I have used the COLUMBUS JOURNAL links for over ten years! What a treasure!!! Thanks Sherri!! ________________________________ From: Sherri Brakenhoff <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 11:01:17 AM Subject: Re: [NEPLATTE] Columbus Journal link Thanks! I've used this website before, and can spend a multitude of hours finding information. What I didn't think about, though, was looking at the ads in those early newspapers. What a help in my quest for the businesses located in downtown Columbus in those years! Many only have descriptions (one block west of Clother House, e.g.), but it should still help, because some actually give addresses. I've been taking notes from 1878 newspapers and will try to draw a sketch of who was where, then post what I find. What fun! Sherri Brakenhoff - [email protected] NEGenWeb, Platte Co Coordinator - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/platte/ NEGenWeb, Colfax Co Coordinator - http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/colfax/ Sherri's Family Findings - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sherri/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MONICA ZENDEJAS Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:21 AM To: NEPLATTE Subject: Re: [NEPLATTE] Columbus Journal link Thanks for the link! What a useful resource!!! > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:43:04 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NEPLATTE] Columbus Journal link > > > Here is the page to go to for searches on the Columbus Journal. Lots of other papers too. > > http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/ > > KathyB > > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon™ Official Site > 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7efc992ccb617120ast03duc > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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
Here is the page to go to for searches on the Columbus Journal. Lots of other papers too. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/ KathyB ____________________________________________________________ Groupon™ Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7efc992ccb617120ast03duc
Debi.........thanks for the info about the Columbus Journal. It took me awhile to get the hang of it, but jeez, I got 40 hits off one of the names. (not unexpected unfortunately) I may have figured out a family secret from one of them tho. Very interesting! KathyB ____________________________________________________________ Groupon™ Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7efc201e7ec2296c5st01duc
Sorry Deb..............I just had to LOL!!!! There ya go with why some people didn't want others around. I dread putting our names in. lol Kathy B ____________________________________________________________ Mortgage Rates Hit 2.99% If you owe under $729k you probably qualify for Gov't Refi Programs http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7edfc1e648b215548st02duc
Tom.......interesting that people are still doing what you described. Our food is now loaded with this kind of sugar from corn. We have a story in our family about the Siemek family having a barrel with this kind of sugar substitute outside the house and where the boys slept. According to a cousin, the boys bore a hole in the wall, inserted some sort of homemade straw, and would happily sip from the barrel at will......without getting caught. I must look up that story again. KathyB ____________________________________________________________ We Will Buy Your Credit Card Debt Revolutionary New Program- Reduce Debt By 55% Guaranteed. Read More... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7eb6b1136d421fb84st01duc
DianeL...........cuz..........on the ship list for the huge Mostek clan, the ages were off for almost all of them but only a year or so. However, I think the Matthias Brick (Bryg) clan also had some discrepancies. I always wondered what effect the change in calendars had. I know the Gregorian was adopted about the 1500's, but read in part this comment. So, they may have not always known their ages for sure, or the priest may have put the wrong date. (Remember that our great gram and great great grams got mixed up) Even on our census records there are mistakes. "Because of the Protestant Reformation, however, many Western European countries did not initially follow the Gregorian reform, and maintained their old-style systems. Eventually other countries followed the reform for the sake of consistency, but by the time the last adherents of the Julian calendar in Eastern Europe (Russia and Greece) changed to the Gregorian system in the 20th century, they had to drop 13 days from their calendars, due to the additional accumulated difference between the two calendars since 1582." I also found this: " Except in places where immigration was restrictedlike the Russian Empireit was fairly easy to travel from an obscure European village to the United States by the late 19th century. A potential immigrant contracted with a shipping company agent, often a local cleric or teacher, who informed the head office at the departure port. The agent then received a departure date and ticket voucher, which he passed along to the immigrant, who boarded a train for the port city. If the port of embarkation was Bremen, immigrants could almost step directly from the train onto their shipthe city had railroad track leading right onto the docks." So,maybe when our families came, they took their word for it. (and Diane, your sweet mommy wouldn't have done such a thing.) :) KathyB ____________________________________________________________ We Will Buy Your Credit Card Debt Revolutionary New Program- Reduce Debt By 55% Guaranteed. Read More... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7eb5bccd2a5163c5dst05duc
