One Quick Handwriting Transcription Challenge Every Day-for the genealogist in you
Monday, January 31, 2011
Settling My Husband's Estate
This signature comes from an 1856 estate settlement. The widow, a Geman native, is signing one of the documents in the estate settlement of her husband.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Helping My Neighbor Get a Pension
This individual was living in Ohio in the 1840s when he provided information to assist his neighbor in receiving her widow's pension for her husband's Revolutionary War service.
This one is easier than some we have had recently.
This one is easier than some we have had recently.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Helping My Mother-in-law Get a Pension
This signature dates from the 1840s and this individual, approximately in his fifties, is signing an affidavit to assist his mother-in-law in receiving her widow's Revolutionary War pension.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Helping Pa Get a Pension
This signature comes from an 1818 affidavit in a Revolutionary War pension. This Pennsylvania native signed papers in his father's pension application.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Witnessing a Will in 1889
This gentleman witnessed a will in 1889. This is his signature from his statement in 1900 in Illinois that he remembers witnessing the will.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
New Yorker Living in Wisconsin
This New York native was living in Wisconsin when he registered for the World War II Draft in 1944. He's my wife's uncle, but that's probably not a big clue.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
My Neighbor Died
This individual signed the proof of death in an Illinois estate case in the 1870s. This person was a German native---he later married the widow.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Signing the Neighbor's Will
This German native witnessed his neighbor's will in Illinois the 1870s. They had been neighbors in Germany as well as in the United States.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Clayton Township Native to Work as Carpenter in Mexico
This 1917 passport application in Harris County, Texas, was signed by a man born in Clayton Township, Adams County, Illinois, in 1881.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Sister-in-law Gets Passport in 1925
This Belgian native applied for a passport in Rock Island County, Illinois. She was a sister-in-law of my wife's great-great-grandmother.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Jeweler Born in Missouir
This gentleman was a jeweler, born in Kirksville, Missouri, who was going to Scotland to attend a Sunday School convention in 1924.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Leaving Nebraska for a While
This German native was returning to Europe on a visit in 1922 according to this passport application.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Getting the Voter a Job
This signature is from a 1903 letter written by an Indiana Congressman to Secretary of State John Hay in an attempt to get a promotion for a constituent.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Evansville, Indiana Citizens in 1903 sign for Drollette
I'm working on this letter for an upcoming issue of Casefile Clues, where we have discussed George Drollete before. I can read most of the names on the letter of support:
- John H. Foster
- Jas D. [Parris?]
- F. B. Posey
- C. A. DeBruler
- Phiip W. Frey
- Geo A. Cunningham
- Walter A. Legeman
The typed part of the letter wasn't too hard to read (grin!).
I Say It Is Who They Say They Are
This person signed an acknowledgement of the transfer of a land warrant in Mercer County, Kentucky in the 1850s.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Supporting My Husband
This writer wrote a letter in support of her husband in his attempt to get a new job in China in the early 1900s.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Ira Sargent's Daughter
This signature comes from a 1943 Social Security Number application for one daughter of my ancestor Ira Sargent. I've written about Ira quite a bit for Casefile Clues, but don't think I've written about this person yet. This individual was born in 1890 and probably did well if she finished somewhere between 5th and 8th grade considering when she first got married.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
I Want a Divorce
Readers of Casefile Clues will probably recognize this name. The signature is from a 1921 petition for a divorce in Chicago, Illinois. We don't have a signature from the husband because he never responded to anything.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Signing My Passport In Ohio
Casefile Clues readers will have heads up on this name as he's going to be featured in an upcoming issue. This signature was by an upstate New York Native who was in Ohio while applying for a passport to return to China.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Third Great Grandma Signs an Invalid Will
This is my third great-grandmother's signature from her 1889 will which was refused by the judge in 1900 in Hancock County, Illinois.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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