April 21, the topic at the Greater Omaha Genealogical Society meeting will D. Bartels doing a talk on family heritage and especially food. This presentation has also been given at some major regional conferences. (Does the recipe that grandma used to make for the family give a clue to the family ancestry? Or was it something she traded over the back fence?) 7:00 PM New Cassel Retirement Center, 900 North 90th, Omaha. You needn't be a member of the Genealogical Society to attend. Hope to see a bunch of you there. (Last month's on Evelyn Sharp was fascinating...sorry if you had to miss it.) Karen

As time runs short for the savings with early registration for the genealogy conference April 30 & May 1, we got talking about the door prizes at the planning meeting as we stuffed bags for the attendees. Among the door prizes: gift certificates from Perkins scrapbooking books desk calendars pen sets magazine subscriptions door prizes from Gregarth Pubishing and Ye Olde Genealogy Shoppe Elkhorn IA Danish museum is sending 2, Finding Your English & Irish Ancestors Cookbook Maker CD gift certificate from Higginson Books (& they're still coming in) And besides an opportunity to win prizes, George Schweitzer with 3 Phd's will be doing 5 presentations historically reenacting presentations in English genealogical research, tracing ancestors back across the Atlantic, North-South Colonial Migration, & Cherokee research. Jeff Kappeler, representing the Nebaska Humanities Council, will be presenting stories of immigrants who settled Nebraska, and the experiences that they had in coming. The presentation includes packing an actual immigrant chest & other essential baggage needed by the immigrant. Karen Keehr will be doing a presentation on caring for the artifacts of the 19th Century. FRIDAY EVENING: There is an open house/reception at the W. Dale Clark Library with an opportunity to explore the genealogy resources (census and books and whatever else is on 3rd floor, plus refreshments) open only to conference attendees. There will be volunteers to help with the research questions in locating resources that we have. If you can't attend BOTH days, you can attend just one. For information on cost, email me or PMasek@cox.net. We can send the information over the internet so you can get the reduced rate of pre-registration. Don't miss this one!!

Several pages have been added to the NEBRASKA OBITUARY ABSTRACTS web site today. I hope these will be helpful to you! None of the abstracts on this site are any further back than 2001. Older obituaries can be found either through the individual county sites on the NEGenWeb Project or check your local LDS Family history center, Nebraska State Historical Society and local newspapers & genealogical societies. This site will be updated at least once a month. http://www.rootsweb.com/~neobits/index.htm Thank you, Kathie Harrison NEGenWeb Project - Nebraska Obituary Abstracts http://www.rootsweb.com/~neobits/index.htm

Hey Folks! I have added more new gravestone photos to the Morrill County NEGenWeb Project. Bayard Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~nemorril/cemeteries/bayard/index.html Added more to this cemetery book of Rose Hill Cemetery by Ruth Rice. Rose Hillt Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~nemorril/cemeteries/broadwater/index.html Matt Matthew D. Friend NEGenWeb Morrill County Coordinator NEMorrill@yahoo.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~nemorril/index.html --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today

Hi everyone! More Biographies for Lancaster County, Nebraska ancestors have been added today. If you have any biographies that you have written or that were printed, before 1925 I would like to hear from you. Please be sure to put LANC-BIOS in the subject line of your e-mail and send it to me.Please keep in mind that I can't post any copyrighted material that was written after 1925, so please be sure of dated material before submitting it. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/bios/index.htm Oakley ADAMS | Carl H. BECKER | BERGMAN | Edward F. BOHL | John Frederick BRAHMSTADT | Charles M. BRANSON | Thys BROEKEMA | Francis W. BROWN | Hon. Thomas R. BURLING | Levi W. BUTLER | Byron Clay CHARLTON | William H. CHARLTON | Dietrich CRAMER | Walter Samuel EIS | Wilhelm FISCHER | Henry FREYE | Henry W. FROHN | Hubert FROHN | William FROHN | Burton Arthur GEORGE | Rollin Harris GEORGE | Hon. Benjamin F. GOOD | Samuel Henry GRIFFIN | Samuel Sylvester GRIFFIN | Henry GRIMM | Judge Charles L. HALL | Charles Frank HARPHAM | Julius C. HARPHAM | Howard HARVEY | V. F. HOFMANN | E. E. HOMRIG | Loyal Burtis HOWEY | Daniel HOY | John & Marie JOHNSON | Hon. Thomas Perkins KENNARD | Frederick KOCH | William W. KRULL | Charles W. KURTZER | George W. LEE | John Charles MATTHEWS and Harriet Elizabeth HARPER | Herman Henry MEYER | John Joseph MEYER | Clinton J. MITCHELL | William Henry Harrison MOORE | Charles PERKINS | William P. PHILLIPS | Thomas R. PREY | Herbert Collier PROBASCO | George Daniel RADER |Adelbert William REDDISH | E. W. ROWE. M. D. | John O. ROWLAND | Eilert SCHNIEDER | Friedrich SCHNIEDER | Hon. F. Charles SEVERIN | Oracle Michael SHORE | Julius Charles Imanuel SITTLER | Benjamin F. SMITH | William SPRONG | Charles STUART | Edward H. STUTHEIT | Edmund L. TEMPLE | George P. TUCKER | UMLAND | Orlando W. WEBSTER | Philip L WEBSTER http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/index.html Thank you, Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co. Coordinator, NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/index.html