Tombstone mistakes are still made today. My Uncle Tobe's tombstone reads "To Be McCullough". he died in 1999. Instead of all the taking out and putting back, the family decieded to leave it and take a discount on the stone. 2011/2/8 Shirley Martys <[email protected]> > > As I worked on putting memorials on Find A Grave, I know I have had typos > and Don and I have both agreed to help each other correct those errors as we > come across them. (He had already put the memorial on and I took the > picture and then we found that they did not match.) In some cases, we find > that the stone is incorrect after doing a little research and finding death > records. I try to make note of that when I am the owner of the memorial. > I am sure that the people who carved the letters and numbers in the stone > found themselves also making errors. Maybe the information was given to > them incorrectly, or they didn't read the information correctly. Not sure > what the circumstances would be or who would pay for the mistake back a > hundred years ago but many have not been corrected. Both Don and I have > found the obits say one day and the stones another. If you have an obit > that you feel is correct, he or I and I am sure most who put these memorials > on Find A Grave would! > be more than glad to make the changes especially if it was from the family > or an obit is sent to verify. So, if you have suggestions for corrections > and have information to back the correction, please let us who are putting > the memorials on the site know and we can make this an even better site with > information that our future generations can also use and enjoy. Shirley > > 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 >
Has anyone checked out the Library of Congress lately? The newspaper section has The Columbus Journal scanned from days gone by.I checked out the Kush's tosee what I'd find. I always wondered why Michael Kush b 1881 went to buffalo, NY, expecially since the family orginally travelled through Minnasota. Found it! 1907 Oct 23, The Columbus Journal; page 1, column Last Thursday, constanble ed Rommitter, brought down Abe LaRue, Mike Kush and Mike Sax, who live south of Genoa, in Platte County, on a warrant charging them with cattle stealing, the complaint being made by Arnold Gerber. It seems that Gerber, who had some cattle in a pasture belonging to Mike Kargas, which is located near where these people live. On October 9th, he had occassion to go into it and look for some cattle he was going to sell. It was in the evening and after he had gone a short distance in the pasture he saw a man walking throught he pasture with a gun and he noticed the cattle were excited. He went a little further and noticed the man with the gun was Sak. He asked him what he was doing and he said he was hunting ducks. Kragas drove over a smal knoll and there discovered a young calf that had been shot in the head and had his throat cut. A little further on he discovered a wagon with a boy in it and a calf tied in the wagon. He questioned the boy about it and the boy refused to answer. Kargas then talkwith LaRue and Sak about it and also had the dead calf taken to Duncan to Arnold Gerber, to whom it belonged that he might see what had become of it. Inthe menatime Kargas offered a reward of $50 - for proof as to who shot the calf. Albert Gerger and Mike Wisenfruh decied they would try and earn the $50, so they started out to do so. They interviewed Sak and Kush and finally got a sworn statement from them stating that Kush had killed the calf, but did so at the request of LaRue. they then went to see LaRue, who attempted to settle it by paying Gerber $15 for the calf, and paying $50 for the reward and also $10 to Kargas. After they were brought down they were released on their promises to be in court Friday morning. LaRue and Sak were on hand but Kush decieded that a change of climte would be benefical and departed during the night. LaRue and Sak were bound over to district court Police Judge O'Brien, and the bond s were placed at $1,000, which were furnished. 1907 Oct 30 Cattle Thieves the Columbus Journal, page 5, column 2 The Sheriff of Platte County came up from Columbus last Thrusday and went across the Loup and arrestted Abe LaRue,Mike Kush and Mike Sak. The prisoners are charged with entering the pasture of Martin Krages, a farmer living near Duncan, and killing a yearling heifer, for the purpose of appropreating it for their own need. The defeandants had a hearing in Columbus and were placed under bonds for their appearance at the next term of district court. the penalty for the alleged crime is a term in the penitentiary. Soooo under the dark of night Mike Kush scooted out to Buffalo. Now his grandchildren have landed back in Omaha! On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:45 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > > Tom.......interesting that people are still doing what you described. > Our food is now loaded with this kind of sugar from corn. > > We have a story in our family about the Siemek family having a barrel > with this kind of sugar substitute outside the house and where the boys > slept. According to a cousin, the boys bore a hole in the wall, inserted > some sort of homemade straw, and would happily sip from the barrel at > will......without getting caught. I must look up that story again. > KathyB > > ____________________________________________________________ > We Will Buy Your Credit Card Debt > Revolutionary New Program- Reduce Debt By 55% Guaranteed. Read More... > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7eb6b1136d421fb84st01duc > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >
I had no problem with the link Kathy, worked fine for me............... Cris On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:19 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > > to the list Hmmmm I copied and pasted the link to myself first to see > if it I could access it, and I did. So, just wondering what happened when > I sent it. Sorry. Kathy > > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon™ Official Site > 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7e6a8ce4ab120f94ast01duc > > > ------------------------------- > 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 !
