NSGS Ancestree
Nebraska State Genealogical Society Journals
NEBRASKA ANCESTREE
Volume Eleven, no. 1
Summer 1988
Nebraska Ancestree Summer 1988 Issue Vol. 11 No. 1 pg. 14
Some Hints For Courthouse Research
I. |
Home Preparation |
|||||
A. |
Evaluate problems |
|||||
B. |
Define objectives on paper |
|||||
C. |
Know history of county - any boundary changes? |
|||||
D. |
Legal location of any land involved |
|||||
II. |
Attitude & Approach |
|||||
A. |
Tread lightly |
|||||
B. |
Be polite and do not demand |
|||||
C. |
Be confident |
|||||
D. |
Know what to ask for |
|||||
III. |
Offices in the Courthouse |
|||||
A. |
County School Superintendent |
|||||
1. |
County school census records - yearly, unidexed |
|||||
2. |
Helpful to know where family lived |
|||||
B. |
County Court Clerk |
|||||
1. |
Marriages |
|||||
a. |
Application for license |
|||||
b. |
Register of marriage |
|||||
c. |
Certificate of marriage |
|||||
d. |
Marriage bonds in Southern United States |
|||||
2. |
Probate Court Records |
|||||
a. |
Look for general index first (testate and intestate) |
|||||
b. |
Wills, probate cases |
|||||
c. |
Probate packet |
|||||
C. |
District Court Clerk |
|||||
1. |
Probate court records |
|||||
2. |
Naturalization records |
|||||
3. |
Divorce records |
|||||
4. |
Guardianship records |
|||||
5. |
Orphan court records |
|||||
D. |
Register of Deeds or Land Record Office |
|||||
1. |
All land records had to find registration with the county courthouse |
|||||
2. |
Key to use of land records in the use of indexes |
|||||
3. |
Grantor & Grantee index |
|||||
4. |
Land Patents and homestead patents |
|||||
E. |
Veterans Service Office |
|||||
1. |
Have some military service records - county personnel only |
|||||
F. |
County Surveyor's Office |
|||||
1. |
Maps - all kinds |
|||||
G. |
Miscellaneous, sometimes found in courthouses |
|||||
1. |
Tax assessment records |
|||||
2. |
Miscellaneous land records |
|||||
3. |
Coroner's files |
|||||
4. |
Minutes of County Board of Supervisor's Meetings |
|||||
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Nebraska Ancestree Summer 1988 Issue Vol. 11 No. 1 pg. 14
Following are the months of the year in Czech
January - Leden
May - Kveten
September - Zari
February - Unor
June - Cerven
October - Rijen
March - Brezen
July - Cervenece
November - Listopad
April - Duben
August - Srpen
December - Prosinece
Nebraska Ancestree Summer 1988 Issue Vol. 11 No. 1 pg. 15
1891 NE-KS Interstate GAR Reunion Submitted by Bob Ray, McCook Ne
Abstracted by Angela Fitzgibbons 5638 Appomattox, Davenport, Ia
Source McCook Times, 23 October 1891
THE ROSTER-A ROLL OF HONOR Old Soldiers Who Attended The Reunion
NAME RANK CO REG SER ADDRESS California E S HILL P G 4th inf Indianola Thos BENNET P D 1st inf McCook Colorado David J OSBURN P G 1st cav Osburn Indiana S M WATTERS P C 128 inf Galena Amos WILCOX P F 130 inf Winston MO I R MORRIS P A 128 inf McCook J S GINGER P C 116 inf St. Louis MO J S GINGER P B 135 inf St. Louis MO J F HELM P E 16 inf Red Willow J A LIPPS P C. 4 cav Red Willow Thos I BALES P E 57 inf McCook B A DENNIS P F 51 inf Culbertson L W C SER P B 150 inf McCook H DELONG P F 129 inf Hayes Center A S CAMPBELL P A 59 inf Palisade Wm JOHNSON segt 1 13 cav Trenton J M COPPERS P W bat McDonald KAN W OTIS P 1 6 inf Trenton Noah MIS LER P D 18 inf Culbertson J C MCBRIDE capt H 48 inf Lincoln John SHEPPARD P K 155 inf Endicot M CROOKS P A 42 inf Oberlin KAN W OLIVER P C 33 inf --- Jas FISHER P C 72 inf Benkleman W H DSON sgt F 130 inf Herndon KAN J M FORD P A 128 inf Cedar Bluffs KAN Geo W BALL lieut G 128 inf Akron COL Henry HETT P A 120 inf Lebanon H FRANCIS P 12 cav Cambridge OL SHAW lieut C 44 inf Hayes Centre J B SACK P E 17 inf Stratton Wm R PH corp C 72 inf McCook J H EVANS P C 58 inf McCook S C segt F inf Bloomington A RICE 91 inf Stratton H C SMITH P B 9 inf McCook
NEBRASKA ANCESTREE SUMMER 1988 VOL. 11 NO. 1 PAGE 16
B-submitted by Bob Ray,McCook Ne.
