Barbara, I would like to point out that the Nebraska Historical Society has a wonderful card index that has thousands of people that are mentioned in most of the newspapers published in Nebraska. References are weddings, deaths and much more. Please check that out before you look anywhere else. Bruce NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NEBRRoots-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 5 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NEBRRoots-L] Gov. Silas Holcomb [jorit@midmo.net (Joy Ritchie)] > #2 [NEBRRoots-L] Re: Censs mystery [Barbara <bcarcher@earthlink.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NEBRRoots-D, send a message to > > NEBRRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Gov. Silas Holcomb > Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 04:02:59 -0600 > From: jorit@midmo.net (Joy Ritchie) > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi, > I was wondering if anyone could tell me if Gov. Silas Holcomb had any > children. Also, the names of his siblings. I believe he was governor > of Nebraska in 1894 and 1896. > > Thanks, > Joy R. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NEBRRoots-L] Re: Censs mystery > Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 09:02:13 +0100 > From: Barbara <bcarcher@earthlink.net> > To: NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com > > I am hoping the ever-helpful members of this list can help me clear up > a mystery. I know for sure that my gggrandfather, Leander J. Carpenter > married Permelia Ellen Howe in 1856 in Wisconsin and migrated with his > young family to Nebraska in 1866. Sources include a family Bible > belonging to his wife, family members, and his daughter's lengthy > obituary from a Liberty newspaper. Moreover, he is listed on page 716 of > "Portrait and Biographical Album of Gage County, Nebraska," published by > Chapman Brothers in 1888. > Leander settled first in Pawnee County near Mission Creek and later in > Gage County, in or near Liberty. He died in 1893. > The problem? Not one state or federal census--1870, 1880, or 1885 > (state) includes Leander and his family. Records for the 1890 census, I > recall, were largely destroyed. While I have no access to these records > myself, a kindly volunteer worked overtime to hunt down this individual, > with no luck. > Can someone tell me how this elusive individual could have evaded every > census? One, I could understand. > > Sorry for the long post, but I am really curious. > > Barbara Archer