One Quick Handwriting Transcription Challenge Every Day-for the genealogist in you
Friday, December 31, 2010
Whose Estate?
This really isn't a signature, but thought I'd give readers a shot at a name that's somewhat unusual.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Releasing the Guardian
This comes from a 1922 court order releasing a guardian from his duties as the ward has reached the age of majority.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Living in Pea Ridge
This Illinois native was living in Pea Ridge, Brown County, Illinois, when he signed his World War 2 draft card.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Living in Livingston County
This 63 year old was living in Livingston County, Illinois, when he registered for the draft. He was 6'1.5" tall, but that has little to do with his handwriting.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Kentucky Native in Indiana
This 47 year old worked for an oil firm at the time of his World War 2 draft registration. He was a Kentucky native living in Indiana--not all that unusual of a migration path.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Working in Rock Island
This Italian native, born in the 1880s, was living in Rock Island, Illinois, when he registered for the World War 2 draft.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Kin from Indiana Registers
A distant cousin of mine registers for the draft in Indianapolis, Indiana, during World War 2. He was working for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Season's' Greetings from the Genealogy Transcriber
Season's Greetings from the Genealogy Transcriber to all our readers, followers, and fans. Updates will be sporadic over the next few days as I spend the holiday season with my family.
The Postman Always Knows
This fifty-something registrant listed the Postmaster of Timewell, Illinois, as the person who would always know his address on his World Ward 2 draft registration.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Making A Claim Against The Estate
This neighbor claimed she had nursed her desceased neighbor for the last few years of her life and sent a bill to the estate in western Illinois in the early 1900s.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Cash From My Grandmother-in-Law's Estate
This individual signed a receipt that she (and not her husband) received $250 from her grandmother-in-law's estate in 1905 in Hancock County, Illinois.
Regular readers of Casefile Clues can probably make out the last name pretty easily.
Regular readers of Casefile Clues can probably make out the last name pretty easily.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Another One Signs for the Administrator
This is another apparent neighbor signing an executor's bond for an estate in Illinois in the early 1900s.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Helping the Executor
This individual signed for an executor's bond in the settlement of a 1903 era estate in Illinois. Probably of Swiss descent.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Signing My Neighbor's Will
This is the second witness on the early 1900 will of Barbara Haase from Hancock County, Illinois. This German native was probably in his late sixties when he signed this document.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Billed for the Hearse
This is the signature from the bill for the hearse and buggy for a 1900 era funeral in Warsaw, Illinois.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Witnessed My Neighbor's Will
This individual witnessed the will of Barbara Haase, drawn up in Hancock County, Illinois in the early 1900s. He was a neighbor of Haase's and a cooper in his early thirties when he witnessed the will.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Working for the Shoe People
This 53 year old native of St. Louis was living in Cumberland County, Illinois, when he registered for the World War 2 draft. He was working for the Ettlebreck [sic] Shoe Company.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Cousin Harry
A native of Aledo, Illinois, this 45 year old was working for a contractor in Granite City, Illinois, when he registered for the World War 2 draft.
Monday, December 13, 2010
1870 Guardianship Petition
This individual petitions to the be guardian of two children in Champaign County, Illinois, in 1870.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Guardianship Receipt in Tolono, Illinois
This individual signed a receipt in Tolono, Illinois, in a guardianship case. Probably in his thirties or forties and born in Ohio.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Aunt Pheenie's Husband
This 57 year old was working for Peoria Illinois' Caterpillar, Inc. when he registered for the World War 2 Draft.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Living in Stillwell
This 59 year old native of Tioga, Illinois, was living in Stillwell, Illinois, when he registered for the World War 2 draft.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
World War Two Draft Registration From Rock Island
This signature was from an Iowa native who lived in Rock Island, Illinois, where he registered for the Old Men's World War II Draft.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
A Bowen Farmer Signs His Card
Adams County, Illinois, native (born 1883) signs his World War 2 Draft Registration Card in Hancock County, Illinois.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Taking the Kid Across the Pond
This 37-year old St. Louis native applied for a passport in 1906 to take her daughter on an overseas trip.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Red Cross Nurse
This passport applicant was born in Illinois in 1892 and was headed to Europe as a Red Cross nurse in 1918. My grandfather's first cousin, I never knew she was in Europe until I discovered this application.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Aunt Altje's Husband
This gentleman was born in 1891 and had no telephone number listed on his registration, but where they lived was pretty rural in Brown County, Illinois. I'm not certain the title of this post is helpful, but I'm running out of witty titles and this man is my Aunt Altje's husband.
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