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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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

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.