Barbara wrote: > Does anyone know where Sterling was? I have a lovely group photo of my > gggrandfather with his sister and brothers, taken at the Benson studio > in Sterling. The bad news? My atlas doesn't show a Sterling--though > the name sounds familiar. > > And while I'm writing, if anyone knows anything about William, Oscar, or > Lulu Clark (don't know married name) in the (used-to-be) Sterling area, > I'd love to hear from you. Birthdates would be after 1869, when the > oldest, Walter, was born in Washington, DC. The photo itself dates from > the 1930s, judging from Lulu's clothes and hairstyle. > > Barbara A really good place to check when you're having a problem finding a place in Nebraska, is on the NEGenWeb Unknown County pages. Ted & Carole Miller have several steps to finding where your ancestor lived in Nebraska. As part of this process, they have compiled a feature list that includes names of towns, schools, cemeteries, creeks, canyons, etc. They include a link to Pam Reitsch's 1895 Atlas site, and to the GNIS database query form. According to the features list, Sterling was/is in Johnson County. http://www.rootsweb.com/~neunknow/ Connie Snyder NEGenWeb State Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/