AABEL, Ludwicka (Mrs.); 55; 16 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC ADAMS, George H.; 13; 16 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC BARRETT, William; 11 Dec 1903 True Voice p 7 St Mary's BENJAMIN, Sarah M.; 90; 16 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC BENNETT, S. F.; 21 Aug 1903 True Voice p 11 BLOOMER, Mary A.; 67; 15 Oct 1903 WH eve p 8 BURKE, Patrick; 20 Nov 1903 True Voice p 14 Whiteside co, IL CAREW, Thomas; 45; 29 Jan 1904 True Voice p 21 Holy Sepulchre CAREY, John; 20 Nov 1903 True Voice p 14 Fremont, NE CARLEN, Walter; 30; 25 Sep 1903 True Voice p 10 CARLIN, Walter; 25 Sep 1903 True Voice p 7 North Platte, NE CARROLL, Thomas; 7 Nov 1903 True Voice p 9 St Mary's COAD, Mayme Hughes (Mrs. J. F); 23 Oct 1903 True Voice p 9 Calvary, Council Bluffs, IA* COOK, A. P.; 25 Sep 1903 True Voice p 9 Grinnell, IA COSGROVE, John; 8 Jan 1904 True Voice p 21 Holy Sepulchre COTTER, Garrett; 19 Feb 1904 True Voice p 21 Holy Sepulchre FOSTER, inf; 19 Feb 1904 True Voice p 22 CRAWFORD, John W.; 55; 16 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC CREE, Ella (Mrs. Judson); 13 Nov 1903 True Voice p 7 CUSICK, James P.; 30 Oct 1903 True Voice p 7 DAVIS, C. E.; 4 Dec 1903 True Voice p 3 Beatrice, NE DEUSEN, Arnold; 40; 15 Oct 1903 WH eve p 7 Mount Hope DINAN, (Mrs.); 24 Dec 1903 True Voice p 7 Holy Sepulchre DINAN, James; 28 Aug 1903 True Voice p 10 DONOVAN, (Miss); 4 Dec 1903 True Voice p 14 Iowa City, IA DONOVAN, (Mrs. Andrew); 27 Nov 1903 True Voice p 9 Palmyra, NE DORSEY, Michael; 27 Nov 1903 True Voice p 7 GALLIGAN, Margaret (Mrs.); 13 Nov 1903 True Voice p 7 GENTLEMAN, Robert; 4 Dec 1903 True Voice p 7 Holy Sepulchre GOLDEN, Martin; 13 Nov 1903 True Voice p 9 Schuyler, NE HANNAHER, Frances; 12; 4 Sep 1903 True Voice p 11 (x2) HAYTON, Susan (Mrs.); 27 Nov 1903 True Voice p 10 Lincoln, NE HELAN, Mary Rose [Sister]; 17 Jul 1903 True Voice p 8 Holy Sepulchre HOGG, (Mrs. Ben); 29 Jan 1904 True Voice p 22 HOLLEY, Marchie; 47; 16 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC HUGHES, Mrs.; 31 Jul 1903 True Voice p 11 HULTMAN, Frank A.; 74; 15 Oct 1903 WH eve p 7 & 8 HYATT, John; 73; 8 Jan 1904 True Voice p 21 Holy Sepulchre JOHNSON, child; 17m; 11 Sep 1903 True Voice p 9 Nebraska City, NE JOHNSON, William; 11 Sep 1903 True Voice p 13 Vinton, NE KAVENY, Philip; 19 Feb 1904 True Voice p 22 St. Peters’, Fullerton, NE KEEP, Jeff; 4 Sep 1903 True Voice p 11 KENNEDY, (Mrs. Matthew); 58; 8 Jan 1904 True Voice p 22 Fremont, NE KILPATRICK, John D.; 27; 25 Sep 1903 True Voice p 11 (Beatrice, or NY) KLINE, Phil; 7 Nov 1903 True Voice p 7 KNG, John; inf; 14 Aug 1903 True Voice p 11 Holy Sepulchre KORINEK, Mary (Mrs.); 24 Dec 1903 True Voice p 9 St Mary's KOZAWA, John; 8; 29 Jan 1904 True Voice p 23 Columbus, NE KVACEK, John; 29 Jan 1904 True Voice p 22

