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This ornate document is a marriage certificate for Dirk Sutorius and Maria Schuetz, maternal great-grandparents of Bill Dean, whose family provided the document. Born in 1867 in Switzerland Maria (Mary) Schuetz came to Humboldt, Nebraska with her…

This letter comes from the Dean family collection of documents and photographs that belonged to their second maternal great-grand parents Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1870 to start a new life in Humboldt, Nebraska. A…

This letter comes from the Dean family collection of documents and photographs that belonged to their second maternal great-grand parents Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1870 to start a new life in Humboldt, Nebraska. A…

This letter comes from the Dean family collection of documents and photographs that belonged to their second maternal great-grand parents Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1870 to start a new life in Humboldt, Nebraska. A…

This envelope comes from the Dean Family Collection of documents and photographs that belonged to their second maternal great-grand parents Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1870 to start a new life in Humboldt,…

Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli were the second maternal great-grandparents of Bill Dean and his family who shared the documents at the History Harvest. The Swiss Parli relatives probably sent this check to the Schuetz family in 1873, three years…

This is most probably a bank statement documenting the movement of Money in the Schuetz-Parli family account. All the sums are in Swiss franks. Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli were the second maternal great-grandparents of Bill Dean and his family…

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 is everything that remained of what is most possibly a travel agreement Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz made to arrange the moving of their family from the district of Burgdorf in Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in the spring of 1870. They traveled…

Mr. Taylor presents two artifacts from his maternal great-great-grandmother: a metal folding cup and a penny. Both items belonged to her during her time of enslavement in Mississippi, and were passed down to him from his great aunt, who also created…