After a struggle to save the Granville cemetery that began in the year 2000 and ended some 6 years later in the Nebraska Supreme court. The Granville cemetery was saved from total destruction by a farmer and the farmer was told he could no longer run his Center Pivot over the graves. Granville was established by the early settlers in Granville Twp. The first of them coming in 1873. Most of the group had roots in New York so the named Humphrey after Humphrey,New York and Granville after Granville, New York. In 1881 they formed the Cemetery Association and incorporated a one acre cemetery. Among the 11 men who signed the deed of incorporation were 5 know Civil War Veterans, one having escaped from Andersonville prison during the Civil War. After winning the court case and restoring the grounds, I applied to the Nebraska State Historical Society for a Historical Marker. The marker was approved and it was installed last October. Now on 22 May 2011 at 1:30 PM we plan to dedicate the marker and the grave of Francis H. Baker a Civil War Veteran buried there. The dedication by a Civil War re-enactment group will be a real exciting thing to see. We have a very nice invitation made up on two sides of a page, showing the maker and other information. Any one who wants to have a copy of the invitation email me at [email protected] and I will send a copy to you. Please come and join us if you live close enough to make the drive to Cornlea, Ne. Dove

Nothing like getting home late on Mothers Day to some good genie laughs and stories! DianeL...........hilarious and now we know why Auntie Ann left New Braska for the safety of New Jersey. Which was worse? The Indians or the mob? We know the whole story. Funny some of you mention the stories of people thinking there were cowboys and Indians in Nebraska. When I came to California in the late 50's the same thing happened here. But for someone in Nebraska to fear for someone in Dakota? Well, there was that Indian school in Genoa! Tom......thanks for another history lesson! KathyB ____________________________________________________________ Groupon&#8482 Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dc77e7747066332b7cst04duc

http://www.immigrantships.net/v10/1800v10/therese18680814.html New Braska seems a popular destination for early immigrants as well.

They came West on railroads, in covered wagons, on horses, and the Saints pulling their carts. They weren't the first though, the Romans used similar transportation, but in a different way, in a different time. Regardless, its all immaterial now anyway. Why ?? Because we have the Space Shuttle of course !! There's rationale at every turn, in every nook and cranny. So, why not start with the RR tracks ?? The US standard for RR tracks is exactly 4 feet, 8.5 inches between rails. An odd spacing for sure, but, that's the way they were built in England, and the experienced English expatriates designed our RR's prior to mass immigration. Still an odd number - but, those same expat's also built the old English Tramways, a system of roadways in use prior to the RR, and they used the same tools and Jigs that they used for wagons that traveled on the Tramways. But why 4 feet 8.5 inches ?? If they tried other spacing, the wagon wheels would almost certainly break in a few miles on the virtually permanent, deep and packed Ruts on the Tramways of Europe and England. It appears that the original Tramways were built by Imperial Rome and the uniform ruts were made by their War Chariots. All Chariots were made according to uniform specifications. But still, why 4 feet, 8.5 inches ?? Because silly, the Chariots were pulled by 2 horses and the standardized distance across the side-by-side horse butts is 4 feet, 8.5 inches !! But the Space Shuttle ?? Well, as known, the Space Shuttle requires 2 Solid State Rocket Boosters at takeoff. The boosters are made at the Thiokol plant in Utah, and yes, here it comes. The boosters are shipped to the launch site via RR and there are tunnels along the way, and we all now know that the tunnels are made to accommodate a train whose width on the tracks is slightly larger than 4 feet, 8.5 inches, a standardized measurement from over 2,000 years ago, and based on the width of 2 horses butts side-by-side !! If only our ancestors knew !! Tomasz

Happy Mother's Day to you all. You are all so very special. Cris -- Life may not be the party we hoped for.. But while we're here we might as well dance !

LOL this is too funny! I wonder where OLD Braska was lol Cris On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 4:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > While looking at a 1930 census in Brooklyn New York for my grandmother's > sister, I came across this entry: > > > Ann Hooven, wife, age 35 born New Braska > > Were we really that far out in the boondocks to those on the east coast? > > diaNE > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Life may not be the party we hoped for.. But while we're here we might as well dance !

DiaNE, Thanks for the laugh! Too funny! > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 18:50:58 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [NEPLATTE] 1930 census Nebraska > > > While looking at a 1930 census in Brooklyn New York for my grandmother's > sister, I came across this entry: > > > Ann Hooven, wife, age 35 born New Braska > > Were we really that far out in the boondocks to those on the east coast? > > diaNE > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Shirley - your email made me laugh and remember - when i was growing up here in Oregon in the 50's an 60's - 10 miles from an Indian Reservation - my uncle from Omaha used to call my mom every month and fret about us living so close to danger - My mom used to love fueling his imagination by describing the "stockade" walls around our small town and how every man had to take their turn doing time in the stockade towers "looking out" for raiding parties etc - He also believed we still had old crank phones and had to go through an operator to make a local call - living in a small town with a small telephone co op - that was not all that far from the truth - but he always had questions about the "wild" western state we were living in and believed we all packed 6 irons on our hips - lol - dianne In a message dated 5/8/2011 5:15:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Diane, I think we must have. When I started working in the office of a manufacturing plant here in Columbus in 1980, I would get into conversations with our main plant in New Jersey. They believed that we still had Indians walking around our streets and that it was still very dangerous because of this. Guess they thought we were all cowboys and Indians just like in the movies. Now, with the media, there shouldn't be any mistake what life is like in the other states but back even just 40 some years ago, the media was not that active....Shirley ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Diane, I think we must have. When I started working in the office of a manufacturing plant here in Columbus in 1980, I would get into conversations with our main plant in New Jersey. They believed that we still had Indians walking around our streets and that it was still very dangerous because of this. Guess they thought we were all cowboys and Indians just like in the movies. Now, with the media, there shouldn't be any mistake what life is like in the other states but back even just 40 some years ago, the media was not that active....Shirley

