My surnames are from Valley County in the 1880's to late 1890's VanKirk, Marshall Henry Bowers, Floyd Melvin Huntting/Hunting Edron Taylor, Bert Sherman Would love to share information with anyone researching these families. Most found in the Davis Creek, North Loup area. Sharon jblankenship@monti.net

Morning! I thought I might as well throw my Most Wanted Nebraskan into the mix. Here's hoping the name rings a bell with someone. Mary Louise Dotson b. 7 January 1861 in Iowa, married Freeman Lewin 1879 also in Iowa. They migrated to Nebraska around 1890 where their last two children were born in Valley County. Mary died 15 June 1952 and is buried in Douglas Grove Cemetery, Comstock, NE. I don't know anything about Mary prior to her marriage other than her birth date. Any leads will be gratefully accepted. Ellen Shaking The Family Tree http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8506/ Researching: Lewin, Clutter, Hunt, Dotson and more. Rootsweb Sponsor

HI, My most wanted Nebraska surnames are MILLER, ROEHRKE, and LEHMANN. I would love to exchange info with anyone researching these names. Mary

My only wanted surnames in NE are Wiedkamp or Wiethcamp, (Omaha) and Ketteler, Loxterkamp (Petersberg). Greetings from Bremen, Germany URL: http://www.genealogy.net/privat/wesling

My MOST WANTED surnames in the wonderful state of Nebraska, where the corn grows tall in the summer and the wind goes rolling across the plains.... KUESSEL/KUSSEL EFFENBERGER CHRISTIAN/CHRISTEN LOHMANN PABEN All from Otoe County FEILEN "The Home of Arbor Day" BOHLKEN WOCHNER Would love to share information.... Rosemary

My Most Wanted ... VANAUSDOLL and DAY of Jersey Co and SPAULDING and ONEILL of Richardson Co (Dawson). James Elliott SPAULDING m Margaret Emelia ONEILL and both died a week apart in 1922 buried in Heim Cemetary in Dawson. Thanks in advance from rainy and windy "it never rains in California"! Charlene Spaulding email: mihnbu@aol.com

I did a search at this site( http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html ) for any feature named Iowa in Nebraska and came up with these hits.: (This is a good place to begin with any geography questions for the U.S. Feature Name: Iowa Valley Cemetery Feature Type: cemetery State: Nebraska County: Madison USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Battle Creek SW Latitude: 414945N Longitude: 0973932W Show Feature Location Show Feature Details Feature Name: Iowa Valley School Feature Type: school State: Nebraska County: Madison USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Battle Creek SW Latitude: 414858N Longitude: 0974040W Show Feature Location Show Feature Details Feature Name: Iowa, Township of Feature Type: civil State: Nebraska County: Holt USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map: Venus Latitude: 422833N Longitude: 0982131W Show Feature Location Show Feature Details -----Original Message----- From: Earl Pantier <Epantier@bellatlantic.net> To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com <NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 7:53 PM Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] further about Iowa precinct >Yesterday I wrote: > ><In reading some old search work done by a family member I found ><census data from Iowa precince or township in some Nebraska county, ><but I can't read the county name. It looks like it begins with an ><'S'. Does that strike a familiar note with anyone? Any suggestions ><appreciated. ><Earl > >I received a number of responses for which I thank you but I phrased the >question baddly, it appears. I meant to ask if anyone knows of a >precinct or township named "Iowa" in a county starting with "S". Sorry >about that. Thanks again. >Earl > >

Yesterday I wrote: <In reading some old search work done by a family member I found <census data from Iowa precince or township in some Nebraska county, <but I can't read the county name. It looks like it begins with an <'S'. Does that strike a familiar note with anyone? Any suggestions <appreciated. <Earl I received a number of responses for which I thank you but I phrased the question baddly, it appears. I meant to ask if anyone knows of a precinct or township named "Iowa" in a county starting with "S". Sorry about that. Thanks again. Earl

It derives from an Old Norse (ancestor language of the Scandinavian languages)word, jarl, referring to a chieftain or nobleman - if you've seen the movie, "The Vikings" - with Kirk Douglas, it's those guys. :) Anyway, I've seen it spelled in a variety of ways such as JARRELL. You might try going to the www.genforum.com page and look for the surname JARL or JARRELL and see what they have. It's worth a try. (I'm not a JARL researcher so can't help much beyond this.) Regards, Mona Knight

I, too, am an Arizonan now but miss Nebraska and the midwest. I have a dear friend from junior high school that I visit each summer in Iowa, and we always do the Nebraska "tour." Must be that flat or rolling prairie that I miss, cuz I can't say that I miss the winters. Sometimes in Phoenix the "city life" gets to me and I have to go back to the midwest for my fix! Regards, MonaNArizona

Hello List, My most wanted. BIRD from PA, PAULMAN from Germany, NUSS from Russia, and CHRISTENSEN from ?. All settled in Nebraska. Cathy

My MOST WANTED surnames for the wonderful state of Nebraska are REICH and BAKER (BECKER). In the city of Lincoln, the county of Lancaster. Joan REICH Biggs JC_Biggs@msn.com God Bless, ~JoanB Researching the following surnames: Norka, Russia: R E I C H, B E C K E R, H O H N S T E I N Lincoln, NE, CA: R E I C H CA: A H R E N S, R O S E, W A Y, K E E F E R Boulder, CO, MO: B I G G S, A C T O N, D A C Y Other Surnames: S I M M O N S, C A V A N A U G H,