Hi, Could someone look up a marriage record for William Rudolph Henry Dryer, 23 and Henrietta Wilhelmina Wissman 18 or 19 that may have taken place in Richardson County, NE. 1870. If it gives any info like parents or where they were born that would be great. Thank you for your help. Edie

Paper Preservation Basics Have Family Documents you want to preserve? Learn methods for preserving books, letters & other valuable documents. Presented by Paper conservator Tara Kennedy. Question & Answer Session will follow 1 PM Saturday Nov 13. Books 'n Beans Coffee Shop W Dale Clark Library Please call 444-4800 to register. Walkins are welcome, however. Karen

Paper Preservation Basics Have Family Documents you want to preserve? Learn methods for preserving books, letters & other valuable documents. Presented by Paper conservator Tara Kennedy. Question & Answer Session will follow 1 PM Saturday Nov 13. Books 'n Beans Coffee Shop W Dale Clark Library Please call 444-4800 to register. Walkins are welcome, however. Karen

Paper Preservation Basics Have Family Documents you want to preserve? Learn methods for preserving books, letters & other valuable documents. Presented by Paper conservator Tara Kennedy. Question & Answer Session will follow 1 PM Saturday Nov 13. Books 'n Beans Coffee Shop W Dale Clark Library Please call 444-4800 to register. Walkins are welcome, however. Karen

Stories at Eleven (c) Bill Oliver 7 November 2004 Vol 8 Issue #32 ISBN: pending Good Evening Nebraskans and all Ships at Sea, Osiyo, This is the season ... it starts at Halloween, and sometimes earlier. Halloween, or All Saints Day ... solemnly celebrated on the first of day of November. It was instituted to honor all the saints, known and unknown. In the early days the Christians were accustomed to solemnize the anniversary of a martyr’s death. Often martyrs suffered on the same day. This, of course, led to celebrating many martyrs on the same day; however, not all, so that a separate day could not be assigned to each martyr. Since the feeling was that every martyr should be venerated, the appointment of a common day for all was inevitable. That day eventually became the first of November, probably because Gregory III consecrated a chapel in the Basilica of St Peter to all the saints and fixed the anniversay as 1 November. Dia de los Muertos ... The Day of the Dead ... which is also known as the Fiesta de los Muertos, is a holiday which is celebrated by the Spanish speaking countries of Central and South America. This has spread some to the North American continent. This holiday celebration originates with the indigenous native peoples of Mexico. These pre-Hispanic people had a belief that the souls of the dead would return each year to visit with their living kin. When the Spaniards arrived in the early 16th century, they found this well established in the native religions. The Aztec people held rituals that included the use of skulls. To the Aztec, skulls were used to symbolize death and rebirth. Yep, rebirth. The Spanish regarded this as pagan and barbaric. They tried assimilation, which was difficult to say the least. The Aztec ritual was originally held in the summer, overlapping July and August. The Spanish Catholics pushed the celebration to the first of November to coincide with All Saints Day. The second of November then could be kept as the commemoration of all the faithful departed. Well, the traditional native holiday was intermixed with the Catholic tradition but never disappeared. In many Mexican localities, the first of November is the day for remembrance of deceased infants and children, often referred to as Dia de los Angelitos ... The Day of Little Angels. The adult departees are honored on the second of November. Total assimilation failed. Well, this is the season to celebrate with the dead. Have you ever noticed how many of your loved ones seem to pass on between about Halloween and the New Year? My Father died in the latter days of October. My Father and Mother-in-Law in November. A cousin and our daughter died in the last two days of December. And, those are just a few of our close loved ones. The Dia de los Muertos is not celebrated by just Hispanics. Our family remembers our loved ones. When we were children, my wife and I went on picnics together. Some of the favorite places were cemeteries. We would always look for surnames of our family and we would recognize them. We gained respect and knowledge of our past and the family of which we were members. All this thinking was brought about because of a simple act of kindness. One of the genealogy societies in which I hold membership purchased a roll of microfilm to place in the local library’s local history and genealogy department, dedicating it to our daughter. What a nice memorial. e-la-Di-e-das-Di ha-wi nv-wa-do-hi-ya nv-wa-to-hi-ya-da. (May you walk in peace and harmony) Wado, Bill -=- PostScript: Other sites worth visiting: Past articles are archived at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NEBRHeritage http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/state/BillsArticles/NebraskaStories/archive.html http://www.olden-times.com/OldtimeNebraska/stories@11/s@e-archive.html

