>Does anyone know if the state keeps birth records from 1873 or 1904? >The page on where to send for vital stats states 2 different dates -- >under Douglas Co it says "statewide" from 1873. Under NE in general, it >says from 1904?? State registration of births & deaths began in 1904, early years are considered "incomplete". Both Omaha & Lincoln have had "local" birth/death registration at various times. For information, please see Genealogist's Corner of NE State Historical Society at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/NSHS/Gen_Corner/index.html Specifically, Part Four, Vol. 51, no. 5 "NE Birth & Death Records" http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/NSHS/Gen_Corner/gencor_4.html#51.5 Ted & Carole Miller
Talking to my dad this evening he tells me that he remembers seeing his grandfather's naturalization papers once a very, very long time ago, but no one seems to know about them now. He's quite sure that they were his grandfather's citizenship papers. Anyway, I *cannot* find Great Grandpa on the Ellis Island Site (though I did find Great Grandma but she wasn't married to Great-Grandpa and possibly didn't even know him when she sailed over). I know when he was born and where (Luxembourg, 1867) and have lots of info about him BUT NOT his arrival date or naturalization date, etc.) Here are my questions -- and if I get the answers, I'll post the info on the Boone County site since it will help others too... 1) I've seen that some other counties have indices of declarations of intent and naturalizations. Do some county courthouses have these indices? (Grandpa may have been naturalized in Boone OR Butler OR Nance, gosh remotely maybe even Antelope, not sure where). Does the Nebraska Historical Society have some of these indices? He would have immigrated probably between 1890 and 1906, but most likely in the last decade of the 1800s. 2) Am I correct in assuming that Great Grandma would have been naturalized whenever Great Grandpa was without any effort of her own, really? Or when she married him? 3) When did most immigrants in the 20th century get naturalized? Since Great Grandpa and Great Grandpa were Luxembourg (and spoke German) would they probably have tried to obtain citizenship in the 19teens? Sharon Kazmierski researching these names in Nebraska: Corring, Korring, Mostert, Mackel, Theis My Nebraska ancestors lived in: Boone, Butler, Nance and maybe even Antelope