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Placer claim information, Geneology research

Randysgirl View Member Profile	Jul 12 2016, 03:42 PM Post #1
Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 12-July 16 Member No.: 122,727	I'm looking for information on an ancestor who lived/mined in Colorado, and have possibly located record of placer claims in his name, but I don't want to order them from the archives if they won't have any helpful information for my research, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me what information appeared on those claims circa 1894. Names of course, but any info about where the person making the claim was from? Where they currently resided? I have no interest in the claims themselves, just looking for information about him as a person to add to the family tree.

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EMac View Member Profile	Jul 12 2016, 04:23 PM Post #2
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949	I haven't seen many of these, but here's a location certificate from 1892: BlongerBros website -------------------- Lifetime Member opera non verba "All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." ~Niccolò Machiavelli Ref Code: EM448

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Randysgirl Placer claim information Jul 12 2016, 03:42 PM

EMac I haven't seen many of these, but here's a... Jul 12 2016, 04:23 PM

EMac Since that was a lode certificate, here is a place... Jul 12 2016, 04:53 PM

Gene Kooper I have compiled a list of claimants for approved C... Jul 12 2016, 06:06 PM

Randysgirl QUOTE (Gene Kooper @ Jul 12 2016, 06:06 P... Jul 13 2016, 08:27 PM

Denise Great info Gene and hopefully it helps her with he... Jul 13 2016, 09:04 AM

EMac I love the knowledge I gain here! Thanks Gene... Jul 13 2016, 10:33 AM

Randysgirl Thank you to all of you who replied to this post... Jul 13 2016, 08:29 PM

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