Hi, Could someone look up a marriage between William Rudolph Henry Dryer, 23 and Henrietta Wilhelmina Wissman 18 or 19 that may have taken place in Richardson County, NE. 1870. If it gives any info like parents or where they were born that would be great. Thank you for your help. Edie

Hi, Could someone look up a marriage between William Rudolph Henry Dryer and Henrietta Wilhelmina Wissman that may have taken place in Richardson County, NE. 1870. If it gives any info like parents or where they were born that would be great. Thank you for your help. Edie

ANKENY, H. A.: 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2 BOHN, John; 18 Apr 1903 WH eve p 1 CARMODY, Charles H. [Lt.]; 58; 11 Apr 1903 WH eve p 8 (x2) Forest Lawn* GUSTAVE, _____; 80; 14 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC HENNESSY, John; 43; 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC HIGLEY, Mary E. (Mrs. Henry H.); 14 Apr 1903 WH eve p 3 Blair, NE JOHNSON, James P.; James P.; 80; 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 8 JOHNSON, W. D.; 18 Apr 1903 WH eve p 1 KNIGHT, (Mrs.); 15 Apr 1903 WH eve p 1 LINCES, Elsie E.; 1; 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC MAGOW, Christine C.; 70; 14 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC MARTIN, Angeline (Mrs. H. L.); 14 Apr 1903 WH eve p 9 Waverly, NE McGINNIS, William J.; 60; 15 Apr 1903 WH eve p 16 OORKERS, Nellie (Miss); 33; 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC ORDIS, Bessie H.; 19; 11 Apr 1903 WH eve p 3 Hardin Twp Cemetery, Pottawatomie co, IA PIERCE, Isabel M. (Mrs. [Maj. C. W.); 14 Apr 1903 WH eve p 9 (x2) Waverly, NE REESE, Miranda C. (Mrs.); 15 Apr 1903 WH eve p 12 Lincoln, NE STIBBINS, Jennie (Miss); 60; 14 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC STONER, Baby; 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC SVANSON, Gustaf; 80; 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 8 WALLON, Paul; 1; 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC WEST, Merrian; 61; 13 Apr 1903 WH eve p 2/DC WILLIAMS, John A.; 14y 7m; 11 Apr 1903 WH eve p 3 Hazel Dell Cem, Pottawatomie co, IA