I definitly agree Kathy! And to think about it, the fact they changed the spelling of their name, might mean they could read and write, so they had to be some what educated! Too funny! On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:09 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > > Tom and Debi..............I'll bet you that Diane L. and I can top any > story about Polish family feuds that you have heard in YOUR family!!!!! And > outcomes. Tom's right.......alot of the people changed the spellings > because another bunch had shamed them. Or something lol KathyB > > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon.com Official Site > 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7bfd9865f481c8d07st01duc > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >
to the list Hmmmm I copied and pasted the link to myself first to see if it I could access it, and I did. So, just wondering what happened when I sent it. Sorry. Kathy ____________________________________________________________ Groupon™ Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7e6a8ce4ab120f94ast01duc
Monica.............that is what it looked like to me too, except the state part was a bit jumbled, and I did read the given name as Stanislaus but it too was more scribbly. The person who wrote it had good handwriting otherwise. Now the mystery! My grandpa had a brother Joseph alright, but he was born in 1886 along with a twin, Andrew. (great grandpa's name) So, he would have been about 21. This lad was 16. My grandpa had brothers,and sisters. Not sure if any married Kulas. I need to look that up. Thanks for the input. But which Stanislaus Kula? The one right down the street from us? (He married one of the Szawica (Savage) girls who died young)He also had a band that my grandpa Podgurski played in on occasion. OK, I have enough to work on after I go grocery shopping.! This shouldn't be too hard to solve actually. KathyB ____________________________________________________________ Groupon™ Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7e69d5ab96e156afest03duc
Has anyone else found that sometimes the ages on the ship's manifest are quite different than what the ages really were of the immigrants? Does anyone know if this would have made a difference on the cost of the trip? Were there cut-off dates for charges for certain ages? Did they get one price for the whole family? Could Kathy's Joseph Podgurski given his age as younger to save some of the passage money? Now this is telling on my dear mother, but when we rode the 'BUG' (train) to Lincoln, we suddenly became a bit younger especially at about age 5 because small children rode for less. This also happened on a trip on the bus; getting into a movie, etc. diaNE On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:17:11 GMT "[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes: > > Monica.............that is what it looked like to me too, except > the state part was a bit jumbled, and I did read the given name as > Stanislaus but it too was more scribbly. The person who wrote it had > good handwriting otherwise. Now the mystery! My grandpa had a > brother Joseph alright, but he was born in 1886 along with a twin, > Andrew. (great grandpa's name) So, he would have been about 21. This > lad was 16. KathyB
Ya'll put a smile on face for the whole week! I totally feel so informed and highly educated now!! love ya guys!! Tightie whities....nothing goes right when your underwears too tight! On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Cris Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, as usal you have me in tears laughing..tightie whitey man! Your > question about what our ancestors wore made me think of something I only > learned today at the Celtic Faire. Many people were wearing foxtails > attached to their behinds. I had no idea why until I found out they wore > them for sanitary condition.As there was no toilet paper and such at the > time (1700's-1800's) the fox tail was worn on the person rea end to keep > flies away! How totally gross! I also learned that woman had an inner > dress > and an outer dress ( the inner one being similar to a ladies slip..but made > of linen, muslin etc.) Hygiene wasn't given careful attention and the women > wore the 2 "dresses" and at night took off the top layer and slept in the > second one. When they woke in the morning they put their apron on over it > and proceeded with their chores...this inner garment was worn over and over > without washing it...another totally gross from me. > I spoke for some time with a gentleman from Clan Cian of America. He was > familiar will my family names and told me that we were related to the > Kennedy's (John F.) > I will be joining the clan..Any of my Irish friends and family on this > list, > its 80.00 for your entire family, husbands, wives, kids, grandkids, etc etc > .This 80.00 is for a lifetime. > > > Cris > Atwater CA > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Thomas E. Lassek <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hmmmmm ?? - well, I think the Saints