>From The Farmer and Farm, Stock & Home October 1, 1932 pg 7 There is an article about a husking bee that mentions Bert Hanson who won the competition in 1927. Ted Balko won the 1931 contest in Redwood county. "Interest in contest picking is very strong this year in Southern Minnesota"

Do you know for certain he came to New York ? Ellis Island / Castle Gardens was only the most famous port of entry. There were many others from the great lakes, down the east coast, & into the Gulf of Mexico (i.e. New Orleans) . If he was indeed a stowaway, you may have to look for him at his point of origin . If you know when (at least approximately) & where he left, that might narrow your search on this end. Also, if you can find his naturalization records, perhaps from tax or military rolls, that may also help to narrow your search. Many of the passenger manifests have been transcribed into books in years past, & there are several groups now transcribing to digital (& searchable) formats. You might locate those projects at www.cyndislist.com The group I remember specifically, off hand was something like "immigrant ship transcribers" Phil [email protected] . -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 12:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MINNESOTA] Customs Hello listers. I don't know if I have the right list for my question but I don't know where else to look. Does anyone do look-ups or would be able to tell me how to access customs records for ship arrivals in 1868. My husband's grandfather arrived in March 1868 as a 'discovered' stowaway He predates Ellis Island and falls into the ashes of Castle Gardens. However, is the Port of New York, a different entity? I researched one film from the LDS library with no success. I'm beating my head against a brick wall. Andreas Joa settled in Minnesota and I have had very good success from the wonderful people on this list who researched different lines for me. Thanks all. Roseline in Canada ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== "It is not the length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/02 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/02

>From January 1, 1949 issue of The Farmer magazine Livestock Notes Guernsey Cow Sets State Record James E. Kelley, Minneapolis, has made a state champion record with his registered Guernsey cow, Spruce Shadows Peggy. Her production of 10,497 pounds of milk and 519 pounds of butterfat is the highest record in the state made by a senior 4-year-old milked three times daily for a ten- month period. 100,000 Pounds of Milk B.J. Huseby, Adams, Minn., is the owner of a registered Holstein cow which has just completed a lifetime production record of more than 100,000 pounds of milk. Her name is Jane Poniac Mabel Ormsby, (classified good), and she is the 1,722nd Holstein to produce more than this amount of milk. In 11 yearly milking periods, "Jane" has produced a total of 107,600 pounds of milk and 3,858 pounds of butterfat. Her highest single record was made at the age of 8 years, 1 month when she produced 12,865 pounds of milk and 485 pounds of butterfat.

Jan. 1, 1949 The Farmer The Brown County, Minnesota Home Improvement Tour last fall gave 147 women a chance to see 4 remodeled homes and one new home. The first stop was the Ted Klabunde home where the new house was ready for the final trim. In fact, the carpenters were there the same time as the tour. The George Moe home was the next one visited. On the south side of the house they added 12 feet for kitchen and utility room and also added an attached garage. The old kitchen sink was put into the utility room and a new sink, with dish washer and garbage disposal unit, was installed. The former bedroom and kitchen were coombined into a living/dining room and the former living room is not the downstairs bedroom. They also installed a downstairs bathroom and so planned the layout that the bathroom opens off a central hall rather than directly off one of the downstairs rooms. The living/dining room is carpeted wall to wall. Next stop was the Ellis Badger home. Here we found a charming living room, made by combining a six feet wide porch with a former dining room. The former living room is now an airy and attractive downstairs bedroom and a new downstairs bathroom opens off a central hall. Mrs. Badger has turned the space under the stairs into a linen closet. The lower shelves are wide from front to back and are built to pull out so she can reach the things at the back of the shelves. A former back entry has been turned into an eating unit with the door widened into an archway. Mrs. Badger herself refinished the table in the dinette and the one in the kitchen. The last two homes were in the process of being remodeled. In the Clarence Moe home a huge kitchen was transformed into a compact, U-shaped kitchen , a hall and a utility room. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Feil added a guest room, a downstairs bathroom, a kitchen and a hall to their home.