ARNOLD, Randall; 55; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 7 (Creston, IA) BLOSS, Bertha (Miss); 23; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 3 BURKE, Earl; 12; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 3 CARLSON, Walter Robert; 8y 7m; 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 8 Mount Hope* CLARK, (Mrs. George); 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p Laurel Hill* CUDD, Rudolph; 3; 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC CULIANE, (Mrs. William); 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 5 Plattsmouth, NE ELLINGTON, Mary Depp; 19; 28 Nov 1903 WH eve p 2/DC HASS, Elizabeth O. (Mrs.); 56; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC HASS, Elizabeth V. (Mrs. David S.); 24 Oct 1903 WH eve p 8 Prospect Hill HOWARD, George W.; 24 Oct 1903 WH eve p 7 Shenandoah, IA JOHNSON, Olga Teres; 12y; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 8 Forest Lawn* KAHNER, Herman; 28 Nov 1903 WH eve p 2/DC LORENZEN, Henning; 82y 5m 14d; 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 7 * MANNING, Mary (Mrs.); 76; 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC MATTERN, Phillip; 53; 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 8 German Catholic ODEGARD, Andrew; 28; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC PETERSON, Elizabeth (Mrs.); 38; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC PLASTERS, Davidson; 76; 24 Oct 1903 WH eve p 11 Walnut Grove, Brownville, NE PLATT, Gales; 71; 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC RAHLMER, Henry; 1; 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC RICKLY, (Mrs. Charles E.); 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 1 RYNES, James; 42; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC SIMERAL, James Montgomery [Maj.]; 80; 27 Oct 1903 WH eve p 8 * STEWARD, Edgar W.; 30; 25 Oct 1903 WH eve p 2/DC WELLS, Harriet L. (Miss); 24 Oct 1903 WH eve p 8 Glidden, IA* YULE, Sherman A.; 24 Oct 1903 WH eve p 8 Forest Lawn* We're intensifying efforts this winter to get more of the Omaha area papers indexed for obits & death notices. If you live in the Omaha area, and would be interested in helping, whether for volunteer hours, or just to help the genealogy community at large, let me know. Training will be provided. If you only want to read the papers & extract the information, we have people who will type. If you are only interested in typing, let me know that too. We’ll be using the papers available at the W. Dale Clark library, and although any year and any paper can be indexed, a special focus is being placed on the ones with issues from 1900 through 1910, and 1940s. A few, like the Catholic newspaper, are weeklies. We have a German newspaper, so if any of you know enough German to recognize names & the fact that the article is an obit, we need volunteers for that one as well (although we may make a separate index for all names in the German papers & pull obits for the obit index so they’ll be in both places, especially if we can get enough volunteers to handle it.) We’re looking at possibly putting out CD rom indexes in 5 year increments (paper for the World Herald 1900 through 1909 only has already reached 49 pages, and we only have a couple years complete and all of the February evening edition obits done, hence the split, and including as many papers as we have access to for each time frame.) The CD roms will be made available for a nominal fee when each five year period is finished. Funds over expenses will go to purchase more materials for the genealogy department. (Silly folks, the city council challenged Rivkah Sass the director to build a national class genealogy library, but didn’t increase her library budget. Like it is going to come with someone twinkling their nose???) Incomplete portions to the index are available in notebooks in the book room at the library, and they will get copies. Some smaller genealogy libraries have all their newspapers indexed. It’s a great help to people who don’t know when a relative died, where they were buried, or any other information. It’s a way to give back as thanks for those who have done work that have helped you find folks, or will help find folks, when money isn’t exchanged. Working on this counts as volunteer hours for the library, and the number of genealogy volunteer hours sends a definite message to the folks upstairs that we definitely care about the collection. It can count as volunteer hours for scouts and youth groups who need community service as well. Let me know if you can help, training is available. Karen

All residents of Lancaster County, Nebraska and their guests are cordially invited to attend this unique and free program “Artists As Historians” Given by our special guest internationally known bronze sculptor Fred Hoppe and presented by The Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 7:15 p.m. Nebraska sculptor, Fred Hoppe, envisioned and created The Veterans Memorial Museum in Branson, Missouri, as well as its world’s largest war memorial bronze sculpture. He also spent over twenty-five years researching and interviewing veterans. Come and hear his thoughts on artists as historians, along with the truly amazing and ongoing story of his Memorial Museum. Lower Level Amphitheater Of the Everett N. Dick Administration Building Union College Campus, 3800 So. 48th St. Free parking in any of the college lots east of 48th St. with a short walk to the Dick Admin. Bldg. Look for our sign near the lower level east entrance or take any of several other entrances and the stairs or elevator to the lowest level. Please call 483-7460 or 483-1561 for any further information. I am asking that any questions about this meeting be directed to the phone number above. I am just posting this as requested. Take care, Kathie Harrison LLCGS Website Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nellcgs/index.htm

