This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tk.2ADE/105.1 Message Board Post: Sorry to bother you, but I do know of a Brian Stack who is currently the Mayor of Union City, NJ. You can write to him at: Mayor Brian P. Stack 1104 Palisade Avenue Union City, NJ 07087, Hopefully, there is a connection. If you hear no reply, give it about 2 weeks from mailing date, my e-mail is [email protected], let me know, and I will let him know.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/620.1.1 Message Board Post: The book was donated to the Allamakee Co. Historical Library; sorry, I lost the address and the e-mail address for the contact person when my computer crashed. Linda

We have a Patrick Cahalan family tree book at our local genealogy department at the Allamakee County Museum. Don't know if this is the one you are looking for. AdaMarie [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:58 PM Subject: [IAALLAMA-L] Re: Cahalan genealogy book > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/620.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I am now resaercing the Cahalan family. Is the book still available? > Thank you, > > Jeanne > Southern California > > > ==== IAALLAMA Mailing List ==== > You can search the archives of IAAllama-L messages by going to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and typing the list name--IAALLAMA. >

Jeanne-- I am sure that it is not available. Not even sure it ever was. Look to the best library locally and check the catalog, or go to a state university library near you and ask them to request it from the Berkeley library. The author was a professor there and they are very likely to have a copy for interlibrary loan. Patrick L Coleman At 07:58 PM 4/16/2002 -0600, you wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/620.1 > >Message Board Post: > >I am now resaercing the Cahalan family. Is the book still available? >Thank you, > >Jeanne >Southern California > > >==== IAALLAMA Mailing List ==== >You can search the archives of IAAllama-L messages by going to >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and typing the list >name--IAALLAMA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/620.1 Message Board Post: I am now resaercing the Cahalan family. Is the book still available? Thank you, Jeanne Southern California

Hi, I have been doing research into the Norwegian settlers in Paint Creek and surrounding townships. My primary focus has been on the years 1850 - 1856. I believe my familiarity with the Norwegian names would be helpful in transcribing the 1854 census. I would be willing to proofread you transcriptions for the Norwegians in Paint Creek, Jefferson, Taylor and Makee townships. Let me know if I can help, Jim Larson [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: PJU [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [IAALLAMA-L] Volunteer Needed Is anyone willing to help to interpret and proofread some transcriptions of the 1854 state-census of Allamakee County? Some parts of some letters are missing (faded) so, for example, it is difficult to distinguish between the letters "h" and "k", "n" and "r", etc. As some background information, I have volunteered to transcribe the 1854 census under the auspices of the <www.us-census.org> genealogy site. That has been tough going as parts of some names are not totally legible. I have never been in Allamakee and thus am between a rock and a hard place in recognizing what might be easy for a long-time native of the area. I propose to e-mail a copy of the census and request that a viewer skim down the list and tell me what might be a correct name for those that are in doubt. I have paper copies (from microfilm) of the 12 townships in existence during 1854. Each has about 100 to 150 names. Some copies are very legible; others are not. I suspect that an eye-ball skim of each township would take about 10-minutes with some other time required to type suggested interpretations and return the e-mail. I would them review the hand-written copy to determine if the suggestion really matches the actual writing. If anyone has old plat maps for any township, their review might be easier. So far, I've completed Franklin, Jefferson and Lafayette Townships. Lansing is the one that is now driving me up-the-walls (so to speak). All I can offer in return is to add your name, as a proof-reader, to the header of each township as it will appear on the Internet. If you're wondering why someone in Florida is transcribing an Iowa census, it is because several people in Waukon helped me to find some ancestral information (my mother, an O'Brien, was born in French Creek in1892), so I'm now trying to return the favor for someone else. ........PAT (Florida) ==== IAALLAMA Mailing List ==== You can search the archives of IAAllama-L messages by going to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and typing the list name--IAALLAMA.

I am please to announce that Sharyl Ferrall has joined me as a full-fledged co-coordinator for Allamakee County. She has been a tremendous help to me from day one, and this title change better reflects the enormity of her contributions of time and wisdom in assisting Allamakee genealogists. Congratulations, Sharyl! Suzann Co-CC, Allamakee County

Is anyone willing to help to interpret and proofread some transcriptions of the 1854 state-census of Allamakee County? Some parts of some letters are missing (faded) so, for example, it is difficult to distinguish between the letters "h" and "k", "n" and "r", etc. As some background information, I have volunteered to transcribe the 1854 census under the auspices of the <www.us-census.org> genealogy site. That has been tough going as parts of some names are not totally legible. I have never been in Allamakee and thus am between a rock and a hard place in recognizing what might be easy for a long-time native of the area. I propose to e-mail a copy of the census and request that a viewer skim down the list and tell me what might be a correct name for those that are in doubt. I have paper copies (from microfilm) of the 12 townships in existence during 1854. Each has about 100 to 150 names. Some copies are very legible; others are not. I suspect that an eye-ball skim of each township would take about 10-minutes with some other time required to type suggested interpretations and return the e-mail. I would them review the hand-written copy to determine if the suggestion really matches the actual writing. If anyone has old plat maps for any township, their review might be easier. So far, I've completed Franklin, Jefferson and Lafayette Townships. Lansing is the one that is now driving me up-the-walls (so to speak). All I can offer in return is to add your name, as a proof-reader, to the header of each township as it will appear on the Internet. If you're wondering why someone in Florida is transcribing an Iowa census, it is because several people in Waukon helped me to find some ancestral information (my mother, an O'Brien, was born in French Creek in1892), so I'm now trying to return the favor for someone else. ........PAT (Florida)