I should have mentioned that that article came from the January 1, issue of The Farmer. Bev

Three times a day the calves that belong to the Harner brothers, Myron, Donald and Orval of Clay County, Minnesota, are made aware of the fact they have masters. Except on days when one or two of the boys are too busy to take care of his own calf, which doesn't happen often, each boy leads his own calf to water morning, noon and evening, and also feeds the animal. The result is that when one of the boys goes into the barn and shouts the name of his calf, that calf will throw up his head, cock his ears forward expectantly and great his master while the others goon about their cud chewing or whatever else they are doing at the moment. Thus when show times comes around the animals are so accustomed to being handled that they follow their masters like well trained dogs. But there is more reason for this daily handling of the calves than simply the business of training them for showing. Each of the boys knows exactly how his calf is coming along, and whether it is eating as much as it should. That this constant attention pays off is proved by the records the boys' calves have made. Myron, who is 12, now has his fourth calf, and each year his animals have placed in the blue ribbon class. Donald, now 14 years old, is feeding his sixth calf this year and he, too, has had blue ribbon winners year after year, and one year he had the reserve champion in a county show where competition is extremely keen. The calf he fed in 1847 was such an outstanding individual that he was bought for the fat cattle division of the Western Livestock Show at Denver, Colo., and placed sixth there. Orval, 17, has his eighth calf this year, and besides having one reserve championship at home and always winning blue ribbons with his animals has won high ranking places at the Junior Livestock Show in South St. Paul. Youngest member of the Harner family, Wesley, who is three years old, watches his brothers as they handle their calves, and is looking forward tot he time when he is old enough to have a membership in the local 4-H Club so that he, too, can have a calf. Perhaps when Wesley is old enough to show he will be buying his show calves from his older brothers because cattle production on the Harner place is a family affair. Even Mother Harner has trouble keeping her hands off her purse sometimes when she goes to a sale and sees some good stock being sold. She has bought two heifers. Donald and Orval also own heifers and are planning to develop their own herds. There are now 40 head of good grade and purebred Angus in the family herd, 17 of them mature cows. John Harner, the boys' father, sells them the calves they want for Club projects, charging the regular market price for them, and then a part of the boys' work on the farm goes toward paying the calves' feed bill. There is a picture with this article that I may be able to scan. Bev

Hello listers. I don't know if I have the right list for my question but I don't know where else to look. Does anyone do look-ups or would be able to tell me how to access customs records for ship arrivals in 1868. My husband's grandfather arrived in March 1868 as a 'discovered' stowaway He predates Ellis Island and falls into the ashes of Castle Gardens. However, is the Port of New York, a different entity? I researched one film from the LDS library with no success. I'm beating my head against a brick wall. Andreas Joa settled in Minnesota and I have had very good success from the wonderful people on this list who researched different lines for me. Thanks all. Roseline in Canada

Hi Bev, I think this would be a great place to post this Minnesota History, Patrick

Hi listers, I collect old farm magazines and have some from Minnesota from the 1930s and 40s. There is some information in them about individuals that would be of interest to genealogist and family historians. Would this be a good place to post some of this info or would there be better places? I really didn't want to go to individual counties if I didn't have to. Here is a brief example of the kinds of things I'm talking about. 35th anniversary of a Farm club in Watonwan. First officers elected at the Dec. 15, 1913 meeting: L.P Kraus, pres. Albert Schling, sec.; J.L. Clark, treas.; Frank Wilde, vice pres. Officers for 1949: L.P. Kraus, pres.; Mrs. Louis Bonin, sec.; Mrs. Henry Bumgard, treas; and Harvey Schickling and Hamilton Blackley as directors. Mrs. Bonin has been sec. for 11 years. Bev

WOULD YOU BE RELATED TO ALEXANDER LEITCH WHO LIVED IN ST. PAUL, MN. FROM APPROXIMATELY 1901 TO 1948? ALEXANDER LEITCH WORKED IN THE STOCKYARDS IN ST. PAUL AND IN 1931 WAS A MANAGER THERE. DOREEN ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Community property heretofore or hereafter acquired during marriage by a married person while domiciled in a state probably does not apply to children. Did her mother make a paternity claim against the father on behalf of your friend? Were birthrights established in a paternity suit? I think you need a lawyer to make a determination if she is entitled to any of the estate. Each State has its own laws concerning inheritance and entitlement. Elaine *** So little time and so little to do. --Oscar Levant Hello MINNESOTA-L On Sunday, December 1, 2002, you wrote > Hello All, > Is Minnesota a community property state? > I have a friend who wants to know if he has a chance of getting her father's estate, even tho she was born out of wedlock. > -Claire