Hi everyone, the Nebraska Obituary Abstracts have been updated with 17 new pages added in the last few days. We now have 527 pages online. Many thanks to the volunteers who have helped me to keep this site updated! http://www.rootsweb.com/~neobits/index.htm Take care, Kathie Harrison NEBRASKA OBITUARY ABSTRACTS http://www.rootsweb.com/~neobits/index.htm

John Philip Colletta is here, and will be speaking tomorrow at the Greater Omaha Genealogical Societies fall workshop. If you read this before 8:30, you can probably still make it, as it starts at 9:00 am. It's at the Paralyzed Veterans Building on Maple. All day workshop, 9:00 AM Using Original and Derivative Sources: How to evaluate Evidence This lecture defines and discusses original and derivative sources, and explores the assets and drawbacks of each. It demonstrates how to derive the full informational content from a source; the importance of knowing the origin and purpose of the source; how to resolve conflicting "facts;" how to weigh documentary evidence to arrive at the "most probable" truth; how to combine sources to see the "whole picture;" and how to test hypotheses to learn the true story of your own ancestors. 10:45 Only a Few Bones: Case studies in pulling sources together to reconstruct real life events The biographical facts we discover about our ancestors did not happen in a vacuum. Our ancestors were born, lived, & died under specific physical circumstances at specific times in history. Using seven specific19th-century case studies drawn from my book, Only a Few Bones: A True Account of the Rolling Fork Tragedy and Its Aftermath, this lecture demonstrates how to turn biographical facts into the real-life experiences they were by gathering together multiple documentary sources bearing on a particular ancestral event and individualizing it. The case studies include: locating the precise place in the backcountry where an ancestor was born; determining whether an ancestor built his house on his city land or his country land; learning the circumstances -- time, place, weather, society, etc. -- of a wedding ceremony; exploring an ancestor's appointment to public office during Reconstruction; examining a freedman's experience as Justice of the Peace; locating the grave of a Jewish clerk who died young; reconsructing an ancestor's legal dispute with the captain of the Robert E. Lee. 11:45 Lunch on your own & visit vendors. 1:30 Military Pension & Bounty Land Records 1776 - 1912 This lecture explains what federal military pension and bounty land records are. It discusses how they are arranged at the National Archives, what information they contain, and what you need to know to begin a search for an ancestor's record. Using two specific sample cases, it demonstrates how to use resources available locally on microfilm, in books and on the Internet, as well as those in the National Archives, to find and obtain the record of an ancestor's military pension or bounty land. 3:00 Breaking Through Brick Walls: Use your Head. The path of genealogical investigation is strewn with many stumbling blocks, and every so often we even hit a brick wall. When that happens, it’s time to use your head! This lecture offers some guidelines, some points of methodology, for how to proceed when you hit a brick wall. The theory, however, is presented very briefly, giving way to five or six solid, practical examples. It's too late to get any of the special admission discounts, except for the member discount, but there's also going to be a conference in the spring, and you can save enough between the two workshops to pay for the membership. There's door prizes, a white elephant table, "My US Roots are here:" Tshirts, 365 +1 Genealogy Tips books; handy census helpers; rubber stamps to aid in documentation, photo identification, and marking materials that need to be handed down so a well meaning descendent doesn't trash all your good work; John's books, a bake sale, and all kinds of other things going on. Hope to see you there. Karen

