The series contains original affidavits of registration that record personal information about each registrant, their photograph affixed to the majority of documents, and the registrants fingerprints. All of these are specific to Kansas, and most have the actual documents attached.
Abstracts of over 600 wills for Vanderburgh County, Indiana, extracted by Mrs. Arthur C. Bitterman. Book A was typed by Mrs. James A. Gentry, book B typed by Mrs. Marvin J. Huff, and published as one by the Vanderburgh Chapter of the DAR. Book A primarily covers wills written or filed within the time period of 1823-1849 and book B includes the years of 1849-1873. In both cases there are wills that fall outside those dates.
This book is an index of Mennonite estates in Imperial Russia – the time period from 1813 to about 1920. It does not explain all the intricacies of the development of each of the estates; it does not decry or defend them. By this time it is a study of something which has disappeared almost a century ago. Some have decrepit buildings remaining, but of many estates there is now nothing left except open fields. Despite these circumstances it is hoped that this index can help people in the study of something which seems to be increasingly significant to many – a search for their roots.
Union, Oregon Patricia Hein, 59, of Union died Sept. 1 at Grande Ronde Hospital of natural causes. Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday Sept. 7 at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. at the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Hein was born Oct. 29, 1946, to Earl Patrick and Mary Ellen Jenkins Martin in Lusk, Wyo. She married David Hein on Oct. 24, 1992, in Winnemucca, Nev., and moved to Union in 1994. She was the owner of a beauty salon in Union. She enjoyed horses, animals, people and community service. … Read more