I have quite a few photos of people who I'm sure are from Thurston Co., NE. The photos are from the late 1800's to mid 1900's. Is there a place I can upload them to? I also have obituaries who were family friends and not relatives. Also I am searching KONICEK, KUHN, RUTLEDGE, TOELLE AND HULSEBUSCH, all from THUURSTON CO. in the late 1800's to present. Cindy KONICEK SHAW

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McMillan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ARB.2ACI/179 Message Board Post: I'm searching for the army fort Crook, in Thurston Co., Nebraska, my father Lewis McMillan was a cook in the army abt 1929, I couldn't find them in the census for 1930 as my sister was born 15 June 1929 in Omaha Twp, Thurston County NE, any help would be most welcome. Thanks Clara

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ARB.2ACI/120.2 Message Board Post: Matilda Bourelle was my great great great grandmother.............would love to learn more about her

Dear Thurston County Researchers: As a part of the Giekau Family Heritage Fair / Genealogy Workshop, coming this Aug. 5, 2006 in Emerson, Nebraska, we are compiling an IMMIGRANTS HONOR ROLL. This will be for any person coming from the Giekau Church District area regardless of where they settled in the world. A list of Villages and group of houses from the Giekau Church District is listed at the end of this E-mail. Plus the family surnames collected to date. If you are sure you don’t have anyone from this area, you can hit delete now. Gary Schoening Glenwood, Iowa _Huffner5@aol.com_ (mailto:Huffner5@aol.com) The results will be shared with everyone that adds a name. Information that we would like to have in order to make this list is as follows: To fill out as much as you can SURNAME: First, second, third name(you know those Holsteiners loved lots of names) Maiden name also if married: Date of Birth Or age when immigrated: Date of Arrival: Village or town they came from: Ship that they came over on: Place they departed from: Place they arrived: First Location they settled Second/third location they settled if any: Person giving this information: (optional) I would like to have it but I don ’ t have to list it on the final roll. E-mail address (optional) same as above These are all a part of either Gut Hohenfelde, Gut Schmoel, Gut Panker or Gut Neuhaus Town, Villages, or Houses Listed in the Giekau Church District Jurisdiction (manorial estate) Altenkrug Neuhaus Blankenwater Neuhaus Bollbrügge (Bollbruegge) Panker Brünerbröken (Bruenerbroeken) Schmoel Dickenbusch Neuhaus Dransau Neuhaus Eggersteich Schmoel Emkendorf Neuhaus Fetthörn (Fetthoern) Neuhaus Finksoll Panker Fürstenholt (Fuerstenholt) Neuhaus Futterkamp Panker Gadendorf Panker Giekau Neuhaus Gleschendorf Neuhaus Grünberg (Gruenberg) Schmoel Haferstoppel Gut Hohenfelde Haffkamp Gut Hohenfelde Hahnenkamp Neuhaus Hasenkrug Neuhaus Hegbök (Hegboek) Neuhaus Hohenfelde (manorial estate) Hohenfelde Hohenfelde (village) by Kiel Gut Schmoel Hohenhoop Neuhaus Hubertsberg Gut Hohenfelde Jägerberg (Jaegerberg) Neuhaus Klamp (manorial estate) Klamp Klinker (Klinken) Neuhaus Köhn (Koehn) Neuhaus Köhnerbrücke (Koehnerbruecke) Neuhaus Krumbreiten Schmoel Kuhteich Neuhaus Malmsteg Schmoel Moorrehmen Neuhaus Mühlen (Wassermuehle) Neuhaus Mühlenhof (Muehlenhof) Neuhaus Neuhaus (manorial estate) Neuhaus Oelbohm Neuhaus Pülsen (Puelsen) Neuhaus Radeland Schmoel Redderkrug Neuhaus Rethkuhl Schmoel Rögen (Am Roegen) Neuhaus Rögen (Im Roegen) Schmoel Rossbaum Hohenfelde Sachskamp Hohenfelde Satjendorf Hohenfelde Schmoel (Schmool) (m. estate) Schmoel Schonforth (Schulenfurth) Neuhaus Schwartbuck Schmoel Schwartbuckerholz Schmoel Seekrug Neuhaus Selkenrade Neuhaus Söhren (Soehren) Schmoel Stubbenrade Neuhaus Theerkuhlen Neuhaus Tröndel (Troendel) Neuhaus Volkenscheide Neuhaus Warderhof Neuhaus Weddelbek Neuhaus Bentfeld Until 1871 then Schönberg Kloster Preetz Ratjendorf (Ratjensdorf) Until 1871 Kloster Preetz List of surnames that we have collected that came fromthis area. Can you add some? Bichel Dohrmann Dose Dose/Doose Ehlers Giese Hammer Hansen Hoeck Jipp Jurgens (Jurgensen) Kahl Kay Kruse Kuhl Lamp Lau Loof Lorenzen Mathiensen Möller/Miller Nagel Nipp Roenfeld Roenfeldt Rohrberg Rönnfeld Scheel Schoening Schroeder Schutt Schwarten Stark, Steffens Stumpf Stumpf Thiering Vohs Voss Wiese Wolf Wulf

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ARB.2ACI/171.1 Message Board Post: I have two books about Pender, one entitiled St Peter's Lutheran Church, 1888-1988 and the other Pender, Nebraska The first 100 years, 1885-1985. Your grandparents and their family are in the St Peter's book with a lot of pictures. The other book features all of the Surnames you mentioned. Contact me privately about just exactly who you want information about. I can send copies.

