Claimant Name: Rysdorf, Theo
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: Elton, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Unmarried
    Citizenship: Naturalized
    Age: 26
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: Belgium
    Application Number: 17193
    Application Date: 1887-03-29
    Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Haumont, Louis
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Francois, Bastel
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 283
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-08-20
    Legal Description: E2 SW4 amd S2 SE4
    Section: 26
    Township: 18N
    Range: 19W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 160
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1893-03-23
    Clerk: Norton, H. A.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1893-04-08
    Patented Status: Approved

Initial Documents

    Application
    Affidavit
    Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Final Application Type

    Homestead Proof

Final Documents

    Proof of Publication with Newspaper Clipping
    Final Certificate
    Final Affidavit
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Characters of the Land

    Prairie
    Grazing
    Farming