Many new tombstone photos have been uploaded to the Lancaster County Tombstone Photos pages. More will be added in the next couple of days. Many thanks to Teresa Sullivan and JoAnn Loudon for submitting these photos. Teresa was kind enough to take photos also of my dad's grave and my maternal and paternal grandparents graves, including an uncle. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/gravestones/tombstones.html">TOMBSTONE PHOTOS - Lancaster County, NE</A> < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/gravestones/tombstones.html > <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/gravestones/tombstonespg2.html">Tombstones pg.2 - Lancaster Co., NE</A> < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/gravestones/tombstonespg2.h tml > Since the URL's are long and will break up onto two separate lines please either click on the hyperlinks or go to the Lancaster County Resources page and click on the Tombstone Photos button. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancresources.html">LANCASTER CO., NE RESOURCES</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancresources.html Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html">Lancaster County, NE</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html">HARRISON ROOTS & BRANCHES INDEX</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L

I have added the Class Committees list for UNL (University of Nebraska) for 1900 to the Lancaster County website. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/unl_classcommittees_1900.html">UNL Class of 1900 - Class Committees</A> < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/unl_classcommittees_ 1900.html> This is a long URL so please be sure to get all of it copied and pasted into your browser. There is a .html on the end which must be included if the URL skips a line. Or click on the hyperlink if your e-mail supports this. The link for this page is also found on the Lancaster Co. Resources page. There will be much more added soon on early UNL students, etc. Also coming soon is the Lincoln Women's Club of 1897-1898, which will have many names from that era. If you have material related to Lancaster County, NE and it is from dates no later than 1923, please contact me about submitting the information to the Lancaster County, NEGenWebsite. I will also be adding several more tombstone photos in the coming week or so from the Hallam Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery (Lincoln) and some Wyuka Cemetery tombstone photos all thanks to Teresa Sullivan, the Yankee Hill Cemetery historian, & JoAnn Loudon. I will announce when these are available to view. Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html">Lancaster County, NE</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html">HARRISON ROOTS & BRANCHES INDEX</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L

The Lancaster County, NEGenWeb Honor Roll of WWI Veterans photos and brief biographies has been updated. Please see the Index page by going to: < http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/honor/lancww1vetscover.html > This is a long URL and will probably split onto 2 different lines so you must copy and paste all of this URL into your browser. Please copy and paste all of the URL in between the brackets. Or go to the Lancaster County Resources page and click on the Veterans button. <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancresources.html> More will be added as time allows. This is an ongoing project. 48 additional names/photos were uploaded today. Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html">Lancaster County, NE</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html">HARRISON ROOTS & BRANCHES INDEX</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L

Hi Everyone, I have been asked to post this information to the list(s). Thought you might have an interest in this information. It is being posted to the maillist for Colleen Pustola the SPAM-L maillist admin. Please direct your questions to Colleen, ladyaudris@earthlink.net. ************************** <Hi all, Please forgive if you receive this message more than once. I'm trying to reach as many people as possible. Effective yesterday, I am now discussion coordinator for the SPAM list at Rootsweb. This will be my primary list now to discuss Family Discovery and their associate domains and any other of their ilk that comes along to plague us! :) Also, any SPAM-related issue is permitted for discussion. Since many of you send my Family Discovery messages out to your friends, relatives and lists, you might also want to let them know I'm cranking this group up. It's one that's been on Rootsweb's books but hasn't been used for years. I hope to make this list one that nobody wants to miss out on. To join, simply address a new email form to: SPAM-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) OR SPAM-D-request@rootsweb.com (for the digest) Put the word subscribe in the top line of the body and mail it. This list may be super quiet until Family Discovery (or anyone else) decides to begin their onslaughts, or it may be high-trafficked. We won't know until we all come together and see who's been receiving what. I hope this finds each of you having a WONDERFUL week! :) Colleen ************************* In response to the prime question newbies seem to have, Spam is your e-mail inbox equivalent of junk mail. It can range from credit lines being granted to you to the latest porn site to a supposed-genealogy enterprise. In any case, they want your money ~ either by cash, check or credit card. We family historians are prime targets for some unscrupulous vendors who like nothing more than to take our money and in return, give us shoddy materials/services or none at all. They know we're desperate for information and use all sorts of ploys against us. Newbies to genealogy and computers are especially prone to fall into these people's traps, though I have to tell you, with some of the come-ons we get in our inboxes, even some experienced researchers fall into their traps. Realize that you're not alone in this and shouldn't feel embarrassed if you happened to be one of the unfortunates who fall/fell for a scam. With this list, and working together, perhaps we can protect ourselves and our friends, relatives and listmembers from being scammed through Spam. I hope this has answered some of your questions. Colleen> Have a great day! Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb List Administrator for the NELANCAS-L; NEDIXON-L; NESAUNDE-L; MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; BRICE-L; BLUNT-L & WEITZEL-L Rootsweb mail lists.