Dear Group: Here are some new names to add to the Giekau Church District list. These families lived in the Emerson, Nebraska area and were written up in their cent. book in 1988. Right now we do not know if anyone is researching these names but would sure like to hear from someone that is interested. Barge, Bern, Clasemann, Demke, Denker, Fey, Görtz, (Goertz) Gradert, Harrengfelt, Hingst, Hirsch, Hoeck, Kruger Langmack, Lieber Lohse, Ronnfeldt Schwarten, Sorensen, Stallbaum Utemark Wriedt, thank you for your time, Gary Schoening, Glenwood, Iowa

Dear Researchers: Wondering if there is anyone from Emerson area that has been working on the Hammer, Hopp, Schoening, Hansen, or Lamp families that at one time lived around Emerson, NE. Gary Schoening

Dear family researchers: Just an update on a genealogy event being planned for your area. Name of the event will be Emerson, NE-Mineola, IA-Giekau, Germany Family Heritage Fair. The fair will be held on August 5, 2006, in Emerson, Nebraska. The purpose of this event will be for people who that have worked on their families' history to share it with others. The focus will be on: 1. Any family that came from the Giekau Church District of Schleswig/Holstein, Germany. 2. Any family from the Giekau area that once lived in the Mineola, IA area and then moved to the Emerson, NE. area. ( Dixon County, Dakota County, Thurston County, or Wayne County) 3. Friends and Neighbors from the Emerson area. 4. Friends and Neighbor from the Giekau area. Surnames that we have so far that came from this church district: Bichel, Carsten, Dorhman, Dorman, Dose, Doose, Dohse, Ehlers, Giese, Hammer, Hansen, Jipp, Jurgens, Kay, Kahl, Kruse, Lamp, Lau, Lohse, Loof, Luth, Matthiensen, Möller (Miller), Nagel, Nipp, Rohrberg, Rönfeld (Roenfeld), Rönfeldt (Roenfeldt), Schluntz, Scheel, Schoening, Schroeder, Schutt, Stark, Steffens, Strohbehn, Stumpf, Thiering, Vohs, Voss, Wiese, Wolf, Wulf. Should your family's name be added to this list? The towns and villages that these families came from include: Giekau, Hohenfelde, Schwartbuck, Schmöl, Satjendorf, Gadendorf, Todendorf, Emkendorf, Fresendorf, the Estates of Güt Panker and Güt Neuhaus, plus a number of smaller places all within the Giekau Church district. It was decided that we would use the "Village Plan" for our displays. Tables will be placed around the hall in clusters each having a name of one of the main villages in the Giekau Church District. The more family information that we have from a certain village the more tables it will have. ( Sure hope that Satjendorf has more that one table.) We hope to have many Pictures from each town plus some history on each. (Maybe some of our friends in Germany can help us on the History part.) It is hoped that 3 or 4 people will "adopt" a town or village and help set up the information in their area. This way no one person will have to be at the tables at all times as turned out in Mineola last year. Everyone should have some time to look around and check things out. The Friends and Neighbors tables will be for families that aren't from the Giekau area but would still like to display their family history. (We still need someone from the Emerson area to help coordinate this table) The Friends and Neighbors table from Giekau will be coordinated by Larry Hodne his E-mail address is hal21@IowaTelecom.net This should be just Schleswig /Holstein families. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Gary Schoening Gloria Oberg Huffner5@aol.com or gloriao@cedarwb.net Glenwood, Iowa Wakefield, NE

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ARB.2ACI/178.1 Message Board Post: The Village Clerk in Walthill (ask for Glenda) has information about the burials in the Walthill Cemetery. I cannot find the phone number but it is surely online, and if not, the person who answers the phone at the only mortuary in Walthill will give it to you, and you can find that number online. With a death/burial date, you can find a newspaper obit.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ARB.2ACI/178 Message Board Post: Interested in locating a Forrest Stockham. He lived in Walthill in 1964. Is he buried in the county? He died in 1968. Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ARB.2ACI/137.1 Message Board Post: Shari- I think this is my Dad's class and his cousin was in picture for sure. Floyd Beckner. My Dad Robert (Bob) Beckner recongnised several people. But didn't reconize himself. When you print picture off it leaves the last person on each line off right side. Please contact me by e-mail if you are still interested..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PARKS, DIXON, SKINNER, FOREMAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ARB.2ACI/177 Message Board Post: I am researching Joseph Elmer Parks, b. abt 1876, Hickory Co. Mo., m. Wiseman. His parents were Andrew Jackson Skinner and Martha Dixon, both died before Joseph was 11, he was raised by my ggrandparents William B and Martha (Dixon) Parks. I believe the two Martha Dixon's to be cousins and about the same age. Joseph had two children that I know of: Miles Elmer Parks b. 15 Nov 1904, d. 2 Dec 1990 Pender, Thurston, NE. m. Lena Mable Frances Parks b. 27 Feb 1915, d. 15 April 1989, LA, CA., m. Dick Foreman

