Kay, Thank you for your response to my quest to find my great great grandparents names. From your information is it plausible that Emily is Archibald's mother in Dubuque, Iowa (Richard, father), in 1850, then they moved to Benton (LaFayette Co., Wis.) where he married Susan and lived there in 1860? What should be my next step to document any of this? I am new to genealogy and find it extremely frustrating. I certainly admire those of you who persist and keep delving into these mysteries. Would it be of help to try to find an obituary in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, since Archibald died in 1928, buried in Linwood Cemetery there? How do I access the records of either of these (newspaper or cemetery)? Thank you for your interest. LaVonne Murphy Eckert Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Hello LaVonne, You can find a lot of information through the US Genweb. For example, enter www.usgenweb.com , then click on "Iowa", then "Dubuque County". The Dubuque library has indexed the obituaries. You can write to the library and request a copy of an obit. I would send along a couple of $ with the request. Since you live in Oconomowoc, you might want to visit the Irish Emigration Library in Milwaukee. The staff there will be happy to guide you in your research. It is located at 2133 West Wisconsin, and is open Wednesdays from 2-8 p.m. Mary Kay