This might be of interest to those of you with an interest in family members that worked for the railroad. Helpful to genealogists : http://www.lib.uconn.edu/DoddCenter/ASC/BLC/Railroadlinks.htm#Genealogy Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html">Lancaster County, NE</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html">HARRISON ROOTS & BRANCHES INDEX</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L

I am looking for any information on the following families who lived around Davey, NE. Orville W. Kendrick married to Elizabeth Decker. They moved to Lancaster Co., NE around 1880 with their family: 1 William Carvosso Kendrick b. 1862 in IL; married Lucy Cora Middleton b. 1879 in Cass Co., NE They had a child Clara Etta Kendrick b. 19 AUG 1901 in Johnson Co., NE 2 Steven Edward Kendrick b. 1864 in IL; m. Mary Reicherts 7 SEP 1885 in Lancaster Co., NE 3 Frank Irving Kendrick b. 1876 in IL; m. Edna M. Middleton 28 FEB 1889 in Thomas Co., KS The parents of Lucy and Edna Middleton were Isaac Middleton and Clara Garmer who lived in Lancaster Co. and later Cass Co., NE Thanks for any help, Toby Kendrick

My great great grandmother was O'Rena Arrill Clark. Her parents were Oliver Hazard Perry Clark and Abigail Williams (of Roger Williams descent). I need information on the Clark side of the family. Someone in our family said that they were descendants of William Clark of Lewis & Clark Expedition. Anybody have any good words? Info? O'Rena Arrill Clark b. Sept 11, 1859 married Casper Friedrich Raasch b. Sept 10, 1860 and they are buried in Waverly, NE. They died in Prairie Home, Lancaster, NE She on July 28, 1947. He on Nov 16, 1944. Lindy Allen The straight and narrow path wouldn't be if more people used it.

Thank you so very much for the tips. You are the best !!!!!!!! Printed it off and will use as a check list. Mary Jane

Still looking for MABEL GALLENTINE ANTHILL whom signed papers selling family land in 1892/3 in Lincoln. NE.. She was from Greene Co PA.. Anyone out there with HUFFMAN HOFFMAN GALLENTIVE and ANTHILL> RHUM RHOME> or Greene Co PA kin? SusiCP@aol.com