and Angels were the smart ones, > > just floating around in "protection mode" while their charges did the > stinky > > ship thing. Also, I note that none of them volunteered to trade places > with > > the immigrants as they stomped across the New World. > > > > Tenderfoot ?? I don't think so - the word no longer applies. Its > > considered outdated in Alaska and applies only in the lower 48. For the > > last few decades the word "Chechaco" has been used, borrowed from the > Native > > Alaskan Chinook language, and is freely applied to newcomers for around 1 > > year. > > > > After a newcomer has lived in Alaska for a year and has seen the ice > go > > out on the Yukon River in spring, they are considered a "Sourdough". The > > word was coined and based on the practice of making bread for consumption > > and always carrying a small portion of the bread dough with you so as to > > make more bread when required so no one ever goes hungry on the tundra. > > > > The word 'sour' comes from the abundance of lactic and acetic acids > > that are produced when natural yeasts, present in the air, ground, and > > everywhere, to include in and on grains, is used. A cultured yeast such > as > > bakers yeast wouldn't survive the experience. > > > > I lived in Alaska for 24 years and have watched the spring ice > breakup > > on the Yukon. > > > > I dont wear boxer shorts, I wear tighty whities. I have never > > understood why men wear boxer shorts, other than to say that they are a > > trend-setter garment bringing more profit to those who sell them. They > were > > patented in 1925 as an over-garment for prize fighters who needed free > > movement. Oddly enough, they wore tighty whities under them. Today, they > > took the supporting whitie portion away and wear the outer shell as > > underwear. Go figure. > > > > Its also my understanding that immigrant women, from 1925 on, > preferred > > their men to wear tighty whities. > > > > Yup if I were in Columbus during the recent snow flurry activity > there, > > it would have been my pleasure indeed have ridden the pathfinder mule > ahead > > of the kin seeker wagon, and I would have contacted the Columbus > Telegram > > for onsite coverage. Bet it would have made the TV as well. Next year I > > would laison with the LDS for a Saints cart plus Mormon Family. 10 years > > from now, the event would surely demand national recognition and Columbus > > would be famous !! > > > > This all brings up a mystery, which to my knowledge, has never been > > addressed. I'm wondering what our men ancestors wore prior to 1925 when > they > > immigrated or if they wore any undergarment at all ?? > > > > Tom > > > > > > > Tom, > > > What about all the saints and angels protecting those great warriors, > > that > > > sailed the sea's in a stinky ship, worked their way half way across the > > US, > > > (on foot) unless they had a RR job and rode.. > > > > > > Being a tenderfoot from Alaska a little snow shouldn't get your boxers > in > > a > > > wad, son, march on........... > > > > > > Maybe you will make the local press! > > > Debi! > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Thomas E. Lassek <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Good hello to everyone !! > > >> > > >> Are you all experiencing first hand the weather conditions > prevalent > > >> during the times of our early ancestors ?? For posterity, someone > should > > >> ride a mule from Columbus to Duncan followed by a team of oxen pulling > a > > >> Murphy farm wagon filled with the "Kinseekers" and the local press !! > > >> > > >> Think of the worldwide coverage and the boost to genealogy !! No ?? > > >> > > >> About half way down Marge's link provided below, there's a note > from > > >> Ancestry saying that there is a probable match to another Michael > Kush. > > I > > >> looked at the link but can't examine anything since I don't have a > > >> subscription. > > >> > > >> Could this be the phantom Michael Kush ?? > > >> > > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > Life may not be the party we hoped for.. > But while we're here we might as well dance ! > > ------------------------------- > 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 >
Tom, this is so interesting. Our early ancestors didnt have anything over you did they LOL..You have lived such a colorful life I just love reading your posts :) Thanks Cris Atwater CA On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Thomas E. Lassek <[email protected]>wrote: > 1. Sugar was extremely expensive for early Nebraska pioneers, so they > substituted what they could, when they could. A thrifty substitution came > from a common product all grew and used - the lowly corn cob. After the corn > {Maize} was eaten, the cobs (sometimes cut up and smashed) were boiled to > extract remaining sugars. Bigger operations cut up the stalk as well. After > 30 minutes or so boiling, the cobs and stalk pieces were removed and the > water continued to be boiled and tasted until a suitable "sugar water" was > obtained. Experience provided the boiling cutoff. > > 2. In