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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Making A Declaration in 1853

Regular readers will recognize this last name, but I could not resist posting it since FamilySearch released these records in digital format today.

This signature comes from an 1863 declaration of intent in Illinois--for one of my ancestors.
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4 comments:

  1. debbe HagnerAugust 8, 2012 at 2:59 PM

    georg trautmiller

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  2. Mike St. ClairAugust 8, 2012 at 4:00 PM

    I've found I do a LOT better on figuring out names when I can look in context. Lots of times the real answer on what that strange letter is comes from looking at all the letters written by the same scribe on the same or nearby pages.

    Mike St. Clair

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  3. Michael John NeillAugust 8, 2012 at 4:33 PM

    This is a signature from the Declaration of Intent--there is no other writing by this person on the document ;-)

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  4. Michael John NeillAugust 9, 2012 at 7:24 AM

    Georg Trautvetter

    is the answer to this one.

    (my 3rd great-grandfather)

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