This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kofood, Kofoot Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fk.2ADI/596.1 Message Board Post: Correcting subject: Hans George? Kofoot is the correct.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kofood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fk.2ADI/596 Message Board Post: Trying to help a friend of mine: Quote My name is Sigurd Nilsson and I live in Askeröd in the south of Sweden. (My e-mail is sigurd.nilsson@swipnet.se and my mail-address is Sigurd Nilsson, Askeröd, S-242 97 Hörby, Sweden.) I have done some research on behalf of my wife and we have found out quit a lot about her family. Our knowledge in English is unfortunately not so good. We have had help of our son to translate this (johan.grimberg@telia.com). September the 18th 1839 Wefts Jörgen Peter Kofoed was born on St. Holländergård in Olsker, Bornholm, Denmark. 5/23 1863 his son Hans Jörgen Kofoed was born. He emigrated to the USA and 4/14 1884 he came to Mason City and married Sofie Seis, who was born in Germany 1875. We have information that Hans and Sofie Kofoot (he changed his name a bit, Jörgen became George and Kofoed became Kofood) lived in Rockwell, Iowa, in 1918. 7/14 1943 Hans died in Rockwell Hospital. Back to Bornholm, Denmark, and our relation to Hans Kofoot: Hans father, Wefst Kofoed, remarried Johanne Karoline Bohn from Sandvig, Bornholm, and their daughter Christine Karoline was born in 3/6 1879. Christine emigrated to Sweden and 1905 she married Efraim Davidsson from Pataholm, a small village outside Kalmar in the southeast of Sweden. She changes her name to Kristina Davidsson. Kristina died on Öland (an island outside of Kalmar) 1957. Efraim and Kristina gave birth to 4 children. The oldest Ingeborg (Bojan) was born 1907. Ingeborg married Sigfrid Lindström and they gave birth to Gun 4/6 1939. 1/19 1963 Gun marries Sigurd Nilsson and they now have 4 children and 7 grandchildren. I hope this information is of any use for you. We have a lot more about the family if you are interested (we have ancesters way back in the 9th century). Sigurd Nilsson. unquote Either post a reply to this message board or e-mail Sigurd directly. Thank you. Bo Nordenfors Lund Sweden

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MEYER, LICHTE AND MANY OTHERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fk.2ADI/595.1 Message Board Post: ADDITIONAL FAMILY WEB SITE ADDRESSES: For family tree, copy and paste the address below in your browser. http://www1.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=karenlward&x=11&y=4&rand=171461650 For family photos and blog, copy and past the address below in your browser. http://spaces.msn.com/members/MeyerWymanFamilyHistory/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c=&_c02_owner=1

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MEYER, LICHTE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Fk.2ADI/595 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on ancestry and descendants of these two people. They originated in Germany and had a farm near Pomeroy, Calhoun County, Iowa. Children were three sons; Wilhelm Meyer b. 08 Feb 1841 Germany Heinrich Cheistopf Meyer b. 22 Nov 1844 Germany Christian Heinrich Meyer b. 29 Jun 1849 Germany Please contact me at searchingforfamily@hotmail.com Thank you.

I am doing a project on the descendants of Humphrey Scroggin and Sarah Kirby Scroggin and I am interested in comparing information with anyone who may be related to Scroggin descendants who lived in Calhoun County, Iowa; Webster County, Iowa: Linn County, Oregon; Sheridan, Yamhill County, Oregon; and Oak, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. I will be more than happy to share information that I do already have. Thank you for any information that you may have. Bill Scroggin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scroggin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fk.2ADI/561.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I am researching the descendants of Humphrey Scroggin, some of whom went from Illinois to Calhoun County, Iowa. I would like to compare notes with you and would be more than willing to share information that I already have. Bill Scroggin

I'm looking for proof of my grandmother's (Pearl Ivy Sikes/Sykes) birth in 1881. She was the illegitimate child of Ida Iona Sikes/Sykes and family 'tradition' says Ida traveled to the Lake City/Calhoun Co. area to have her baby. I believe her birth record is or has been sealed. Would this be true of an out of wedlock child in 1881? Are there any other sources that might be available at the county or state level? Pearl Ivy Sikes/Sykes was born 30 May 1881. Her death certificate confirms this but only lists her birth as in Iowa and the father as unknown. Thanks for any help you can give to point me in the right direction. Pat J.

