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Hi, I am wondering if anyone has an appointment yet this year for the State Vital Records Office in Madison? If anyone does would they be willing to do 1 death look up for me? We are unsure exactly what county she died in & exact date of death. We have County down to 3 & death down to about a 6 yr span. Please contact me off the list for further details. Thank you so much, Kathy

As part of the recommendations of the 9-11 Commission, Congress is taking up H.R. 10 which has a section about identity theft and terrorism. Sections 3061- 3067 of the act deal with improved security for birth certificates and could close access to certified and uncertified birth records to genealogists. The states would have to comply with this law. To see the legislation go to Http://house.gov and then go to Find a Bill or Law. Click on that and then put H R 10 into the box with the Bill Number and click on search. You can then read what the bill actually says. It is important that we write our Representatives and Senators about this section of the bill. You can find your representaives at http://www.house.gov/ by entering your zip code. Go to http://www.fgs.org/rpa/formalactions.htm . to see a sample letter. Send e-mail to send e-mail to Hastert, Green and Sensenbrenner who are co-sponsors of the bill. Hastert speaker@mail.house.gov Green mark.green@mail.house.gov Sensenbrenner sensen09@mail.house.gov Pam Anderson, Advocacy Chair for the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society

October is Family History Month!!!!! Celebrate Family History Month Events in October with the Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana! We are located at 200 E. Berry, Fort Wayne, IN. For more information, please call the department at 260-421-1225 October 1 - 9, 2004 Schedule Friday, October 1 Using PERSI, Elaine Kuhn, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A Monday, October 4 ACSGI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Tax Lists, Margery Graham, Board Room, 9:30A to 11:30A Tuesday, October 5 Key African American Family History Sources, Curt Witcher, Board Room, 7P to 8P Wednesday, October 6 DAR Lineage Assistance Day, Historical Genealogy Department, Main Reading Room, 10A to 6P Using the Online Catalog, Ryan Taylor, Computer Training Room, 10A to 10:30A I Thought You Knew That! Delia Bourne, Board Room, 3:30P to 4:30P Clerks and Clans: A Conversation With a Connoisseur of County Clerks Closets, John Newman, Room 244, 6:30P to 8:30P Thursday, October 7 Resources for Irish Research in the Genealogy Department, Steve Myers, Board Room, 7P to 8P Saturday, October 9 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using City Directories, Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 9:30A-11:30A Problems in Canadian Genealogy, Ryan Taylor, Board Room, 2P to 3:30P Hope to see in Indiana!!!! >>>>>:<<<<< Susan Kaufman, Librarian Allen County Public Library Historical Genealogy Department PO Box 2270 200 E. Berry Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 260-421-1225 260-421-1386 (fax) www.acpl.lib.in.us 2005 FGS conference Salt Lake City, Utah Sept 7-10, 2005 www.fgs.org

Please check out my pages. Lots of Updates & New Webpages. http://www.geocities.com/sneezykatinwi2004/GuidetoMyPages.html

Ancestry.com is aware of the problem. I sent a specific search test for them to work on. It's probably a fouled-up SQL database search command. Ancestry's reply: ----------------- Thank you for your email. We apologize for any confusion. We are currently addressing the search result issues you are experiencing in the Historical Newspapers Collection. The inconvenience is a temporary situation and hopefully will be corrected shortly. In the meantime, we suggest using the keyword field to search for the name, instead of using the first and last name fields. Your patience in this matter is appreciated. Original message follows: ------------------------- Description: The Rootsweb Gen-Comp-Tips forum is noticing that Ancestry.com searches appear to be borked. Too few or too many hits. I just searched for surname Raehl in the newspaper collection and found nothing. Yet I know Walter Raehl appeared about 24 times in the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Wisconsin), several months ago. James Raehl (me) appeared 3 times. What is going on? Ron Bestrom wrote: > I just tried to use Ancestry.com to do a search and found they have changed the results system. They must have gone to a totally Soundex system because I was getting THOUSANDS of returns even for my own name, to include "Baxter, William R." > > If you use Ancestry.Com and also find the new system really sucks and makes it impossible to look for a name...COMPLAIN as I did. I've had great success in the past using this system...but not now. > > Ron Bestrom (Not "Baxter, William R")

Am looking for obits on the following 2 nuns that were buried in an Elm Grove cemetary where there is a section for the nuns, any help would be appreciated I have been in contact with the ordr and they dont have the obits just there info for them. Thank you , Linda Descendants of Bernard Heinirch (Henry) Macke ...... 2 Mary Ann Macke b: December 23, 1872 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: July 17, 1962 in Notre Dame Infirmary, Elm Grove, WI. Burial: July 1962 Convent Cemetary, Elm Grove, WI. Census: 1880 Dist 41, page 5, Chicago IL. Cook Co. City: Chicago Occupation: 1937 Teacher Religion: Catholic State or province: IL. Street: 4101 Wentworth Ave ...... 2 Caroline Susanna Macke b: January 01, 1876 in Chicago, IL. Cook Co. d: January 23, 1931 in Elm Grove, WI. City: Chicago, Country: Cook State or province: IL Street: 4064 La Salle St. 4101 Wentworth Ave