Thanks Thanks ,, Blessings Susi

Well it has been quiet on the list for a while now, so I would like to post some helpful research tips for those of you who are new to genealogy research. Getting started: Talk to your parents, A. find out where they grew up,(town, county, state) B. birth & death dates of both their mother and father C. Your parents marriage date and location of marriage(might see if they have a copy) D. Ask them about where their parents, or grandparents are buried(locations, cemeteries name, county, state) E. Ask if there are any of your Aunts, Uncles or other relatives have previously done any genealogy research. F. Find out who is their oldest living relatives(then make plans to visit them and record your conversation with them) 1. Ask questions about what they know about the family 2. Ask where relatives are buried 3. Ask if they know any dates for birth , death, and marriage 4. Ask if they know any stories about the family 5. Ask if they know any other living relatives(visit them and do the same thing with them) G. Search the internet for the surnames that you have found(mothers maiden name, grandmothers maiden name, etc) This will possibly find others doing research on the same lines of genealogy you are wanting. H. Your local library should be able to point you in the right direction to research areas that you have found from your interviews and census records. I. U.S. Government Federal records center have all census records from 1790-1920 These can be searched for grandparents and great grandparents.(also SS records exist after 1935 that can be sent for) Also several local libraries have these microfilms. J. Find if any of your relatives were in any wars, a lot of information is available at the Federal Government level(National Archives) to send for their records for a small charge. K. Visit cemeteries that your relatives are buried, some good information is sometimes on the gravestones(birth death) L. Visit the Everton Genealogy Web page and signup for a subscription to the Genealogical Helper magazine(you can submit queries and search for others doing the same) Sometimes your local library will have copies of this book the you can look at if you can't afford to get the subscription. M. Send for copies of Birth, death, and marriage records for those relatives you know or find(they usually have names of mother and father, etc) N. Gather pictures of older relatives while making your visits.(if distance prevents the visit write letters or call, remember record them) O. Visit your local LDS church, most have a library that you can send to Salt Lake and have microfilm sent back to the church for you to view. These records are extensive and probably the best available. P. Take a course in searching your relatives from your local library or historical society(usually every state or county has one) Q. You can hire a professional genealogist, before doing this make sure that you have good references from others that are familiar with this persons work.(I have done this when searching in an area that I am not familiar with and know that the researcher can gain access to records that I would spend many hours looking for) R. Join your local Genealogy or Historical Society, State Societies can also be a lot of help in your research. S. Visit the internet USGenWeb Project for your area. You can search the internet for their web sites, usually have good hints for searching in that area. T. Visit Used books stores looking for genealogical books, you will be surprised to find some great older books that have "how to" information in them. U. YOU need to dedicate yourself to doing this. That means spend the time do all the steps and you will start gathering information. V. Save the information in an orderly way as to preserve the information you have gathered(future generations will appreciate it and you will to when searching for information quickly) I use plastic sheet protectors on all of my documents (keeping dirty fingers off of them) W. Search the internet phone directories and email directories, drop these folk a note asking about your family with direct, not general questions. You will be surprised by receiving good area to search or names of others doing research. X. Take a camera with you and take pictures of those pictures that others won't let you have. Even if you just want to run down the street to have a copy made most people will NOT let you leave with their original pictures.(don't be upset about this, just think if it was some stranger coming to your door wanting to "borrow" your treasured pictures for a few minutes. Would you??) Y. Let the other members of your family know that you are doing genealogy research on your family and ask for any old pictures they have, here again you may be stuck with taking a picture of their picture for reasons mentioned above. Z. Be considerate of others and their privacy, record and views. You are asking for help treat them with all the respect that you would also want. You will find some have information, but are unwilling to share it with you. Try to find out why there is this feeling and do your best to set their minds at rest. There are many helpful areas on the internet and specific to Lancaster County, Nebraska. I hope this is of some help to you and if you would like to post your names, brief details on them and where they lived in Lancaster County to the list, please do not send your postings to me off-list. If you have any tidbits of Lancaster County history to share, please also feel free to post them. Take care ~ Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html">Lancaster County, NE</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html">HARRISON ROOTS & BRANCHES INDEX</A> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/index.html Listowner of: Rootsweb mail lists : NELANCAS-L, NEDIXON-L, NESAUNDE-L, BRICE-L, BLUNT-L, WEITZEL-L & MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L

Working on the family of John Vollstedt b. Oct. 1849 in Germany, wife Mary b. May 1855 in Germany. Found them on the 1900 census for Lancaster Co. Middle Creek Twp. Anyone working on this family ? Cidney

The Lancaster County Obituaries page has been updated. Many changes and updates have been made on the other pages on the Lancaster County, NEGenWeb website. Please consider helping add to these pages by submitting your family group sheets, church lists, photos, tombstone inscriptions and tombstone photos, memories, school lists, biographies & obituaries. See the corresponding pages for instructions & guidelines for submitting data. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/nelanc/obits.html Have a great day! Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb List Administrator for the NELANCAS-L; NEDIXON-L; NESAUNDE-L; MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; BRICE-L; BLUNT-L & WEITZEL-L Rootsweb mail lists.

I have added a Memorial page to the victims of the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001. If you have any memories, or photos of family or friends that were victims please contact me about submitting them for this page. Please do not send any files without contacting me first. God Bless America. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/honor/memorial.html Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb List Administrator for the NELANCAS-L; NEDIXON-L; NESAUNDE-L; MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; BRICE-L; BLUNT-L & WEITZEL-L Rootsweb mail lists.

