>Where would I find a furnal home close to Holbrook, in Furnas Co. My >Grandmother died there 1933.Would appreciate any info you can give me. > >Ann Russell Clark There is list of current mortuaries-funeral homes at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/funeral.html> However, do not see anything listed for Holbrook. Try contacting the mortuary listed for Beaver City (county seat) and see if they can provide any assistance. Best of luck with your research, Ted & Carole Miller

Try this and see what you can find. It is all I can do as I live in Cal. Good Luck, Linda -----Original Message----- From: Ann Clark <annieann@eoni.com> To: Linda Hendley <minnie-s10@worldnet.att.net> Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [NEBRRoots-L] Re: Obituary/Death Help... >Linda > >Where would I find a furnal home close to Holbrook, in Furnas Co. My >Grandmother died there 1933.Would appreciate any info you can give me. > >Ann Russell Clark > > >

Try this and see if you find anything here. This is about all I can help you with. good luck, Linda http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/nebraska.html -----Original Message----- From: Ann Clark <annieann@eoni.com> To: Linda Hendley <minnie-s10@worldnet.att.net> Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [NEBRRoots-L] Re: Obituary/Death Help... >Linda > >Where would I find a furnal home close to Holbrook, in Furnas Co. My >Grandmother died there 1933.Would appreciate any info you can give me. > >Ann Russell Clark > > >

Compendium of History Remininscence and Biography of NEBRASKA <http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/NSHS/Comp.NE/index.htm> About 600 pages of biographical material is up. 250 pp to go! Please express your thanks to Peg Ebel & Pam Shipley who have made this project possible. -------------------------------------------------------------- Compendium of History Remininscence and Biography of WESTERN NE <http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/NSHS/cofhar/index.html> Total of 92 bios up. (That's all the pages available right now) -------------------------------------------------------------- If a page doesn't link, a photo doesn't load - please let us know. Anybody want to volunteer to check each and every link on these???? The NSHS in the url's above simply indicates the originals can be found at their library in Lincoln. All the production work is by NEGenWeb volunteers. Do YOU have a page from a book printed 1923 or earlier? Please type and send with full citation (title, author, publisher, copywrite date, page number) and we'll start another book! Hope you find your ancestors "written up". Ted & Carole Miller

walsh wrote: > > -- In your search for land ownership, look for "Plat books". They > show who owns the farm land. Current plat books show who is living > on the land with another set of maps within the booklet that shows > who owns the land. I don't know when this type of booklet began to > be printed. Generally paid for by advertising. A Seward Co (where I > live) booklet is done every couple of years and comes to us free of > charge in the mail. > Jeanne Hi Jeanne, Does one have to order these Plat Books? Or where might we find them? I know nothing, yet, about searching for my ancestors with land records. Sandi Goetze

-- In your search for land ownership, look for "Plat books". They show who owns the farm land. Current plat books show who is living on the land with another set of maps within the booklet that shows who owns the land. I don't know when this type of booklet began to be printed. Generally paid for by advertising. A Seward Co (where I live) booklet is done every couple of years and comes to us free of charge in the mail. Jeanne

Hi yes I have to agree with the funeral home because I contacted Forest lawn in Omaha, and they had a wealth of information about all my family and even copied the internment papers and sent on. Try that. Linda -----Original Message----- From: OmahaMom@aol.com <OmahaMom@aol.com> To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com <NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 5:45 AM Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Re: Obituary/Death Help... >In a message dated 9/8/98 5:47:10 PM Central Daylight Time, MonaNAriz@aol.com >writes: > >> NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com >We need to remember that for many people, an obit in the paper was too >costly--even today most of them are paid obits (which is why they can be >copied and reprinted without a lot of copyright hassle). Unless an individual >was a public figure, many times the family didn't feel it was >necessary--especially the way news travels in a small town. If the paper was >a weekly, often the funeral was over before the next edition was published and >so there was never an obit published. You might try checking with funeral >homes in business at the time, if they still exist. They might be able to >give more information about the ancestors in question. > >Karen > >

Last night I was handed three sets of index cards for deaths in Omaha during those three years. The data came from the Health Commission, and in some cases, that is about all that is on the cards: name & death date. In some cases, the cemetery information is also on them. I'd be happy to check the information for anybody who thought some of their family members died during that time period. Please be patient with an answer though, I do 12 hr night shifts when it's my turn to work, and if I get a lot of replies, it may take a bit to get back to you. The fact that there is a card doesn't guarantee that there is an obit in the paper for the time period...although there may have been. Karen