On-Line Library Lori Laird is working on the "Biographical & Genealogical History of Southeastern NE". She has the index up with the first 30 pages of text. You might want to check the index - as here and there she has typed an entry that is actually near the end of the book! She will do lookups if you find a name of interest. See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~negage/senebios/ ------------------------------------------- Book completed- "Overland Stage to California", 1901 by F.A. Root and Wm. Connelley - Frank Root was messenger on stagecoach line and early employee of the US postal service. Material related to KS, CO & NE, includes information on Overland drivers, messengers & station keepers. PONY EXPRESS chapter. Sketches. Photos & biographical information for some people who are difficult to trace. Original index included. http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/OLStage/index.htm Please let us know if you find a bad link or other problem. T&C

Hello List members. I am really having a hard time finding anything about this Surname. JARL it was my grandmothers maiden name. Her father was Adolph W. Jarl and Mother was Jenny HAMMER. Any help would be appreciated. They were born in Stockholm and died in Omaha. Thank you Marcie

Hi All, In reading some old search work done by a family member I found census data from Iowa precince or township in some Nebraska county, but I can't read the county name. It looks like it begins with an 'S'. Does that strike a familiar note with anyone? Any suggestions appreciated. Earl

Here they are again: Behrens, Becher, Eilers, Francisco, Knopik, Kunnemann, Michaelson/Michaelsen/Mekalson, Mohlman/mann, Sandhagen, Schefcick/Szewczyk/Sewcyk >From Germany and Poland Settled in Platte and Nance Counties, Nebraska, USA Judy G. Martin Otisville, NY, USA P.S. I was born in St. Mary's Catholic Hospital in Columbus. Long live Nebraska!

Hi List Members, I am rather new to this list, but I am impressed with the activity level and all the valuable information provided. I live in Palo Alto, CA since 1966, originally from Sweden. I am searching for three brothers of my paternal grandfather. Their original last name was Nilsson in Sweden, but they changed it to Nelson when they arrived to the US. 1. CARL FREDRIK NILSSON, born April 25, 1870. Emigrated in 1885 with Wahoo, NE as destination. Not heard from. 2. FILIP LEONARD NILSSON, born December 11, 1871. Emigrated in 1889 with Wahoo, NE as destination. He stayed in touch with his parents and visited Sweden several times. He settled in Petaluma, where he died in the early 1950s. He had no children of his own. 3. ERIK HARALD NILSSON, born April 10, 1880. Emigrated in1898 with Wahoo as destination. He also wrote letters home. He settled in Omaha, NE, where he married Beatrice Christ. They had a son, born in March 1913(?). They still lived in Omaha 1926. His addresses were: 1. In 1913 it was 2019 N. 21st Street 2. In 1926 it was 4125 Ohio Street I'm hoping that somebody in Nebraska has some kind of information on them, and I would appreciate a response if you have any clues. Sincerely, Kjell Nilsson Palo Alto, CA

I recently found some very interesting genealogy information at the LDS site re: the BERGER family from the Campbell, Ne area.....the source of the person that was responsible for the data is James Rodney ROOD from Puyallup, Wa but this address is outdated. I am very much interested in contacting him or speak to anyone that may know his whereabouts. Please, contact Cherie Bamrick <cbamrick@prairieweb.com> -----Original Message----- From: NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com <NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: NEBRRoots-D@rootsweb.com <NEBRRoots-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 1:34 PM Subject: NEBRRoots-D Digest V99 #125

Rebecca (Holbrook) McMULLEN where are you? She was my gr-gr grandmother, b circa 1835 in Virginia. Her husband Patrick H. McMullen was born Nov 1, 1830 somewhere in Virginia, and died around Nov 15, 1883 in Seward County, NE. They lived in Eight Mile Grove Precinct, Cass County, NE, selling the farm there on Feb. 19, 1883. Their 9 children were: Mary Arizona McMullen, b July 31, 1862 in Cass County, m William Blackburn Spence on Aug. 31, 1883. They resided in Eight Mile Grove Precinct, Cass County Virginia "Jennie" McMullen, b 1864 in MT, married George Lowley (a county judge) Nov. 21, 1892 in Seward, NE Alice, b 1866 in Oregon, m Francis L. Hickenbotham on Sept. 28, 1889 in Seward, they resided in Friend, Saline County, NE Sara, b 1868 in Oregon Carrie, b 1870 in Oregon, m ? Jones Grace, b 1872 in Oregon Robert, b 1874 in Cass County, NE Maud, b 1876 in Cass County, NE Anna, b 1878 in Cass County, NE Patrick is buried in the Seward Cemetery along with daughters Mary, Jennie, and Carrie, son-in-law William Spence, and five grandchildren. I know that Rebecca and her 8 unmarried children were living in Seward according to the 1885 Nebraska State Census. I would love to know where she ended up. Any help greatly appreciated. Heather Houle Gunnison, CO

Looking for Pettit (maybe Alvah) and Hattie Morse w/ children Fred, Walter, Johnny, Ruth, Madeline, Chester Pettit and other unknown children, 1870 to 1898??, Filmore Co. and York Co. Thank you, Bobbie