Do you have a Civil War soldier buried in Nebraska? I have the list that has been compiled to date, but we keep finding more that aren't on the list. If you have someone that you know where they were buried, or have someone that you think might have served in the Civil War and don't know where they are buried, contact me. We are also collecting funeral cards for the W. Dale Clark Library. When we get enough, we'll put them alphabetized into notebooks at the library. (We've got a nice collection from out around Loop City already.) There is a donor who is giving up to $100 a month to the library for every funeral card/program that we get that isn't already in the collection. Many of these have the cemetery information on them, although not all do. If you don't mind making copies and sending them to us, or sending us duplicates you might have (no matter where you're from & they're from--though if they are outside of NE, please indicate where they were from on the card), we would love to have them in the collection. G.O.G.S., P O Box 4011, Omaha, NE 68104 There will be a master index & when I get some more of the names, I'll post it. Karen

The Nebraska Obituary Abstracts have been updated with 363 pages now online. I hope these will be helpful to some of you! More will be added soon. http://www.rootsweb.com/~neobits/index.htm Thank you, Kathie Harrison NEGenWeb Project - Nebraska Obituary Abstracts http://www.rootsweb.com/~neobits/index.htm

Thanks to Carol Tramp and the kind folks in the clerk's office of the Cedar County Courthouse, I now have photocopies of the Cedar County marriage index through the mid-1930s. I will be transcribing these pages and posting them as fast as I can. Currently, the groom's index for 'A' surnames and their brides by surname are available. The file will be large and getting larger as I enter names, but once the names are in, this file will be divided into multiple pages for easier use. I'll keep you posted on the progress. Kristi Bergman Lam

The time to register for the Annual Conference for Nebraska State Genealogical Society at the reduced pre-registration rate is almost gone. Pre-registrations have to be postmarked by the 15th to save a few dollars. Keynote speaker is Dr. George Schweitzer who does historic re-enactment as a teaching tool with his classes. For a flier, email Mavmom18@aol.com and she will mail one out to you. There is going to be a private reception at the W. Dale Clark Library on Friday night for the conference attendees--a chance to look over the collection, possibly do a bit of quick research...but you have to be a conference attendee to come. Karen

Forwarded with permission >>For any of you who might be interested: Annual Lincoln Family History Center Spring Genealogy Classes -- Thursday nights 7-8 pm at the LDS Church, 3000 Old Cheney Rd. This series of classes actually began the first week of March, but anyone can still register for the following remaining classes by calling The FHCenter -- 423-4561 -- during their open hours (Tues 10-4 pm and 6-9 pm, Wed-Thurs 10-2 pm and 6-9 pm, Sat 10-4 pm). I was told today that they still have room for more attendees. $3.00 materials fee. Enter through north door. April 1 -- Courthouse Records April 8 -- Military Records April 15 -- Church Records April 22 -- Correspondence/Internet April 29 -- Getting Organized May 6 -- Using The LDS Library/Internet and possibly on more class in May on Immigration and Emigration Records that was to have been held in March. If you are acquainted with other Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society members who do not have an e-mail address published in our current membership directory -- or new members who have joined within the last few months -- and if you think they would be interested -- please let them know about the April 1st class on "Courthouse Records" that is scheduled for tomorrow night, The rest of the class schedule will be published in the next LLCGS newsletter. I apologize for not getting this information out weeks ago, for those who might have been interested in the March classes as well. Lynette << Thank you, Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co. Coordinator, NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/index.html