(Continued-The Roster-A Roll of Honor) NAME RANK CO REG SER ADDRESS W BENTON P A 55 inf Cambridge John STATHER P G 71 inf McCook NEWCOMB P G 129 inf Stratton P M PAYTON P F 3 inf Trenton Wm M NUTT P F 88 inf Indianola Wm P B 57 inf Culbertson J FISHER P C 72 inf Benkleman Iowa H H BENSON cap K 8 inf Omaha G W DILLON P K 25 inf McCook Thomas WHITMER corp A 35 inf McCook H P SMITH P B 7 inf Trenton J MCPHERSON P K 7 inf Trenton I B HAYES P D 15 inf Byron Wm F HALL P F 25 inf Curtis R R KINNICK P K 7 inf McCook A C MARSH P K 30 inf McCook N S WEAT P H 9 inf Lebanon L DANIELS P G 9 inf Cedar Bluffs KAN A M EASTON lst sergt D 9 inf Cambridge P OMARQUISSE P A 47 inf Palisade David COLBY P B 9 inf Palisade J C GRAMMILL capt M 3 cav Orafino J M GRAMMILL P M 3 cav Stockville H B SEELEY P D 2 cav Trenton Wm H ALLEN P B 39 inf Indianola Wm PARKES P 3 baty Red Cloud E A SEXSON sergt D 4 cav Box Elder J C RUSSELL P K 32 inf McCook J SPOTTS corp F 31 inf McCook Wm C SHOCKLEY P F 5 inf Danbury R E MOORE P 1 3 cav Box Elder A MANN P 29 inf Indianola J F BOYER corp C 8 inf Danbury A G BEAUMAN sergt D 3 cav I N SHEPHERD P F 23 inf Osburn Charles RICKARD P H 22 inf McCook Milton A ELLIOT P B 15 inf Trenton A D KING P K 4 inf Culbertson Willis GOSSARD corp A 23 inf Indianola Henry CRABTREE 1st sergt B 23 inf Indianola Merrick DAVIS P D 4 inf Bloomington S S GRAHAM sgt A 40 inf Danbury Geo C MACKEY P D 39 inf Vailton Wm REMMINGTON cor A 28 inf Danbury G W CURFMAN P F 3 cav Indianola Fletcher ALLEN P B 1 L A Oxford
NEBRASKA ANCESTREE SUMMER 1988 VOL. 11 NO. I PAGE 17
C-Submitted by Bob Ray, McCook Ne.
