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This certificate declares Václav Karel's intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce allegiance to the Austrian Empire.

Václav Karel's application for U.S. citizenship. He renounced all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State, or Sovereignty, and particularly to Franz Joseph I of Austria.
The certificate also describes Václav's current…

Václav Karel's baptismal certificate. He was born in 1839 in a Bohemian village Nadryby in Pilsen region. He was baptized in the parish in Plana by priest František Piller.

His parents and grandparents came from Nadryby as well; they all were…

Marriage License between Václav Karel and Anna Kodým on February 2, 1864. They were united by George Schneider, a Catholic priest in Iowa City, Iowa.

The first side of this artifact is a letter from the Klopp & Bartlett Company encouraging the recipient to purchase supplies from Klopp and Bartlett, a Nebraska company. On the second side of Klopp & Bartlett Co. letter is a list of incomes for the…

Patent deed confirming that Václav Karel had done everything necessary to take legal possession of 160 acres of land in Nebraska.

This certificate entitles Václav Karel to a pension at the rate of 21 dollars per month for his service as a Private Co. E. 4"Regiment Missouri Infantry.

Joseph F. Karel and Annie Karel's mortgage document. Joseph F. Karel and his wife Annie Karel executed their mortgage unto The Prudential Insurance Company of America, of Newark, New Jersey in 1922.

These family notes discuss life milestones of Václav Karel who came to United States in 1864.

This questionnaire was sent to Václav Karel in January 2, 1915 by Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions from Washington D.C. After the Civil War the Pension Bureau grew quickly and created bureaucratic procedures to provide reliable pension…