In a message dated 9/8/98 5:47:10 PM Central Daylight Time, MonaNAriz@aol.com writes: > NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com We need to remember that for many people, an obit in the paper was too costly--even today most of them are paid obits (which is why they can be copied and reprinted without a lot of copyright hassle). Unless an individual was a public figure, many times the family didn't feel it was necessary--especially the way news travels in a small town. If the paper was a weekly, often the funeral was over before the next edition was published and so there was never an obit published. You might try checking with funeral homes in business at the time, if they still exist. They might be able to give more information about the ancestors in question. Karen

There are county gazeteers available for most counties (published in the late 1800s and early 1900s) which often show what land was owned by whom. (Sanborn maps for the cities didn't show who owned the businesses and houses.) Don't give up your search. ---------- > From: mona_houser@juno.com > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Sanbourn Insurance Maps > Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 6:57 AM > > Thanks to everyone who shared info about those maps. I hope it's been > helpful for lots of us. I learned a lot, but I won't be able to use them > to find out anything about my farmer ancestors. > > Mona in MO > Mona_Houser@juno.com > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >

Thanks to everyone who shared info about those maps. I hope it's been helpful for lots of us. I learned a lot, but I won't be able to use them to find out anything about my farmer ancestors. Mona in MO Mona_Houser@juno.com _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

The maps were drawn to be used by insurance companies in rating the insurance of buildings, by showing what sort of buildings were there...stone and brick would probably receive a different rating than all frame, two story, a different rating perhaps than one story, etc. These maps are often used when people are trying to determine the age of a house, whether it was added onto at some point, etc. The original maps have color to indicate brick, stone, wood, etc. the microfilm, of course, is in black and white. The earliest maps I have seen in Kansas as I recall are about 1880, and are done every few years. The Kansas maps are available on interlibrary loan through the library at KU and possibly the KSHS, so if you can't find them otherwise you might try the various higher institutions of learning in NE. Our public library purchased the roll of microfilm for our city, and there were other cities near it in the alphabet on the same reel. Usually you will not find small towns in these books, only larger ones. They will NOT give you the names of the people living there, or even the names of the businesses...they are just the drawings of the community. Good luck... gayle1@kansas.net

Interesting obit and thought maybe someone could use it. The Columbian, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1998, page B4 - Vancouver, Washington WALTER R. MORGAN Walter Roy Morgan, 95, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 1998, in a Vancouver foster home. Mr. Morgan was born Dec. 20, 1902, in Omaha, Neb. He was a civil engineer and helped design the locks at Bonneville Dam. He retired in 1974. There will be a private service at Skyline Funeral Home Chapel and a private burial in Skyline Memorial Gardens in Portland, OR. His wife of more than 60 years, Evelyn, died in 1993. Family member said Mr. Morgan was artistic and had designed a dress for an actress to wear to the Academy Awards. He was also involved in drawing the famous poster of Uncle Sam looking for military recruits. He loved trains. Survivors include three daughters, Carol; Sharon and Marian; one son, Robert; one sister Helen; one brother, Arthur; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. _____________________________ I will keep the newspaper copy (which has complete survivor names) for about a week, if anyone should want a copy. Arlis Anderson Renfro

I hesitate to add any more to this subject, but it is important to make sure everyone knows that you should just delete or trash SPAM. DO NOT reply to them asking to be removed from their mailing list. If you do, they know they have a live one and you'll get targeted by everyone they sell your name to. Tom At 11:09 AM 9/8/98 -0700, you wrote: >Jane, > > Bill Oliver brings up an important point. (His mail-list filters work >perfect.) Most good mail programs also have filters so you can set up which >file folder they they go into. My suspect mail goes into a folder called >SPAM, to be reviewed only when I have time. > >Craig Watkins > >> I've been getting a great deal of unsolicited stuff recently. Wonder if >> it's somehow related to re-joining the NEBROOTS list? Anyone else >> noticing? Jane >> >> Jane Snell Copes mailto:copes@smm.org >> exhibit researcher >> Science Museum of Minnesota >> 30 E. 10th Street >> St. Paul, MN 55101 >> phone 651-221-2561; FAX -4514 >> >> *** AREA CODE CHANGED TO 651 ON 12 JULY 1998 *** > >

