Karen, Regarding Portage, WI, it's in Columbia County and not in Portage County. Portage, WI is the County Seat of Columbia County. If you did mean Portage County, Stevens Point, WI is the County Seat. At 01:03 AM 1/2/2003 -0700, you wrote: >GERMANS-WI-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 1 >snipped----------------------> > > > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 13:28:28 -0600 >From: Karen Schrade <kschrade@concentric.net> >To: GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20030101132828.007ffdf0@pop3.concentric.net> >Subject: [GERMANS-WI] Birth and Death Records? >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I am getting very frustrated. I sent to Madison for my g grandmother's >birth certificate and my g grandfather's death certificate in September! I >realize that the birth cert. of a person who has been dead for 50 years is >not a priority, but do you all think I should just settle back and be >patient? I did send a check and self addressed stamped envelope so I assume >I will get a response, even if it is a 'we can't find anything' response, >right? I had to send to madison since I don't know where in wisconsin my g >grandmother was born. I found a person who might be her in the 1880 census >in Portage, but I am not really sure that is her. All I need is reassurance >that the info will * probably* come * someday! Thanks, Karen near Chicago snipped---------------->