Land Ownership Deed
subject: Paper Documents, Early Nebraska Deed
description: Original paper deed for land ownership presented to Roswell D. Gould of Buffalo County, Nebraska in 1879, ancestor to Sara and Terrence Holoubeck. The deed was presented to Gould by the General Land Office at Grand Island, Nebraska of the United States and states that Gould had paid in full for the land and thus given rights to ownership of the land. These deeds were issued after the Congressional Sale Act of 1820, which allowed settlers to purchase smaller areas of land for $1.25 per acre. An interesting aspect of this deed is that the two Presidential signatures by Rutherford B. Hayes do not match. The deed certificate is no. 1153 and has the United States seal.
creator: General Land Office of the United States
source: Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
source: Roswell D. Gould
source: General Land Office of the United States
date: 1879 (Deed Issue Date)
date: April 24, 1820 (Sale Act of Congress)
date: 06/20/2015
contributor: April White
contributor: Dr. Jinny Turman
rights: Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
rights: University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
relation: http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/wo/Law_Enforcement/nlcs/education__interpretation/homestead_graphics0.Par.57736.File.dat/Expanded%20Homestead%20Timeline%20final.pdf
relation: http://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/prog/glo.html
relation: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/jackson-lincoln/timeline-terms/land-act-1820
format: JPEG
format: Paper Document
language: English
coverage: Grand Island, Nebraska
coverage: Buffalo County, Nebraska
coverage: Washington D.C.

Homestead Certificate
subject: Paper Document, Early Nebraska Homestead Certificates
description: Original paper homestead certificate presented to Albert More of Grand Island in 1884, Nebraska from the General Land Office of the United States. Albert More is a familial ancestor of Sara and Terrence Holoubeck. The Homestead Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862 to encourage the rapid settlement of the western half of the United States. This certificate is no. 5296, application no. 11553.
creator: General Land Office of the United States.
source: Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
source: General Land Office of the United States
source: Albert More
date: 1884 (Certificate Issue Date)
date: May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act)
date: 06/20/2015
contributor: April White
contributor: Dr. Jinny Turman
rights: Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
rights: University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
relation: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act/
relation: https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Homestead.html
relation: http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0500/frameset_reset.html
format: JPEG
format: Paper Document
language: English
coverage: Grand Island, Nebraska
coverage: Buffalo County, Nebraska
coverage: Washington D.C.

German-Language Confirmation Certificate
subject: Original Paper Document of Nebraska Confirmation in German Language
description: An original, paper Confirmation certificate in German dated 1900. First name is illegible, last name is Busch. Date is March 20, 1900. Artifact has colored ink artwork around writing, and was issued in Riverdale, Nebraska. This item is important because it helps to date when early residents of Nebraska spoke German.
creator: German Literary Board, Burlington, Iowa
source: Sara and Terence Holoubeck
date: 06/20/2015
date: 03/30/1900
contributor: April White
contributor: Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer
rights: Sara and Terence Holoubeck
rights: University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
relation: http://afacetothesun.blogspot.com/2011/12/confirmation-of-george-friedrich.html
format: JPEG
format: Paper and Ink
language: German
coverage: Riverdale, Nebraska
coverage: Kearney, Nebraska

Timber-Culture Certificate
subject: Paper Documents, Early Nebraska Deeds and Certificates
description: Certificate for Albert More, a family ancestor of Terrence and Sara Holoubeck. The certificate is original, paper, and stamped with United States Seal. The certificate was issued as part of the 1873 Timber Culture Act by Congress to encourage settlers to plant trees. This particular certificate, no. 475 application 2142, was issued for encouraging tree planting near/around Grand Island, Nebraska and granted More 160 acres to do so. The other interesting aspect of this artifact is that the two Presidential signatures of Benjamin Harrison do not match. The Holoubecks believe that one or both were signed by Secretary M. McKean for President Harrison.
creator: The United States Congress
source: Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
source: Albert More
source: General Land Office of the United States
date: 1874-1878
date: 1873
date: 1892 (Certificate Issue Date)
date: 06/20/2015
contributor: April White
contributor: Dr. Jinny Turman
rights: Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
relation: http://www.mnopedia.org/thing/timber-culture-act-1873
relation: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/timeline/timber_culture_act_1873.htm
relation: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/broadsides_bdsks10468/
format: JPEG
format: Paper Document
language: English
coverage: Grand Island, Nebraska
coverage: Washington D.C.
coverage: Buffalo County, Nebraska

German-Language Baptism Certificate
subject: Original Paper Document of Nebraska Baptism in German
description: An original, paper Baptism Certificate in German. Certificate has two dates: March 31, 1900 and possibly June (?) 4, 1900. Some of the information is handwritten in German, and indicates that the Baptism either took place or was recognized in Buffalo County, Nebraska. The name for the certificate is Heinrich Ludwig Martin.
creator: Zu beziehen durch Wartburg Publishing House, Waverly, Iowa.
source: Sara and Terence Holoubeck
date: 06/20/2015
date: 03/31/1900
date: 06/04/1900
contributor: April White
contributor: Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer
rights: Sara and Terence Holoubeck
rights: University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
format: JPEG
format: Paper and Ink
language: German
coverage: Buffalo County, Nebraska
coverage: Kearney, Nebraska

Photograph of Mattie Reed
subject: Scanned Photographs
description: Scanned photograph of Mattie Reed, grandmother to Darlene Holoubeck's husband, ancestors to Sara and Terrence Holoubeck.
source: Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
source: Darlene Holoubeck
date: 06/20/2015
contributor: April White
rights: Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
rights: University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
format: JPEG
format: Scanned Photograph
language: English
coverage: Nebraska