While looking at a 1930 census in Brooklyn New York for my grandmother's sister, I came across this entry: Ann Hooven, wife, age 35 born New Braska Were we really that far out in the boondocks to those on the east coast? diaNE

Hello Ya'oil - Below are some links I found that reflect a surname distribution presence (color coded) in a variety of Countries today, their use advantageous to genealogists as an information gathering tool. If anyone has found other map links, please post them here for all. Tanks - To ass http://www.dynastree.co.uk/maps United Kingdom http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ Poland http://www.hamrick.com/names/ United States http://freegeographytools.com/2008/map-surname-densities-with-the-world-names-profiler Worldwide http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/ Italy http://www.dynastree.com/maps Germany, Austria, others http://www.rootsmap.com/ United Kingdom, Ireland highlighted http://www.familienaam.be/ Belgium http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/default.aspx Great Britain http://www.genealogie.com/v2/services-nom-de-famille/nom.asp?rubrique=prenoms&page=noms-popularite&nom=&x=25&y=13 France http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html Italy http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx Scotland http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx Wales

Greetings - The last time I saw "Greetings" was in a draft notice (Shudder) - anyway, as a random act of kindness, I'm trying to help Valene Contor with her Rosno genealogy towards the ultimate goal of getting her up here on the Platte County list where she can interact. She's a very meticulous research person and newer to genealogy but is somewhat reluctant to join a group since she's never done so before. Anyway, I continue my efforts. Does anyone have the immigration information for the Rosno's ?? The ship and date ?? To ass

Marge........ Woweeee! Thanks for the headsup! I'll be on this one! And free too. (the census that is) KathyB ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210

Wow! This will be great... Marge Galus Sandlier ------Original Message------ From: arleen gould Sender: [email protected] To: Chicago list Cc: polish genius Cc: Polish Chicago Cc: Polish Michigan Cc: Milwaukee Subject: [CHICAGO-POLISH] 1940 Federal Census Sent: Apr 21, 2011 8:50 PM For those of you who have not seen this news yet, the NARA is releasing the 1940 census ON LINE!!!! Arleen On April 2, 2012, the US National Archives will have the US 1940 census available online for free. See the details at http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/index.html and http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=4740 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Thanks, Tom. I'll check my file for any Contor / Kontor associated with my Galus/Rosno family. Marge ------Original Message------ From: Thomas E. Lassek Sender: [email protected] To: Platte County Nebraska Genealogy Email List ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [NEPLATTE] ROSNO Sent: Apr 21, 2011 1:07 PM Marge - "PS Marge Sandlier and I also have connections to the same families in southern Poland. Valene Contor" .......................... Valene told me that she would come up here and join the list. Tom ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Marge - "PS Marge Sandlier and I also have connections to the same families in southern Poland. Valene Contor" ......................... Valene told me that she would come up here and join the list. Tom

Marge and others on the list.........I know you will forgive my poor memory, but sometime back, there was a discussion (or else it was in my own mind lol) about Michael Mostek and Mary Kula or Kuta. They had come from Poland to Chicago and then to Platte Co in a covered wagon. That is all I knew about them, but it seems that someone came up with more. Does anyone else remember this conversation? KathyB ____________________________________________________________ Groupon&#8482 Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city&#39;s best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4daf8b4771fe510fae3st01duc

Thank you marge, I'll forward it to Valene. Tom On Apr 20, 2011, at 3:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > A joseph Rosno married my gr grandaunt Sophia Galus. > > Marge > ------Original Message------ > From: Thomas E. Lassek > Sender: [email protected] > To: Platte County Nebraska Genealogy Email List > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: [NEPLATTE] John and Joseph ROSNO > Sent: Apr 20, 2011 3:08 PM > > > Halo ! > > I recall a few Rosno's around the Columbus area - early pioneers. Of these Rosno's, was there a John and a Joseph ?? > > Tomas > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Shirley - That was a perfect response. Some time ago, I received an email from Valene Contor who was searching for the 2 Rosno's and it took me awhile to answer her, so today I finally did. I told her the best thing to do was to join this email list and let the questions fly. Thanks again. To ass On Apr 20, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Shirley Martys <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tom, go to this site (Platte County site that Sherri continues to add to). When you are on the front or beginning page, go to the bottom where the rolling eyes are and type in Rosno. It will bring up several that you can click on and read. I just did a quick look and saw a Joseph.....Shirley > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/

A joseph Rosno married my gr grandaunt Sophia Galus. Marge ------Original Message------ From: Thomas E. Lassek Sender: [email protected] To: Platte County Nebraska Genealogy Email List ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [NEPLATTE] John and Joseph ROSNO Sent: Apr 20, 2011 3:08 PM Halo ! I recall a few Rosno's around the Columbus area - early pioneers. Of these Rosno's, was there a John and a Joseph ?? Tomas ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry