on display there as > well > > as a picture of his wife, Lina Stina Peterson Abrahamson. I > visited a > > distant cousin in Nevada and she gave me this information. I live > in > > California and have never been to Nebraska. I hope someday to make > it > > there and look around. Thank you in advance. Carol Burgeson > Vaughan > > > ==== 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/tagj.

Hi Gang, I wrote to Carol and informed her I was going to forward this onto a couple of lists to catch the attention of someone that may be able to help her. Any takers?........Floyd David & Carol Vaughan wrote: > I recently found out that I have many relatives buried in the Salem > Cemetery near Kearney, NE. I already knew that I had relatives > (Burgeson) buried in Prairie Home Cemetery in Phelps Co. Does anyone > have a list that can be purchased that has all the names of the people > buried in Salem Cemetery? My relatives that are buried there are the > John Abrahamson family and descendants. Evidently their homestead was > between Holdrege and Kearney somewhere, but don't know exactly where, > whether in Buffalo County or Phelps County, I don't know. If you know > anyone that can give me this information, I would appreciate it. I > also have family memorabilia in the museum in Minden, NE. A loom made > by my gr-gr grandfather, John Abrahamson, is on display there as well > as a picture of his wife, Lina Stina Peterson Abrahamson. I visited a > distant cousin in Nevada and she gave me this information. I live in > California and have never been to Nebraska. I hope someday to make it > there and look around. Thank you in advance. Carol Burgeson Vaughan

The following pages have been added to the Church page for Lancaster County with more names to be added soon. This is a 1969 list including former pastors names and charter parish members in their Jubilee Anniversary of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/sheartchurch.h tml">Sacred Heart Catholic Church 1969 Members List - Lincoln, NE</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/sheartchurch.html <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/shchurchlist1. html">Sacred Heart Church Parish List - 1969 - Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/shchurchlist1.html Take care ~Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co., NEGenWeb Coordinator http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html

It is my understanding that all the NARA sites already have their copies of the 1930 Census. The one I use does. They are being edited by the different centers to be sure they are readable. I also know that they may be harder to use. Some states will have a Soundex/Miracode, others will not. Similar to the 1910 census, you have to know where they were living in order to find them. G Norwood

We need to remember that although the NARA releases the census on 1 April of 2002, most repositories that carry the census will not be able to have the reels that fast. It'll take time for copies to be made and sent out, whether to local libraries, or for personal home use. If I need to travel to a Regional Archives, I'd hesitate before making the trip, just in case the place was mobbed that day and the few thereafter, so that I didn't get to use the facility due to others ahead of me. I'm planning my list of films to order, and I know of one microfilm copy company that will do pre-orders starting in October. (Mine end up at the W. Dale Clark library in Omaha, if anyone is interested--where we've got 53+% of the released ones, and more on order.) Karen

Thanks to a generous contribution from Carol Tramp, Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Wynot, NE, has just been added to the Cedar County page of the Nebraska Tombstone Transcription Project. The Wynot Cemetery listing has also been updated. Thanks, Carol!! Kristi B. Lam USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project Arizona http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/arizona.html Nebraska http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/nebraska.html Oregon http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/oregon.html Utah http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/utah.html Nebraska Tombstone Photo Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ne/tombstone/tombstone_main.html AHGP Cedar County, NE http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar2/ NEGenWeb Cedar County, NE http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar/

I have just posted the index for Volume 12, Cedar County Naturalization Petitions & Records, 1907-1912. You can view it at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar2/ Enjoy! Kristi B. Lam USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project Arizona http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/arizona.html Nebraska http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/nebraska.html Oregon http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/oregon.html Utah http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/utah.html Nebraska Tombstone Photo Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ne/tombstone/tombstone_main.html AHGP Cedar County, NE http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar2/ NEGenWeb Cedar County, NE http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar/

