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Sunday, October 31, 2010

On the Boat

This name comes from an 1867 manifest for an arrival at Castle Garden.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

My 1860 Enumeration

This is an 1860 census enumeration from Mercer County, Illinois. Any thoughts?

Friday, October 29, 2010

Signing my homestead claim

This is the actual homestead claimint whose papers were being signed by the witnesses in the previous two days posts. From Nebraska--late 1800s.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Died in 1808

This is a death entry from the Castle Carrock, England parish records from 1808.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Getting My Share

This comes from a plat map on an estate partition in Kentucky in the 1830s.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Taking Over His Claim

This individual took over the abandonded homestead claim of my ancestor in Nebraska in the early 1870s.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Who Is the Mother?

This is the "name of mother" from an 1898 marriage application. If you'd like to see the entire back of the document, it has been posted here. I've ersased all but the name on this one.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Signing my SS5 form

This Illinois native was born in 1890 and signed her application for a social security number in the early 1940s in Burlington, Iowa.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

My Mother Is...

This is the mother's maiden name on an 1895 marriage application in Adams  County, Illinois.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Final Signature

This is the signature comes from a 1920s guardianship.

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We've got images loaded for the next several weeks and readers are free to review the older entries as well. Past entries are left along with reader comments and the final "answer."

Thanks!

Michael

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Signing for the neighbor

This 29 year old is signs a claim in 1893 that his widowed neighbor only has a dower interest in her husband's farm.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Helping Mother's Claim

This individual is making a statement in his mother's Civil War pension claim in Hancock County, Illinois. He was born in the 1870s/1880s.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Signing my genealogy

I erased part of this so that it was easier to read the actual name. This author signed the genealogy he compiled in the late 1890s or early 1900s.

A great discovery at the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne. The scan on Google books was from a copy not signed by the author.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

1885 Iowa Enumeration

This is an 1885 census enumeration from Union County, Iowa. I will tell readers that the last name is first. Any ideas?

Friday, October 15, 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Signing a Nebraska Letter

This German native was born in the 1840s and is signing a 1880 era letter to relatives in Nebraska in this signature.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Getting Married

This 1893 signature comes from a woman born in the midwest in 1874. I've erased the other signature so as not to confuse anyone with extra handwriting that had nothing to do with the signature.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Join Michael in Salt Lake City at the Family History Library

I till have spots on my 2011 research trip to the Salt Lake City Family History Library. Jump start your research by spending a week at the library with a group--getting help as needed. Reserve your spot now by only making the deposit. Visit the website for more information.

Signing my Draft Card

This Chicago native signed his World War I Draft card in Chicago. This is the best image I could get from the card, both Ancestry's images and the actual microfilm. Casefile Clues readers have seen this individual before. This is the last known record on this individual.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Signing my Pre-Emption Claim

This Kentucky native signed a pre-emption claim in Missouri in the 1850s. He was hung in his barn by bushwackers during the Civil War, but that's another story.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

A Neighbor Signs

Another 1880 era signature from the Riley Rampley Civil War pension file in Hancock County, Illinois.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Making My Statement

This Indiana native was born in 1846 and was signing a 1902 deposition in this image.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Helping a Neighbor with the Pension

This woman signed an affidavit in 1893 in Hancock County, Illinois, in the Civil War pension file for Nancy Rampley. Age and nativity unknown.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Witnessed my Nephew's Birth

This Ohio native, born in the 1830s, signed in her sister-in-law's pension application that she was present at the birth of one of the sister-in-law's children. Signature dates from the late nineteenth century.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Claiming My Pension

This Ohio native was born in the 1830s and was signing a pension application in the 1880s.

I won't provide any details as I don't want anyone doing google searches and cheating (grin!).

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

I Wrote My Congressman

This signature is from a letter written by a US Congressman in the 1920s. He was contacting the pension department to inquire about a constituent's pension payment.

This one is more of a challenge than some are. Politicians present challenges in many ways (grin!).

Monday, October 4, 2010

I Was There When They Were Born

This individual was present at the birth of several of Riley Rampley's children--which is what he is testifying to in his affidavit in the Civil War pension file of Riley Rampley. This is another late 19th century signature.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

A Little Tricky

This one is a little tricky, but I'm not giving out any clues. This one comes from the original copy of a deed that I'm analyzing for the next issue of Casefile Clues.  The deed was drawn up in 1863. I'm not certain when or where this individual was born, but the deed was recorded in Carthage, Illinois.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Helping my Comrade

This signature comes from an 1889 affidavit filed in the Civil War pension file of Riley Rampley. This person's nativity is unknown, but he probably was a Civil War veteran himself.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Witnessing the Widow's Affidavit

This individual witnessed an 1897 widow's pension application for Nancy Rampley in Hancock County, Illinois.