christian troutfetter

Troutfetter’s Homestead Delayed for Lack of Citizenship-Part II

Posted on October 16, 2015, updated on October 16, 2015 by mjnrootdig

In part I of this series, we saw that Christian Troutfetter’s Thomas County, Kansas, homestead claim was delayed due to his lack of citizenship. We also saw that Troutfetter initially claimed that he was naturalized at the time he started his claim and that he later naturalized in Thomas County shortly before his claim was […]

Troutfetter’s Homestead Delayed for Lack of Citizenship-Part I

Posted on October 15, 2015 by mjnrootdig

Genealogists use documents to estimate dates on a regular basis. It is not unusual for a document to make a statement about a person and not specify a specific date on which that event took place. Such is the case with the 7 May 1885 affidavit made by Christian Troutfetter in his homestead application for […]

Notice Was Published in My Son’s Newspaper

Posted on October 13, 2015 by mjnrootdig

Clues can be anywhere on a document, including an 1893 newspaper notice. Part of the homestead process was taking “proof” and public notice of that “proof-taking” had to be given. And there had to be “proof” in the homestead application file that notice had been given. That’s the reason for this document. Normally I […]

Two Troutfetters in the BLM Tract Books

Posted on June 23, 2015, updated on June 23, 2015 by mjnrootdig

[the original version of this post was posted to our old site on 19 May 2015. We’re ordering copies of these records and will post summaries and images when they’ve been received] A search of the Bureau of Land Management website indicated that Christian Troutfetter received a homestead in Thomas County, Kansas in 1892. 1892 […]