While surfing this morning, I found the following information about the National Archives and city directories that are availble to look at in the regional offices. I hope to go the the regional office near me within the next three weeks. I will offer to do lookups for the first 10 people who send me their requests. I am sorry, but I don't think I could do more than that at this time. Perhaps in the fall... I am already so anxious for the 1930 U.S. Census to become available. It'll be here April 1, 2002. NEBRASKA Beatrice Includes Gage County 1904, 1907, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1935 Fremont 1918-1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1936 Hastings 1928, 1930, 1932, 1935 Lincoln 1928-1933 Norfolk Includes Madison County 1922-1935 Omaha 1929, 1931 Laura

Connie, These are excellent resources. They're going in my bookmarks. Thanks for sharing. Best regards, Jeanne Nelson ABSOLUTELY FAMILY! http://absolutelyfamily.homestead.com > Here are a couple of other sites that deal with understanding land > descriptions on the Great Plains: > > http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/articles/survey/ > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~neyork/homestd1.html#landdescriptions > > Connie

Here are a couple of other sites that deal with understanding land descriptions on the Great Plains: http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/articles/survey/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~neyork/homestd1.html#landdescriptions Connie

Emma Jane, Given that you apparently already have the land patent records, you may want to gain a more complete record by tracking down the land entry case file. According to Mary E. V. Hill of the National Archives Branch in Kansas City, "the Land Entry Case Files contain land entry papers, including the application, declaration of intent (if an alien), supporting document, testimony of witness, and naturalization papers, if needed... Homestead case files are likely to include additional family information." The land entry case files are filed in the National Archives and the National Archives Field Branches. If your ancestor obtained his land in Nebraska, you would contact the Midwestern Branch in Kansas City for those records. You would send them Form #84 for the case file. You should provide them with the patent or final certificate number, tell what kind of claim was made (homestead, cash entry, railroad grant, military bounty lands, etc.), the state, name of the land office, Section, township, and range description of the land. You can obtain copies of Form # 84 if you contact the National Archives and: 1. Provide your name and postal mailing address 2. Specify the form number 3. State the number of forms you need (limit 5 per order) You can do this in an email addressed to [email protected] or in a letter addressed to the National Archives and Records Administration, Attn: NWCTB, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20408-0001 For more information on ordering these forms, check http://www.nara.gov/research/ordering/ordrfrms.html You might be interested in pinpointing the location of this land by checking the Rand McNally Commercial Atlas & Marketing Guide. I hope this gives you a start in locating the rest of the records. Best regards, Jeanne Nelson ABSOLUTELY FAMILY! http://absolutelyfamily.homestead.com Emma Jane Haddorff wrote: > I have the following information---Henry Bussell Certificate No. 5830 > The north-west quarter of section thirty-three in township eight, north, of > range forty west of the sixth principal meridian in Nebraska containing one > hundred and sexty acres. this was the Bussell homestead patent record. > I would so like to find out more about this, ???? can you help me. ej

Sharon, We spent several hours at the symposium trying to learn all the terminology and descriptions of land. I don't think I can come close to giving you a good idea of what it means. The BLM records have definitions for each term if you click on it. Here is what they had for township: Township -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A "township" is a major subdivision of the public lands under the rectangular system of surveys. A township number identifies the number of tiers a township is located north or south of the baseline. A township direction indicates on which side (north or south) of the baseline the township is located. For details, see Township, Township Number, Township Direction, and Rectangular Survey System in BLM Terms and Definitions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is what they say about "township number" at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/help/glossary.asp#42 --------------------------------------------------------------- Township Number A township number is identified by its relation to a base line and a principal meridian. For example, "Township 5 North, Range 12 West" identifies a particular township that is 5 tiers up from the base line. In this example, the number 5 represents the Township Number. Some townships may be fractional. --------------------------------------------------------------- So your ancestor's township was 5 tiers North of the base line for that area. You may want to go to the BLM Glossary and look up these terms: Township, Township Number, Township Direction, and Rectangular Survey System In any event, you will need to consult a good map for the area would help you get the bearings for your ancestor's land in relation to the principal meridian and baseline for that area. County atlases and directories include maps with township and range coordinates. Here are a couple of sites that futher explain how to read land records: http://www2.pcom.net/cinjod/historian/Deeds.html http://www.iltrails.org/readland.html Good luck! Regards, Jeanne Nelson ABSOLUTELY FAMILY! http://absolutelyfamily.homestead.com/ > From: Sharon Kazmierski <[email protected]> > > Well, I don't have any Nebraska ancestors in the database, but I do have > Mississippi and Alabama ancestors in there. So my question is how we can > take the information in there and figure out what the actual location of > that land is. There's a page to click for "Land Patent Details." The > township isn't named but has a number 5-N. How do I figure out what > township that would have been. This could be really, really useful if I > could determine what the actual township is because it could help me figure > out where to find my Mississippi ancestor in the 1900 census, for example. > > Sharon, whose Nebraska ancestors are actually fairly recent, relatively > speaking