The Allamakee County Museum has 2 old microfische machines that we want to get rid of. Conditions: You must pick them up and we would appreciate a donation. AdaMarie [email protected]

My grandmother was Lillian Marcella Hanson, born in 1916 in Fayette County, I show her parents as Peter Hanson and Alta Lee.. but have no information on them.. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 2:48 PM Subject: [IAALLAMA-L] Hans and Siri Hansen > My ancestor, Hans A. Hanson, emigrated from the Jevnaker, Oppland area of > Norway to Iowa in 1851. His obituary says he emigrated with his parents, > Hans and Siri Hansen, to Winnisheik Co. then moved to Allamakee Co. in 1854. > I have been able to find no evidence of Hans Sr and Siri in America or in the > exit records in Norway. They would have been in their late 40s in 1851. Has > anyone see them in their research? > > > ==== IAALLAMA Mailing List ==== > You can search the archives of IAAllama-L messages by going to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and typing the list name--IAALLAMA. > >

My ancestor, Hans A. Hanson, emigrated from the Jevnaker, Oppland area of Norway to Iowa in 1851. His obituary says he emigrated with his parents, Hans and Siri Hansen, to Winnisheik Co. then moved to Allamakee Co. in 1854. I have been able to find no evidence of Hans Sr and Siri in America or in the exit records in Norway. They would have been in their late 40s in 1851. Has anyone see them in their research?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/271.337.1 Message Board Post: I have a great great uncle, Wright Hawes who migrated from Hatley, Stanstead Co., Quebec to Iowa in the 1870s. Contact me at [email protected] or [email protected] Robert Hawes

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meyer, Kuhse, Block, Kessel, Braun, Peterson, Benzing, Kohrs, Folsom Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2240 Message Board Post: Funeral services were held for Huldah W. Block, 73, Saturday, Jan. 17, 1981 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville with the Rev. David Nelson and the Rev. Julius Peterson officiating. Interment was in the Postville Cemetery. Huldah Block, daughter of Fred and Anne (Meyer) Kuhse, was born Jan. 24, 1907 in Grand Meadow Township, Clayton County, Iowa. March 7, 1907 she was baptized in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, and confirmed Sept. 5, 1920. She attended rural schools. She was married to Lawrence Block, Dec. 14, 1927. They farmed many years south of Postville. After the death of her husband, she sold the farm and moved to LaCrosse, Wis., where she lived until her death. She died Jan. 15 at St. Francis Medical Center in LaCrosse. Preceding her in death were her husband, a son, Lyle, three grandchildren, and a sister Alma Kuhse. Surviving are three sons: Marvin of Oxford, Iowa; Curtis of Ely, Iowa; and Duane of LaCrosse, Wis.; a daughter, Mrs. Harry (Eileen) Kessel, Dakota, Minn.; 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren; three brothers, Victor, Lorenz and Milo Kuhse, all of Postville; and five sisters, Lillian Braun of Postville; Mrs. Orville (Helen) Peterson of St. Olaf, Iowa; Mrs. Victor (Orman) Benzing of Ft. Atkinson, Wis.; Hilma Kohrs of Independence, Iowa; and Mrs. Charles (Pearl) Folsom of Waukon. Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Myers, Work Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2207.1 Message Board Post: Burial rites for Mrs. Merle Work, the former Patricia Myers, daughter of Mrs. J. W. Myers of Postville, will be held Thursday morning, January 12, 1956, at the Postville cemetery. Rosary will be said Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. at the Myers residence. Mrs. Merle Work, formerly Patricia Myers, daughter of Mrs. Therese Myers and the late Dr. J. W. Myers of Postville, died Saturday evening, January 7, 1956 in Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Work was born February 2, 1923, in Sheldon, Iowa. She attended the Sheldon and Postville Public schools. After completing two years at the College of St. Catherine's in St. Paul, Minnesota, she graduated from the State University of Iowa in 1947. Having taught in high schools in Iowa and Minnesota, she was teaching in Fort Morgan, Colorado, until her marriage last June. The Requiem High Mass was sung Tuesday morning in the Catholic Church in Fort Morgan. The Rev. F. J. Vallaster, Pastor of St. Bridget's Church, will conduct the burial services Thurdsay morning at 10:30 at the Postville cemetery. Mrs. Work is survived by her husband, Merle of Weldona, Colorado, and three stepchildren: Steven, Patricia and Katherine. Also surviving are her mother, Mrs. Therese Myers, a brother Robert of Decorah, and her sister, Gretchen. Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boes, Boy, Boey, Boer, Schriber Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2239 Message Board Post: Surnames: Boes, Boy, Boey, Boer, Schriber Sophia Boes (Boey, Boer, Boy) married L.M.Schriber in Waukon on 1 October 1870. Sophia's surname is variously spelled. I have no record of the witnesses to this ceremony. I never found Schriber's full given name. There is a Sophie Boy recorded in the June 1870 Lansing Iowa Federal Census. She was identified as a domestic for a Lansing hotel, age 17. There is a possibility that this couple were witnesses to my grandparents' wedding 6 June 1870 in Waukon, Iowa. My grandmother's name was Louisa Boy (surname misspelled often). I would like to trace Sophia's ancestry and maybe discovering information about my grandmother Louisa Boy Fritz. I know only Louisa's marriage date. No parents, no birthplace, no correct birthdate and no immigration data.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harnack, Schroeder Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2238 Message Board Post: Postville Herald newspaper from my mother's obituary collection, entitled: Of The Postville Herald, Dec. 9, 1959 Funeral services for Mary Albertine Harnack Schroeder were held at the Schutte Funeral Home December 7. Burial was in the Postville Cemetery with the Rev. Charles E. Witt officiating.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meyer, Weihe, Schultz Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2237 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Orville Weihe were held Friday, Jan. 13, 1984 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville. The Rev. Julius L. Peterson officiated. The Schutte Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements. Burial was in the Postville Cemetery. Orville Elmer William Weihe, son of John C. and Caroline (Meyer) Weihe, was born July 14, 1913 on the family farm in Grand Meadow Township. He died Jan. 10, 1984 at Community Memorial Hospital in Postville. He was baptized Sept. 14, 1913 at St. Paul Lutheran Church and confirmed there on Aug. 21, 1927. Orville was a graduate of Postville Community Schools and Carthage College in Illinois. He served in the U. S. Army from 1943 to 1946 and was an insurance salesman most of his career, most recently a sales representative for John Hancock Life Insurance, Cedar Rapids. He had been a resident of Cedar Rapids for more than 30 years. In July, 1983 he moved to Postville to be with his family. He was a member of First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, transferring to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville in 1983. He was a member of the Optimist International and National Audubon Society chapter in Cedar Rapids, the American Legion and the Postville Historical Society. He was a volunteer for the Service Corps of Retired Executives, sponsored by the Small Business Administration. He is preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Florence, in infancy and a brother, the Rev. LeRoy Weihe. Surviving are two brothers, Clarence H., Postville and the Rev. Clifton M. Weihe, Santa Maria, CA, and a sister, Mrs. Viola Schultz, Postville. Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meyer, Weihe, Brandt, Kuhse, Schultz, Schroeder Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2236 Message Board Post: Mrs. John C. Weihe, nee Caroline Charlotte Meyer, the daughter of William Meyer and his wife Louise Meyer, was born at National, Clayton County, Iowa on August 26, 1874. She was baptized in the Lutheran Church near National and was confirmed in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Postville, Iowa on April 3, 1887. She died at the Community Memorial Hospital on August 5, 1963, at the age of 88 years, 11 months, and nine days, following a prolonged illness. She moved with her family from near National to Henderson Prairie in 1877 and attended the Henderson Prairie school. She was married to John C. Weihe on March 29, 1898. Following their marriage they farmed near Postville throughout the period of their life together. After her husband's death, she moved to town in 1940. There were six children born to this union. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daugthter, Florence, at the age of three months; six brothers, William of Castalia, Henry, Charles and Arthur of Postville and two in infancy; and two sisters, Minnie, Mrs Fred Brandt of Postville and Anna, Mrs. Fred Kuhse of Postville. She is survived by four sons, Clarence, at home, the Rev. LeRoy Weihe of Nachusa, Illinois, Orville of Cedar Rapids, and the Rev. Clifton Weihe of San Fernando, California; one daughter, Viola, Mrs. Cloy F. Schultz of Postville; one sister, Bertha, Mrs. Carl Schroeder of Postville; eight grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. She was an active member of St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church. Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.

Waukonstandared.com

I just wanted to remind listers of the online resource provided by the Waukon Standard newspaper. You can get to the paper by typing in www.waukonstandard.com . Unlike most other online papers, this one archives past articles, obituaries, social news, etc. It also has a search function, but from experience I recommend the "Advanced Search" option. Here, you can type in a name you want to search and select "all years" and it will bring up any article mentioning that name since 1998. I have been surprised to find information in feature stories, anniversary announcements, and obituaries. You may be surprised, too, at what you uncover. Good luck, Kathy McLAUGHLIN, O'MEARA, DANAHER, FENELON, MORONEY, HOLOHAN