Hello All: Is there an atlas for 1910 of Lancaster - Lincoln City online? I am trying to find the enumeration district for 1648 Sycamore Street in the 1910 census. Thank you for any help - Ahlive

The Lancaster County WWI Veterans Honor Roll book has had over 50 bios and photos of enlisted men and non-commissioned officers added. More will be added as soon as I can transcribe and scan more images from this book. This is an illustrated Historical Biography compiled from Private and public records and is a part of the Mardos Memorial Online Library & NEResources Online Library: http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/index.html http://www.livgenmi.com/memoriallibrary.htm Edited and Published By: C. J. Gramling Lincoln Ne. Copyright 1919 by C. J. Gramlin You can view the new additions by going to the main index page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/honor/ww1vetsindex.html Have a great day! Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb List Administrator for the NELANCAS-L; NEDIXON-L; NESAUNDE-L; MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; BRICE-L; BLUNT-L & WEITZEL-L Rootsweb mail lists.

No words can truly express the tragedies of yesterday, but I have posted a memorial on the Lancaster County, NEGenWeb index page for all those lost in yesterday's tragedies. Please pray for all of the families and our country. God bless America. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lancindex.html My sympathies go out to the families of all the lost loved ones. Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb List Administrator for the NELANCAS-L; NEDIXON-L; NESAUNDE-L; MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; BRICE-L; BLUNT-L & WEITZEL-L Rootsweb mail lists.

Well I knew that I had seen the MIDDLETON name in my own files and my G-grandfather's cousin married a MIDDLETON. Here is what I have: Bertha E HARRISON (Samuel L HARRISON4, William Brice HARRISON3, James HARRISON2, William HARRISON1) was born JAN 1881 in Nebraska, and died UNKNOWN. She was buried UNKNOWN. She married Unknown HABBEL BEF. 1903. He was born UNKNOWN, and died UNKNOWN. He was buried UNKNOWN. She married David W MIDDLETON. He was born 1888 in Nebraska, and died UNKNOWN. He was buried UNKNOWN. Child of Bertha E HARRISON and Unknown HABBEL is: 73 i. Vera HABBEL was born Private. Is this David W. Middleton from your line? Have a great day! Kathie Harrison Lancaster County Coordinator, NEGenWeb List Administrator for the NELANCAS-L; NEDIXON-L; NESAUNDE-L; MEDICAL-GENEALOGY-L; BRICE-L; BLUNT-L & WEITZEL-L Rootsweb mail lists.

Am looking for relatives of Daniel Clinton Brown, son of Joseph Brown. Daniel was born in Spencer County, IN and migrated to Lancaster County, NE about 1865 from Porter County, IN. He died in 1892 in Rocca, Lancaster Co., NE but I have not been able to find his cemetery record, just small obituary in newspaper. His daughter, Mary Jane married George Crawford. They had 2 children that I know of, do not have any more information about them. His daughter, Elizabeth married David Steele. They had 2 children that I know of and I do not have any more information about them. (They might have moved to Kootenai County, ID) His daughter, Lilly Dale Isador Francis Brown married George Stassen. One child that I know about George Stassen. (They also might have moved to ID) Son, David Ralph Brown, supposedly died in Idaho. Son, Gilroy Everett Brown md Pearl Haskins. No further information Son, Melroy Brown died an infant? buried in Lancaster Co....?? where?? Son, George Brown, no further information. Son, Joseph Manuel Brown, migrated to Kootenai County, ID and married, Martha Jane Van Cleave. They both died there. This is my direct line. My Daniel Clinton Brown had a nephew, Daniel Clinton Brown, who was the son of my Daniel's brother, Presley. Presley's son, Daniel, also moved to Lancaster, NE and is buried in Lincoln. Would like information about his family also. Thanks, Kathie

I am not sure where my ancestors were.  I had thought they were in Jefferson Co, Fairbury, Ne, but finding very little there, I was told to check out Lancaster Co.  Not doing too well here either.  LOL.  I am searching for John Stephen FRIELER dob 1879 m. to Eleanor Marion WILLIAMS.  They had 2 sons who should have been in the schools somewhere in that area.  John Maxwell FRIELER dob 1930 and Frederick Arthur FRIELER dob 1905.  There was a lawsuit of some kind in Fairbury over property between John Stephen FRIELER and wife and James and Olive AXTELL.  I think there was a divorce between 1913-1917 when they were seen by the 1920 census in Sarpy Co., Ne. Parents of John Stephen were John FRIELER and Bernadina GLIES. Any help appreciated.  Shirley