early spring, a small wooden pipe was pounded into the South side of > Birch, and of course Maple trees. "Spring Tonic Water", about a gallon a day > was harvested from the Birch which was usually consumed as quickly as > possible while it is cold. Both Maple and Birch were boiled down towards a > strong sugar liquid, and there were some who kept both in this fashion to > pour over their food, pancakes and such. > > When in Alaska, I had several birch on my property and would always prepare > 3 of them for the tonic water which is truly magnificent. I used a 1/4 > copper pipe stub with a notch to hang an empty 1 gallon plastic milk jug > from. When the water stopped flowing, I removed the copper stub and filled > the hole with a piece of birch twig which I pounded in. By the end of > summer, the bark grew back to almost cover the hole. > > In the spring of one year, I tapped at least 10 Birch trees and decided to > make Birch Syrup. I can tell you that it takes a tremendous amount of tonic > water to produce only a small bottle of syrup, and it's not an economical > venture if you use anything other than wood to boil the big pot. It also > takes a tremendous amount of time to keep the process running smoothly, and > since I had to work at the time, I stopped it after one pint jar. > > I went to the dairy people in Fairbanks and bought new 1 gallon milk jugs > plus caps for 10 cents each, capped and sold them to the local "Trading > Post" near my home for $2.00 each, $20.00 a day, and he sold them for $4.00 > each. I greatly expanded the operation and made lots of nickels over a 4 > year period until everyone realized that they could get their own tonic > water for nothing. In the end all I had left was a box of 4 inch 1/4 inch > copper pipe pieces which I sold as salvage for 55 cents a pound. > > 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 > -- Life may not be the party we hoped for.. But while we're here we might as well dance !
You have to cut and paste the entire link on a new web page. For some reason, only a portion of the link was underlined, and it gave me an error on the ellis island page, but when I cut and paste the entire link, it was ok. > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:15:39 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NEPLATTE] Fw: ellis island Josef Podgorski > > Kathy - I would like to look at this, but for some reason my iPad software won't let me. Clicking the URL below defaults to an Ellis Island typed page and it gives me a phone number to call and to leave my phone number and they'll return the call. Same with the one Bill posted. > > If you can attach it to an mail dire toy to me it ma work. > > Tom > > > > On Mar 14, 2011, at 4:39 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK............since you are good at reading ships manifests, let me know if you see Columbus Neb. on this one. My mom swears that her dad said his brother Joseph came to visit in Columbus. On his wedding picture is someone who I thought was this brother......but it turns out to be Frank Wruble!(he looks like my gramps) Anyway, I looked to see if any Joseph Podgorski had ever come to the U.S. Several did, but this one says not only he is from the same village, Leki Dolne, but going to Columbus ? It could be Ohio. Its the only thing not clear. Then, it says he was going to meet his cousin.....unclear given name but Kula the surname. My ? Why wouldn't he be saying his brother Jan, my grandfather if he was going to Columbus. (They did get married in 1907) Then.......he didn't stay in Columbus if he did come. Any thoughts at all will be great. KathyB > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: ellis island Josef Podgorski > > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:48:10 GMT > > > > > > http://ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup_weif_5a.asp?src=%2Fcgi-bin%2Ftif2gif.exe%3FT%3D\\\\192.168.100.11\\images\\T715-0923\\T715-09230128.TIF%26S%3D.5&pID=102004030386&name=Jozef%26nbsp%3BPodgorski&doa=Jun+16%2C+1907&port=Bremen&line=0002 > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Groupon™ Official Site > > 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7d822d9502d13e4f1st06duc > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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
It looks to me like he was going to see his uncle Stanisla Kula in Columbus, Nebr. > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:39:42 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NEPLATTE] Fw: ellis island Josef Podgorski > > OK............since you are good at reading ships manifests, let me know if you see Columbus Neb. on this one. My mom swears that her dad said his brother Joseph came to visit in Columbus. On his wedding picture is someone who I thought was this brother......but it turns out to be Frank Wruble!