Well, I finally got it finish my Morrill County NEGenWeb Project website have an "all new" look and design. The site is ready for all to view at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nemorril/index.html I have re-organized many of the links to seven general links that make search much easier to locate with ease. I have added many "new" items that wasn't there before. And I am still having to do my on-going project of transcribing the 1910 census records. I finally got written permission from Mrs. Ruth Browning Rice for her publication in 1981 & 1993 of the Rose Hill Cemetery. I will be adding those publication online soon. I have gotten a bunch of new photos in the cemeteries section where I have another completed cemetey project done of the Silverthorne Cemetery near South Broadwater. Silverthorne was once a P.O. location, with any old school house. If you link on the "records/history" you will find all that available records and history of your ancestors in this link. These are a few of my sub-links on this page... [Cemteries] [Census] [History] [Maps & Place Names] [Military] [Newspaper] [Obituaries] [Photo Album] [Precincts & Townships] [Queries & Surnames] [Schools]. If you have more information to add to these data. Please contact me at NEMorrill@yahoo.com about what you may have to add. In my "contacts" link is anyone to contacts of Morrill County and surrounding area for research information. My "lists" link is where I keep all my Morrill County Rootsweb messageboard and mailing list links available for further research. And I added some Nebraska links too. The "resources" links is where you will find what resources that can be available outside our Morrill County NEGenWeb Project website. There are added Morrill County links, NEGenWeb Project links, USGenWeb Project links, and other web links. Well the rest of the links are pretty much self explanatory. I hope to add more as time goes and PLEASE send me your comments, suggestions, or grief <VBG>. Hope to hear from you soon. Matt Matthew D. Friend NEGenWeb Morrill County Coordinator NEMorrill@yahoo.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~nemorril/index.html --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

Hello everyone! The Denton Community Historical Society of SW Lancaster County, Nebraska web site has been updated today. The Announcements & Events and the Meetings pages have been updated. Also several early Railroad Contracts have been added to the web site thanks to Teresa Sullivan! As soon as I get the plat maps for SW Lancaster County scanned , these will be added to the DCHS web site in the next few days, including more biographies (after spring break). Upcoming events for April at DCHS: April 23-24, 2004 - DCHS Garage Sale 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. - Edna Borgman 7140 St. Mary's Street Upcoming meeting program for DCHS: April 27, 2004 7:00 p.m. Yankee Hill Cemetery - Past & Present presenter Teresa Sullivan See the main index page for DCHS for other areas of interest on this web site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedchs/index.htm Thank you, Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co. Coordinator, NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/index.html

The following Cedar County items have been posted: 1908 Magic Bell play program, Wynot School, listing the students in the play (including many Chamberlains-someone on this list is researching that line) http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar2/socialnews.htm PHOTOS http://www.rootsweb.com/~necedar2/photographs.htm Annual Wynot Public School picnic, ca. 1911-1914, attendees pictured 1924 Northeast Cedar County baseball team, Pumpkin Rollers, 7 named, others not identified 1924 photo of Wynot High School, the year it was completed 1910-1912 photo of Wynot School with students pictured 1912-1913 photo of Wynot School with students pictured and listed by name Thank you to Carol Tramp for these submissions! Kristi

Added today to Lancaster Co., Nebraska on the Scrapbook section are several letters from a man in Lincoln, Nebraska to a lady in Creston, IA where he came from originally. Submitted by Linda (Ewin) Ziemann In Linda's own words: Letters written to Grace Madden who lived near Creston, Iowa. Letters dated from July 1911 – December 24, 1919 Letters were written by W. L. (Lester) Ewing to his friend, Grace. Grace Madden was born 14 Jul 1899. William L. (Lester) Ewing was born 17 Jun 1890. This Lester was William L. Ewing, son of John William Ewing and Mary F. Benton. Lester would have been a first cousin to my Grandfather, Charles E. Ewin, son of Mathew Ewin. Mathew Ewin and John William Ewing were brothers. Yes, they each spelled that last name differently, but they were brothers! I gladly transcribe these letters and share them with any Lancaster County researchers. The letters and notes have been transcribed just as Lester wrote them. No corrections have been made in punctuation or grammar. Thank you, Grace Madden, for keeping these letters and thanks to Jesse, her daughter, for finding them and sharing them with our family! ……………Linda (Ewin) Ziemann http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/misc/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/misc/letters-past.htm Thank you, Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co. Coordinator, NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/index.html

