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The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. These four notices tell of Carl Christian Schuetz's death almost two years after he sustained injury in a tornado. A barn collapsed on him,…

Samuel L. Roberts or his wife kept this spare Oath of Identity blank form with other documents attesting to Roberts's record in the Civil War to have it on hand in the process for applying for pension. When filled the document would testify that the…

This is most possibly a receipt for the money Gottlieb Schuetz's in-law relative lent him to help move from the district of Burgdorf in Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in the spring of 1870. The sums of money mentioned, $132.82 and $64.60 would…

This a notice of marriage between Jacob "Jake" Schuetz and Mary Herr, printed in the German-language newspaper published in Humboldt, Nebraska. Mary was Jacob's second wife. Jacob's first wife, Katharina, came from the Swiss family out of Canton…

This a notice of marriage between John Schuetz and Anna Meister, printed in the German-language newspaper published in Humboldt, Nebraska. Born in 1875, a sixth child in the family of Swiss emigrants Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, John Schuetz married at…

Marlene Volkmer presents atlases of the world and Otoe County, Nebraska to UNL History Harvest graduate student assistant Leslie Working. The World Atlas is printed in the German "Der Lincoln Freie Presse" in Lincoln, Nebraska and contains Nebraska…

Marlene Volkmer presents family heirlooms to the History Harvest graduate student assistant Leslie Working. You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest YouTube Channel.

Mr. Cotrupi presented a 19th century Nebraska City tavern lantern from his collection of antique lighting to UNL History Harvest graduate student assistant Rob Voss. You can find this and other stories on theHistory Harvest YouTube Channel.

This is a baptismal certificate for Maria (Mary) Schuetz, the daughter of Bill Dean's second great-grandfather Gottlieb Schuetz. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne,…

Ms. Dean shared the 19th century Dean family ancestors' papers, letters, and a photograph of the married couple with UNL History Harvest graduate student assistant Leslie Working. You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest YouTube…