Homesteading Did any of your ancestors homestead? While going over my HAMMOND research, I found a copy of a homestead 'deed' in my files for Richmond F. Hammond in Ford County, Kansas. Page 384Final Receiver's Receipt No 536Application NO 7688HomesteadReceiver's Office Garden City Kans.Nov 26 1887Received of Richmond F Hammond the sumof eight dollars ----- …
Category: Ford County
Miscellaneous Records
Have you visited a Register of Deeds office? If so, did they have Miscellaneous Records books? My first experience with Miscellaneous Records was in the Ford County office. And those books contain a wealth of information ranging from military discharge papers to affidavits confirming someone's identity. When it comes to my Crawford research in Dodge …
1950 Census
I had this post scheduled for later in March. However, it's now a post for Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. It's Saturday Night - time for more Genealogy Fun! Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to:1) The 1950 United States Census will be available to search on 1 April …
Branding
In the early days of Dodge City, not only did cattle come into town from Texas, but many of the local land owners raised cattle. Without fences around their land, these herds of cattle were allowed to roam freely, becoming mixed in with other herds of cattle. Then in late spring, the cattle men would …
Ford County Soldiers
While looking for news of my grandfather, Leon Crawford, during World War I, I came across the following article identifying the Ford county men serving during World War I. Where Soldiers of Ford County AreC. E. Smith Has Helped to Revise List of Ford County Men in Military ServiceWhat is perhaps the most complete list …
Crawford ThruLines Question
I like Ancestry's new ThruLines feature! Unfortunately, it is pointing out one of my frustrations with my DNA results. I have several verified second and third cousin DNA matches on my Crawford line but we never got a DNA circle for my 3rd great grandfather, Nelson G. Crawford. When Ancestry released ThruLines, I was hoping …