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This is a photograph showing Marie Jacobsen and her children: Mets, Lars, Ethel, Dagmar, Ole, Helga, Rose, Maggie, and Pete.

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,…

This is a framed photograph of Marguerite Roh.

This is a picture of Marguerite Roh taken in 1984.

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…

Ms. Dean shares the official papers (marriage certificate, baptismal record, confirmation record, and a marriage license) and a photograph of the married couple, printed in Nebraska at the end of the nineteenth century in German with UNL History…

Margaret Dean talked about the fate of her German American family in the years between the World Wars (1914 - 1945) to UNL History Harvest graduate student assistant Leslie Working. You can find this and other stories on the History Harvest…

This is a manifest of alien passengers of the S.S. Merion. Andreas (Andrew) Lutz and his family is listed, leaving the port of Liverpool on January 11, 1912 and arriving at the port of Philadelphia in January 23, 1912.

This is an image of a "Man of the Week" article that was published in the Omaha Star. The caption reads, "Mr. Jessie F. Shields, popular South Omahan, of 5307 South 28 Street, is our "man of the Week." He is a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. He…