(he looks like my gramps) Anyway, I looked to see if any Joseph Podgorski had ever come to the U.S. Several did, but this one says not only he is from the same village, Leki Dolne, but going to Columbus ? It could be Ohio. Its the only thing not clear. Then, it says he was going to meet his cousin.....unclear given name but Kula the surname. My ? Why wouldn't he be saying his brother Jan, my grandfather if he was going to Columbus. (They did get married in 1907) Then.......he didn't stay in Columbus if he did come. Any thoughts at all will be great. KathyB > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: ellis island Josef Podgorski > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:48:10 GMT > > > http://ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup_weif_5a.asp?src=%2Fcgi-bin%2Ftif2gif.exe%3FT%3D\\\\192.168.100.11\\images\\T715-0923\\T715-09230128.TIF%26S%3D.5&pID=102004030386&name=Jozef%26nbsp%3BPodgorski&doa=Jun+16%2C+1907&port=Bremen&line=0002 > > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon™ Official Site > 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7d822d9502d13e4f1st06duc > > > > ------------------------------- > 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
Is anyone familiar with the Kiernan family in Platte Co? James and his wife Kate were born in Ireland and were in NY before coming to Nebraska. They and their family are buried at Evergreen in Boone Co, but they lived in Genoa and Woodville from 1880. Thanks! Megan
OK............since you are good at reading ships manifests, let me know if you see Columbus Neb. on this one. My mom swears that her dad said his brother Joseph came to visit in Columbus. On his wedding picture is someone who I thought was this brother......but it turns out to be Frank Wruble!(he looks like my gramps) Anyway, I looked to see if any Joseph Podgorski had ever come to the U.S. Several did, but this one says not only he is from the same village, Leki Dolne, but going to Columbus ? It could be Ohio. Its the only thing not clear. Then, it says he was going to meet his cousin.....unclear given name but Kula the surname. My ? Why wouldn't he be saying his brother Jan, my grandfather if he was going to Columbus. (They did get married in 1907) Then.......he didn't stay in Columbus if he did come. Any thoughts at all will be great. KathyB ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: ellis island Josef Podgorski Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:48:10 GMT http://ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup_weif_5a.asp?src=%2Fcgi-bin%2Ftif2gif.exe%3FT%3D\\\\192.168.100.11\\images\\T715-0923\\T715-09230128.TIF%26S%3D.5&pID=102004030386&name=Jozef%26nbsp%3BPodgorski&doa=Jun+16%2C+1907&port=Bremen&line=0002 ____________________________________________________________ Groupon™ Official Site 1 ridiculously huge coupon a day. Get 50-90% off your city's best! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7d822d9502d13e4f1st06duc
1. Sugar was extremely expensive for early Nebraska pioneers, so they substituted what they could, when they could. A thrifty substitution came from a common product all grew and used - the lowly corn cob. After the corn {Maize} was eaten, the cobs (sometimes cut up and smashed) were boiled to extract remaining sugars. Bigger operations cut up the stalk as well. After 30 minutes or so boiling, the cobs and stalk pieces were removed and the water continued to be boiled and tasted until a suitable "sugar water" was obtained. Experience provided the boiling cutoff. 2. In early spring, a small wooden pipe was pounded into the South side of Birch, and of course Maple trees. "Spring Tonic Water", about a gallon a day was harvested from the Birch which was usually consumed as quickly as possible while it is cold. Both Maple and Birch were boiled down towards a strong sugar liquid, and there were some who kept both in this fashion to pour over their food, pancakes and such. When in Alaska, I had several birch on my property and would always prepare 3 of them for the tonic water which is truly magnificent. I used a 1/4 copper pipe stub with a notch to hang an empty 1 gallon plastic milk jug from. When the water stopped flowing, I removed the copper stub and filled the hole with a piece of birch twig which I pounded in. By the end of summer, the bark grew back to almost cover the hole. In the spring of one year, I tapped at least 10 Birch trees and decided to make Birch Syrup. I can tell you that it takes a tremendous amount of tonic water to produce only a small bottle of syrup, and it's not an economical venture if you use anything other than wood to boil the big pot. It also takes a tremendous amount of time to keep the process running smoothly, and since I had to work at the time, I stopped it after one pint jar. I went to the dairy people in Fairbanks and bought new 1 gallon milk jugs plus caps for 10 cents each, capped and sold them to the local "Trading Post" near my home for $2.00 each, $20.00 a day, and he sold them for $4.00 each. I greatly expanded the operation and made lots of nickels over a 4 year period until everyone realized that they could get their own tonic water for nothing. In the end all I had left was a box of 4 inch 1/4 inch copper pipe pieces which I sold as salvage for 55 cents a pound. Tom