Dear List Members, There are no spams getting through to this list at present. The filters at RootWeb are working very well. Though Connie and I have been working on some messages that have been rejected as "spam" it has all been in the background without bothering the list. Answering individuals at this time has become burdensome, so I am going to dispense with it unless it is absolutely necessary. I will assure you that I will stay aware as listowner and report anything that gets through. That does not mean that individuals cannot also report spams to RootsWeb. If you choose to send any "spamming" messages please be sure to send everything ... the entire header is very important. Send your notice to: <abuse@rootsweb.com> Thank you, Bill ListMom -- from nwoHIo, vriendelijke groeten, Bill ASC, NEGenWeb ...............http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/ NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com ... sub <NEBRRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com> NEBRHeritage-L@rootsweb.com sub <NEBRHeritage-L-request@rootsweb.com> NEDundy-L@rootsweb.com ..... sub <NEDundy-L-request@rootsweb.com> NENuckolls-L@rootsweb.com .. sub <NENuckolls-L-request@rootsweb.com> NEStanton-L@rootsweb.com ... sub <NEStanton-L-request@rootsweb.com> OHWood-L@rootsweb.com ...... sub <OHWood-L-request@rootsweb.com> DRAKE-L@rootsweb.com ....... sub <DRAKE-L-request@rootsweb.com> EKIS Andreas _History of the State of Nebraska_ Project: ..................... http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/andreas_ne/

Bill Oliver and I are trying to figure out just why this message keeps getting rejected by the spam filter. I've reworked it at least 4 or 5 times, and it's still being rejected. ---- I haven't had any more spam than usual. If you have posted your email address around on various pages, you might have your address picked up by their robots which are sent out to gather names. No matter how your address is picked up, it seems that once you're on someone's list, you'll continue to receive this type of email. Do not reply to any of those type of messages. That will just result in more spam, as they will have found out that your address is a valid email address. Connie

Dear list Yes, many service providers have filters also. If they are very good then you stand a chance of being bounced or unsubscribed from a list that allows something to sneak through. I have been bounced from Surname Query twice now because of something like this. Both of my providers checked it out and it was something getting through that their screeners didn't like and rejected it. A few rejects and your off the list. Larry Craig Watkins wrote: > > Jane, > > Bill Oliver brings up an important point. (His mail-list filters work > perfect.) Most good mail programs also have filters so you can set up which > file folder they they go into. My suspect mail goes into a folder called > SPAM, to be reviewed only when I have time. > > Craig Watkins >

I can't find an obituary or death notice for 2 of my Nebr ancestors in Hamilton Co, even after getting help from dear Gwen and Barb at The Plainsmen Museum. Any suggestions where I can get obits for: OWEN McMAHON died March 1909 and buried in the Aurora, NE, Cemetary (Catholic section), and also for ELZA MAGERS died about 1900-1905, living County Poor Farm (age 73) in 1900, but I'm told he was buried in the Prairie Gem Cemetary southwest of Aurora (I've been there; no headstone left standing). Any help or suggestions are appreciated.

Jane, Bill Oliver brings up an important point. (His mail-list filters work perfect.) Most good mail programs also have filters so you can set up which file folder they they go into. My suspect mail goes into a folder called SPAM, to be reviewed only when I have time. Craig Watkins > I've been getting a great deal of unsolicited stuff recently. Wonder if > it's somehow related to re-joining the NEBROOTS list? Anyone else > noticing? Jane > > Jane Snell Copes mailto:copes@smm.org > exhibit researcher > Science Museum of Minnesota > 30 E. 10th Street > St. Paul, MN 55101 > phone 651-221-2561; FAX -4514 > > *** AREA CODE CHANGED TO 651 ON 12 JULY 1998 ***

At 01:38 PM 9/8/98 EDT, OmahaMom@aol.com wrote: >We just got an invitation for a porno site mailed through one of my TN mailing >lists--so even with filters, sometimes the junk sneaks through. Very rare >though, I'm happy to say. > >Karen > > FYI. If one sneaks through on a RootsWeb list, they ask that you forward them to abuse@rootsweb.com The key is to forward the entire message so they get the headers too...not a cut and paste of just the message. Nancy