Looking for death date & obit for Frank Warner who was living in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE in 1935. He's listed in his brothers obit. I have a lot of info on this branch of my warner line, but I can't connect a Frank, except for the mention in the obit. Thanks for any help, Kris in IL

Upcoming Meeting for the Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society (Nebraska) April 13, 2004 World War II - Experiences of a Survivor - A great follow-up for the previous month and just in time for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Dr. Louis Leviticus, a Holocaust survivor, will present his experiences as an overseas "participant" in the war. Meetings are at 7:15 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Amphitheater, Dick Administration Bldg., Union College, 3800 S. 48th St., Lincoln, NE. Thank you, Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co. Coordinator, NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/index.html

Researching the following. 1. William Elza WINGET. Born on 11 Jul 1866 in Illinois. William Elza died in Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska on 1 Apr 1951; he was 84. Buried on 4 Apr 1951 in Wabash, Cass, Nebraska, Wabash Cemetery. On 13 Sep 1894 when William Elza was 28, he married Edna Pearl RAGER, daughter of Paul E. RAGER & Mary Caroline SWEAT, in Plattsmouth, Cass, Nebraska. Born on 13 Apr 1880 in Murdock, Cass, Nebraska. Edna Pearl died in Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska on 9 Sep 1965; she was 85. They had the following children: 2 i. Ethel Grace (1896-1897) 3 ii. Luther Isaac (1898-1991) 4 iii. Elza William (1900-1982) 5 iv. Otis Warner (1902-1982) 6 v. Daisy Mae (1904-1993) 7 vi. Mary Caroline (1906-1976) 8 vii. Bert Eugene (1908-1965) 9 viii. Florence Ruth (1911-1994) 10 ix. Pearl Edna (1913-1960) 11 x. Carl (1915-1998) 12 xi. Raymond Earl (1917-1981) 13 xii. James (1919-2000) 14 xiii. Chester (1923-)

Anyone researching this family? August William Albert PAUL. Born on 8 Sep 1878 in Torun, Germany. August William Albert died in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska on 31 Dec 1968; he was 90. Buried on 3 Jan 1969 in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, Evergreen Home. On 28 Jan 1898 when August William Albert was 19, he married Augusta Emelia ZABEL, daughter of Frederich ZABEL & Anna PAPKE. Born on 24 Nov 1876 in Torun, Germany. Augusta Emelia died in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, Lutheran Hos. on 27 Apr 1968; she was 91. They had the following children: i. Augusta Emma (1899-1900) ii. Reinold Herman (1900-1903) iii. Ewald Frederick (1900-2001) iv. Erna Marie (1903-1903) v. FrIeda Louise (1904-1984) vi. Richard Reinold (1905-1905) vii. Frederick Frank (1906-1977) viii. August Herbert (1907-1907) ix. Rudolph Reinold (1908-1997) x. Otto Emil (1909-1995) xi. Arthur Alfred (1911-1972) xii. Gerhardt Herbert (1912-1937) xiii. William Albert (1914-1997) xiv. Marie Irene (1915-) xv. Minnie Marie (1916-) xvi. Vera Lenore (1918-1995)

The biographies index has been updated with several new additions for Lancaster County, Nebraska. Several were former Iowans. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/bios/index.htm Thank you, Kathie Harrison Lancaster Co. Coordinator, NEGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~nelancas/index.html

My great-grandfather, Charles Henry FAY, a physician in Lexington, NE in 1901, and his daughter, Cleora L. FAY, were said to have "received certificates at Carras Osteopathic School in Omaha, NE". Can anyone tell me anything about that medical school? Thanks, Clara in NE