(continued-The Roster-A Roll of Honor) NAME RANK CO REG SER ADDRESS J C DINNEL P B 11 inf Lebanon Geo C MACKEY P D 39 inf Vailton Wm REMINGTON corp A 28 inf Danbury G W CURFMAN P F 3 cav Indianola Fletcher ALLEN P B I L A Oxford T J VAN PELT P H 13 inf Oberlin Wilber VAN DYKE P G 3 Danbury Win BRISBIN P M 2 cav McCook D A WATERMAN lieut F 44 inf Lebanon J Z SANDERS P D 17 inf Stockville S B ROWE P H 22 inf Cambridge F R WILKES sergt M I cav Oberlin KAN E D GODFREY P C 9 inf Stratton Jesse CLARK P C 86 inf Stratton P T WALTON P E 31 inf Stratton A J WILEY surgt 7 cav McCook A J WILLEY surgt 10 inf McCook J S AGEE capt 14 inf W C JACOBS P F 9 inf Highland M M HOUSE sergt F 9 inf Culbertson Ja F ELLIOTT P H 7 inf McCook J W DOLAN corp C 18 inf Indianola Peter GROVES sergt D 40 inf McCook Ira WALDO B K Sth 1 6 cav Illinois H H BERRY P E 145 inf McCook Dexter RUSSELL corp C 74 inf Trenton J R MCCORMICK P B 104 inf Palisade A J FENNIMORE P E 11 inf McCook W Z DORMAN 2 lieut E 10 cav Wray COL W P KENNEDY P K 11 inf McCook Daniel TAYLOR P C 52 inf Stratton Eph STONER P F 57 inf Winston MO Ed PIERCE sergt B 36 inf Aurora ILLS Jas RITTENBURG P A 102 inf Bartley A CRICTON P L I L A Oberlin KAN C C KENDALL wgr 1 83 inf Maywood Asa A ANDERSON P H 33 inf Culbertson G W PATE P F 112 inf McCook G H SIMMERAN P C 3 inf Obioway J D GERVER crp 1 98 inf Cedar Bluffs KAN Chas KNOBBS P K I inf Culbertson L G TAYLOR P F 34 inf Cedar Bluffs KAN C C Cox P H 34 inf Red Cloud John H JONES P C 83 inf Fandon ILLS H B ANDERSON P D 104 inf Box Elder
NEBRASKA ANCESTREE SUMMER 1988 VOL. 11 NO. 1 PAGE 18
D-Submitted by Bob Ray, McCook Ne.
(continued-The Roster-A Roll of Honor) NAME RANK CO REG SER ADDRESS Chas S SQUIRES P C 37 inf McCook F M PENNINGTON P 1 11 cav Lebanon J F HEBER 1 sergt C 2 cav McCook Kendric CLARK p F 17 inf McCook Geo W FURROW P D 77 inf Hayes Centre John A HICKS P G 102 inf Cambridge John M NOYES sergt 1 92 inf Stockville Simeon BILLINGS P D 10,5 inf Indianola Thos COOPER P G 62 inf Palisade J OBLACKBURN sergt G 11 cav Bartley Geo TILTON P H 92 inf Hayes Center C C Cox P A 78 inf Red Cloud E D BULLARD P H 102 inf Wray COLO B F NOLL P C 20 inf Stratton S S HUCKINGS P B 45 inf Stratton S S HUCKINGS P G I? inf Stratton J N KIRBY corp B 118 inf Stockville A ELY p C 118 inf Haigler J A FLEMING P G 21 inf Culbertson A J DANRON P B 30 inf Herndon KAN OE BOWERS P H 15 inf McCook A J COONS P B 154 inf Thornburg Wm P BARNS P E 3 cav Indianola A P SHARP P 1 12 inf McCook Wm JOHNSON P H 79 inf McCook Samuel REEVES P A 52 inf Trenton Sam H CO LEY musc E 42 inf Holdredge S J STOCKTON P H 11 cav Palisade M BATTERSHALL P F 134 inf McCook M BATTERSHALL P K 153 inf McCook Sam H HUDDLESTON P F 2 cav McCook I W CARNES P C 53 inf Lyle KAN Wm COILING P A 52 inf Indianola John AXTELL P E 9 cav Cambridge H P HURD p F 16 inf Gladstone ILLS Jno H FINITY P F 13 cav Culbertson Wm SAUM P G 95 inf Curtis C W MALLORY P A 95 inf Cambridge L F MULLERY sergt C 3? inf Indianola Wm KINGSBURY P G 2 inf Quick G W SELBY P C 20 inf Calvert J M MANN sergt & Lieut 1 83 inf Bartley R L NORRIS P G 50 inf Stratton T J PATE corp C 94 inf McCook W C LATHROP P G 55 inf Bartley P C ROBERTS P D 103 Cornell W B TAYLOR I lieut F 114 inf Lincoln
Transcribed by Kathie Harrison October 16, 2000
** Note: These electronic pages are provided for your personal use, and may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. They may be freely copied for your personal use. **