I have added page 4 of my Family Tombstone Photos and all photos are now added. I posted some earlier today. Names on this page are OWEN, HARRISON, WING, SANDERS, YORK, STUBBS, HOFFMAN, FOX & CASHMAN. All are buried in the Ashland Cemetery in Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/familytomb s4.html">Family Tombstones pg.4</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/familytombs4.htm l Take care ~Kathie Harrison Harrison Roots & Branches home page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html

These are my relatives all buried in Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Saunders County, NE. More tombstone photos will be added soon. Please let me know if anyone is connected to these family members. Albert Richard Owen Civil War marker - Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Saunders County, NE http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/arowencivwarmark er.jpg Albert Richard Owen headstone - Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Saunders County, NE Nov.1, 1845 - May 11, 1899 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/arowengr.jpg Albert Richard Owen - same grave different angled photo - Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Saunders County, NE http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/arowengr2.jpg Cora Sanders Owen - Aug.7, 1865 - Feb.25, 1925 and Thomas E. Owen - April 9, 1862 - April 12, 1946 (brother of Albert) - Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Saunders County, NE http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/corasanders_thom asowengr.jpg Edward Owen - b: 8 NOV 1843 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois Matilda Adeline Jane STUBBS b: ABT. 1850 in Stephenson County, Illinois both are buried in Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Saunders County, NE http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/edowen_matildast ubbs.jpg Edward Owen and Matilda Stubbs - another angle of their tombstone http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/edwardowengr.jpg Emma Marie Owen - b: 15 MAY 1854 in Erin Twp., Stephenson County, Illinois d: 3 JUL 1930 in Ashland, Nebraska in Saunders county buried in Ashland Cemetery. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/emmaowengr.jpg Herman Richard Harrison - b: 30 AUG 1865 in Boone County , Iowa d: 24 DEC 1938 in Memphis, Saunders County, Nebraska & buried in Ashland Cemetery in Ashland, Saunders County, NE and Ellen Josephine Owen Harrison - Birth: 13 AUG 1867 in Freeport, Stephenson county, Illinois . Death: 15 OCT 1943 in Long Beach, California . Burial: OCT 1943 Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/tombstones/hrharrison_ejowe ngr.jpg Take care ~Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co., NEGenWeb Coordinator http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html Harrison Roots & Branches home page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html ListMom of Rootsweb mail lists: NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/oldtime.html"> Old-Time Medical Terminology</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/oldtime.html

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} Lakeview Cemetery, Champion, NE Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:55:53 -0600 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Dear listers: I have added info on the Lakeview Cemetery, in Champion to the web site at: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chasecountyne> You can use the site's search engine to search for names in this cemetery, and other places in the site. This info comes to us thanks (again) to Kermit Karns, of Imperial.  We will update the info as we can. Thanks also to John Osler's son,  Bill Osler, of Denver, who took pictures of local cemeteries.    I included the photo of the Lakeview Cemetery on the site, and will add others as I can upload the cemetery info.  John organized a tour of county cemeteries in Chase County last May, and pictures of the country cemeteries, and info about the cemeteries is included in a book kept at the Chase County Historical Society Museum, in Champion.  Thanks John! All the best, Linda Banks list manager, Chase County, NE mailing list