Settling Up a Missouri Estate

This signature comes from an estate settlement in Vernon County, Missouri, in the 1880s. The signer was the estate administrator.

German Child in 1860s

This is the father's name from an 1860 era church christening record in Ostfriesland, Germany.

1920 Census in Chicago

This name comes from a 1920 Chicago federal census enumeration.

Getting My Lincoln, Nebraska Homestead

Native of Great Britian (or maybe Canada) signs for his homestead in Nebraska in the 1870s.

Not a Person

All I will say is that this comes from the 1870s and is not a person.

One More Name Butchering From 1860

This is my 3rd great-grandmother from the 1860 Census in Adams County, Illinois, where the two previous entries were taken.

They Butchered My Name, Too!

This is a brother of the person whose name was posted yesterday in the 1860 Census for Adams County, Illinois.

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They Butchered My Name

This is my 4th great-grandfather in the 1860 Adams County, Illinois, census.

Living in Michigan in 1850

A head of household from the 1850 Michigan Census.

On the Boat

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

My 1860 Enumeration

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

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.

Another neighbor signs for the claim

This is another neighbor from the late 1800 homestead claim entry in Nebraska.

Signing for my neighbor's claim

This signature comes from a late 1800 homestead application in Nebraska.

Died in 1808

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

Getting My Share

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

Taking Over His Claim

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

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.

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.

My Mother Is...

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

Final Signature

This is the signature comes from a 1920s guardianship.

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Michael

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.

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.

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.

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?

Getting Hitched in Iowa

This name comes from a 1884 marriage in Lee County, Iowa.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

A Neighbor Signs

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