Hi Listers, I'm seeking photos of Charles and Cora Garner and their son William who married Henrietta Mae Chambers. William is buried at Walthill. They lived in Thurston County before 1910 and some of their children remained there. Can anyone on this list suggest whom I might contact? Thanks Lila Niemann Garner LNiemannG@navix.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WACHTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ARB.2ACI/22.36.2.1 Message Board Post: Done some new work on the WACHTER families. Anyone of interest and willing to share, please contact

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WACHTER, HUGELMAN, OLSON, GILBERTSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ARB.2ACI/22.36.2 Message Board Post: I don’t know much about John Anton Wachter except that his father, Jacon Anton Wachter, and mother, Margareth Richard, can be found in the following places: 1) http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=2633039 (One World Tree) 2) 1860 Census as Antone & Margt, Illinois. Christian is listed at the same address. He is Jacon Anton’s younger brother. Christian (Johann Christian Wachter, aka John) is my husband’s great grandfather. He married Emma Hugelman and settled in Herman, NE. 3) 1870 Census as Anton & Margareth, Illinois 4) 1880 Census as Jack A. & Maggie, Nebraska

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: St Cyr/Frenchman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ARB.2ACI/176 Message Board Post: Looking for this family. Levi St Cyr born about 1868 in NE. He was married to Annie Frenchman born about 1876 in NE. They had five children according to obit. Fern born 1905, Wenona born 1907, Matilda born 1909 and Lillian born 1911. All the children were born in NE. I am missing one. They are listed in the 1900 and 1920 census living at Winnebago, Thurston, NE and in 1930 living at South Sioux City, Dakota, NE. Also in the 1900 and 1910 census was Annie folks Charles Frenchman born 1842 in WI and he was married to Mrs. Frenchman born 1850 in MN. They are Indian and part of the Metis tribe. Lillian was married to George Lavendure and they are buried in Winnebago Indian Cemetery.

Blanche Garner, 18, single, was living in Walthill when the census was taken 6 January 1920. She was a saleswoman in a retail store. She was a boarder in a Wendelstein/Mendelstein family--he was a dry goods merchant, and I suppose it was his store she worked in. Although her parents' birthplaces are switched around, I think she is the daughter of Charles and Cora (Lewis) Garner. She is age 7 on the 1910 census with them in Mercer County, Illinois, and they are known to have gone back and forth between Thurston/Burt counties in Nebraska and Mercer County, Illinois. Charles and Cora apparently reared a grandchild as their own, and I'm trying to figure out which of the children he/she was. I could possibly rule out if I knew Blanche's birthdate. SSDI contains a couple of possibilities: BLANCHE CLAUSEN born 20 Jun 1903 died Aug 1989 68047 (Pender, Thurston, NE ) 506-50-4871 issued Nebraska and BLANCHE FREDSTROM 15 Feb 1903 Jul 1987 68045 (Oakland, Burt, NE ) 507-26-4136 issued Nebraska Does anyone know if either Mrs. Clausen or Mrs. Fredstrom was a Garner? Thanks for any help! Lila Niemann Garner

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ARB.2ACI/175 Message Board Post: Can someone do a marriage lookup for me. Trying to find as much information that I can on this family. George Ott Neth to Helen Minne Dhabolt/Theobald or it might be Helen Minnie Hohl (she had been married before) married 22-Marc-1912. Thanks in Advance Brenda

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Leonard, Judd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ARB.2ACI/174 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information reguarding my family. My grandfather's name is Richard Eugene Judd. His mother was Nellie Leonard Judd Brummond. His father was Lewis John Judd. He has a half sister named Mabel. Unfortunately, I know little information on any of my grandpa's family. Nellie was born in Pender as well as my grandpa. If anyone has information, I would greatly appreciate it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pierson, Findlay, Findley, Liden, Forbes, Johnson, Cobb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ARB.2ACI/173 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on Kate Pierson who resided in Walthill in 1913, married in Sioux City on April 14, 1913 to Elisha Findlay. Kate was of Swedish background and I'd like to know why she was living in Walthill, and what her occupation was. She had Ruth Liden and Mrs T.P. Forbes as witnesses to her marriage, so I wonder if they were residents of Walthill or close by. Any information appreciated. Rose