Hello All, Is Minnesota a community property state? I have a friend who wants to know if he has a chance of getting her father's estate, even tho she was born out of wedlock. -Claire --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Hello List, I am looking for family information of the name Heggelund or possibly also spelled Heggeland. The family is from Norway and from the Heggelund farm. Since there is a Hugely Strong relationship of ALL persons on each farm (or commune) I am researching ALL persons with this name. I am also collecting all possible records and documents pertaining to the name Heggelund. Many of these family members came to Minnesota and to Wisconsin in the 1860-1880s. I would appreciate any assistance you might be able to give me. Thank you Sharon K. Turner [email protected]

Am searching for her decendants as was told she did some research on the Gaines family from W.V. and Indiana Am willing to share what I have on the MARGARET "Maggie Gaines Wagner family with anyone that cares to share what they have on the family.

Hello All, I am helping out a friend on this one, I would like to know how to go about getting the probate records of a man who had a child out of wedlock, was named on the birth certificate, paid a settelment for the child after it was born. He had no futher contact till only a few years ago on the phone when he FREELY admitted he was a father --not just a name on a piece of paper. The man in question died in/near the twin cities a few years ago. Regards- Claire Grant SD --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now

Jean Thank you for this information. Catherine Menard was, I believe, French Canadian and Catholic. Jeremiah Tibbetts was probably Church of England, but not sure. I will try to find out what churches were in or near Dresbach at this time. Thanks again Pam

Thank you to Kathy and Joan, for your help and advise. Much appreciated. Pam

Vital records prior to the formation of a county can often be found in church records. Would this have been a Catholic marriage? Winona is the seat of the Diocese. Or the record could be across the river in Wisconsin. Good luck ---------- Jean At 07:24 PM 11/20/2002 -0600, Kathy Hines wrote: >See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/overview.htm >Winona wasn't a county yet in 1853. They probably started the record >keeping in 1854 when they actually became a county. I'm not sure where >they would have recorded a marriage >record prior to being a county. Maybe somebody else knows that. > >Kathy in MN > >Pam Coulson wrote: > > > Good evening all: > > I have a question regarding the marriage of my gggrandparents who were > married in Dresbach, Winona Co., MN. on March 21, 1853. > > I searched the LDS Library for the correct film to order in, however, > the film for the above starts with the year 1854. There is nothing > listed (that I could find) for pre 1854. > > Where marriages not recorded pre 1854? I have been told that my > gggrandparents marriage was the first marriage in Dresbach. > > Would this marriage have been entered under 1854 records? Would it > have been recorded elsewhere? > > The marriage I am looking for was: Jeremiah Whitfield Tibbetts and > Catherine Isabella Menard. > > Is there anyone who could suggest where I would look for this information. > > Thanks for reading this. > > Pam > > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > > "It is not the length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== >"It is not the length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Good evening all: I have a question regarding the marriage of my gggrandparents who were married in Dresbach, Winona Co., MN. on March 21, 1853. I searched the LDS Library for the correct film to order in, however, the film for the above starts with the year 1854. There is nothing listed (that I could find) for pre 1854. Where marriages not recorded pre 1854? I have been told that my gggrandparents marriage was the first marriage in Dresbach. Would this marriage have been entered under 1854 records? Would it have been recorded elsewhere? The marriage I am looking for was: Jeremiah Whitfield Tibbetts and Catherine Isabella Menard. Is there anyone who could suggest where I would look for this information. Thanks for reading this. Pam

See http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/overview.htm Winona wasn't a county yet in 1853. They probably started the record keeping in 1854 when they actually became a county. I'm not sure where they would have recorded a marriage record prior to being a county. Maybe somebody else knows that. Kathy in MN Pam Coulson wrote: > Good evening all: > I have a question regarding the marriage of my gggrandparents who were married in Dresbach, Winona Co., MN. on March 21, 1853. > I searched the LDS Library for the correct film to order in, however, the film for the above starts with the year 1854. There is nothing listed (that I could find) for pre 1854. > Where marriages not recorded pre 1854? I have been told that my gggrandparents marriage was the first marriage in Dresbach. > Would this marriage have been entered under 1854 records? Would it have been recorded elsewhere? > The marriage I am looking for was: Jeremiah Whitfield Tibbetts and Catherine Isabella Menard. > Is there anyone who could suggest where I would look for this information. > Thanks for reading this. > Pam > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > "It is not the length of life, but depth of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237