Hi, I am hoping to find information about a marriage between William Rudolph Henry Dryer and Henrietta Wilhelmina Wissman that may have taken place in Richardson County, NE. 1870. Thank you for your help. Edie

I'm looking for death date & obit for: Frank Warner who lived in Lincoln, NE in 1930 census. He was 63 at that time. He was still living in Lincoln in 1935 when his brother died. Help is appreciated, Kris in IL

I'm looking for death info on: William Warner who lived in Alvo, Cass Co., NE in 1930 Census. He was 82 at that time. He was still living in Alvo in 1935 when his brother died. Thanks for any help, Kris in IL

This coming Saturday is again the 4th Saturday of the month. Writers group will meet as usual at the food court of Crossroads, as many as can come, 10:00 am. Topic is again to be a reprise of "regrets", what you regret doing, not doing, whatever... If you can't come, you can still use the topic to write about your families, if that's what it takes to get you writing. What is important is that you are recording your family history and what you know of your family's stories. Several of the G.O.G.S. members are attending the FHF in Council Bluffs that day and won't be able to be there. If you go to CB, you can still hand deliver your reservation for the conference on the 30th with John Philip Coletta and get the pre-registration price ($10 less than at the door). You can also order a box lunch, if you do it Saturday...no orders for the lunches will be taken at the door on the 30th. Very knowledgeable, very good speaker, John is a university professor, with experience in immigration/naturalization, national archives, etc. We have some of his books that will be for sale at the conference. We think it will be a fun time. For those that missed the Family History Fair last night at Crown Point Retirement Center, we had a lot of fun. Met with some interesting new people, and reconnected with old friends. Karen

John Phillip Falter (1910-1982) John Falter was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, in 1910. His family moved to Falls City in 1916, where his father established a clothing store. As a high school student, Falter created a comic strip, "Down Thru the Ages," which was published in the Falls City Journal. J. M. "Ding" Darling, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist of the Des Moines Register, saw some of John's cartoons and said he should become an illustrator. After graduating from high school in 1928, John studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and won a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York City. It was during the Great Depression, and most young artists had difficulty finding work. Falter, however, began illustrating covers for the "pulp" magazines. He eventually opened a studio in New Rochelle, N.Y., which had long been something of a colony for illustrators, including Frederic Remington and Norman Rockwell. Falter commented, "Rockwell was our inspiration then. I didn't meet him until years later. We would hear that Rockwell had been out on the street and we'd all rush out and hunt for him. If they'd tell us that he had looked in a shop window, we'd look in the same window trying to absorb what he looked at by osmosis." Falter received a major break with his first commission from Liberty magazine to do three illustrations a week in 1933. "They paid me $75 a week," Falter said, "just like a steelworker. But my expenses for models and costumes were running $35 a week during one 16 week serial I was illustrating." Falter soon discovered that there was much more money to be made in advertising than in other fields of illustration. By 1938, he had acquired several advertising clients including Gulf Oil, Four Roses Whiskey, Arrow Shirts, and Pall Mall. Falter's work appeared in major national magazines. "This was high pay for less work," Falter said, "and it gave me a chance to experiment in the field of easel painting." In 1943, he enlisted in the Navy and his talents were applied to the American war effort to spur the recruiting drives. Falter designed over 300 recruiting posters. One popular Falter poster dealt with the loose-lips-sink-ships theme. It showed a broad-shouldered Navy man, with the caption, "If you tell where he's going, he may never get there." During this period, he also completed a series depicting twelve famous war heroes for Esquire magazine. Falter's first Saturday Evening Post cover, a portrait of the magazine's founder, Benjamin Franklin, is dated September 1, 1943. That cover began a 25-year relationship with the Saturday Evening Post, in which Falter produced 185 covers for the magazine until the Post ceased publication in 1969. Falter commented, "There were plenty of Rockwell imitators and J. L. Leindecker imitators. My main concern in doing Post covers was trying to do something based on my own experiences. I found my niche as a painter of Americana with an accent of the Middle West. I brought out some of the homeliness and humor of Middle Western town life and home life. I used humor whenever possible." Of Falter's 185 covers, nearly all were his own ideas. "Four didn't make it," he said, "probably 12 ideas were supplied by the Post." Falter also did illustrations for Good Housekeeping, The Home magazine, the Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, McCall's, Life and Look. Falter said that what he tried to accomplish was "to put down on canvas a piece of America, a stage set, a framework for the imagination to travel around in." His panoramic covers with long views of people were a major departure from the Post's customary close-up designs. Rockwell himself adjusted to the newer style for a time, which he later referred to as his, "Falter Period." Falter stated he thought The Saturday Evening Post would provide him with lifetime employment. "I was sort of going along on a ship that would never sink," he said. It seemed that nothing could possibly happen to the Post. Then suddenly, in my middle life, I had to retool and give up my horse for a car." Falter was forced to spend much of his savings in the months that followed. John Falter was a creative man who understood the value of discipline, and knew that without it inspiration perished. Although best known for his Saturday Evening Post covers, Falter was a prolific artist who depicted a wide range of subject matter in a variety of media. As television eliminated many national magazines in the 1950' and 1960's, Falter turned to portrait painting and book illustration. He illustrated over forty books, one of his favorite projects was illustrating a special edition of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln - The Prairie Years. Falter produced a body of work impressive in volume and variety of subject. Reflecting a lifelong interest in jazz, he did scenes of Harlem nightclub life in the thirties, and later on, portraits of famous jazz musicians. An excellent portrait painter, Falter had Clark Gable, James Cagney, Olivia de Haviland and Admiral Halsey among his sitters. During the 1970's and 1980's, Falter turned to historical and western themes. The 3M company commissioned him to do a series of six paintings in celebration of the American Bicentennial, titled "From Sea to Shining Sea." Falter completed over 200 paintings in the field of western art, with emphasis on the westward migration of 1843 to 1880 from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains. He was honored by his peers with election to the Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1976, and membership in the National Academy of Western Art in June of 1978. When Falter was asked to look back over his career he commented that he had never painted a painting that he wouldn't like to paint over again, he always saw something he thought he could improve on. John Falter died in Philadelphia in May, 1982.