What a wonderful tip for searching! For years I've tried to find how my grandmother & family got here from England. Went to the castlegarden site and typed in her last name and there it was!! Thank you! Karen

Steve Morse www.stevemorse.org has developed some useful tools for searching sites such as ellisisland.org and castlegarden.org Here is an update from another list: Steve Morse has just added an AD/ED finder for the 1925 New York state census for Manhattan to his website. The web page is at http://www.stevemorse.org/nyc/nyc.php. This AD/ED finder is part of an ongoing project to develop AD/ED finders for each of the five boroughs in the New York state censuses for 1905, 1915, and 1925, none of which are indexed. These other AD/ED finders were completed previously: 1915: Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens; 1925: Bronx and Brooklyn. The AD/ED finder will supply you with the AD(s) and ED(s) of the street and cross-streets that you select. Clicking on the AD/ED displayed will show you the boundaries of that AD and ED and the LDS microfilm number and reel number. Joy Rich New York Metro chapter

SKS shared this on another list that I am on. Thought I would pass it on. Teresa <snip> Hello All, The Castle Garden Database is now online. You can presently search New York passenger arrivals from 1830-1892... http://www.castlegarden.org/ Good luck with your searches. <snip>

Hi, I am trying to find the cemetery where my ancestors are buried. I am pretty sure they died in Calhoun Co. Daniel & Barbara Houseman GASKILL and their children William, Mercy, Susana & George. Is anyone else researching this family? Thanks Linda JDIETZ2@woh.rr.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=plezzie

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/Fk.2ADI/90.142.173.171.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi - I am a decendant of the Kreft line. My great grandfather and great grandmother came from Germany. His name was Albert Peter Kreft, and he married a Josephine Vesloski. They had 3 children in Germany before moving to the United States in mid 1800s. They had several more children in the state of Wisconsin. They are both buried there.

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/Fk.2ADI/594 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on this family, I have Orie dying in 1969 Calhoun County, Iowa & Lottie dying in 1995 Calhoun County, Iowa. Have Lottie's parents information. Appreciate any help. Jil

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/Fk.2ADI/592.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Gary, for your help. 3/4 of the page was about the 3 Smith brothers. (I did not know that the brother Henry also went to Iowa.) Thanks for your willingness to help and for the info!

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/Fk.2ADI/593 Message Board Post: The Historic Atlas of Iowa Counties is available online at the following address: http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/ia_map/ia_index.html Each Atlas CD consists of 9 bordering counties making up 1 of 11 Zones that depict all of Iowa's 99 counties; 192 city and village plats are also included in this series. Each individual Zone Atlas contains high resolution scanned images of vintage 1875 county and city maps that are presented in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Each atlas includes the following 19th century features: * roads, railroads and canals * cities, towns and villages * post offices and government sites * one-room schoolhouses, churches and cemeteries * rivers, streams and ferries * racetracks, fairgrounds and picnic groves * industrial sites, furnaces and mills * early homesteads and farms * and much, much more The Historic Atlas of Iowa series may be an invaluable aid to Genealogists, Historians and other researchers of 19th century Iowa places and place names. The Adobe Acrobat Reader for MS Windows is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the PDF map images contained in this atlas; and is included free on each CD. No other software is necessary. The Iowa atlas CD's are also available on eBay: http://stores.ebay.com/Historic-Atlas-Series-by-HAR?refid=store Best Regards, Rich Green Historic Atlas Series http://www.historic-atlas-series.com 19th century atlases: IA, IL, IN, KY, MI,MN,OH, PA and WI

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/Fk.2ADI/592.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I placed an article from the Aug 31, 1891 Calhoun Advocate on the USGENWeB Calhoun County web page. It lists a few family facts that may or may not be new. This address should get you to the paper. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iacalhou/ix.htm

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/Fk.2ADI/592.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I've just started researching on Peter, Christian & Henry Smith. I have them in the 1860 & 1870 censues. At present all I have available to me at home for censuses is Heritage Quest, which does not have the 1850 census. I'll have to try to get to the library and get them through Ancestry. Thanks so much for your help, Susan! Have a great holiday weekend!

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/Fk.2ADI/592.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Good morning, Beverly! I should have put some headings on these, huh? All four are buried in Lake City Cemetery. I don't have any obits, but the cemetery might or could point you to where you can find them. Do you have the census data froom 1850 when they were in Michigan? Happy time travels! Susan

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/Fk.2ADI/592.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Susan! I should have read both of your replies before answering. Blessings to you, too!

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/Fk.2ADI/592.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you! Thank you! Yes, these are the two families that moved from Michigan to Iowa! Christian's wife's name was Phebe (don't know maiden name); I believe she was born in OH. Peter's wife was Sarah A. (maiden name?). I think she also was born in OH. Do you have the name of the cemeteries in which they are buried? Thank you again for the specific birth & death dates!