In a message dated 9/22/2004 11:57:48 PM Central Daylight Time, rbestrom@earthlink.net writes: If you use Ancestry.Com and also find the new system really sucks and makes it impossible to look for a name...COMPLAIN as I did. I've had great success in the past using this system...but not now. I agree, I am not impressed with there new system.... And I LOVE Ancestry.com but so far using it has either turned up way too many or none.. the exact spelling feature is a little nicer than they way they had the old one set up, but it doesn't make up for how inacurate the regular system is. Iris

I just tried to use Ancestry.com to do a search and found they have changed the results system. They must have gone to a totally Soundex system because I was getting THOUSANDS of returns even for my own name, to include "Baxter, William R." If you use Ancestry.Com and also find the new system really sucks and makes it impossible to look for a name...COMPLAIN as I did. I've had great success in the past using this system...but not now. Ron Bestrom (Not "Baxter, William R")

New content......... Four more chapters from the book "History of Lincoln, Oneida and Vilas Counties, 1924" have been added to the Oneida County WIGenWeb Project. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioneida/ These four chapters and others can be acccessed from the History page.. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioneida/history.html . Chapter XIV. Lumbering In Oneida County Chapter XV. Oneida County Agriculture Chapter XVI. Rhinelander, The County Seat Chapter XVII. Oneida County Villages Past and Present Visit WIGenWeb Project...Iron, Oneida & Vilas Counties http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron http://www.rootsweb.com/wioneida http://www.rootsweb.com/~wivilas

************************************* FAMILY HISTORY MONTH AT ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FORT WAYNE, INDIANA ************************************* Hello!!! Celebrate Family History Month in October with the staff of the Historical Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana! We are open for business in our temporary location and invite you to visit us, our collection is fully accessible...all the books, periodicals and microtext materials are out on the shelves, allowing you to browse our entire national and international collection of genealogical research sources. The microtext area offers some very unusual and exciting sources. This is addition to the nearly 50,000 printed family histories! All this and more can be found at our location at 200 E. Berry, Fort Wayne, Indiana. (260-421-1225) Events planned throughout the month include lectures and presentations, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Assistance Day, computer demonstrations utilizing genealogical databases, extended research hours on October 31st, and much more! You'll find the exciting schedule of events listed below. NOTE: VERY SPECIAL EVENT!! Night Owl research is scheduled on Sunday, October 31 from 6pm - midnight in the Genealogy Department!!!! How often have you wished you could bring a cot to the library and do research all night? Well, it's not all night, but until the clock strikes midnight, you are welcome to peruse the shelves of one of the largest genealogy collections in the nation. Those wishing to attend this special night of research need to be in the department by 6pm that evening, the library opens at 1pm on Sundays. Please call the Genealogy Department at 260-421-1225 to sign up for these workshops and the Night Owl research, as space is limited. Your ancestors might be lurking in the stacks of the Genealogy Department in Fort Wayne!!! We hope to see you there! www.acpl.lib.in.us ********************** October 2004 - Family History Month Schedule Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana ********************** Friday, October 1 Using PERSI, Elaine Kuhn, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A Monday, October 4 ACSGI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Tax Lists, Margery Graham, Board Room, 9:30A to 11:30A Tuesday, October 5 Key African American Family History Sources, Curt Witcher, Board Room, 7P to 8P Wednesday, October 6 DAR Lineage Assistance Day, Historical Genealogy Department, Main Reading Room, 10A to 6P Wednesday, October 6: Using the Online Catalog, Ryan Taylor, Computer Training Room, 10A to 10:30A Wednesday, October 6 I Thought You Knew That!, Delia Bourne, Board Room, 3:30P to 4:30P Wednesday, October 6 Clerks and Clans: A Conversation With a Connoisseur of County Clerks Closets, John Newman, Room 244, 6:30P to 8:30P Thursday, October 7 Resources for Irish Research in the Genealogy Department, Steve Myers, Board Room, 7P to 8P Saturday, October 9 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using City Directories, Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 9:30A-11:30A Saturday, October 9 Problems in Canadian Genealogy, Ryan Taylor, Board Room, 2P to 3:30P Monday, October 11 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding People Using Computer Census Indexing Programs, Marie Goodrich, Computer Training Room, 6P to 8P Tuesday, October 12 Using HeritageQuestOnline.com, Delia Bourne, Computer Training Room, 12:30P to 1P Wednesday, October 13 ACGSI Sponsored Event-ACGSI Meeting-Off the Beaten Path: Web Sites & Strategies for Finding More Family Data, Curt Witcher, Dupont Branch Library, 7P Thursday, October 14 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding People Using Computer Census Indexing Programs, Margery Graham, Computer Training Room, 6P to 8P Friday, October 15 Researching Indiana Civil War Soldiers, Amy Johnson Crow, Room 244, 3P to 4P Saturday, October 16 Indiana Genealogical Society Chapter Management Seminar (pre-registration required) 9:30A to 10:30A OPENING: Curt Witcher, Challenges Facing Our Societies-Room 244 10:45A to 11:45A Session 1: Amy Johnson Crow, Finding & Keeping Volunteers-Room 244 Session 2: Charlotte Sellers, Editing Your Society's Journal-Room 317 1:15P to 2:15P Session 3: Ron Darrah, Establishing & Maintaining an Active Publishing Program- Room 244 Session 4: Becky Schipper, Handling & Caring for Valuable Documents-GMHU 2:30P to 3:30P Session 5: Amy Johnson Crow, Avoiding "Bored" Meetings-Room 244 Session 6: Sue Kaufman, Getting the Word Out-Marketing Your Society--Room 317 Monday, October 18 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Revolutionary War Records, Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 1P to 3P Tuesday, October 19 Using English Census Records Online, Ryan Taylor, Computer Training Room, 7P to 8P Wednesday, October 20 ACGSI Computer Interest Group Meeting, Aboite Branch Library, 7P to 9P Friday, October 22 Using Ancestry.com, Elaine Kuhn, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A Saturday, October 23 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Civil War Records, Margery Graham, Room 317, 10A to 12N Monday, October 25 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Finding & Using Specialized Censuses, Marie Goodrich, Room 317, 9:30A to 11:30A Tuesday, October 26 Using PERSI, Delia Bourne, Computer Training Room, 11A to 11:30A Tuesday, October 26 Outside the Cocoon: Resources Outside the Genealogy Department in the Public Library, Sue Kaufman, Board Room, 2P to 3P Thursday, October 28 ACGSI Sponsored Event-Mini Workshop, Using Deed Records, Margery Graham, Room 317, 1P to 3P Sunday, October 31 Extended Hours, Historical Genealogy Department, 6P to Midnight. Please pass this schedule along�.thank you! >>>>>:<<<<< Susan Kaufman, Librarian Allen County Public Library Historical Genealogy Department PO Box 2270 200 E. Berry Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 260-421-1225 260-421-1386 (fax) www.acpl.lib.in.us 2005 FGS conference Salt Lake City, Utah Sept 7-10, 2005 www.fgs.org