There is a family history fair to introduce people to area materials available Wednesday evening at Crown Point Retirement Center from 7 to about 9 PM. This is south 80th just off of Center street. You have to take the access road at 76th or abt 82nd and turn south on 80th. It is on the west side of the street. It is sponsored by Greater Omaha Genealogical Society. Parking available across the street at Better Business Equipment, if the parking lots at Crown Point fill up. There will be refreshments, several area societies, the new census holdings list from the W. Dale Clark library, etc. There will be a CD available of veteran's music from the 1890s, made here in Omaha with original sheet music. There will be door prizes. There will be a white elephant table with various things for sale (with at least part of the proceeds going to benefit the Society's projects--if you have things you'd like to unload, bring them along. Some are not genealogy related. And if you don't want to donate all proceeds to the Society, that's fine, although some are donating the whole thing, if the items sell.) (Those who still want to attend John Philip Colletta's presentation on the 30th will still be able to sign up there for the pre-registration price.) Hope to see some of you there. Email me if you have questions. Karen

With thanks to the Fort Kearny Genealogical Society for providing the information, I posted the Elm Creek city cemetery tonight. It contains data from the tombstone readings done about 1987, and also data from the burial records at the city hall from 1980 to March of this year. I don't have a good photo of the Elm Creek cemetery gate, so if someone could provide a .jpg file of that, I'd like to add it to the page. The FKGS has also given me the tombstone readings of the Gibbon Riverside Cemetery done in 1987, and getting that ready to post will be my next project. Mona Meadowlark7@juno.com Buffalo Co. Coordinator, NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal/ - http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ Houser63@brick.net