06 February 2007

Can You Read It?


This one also comes from a German native and was written on a late nineteenth century naturalization.

2 comments:

Miriam Robbins said...

Johan (or Jahan) Huls (u with an umlaut).

Bubba said...

Johan Hüls is the actual name.

This comes from his half-brother's 1880 era naturalization in Hancock County, Illinois. The complete document can be see here:

www.rootdig.com/immigrate/hancockcounty/jann_huls.html

Michael