Glad to hear the referral I gave worked for you, John! Shari ----- Original Message ----- From: "john burns" <johnburns@telus.net> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 10:26 AM Subject: [GenWisc] Court site > Earlier this month I was trying to access this site; www.wiwd.uscourts.gov/ > to find an age discrimination suit in Wisconsin. Some of you were quite concerned that it was a scam as I had to give my credit card information to them. Everything worked out fine. Once the site got working again I accessed it twice and found my information. They didn't even bill me as I was under the minimum. > John > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > email: kingsley@aol.com >

In a message dated 9/14/2004 10:25:40 AM Central Daylight Time, johnburns@telus.net writes: www.wiwd.uscourts.gov/ Thank you John for keeping us up to date. I will keep this site in mind as a possible resource. Iris

Earlier this month I was trying to access this site; www.wiwd.uscourts.gov/ to find an age discrimination suit in Wisconsin. Some of you were quite concerned that it was a scam as I had to give my credit card information to them. Everything worked out fine. Once the site got working again I accessed it twice and found my information. They didn't even bill me as I was under the minimum. John

Donna, Are you sure it was not Battleground, WA? It is in the SW area of WA state. Many people migrated from WI to WA. Patti One of the migrants from WI to WA

First it might be helpful to know just who is buried there and when. We might be able to identify where they were buried if we can find out where and when they lived. As to Battleground, there are a number of populated places, including the one here in Washington. There are probably a large number of Battleground cemeteries. Including the Battleground National Cemetery in Washington DC, one in Indiana, Montana, Alabama, Idaho, Arkansas, etc.

Donna DeVoe wrote: > Was told a relative is buried at Battleground, WI. Would like to know > where the cem. is? Thank you, Duane Battleground is not listed as any type of feature in the USGS GNIS. Are you sure he didn't die on a battleground? KQL

anyway.. folks... thnaks for any leads.. per previous email brenda mailing list host~ kingsley@aol.com

Hi all, favor time: If anyone finds data on Emmett I would love it.. I searched the net about 1 1/2 years ago.. and think we found all that was there. My dau is "in love" with the clown.. and I have found her many things. .but would like to find something special for Christmas..

At least when you say your daughter is in love with some clown, you mean it literally! LOL!