This genealogy poem is my gift to everyone for Mother's Day. I think many of you will be able to relate to it. (My poetry has been published in 47 US States, and several other countries. ) My Poetry Website: http://users.rosenet.net/poetryandroses/ (This remains one of my favorite poems) MY ANCESTOR GRAND MOTHER I search for you yet do not even know your name I press on praying my efforts will prove fruitful the records do not list you or the other women who have lived and loved and laughed, gave birth, and died, the records perpetrate the myth that you were never here but I stand whole and bare my soul and vow to find you as I live I search for you in old records, in churches, at the Embassy, in small dimly lit rooms in the back of obscure libraries and archives and pour over barely readable handwritten ledgers with magnifying glass and flashlight I live on mainly toast these days there isn't time for meals or much sleep feeling as I always do, on the very brink of discovery Perhaps THIS will be the day I find the one seemingly insignificant clue, which will lead me to you although I did not find you listed in the Census Records I am not deterred, you may turn up yet, on an Immigration or Naturalization list somewhere perhaps, or maybe tucked away inside some bank of vital statistics, long forgotten like so many others, your name having become lost over the long years Your name could be lying even now amidst the millions of documents stored and locked away safeguarded in the bowels of a giant warehouse all stopped up from apathetic crowds who have long ceased their visits your precious name, lying just inside a myriad of records packed in tight, packed in to stay never guessing I would come @Sarah Elizabeth Rose srose@rosenet.net

The journals are gone! Thanks for your responses! -------- Jean I have 12 issues of The Prarieland Register, vol. IV, no. 4 (Fall 1980) - vol. VII, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1983) to give away. This is a quarterly publication edited by Arthur Louis Finnell and contains genealogical records from southern and western Minnesota. The journals are free -- I only ask for postage reimbursement. Contact me off line if you are interested. First come, first served :-) Jean R. Legried, CGRS <jrl@smig.net>

I have 12 issues of The Prarieland Register, vol. IV, no. 4 (Fall 1980) - vol. VII, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1983) to give away. This is a quarterly publication edited by Arthur Louis Finnell and contains genealogical records from southern and western Minnesota. The journals are free -- I only ask for postage reimbursement. Contact me off line if you are interested. First come, first served :-) Jean R. Legried, CGRS <jrl@smig.net>

I will take them Joy A in Nevada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R. Legried" <jrl@smig.net> To: <MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:43 AM Subject: [MINNESOTA] Give aways > I have 12 issues of The Prarieland Register, vol. IV, no. 4 (Fall 1980) - > vol. VII, no. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1983) to give away. This is a quarterly > publication edited by Arthur Louis Finnell and contains genealogical > records from southern and western Minnesota. > > The journals are free -- I only ask for postage reimbursement. Contact me > off line if you are interested. First come, first served :-) > > > Jean R. Legried, CGRS > <jrl@smig.net> > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online, go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

From the Sherburn Advance-Standard, Sherburn, Martin County Minnesota Typed just as it appeared in the original newspaper including any/all typos. Dated Thursday, April 5, 1956 Myrtle Gemmill Succumbs at 72 Mrs. Robert H, Gemmill of Sherburn died at the Crestview Home in Fairmont on Sunday April 1st. Death was due to cancer. Myrtle Josephine Gemmill was born April 10, 1884 at Norwak, Ia. On March 12, 1902, she was united in marriage to Robert Hammill Gemmill at Grand Junction, Iowa in January 1912, they moved to the Sherburn community and have lived here ever since. Mr. Gemmill preceded her in death on March 3, 1951. Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, April 4 at 1 o�clock for the family and 2 o�clock for the public at the Methodist Church in Sherburn. Rev. DeCourey officiated. Survivors include two sons: William of Estherville, Iowa and Lewis of Alpha: five grandchildren: Mrs. Ellen Spear of Sherburn, Mrs. Verle LaRue of Des Moines; Bonnie, Twyla and Gary Gemmill, four Great Grandchildren Billy and Danny Spear and Billy and Mary Kay LaRue; three brothers, Lewis Martin of Rippley Iowa, Ira Martin of Jefferson and Clarence Martin of Ordway, Colo. ~volunteer posting. ~Claire Grant Sioux Falls SD Genealogy~ Practice of confusing the dead & irritating the living. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs

From the Sherburn Advance-Standard, Sherburn, Martin County Minnesota Typed just as it appeared in the original newspaper including any/all typos. Dated Thursday, August 7, 1958 Services Held For Robert Ludtke Funeral services were held Saturday, August 2 for Robert Ludtke, 82, who formerly operated the elevator here. He died at his home Wednesday evening at 6:10 from coronary thrombosis. Family services were held at the home at 11:00 a.m. Saturday and public services were at the Congregational church at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Chester Olsen officiating. Music was by: Mrs. Darlene Olhausen, organist : and Miss Jennie Cooper, and Mrs. Cameron Evjen, vocalists. Pallbearers were Robert Treamer, Karl Olhausen, Irvin Hoffmeister, Marvin Griffith, J. Alpha Gemmill, and Roy Becker. Born in Germany, Aug. 16, 1875, he came to the United States with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Ludtke, at age five. He was married to Wilhelmina Bork of Sherburn on April 2, 1899. He operated elevators at Walters and Alden until 1946 when he purchased the Sherburn elevator. He retired from business in 1956. Mrs. Ludtke died in 1949. Surviving are six children, Mrs. Earl Ellis of Sherburn; Arthur of Clarks Grove; Mrs. Andrew Gardner of Wells; Mrs. Carl Moyer of Omaha; Harold of Sherburn, and Mrs. Glen Bradshaw of Modesto, Calif. There are seven grandchildren. A brother, Emil, lives in Canada. He was a charter member of Faith Lutheran church at Alden, active in the Odd Fellows Lodge and civic affairs in the towns he was in business. Interment was made in the Sherburn cemetery. Morgan Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. volunteer posting ~Claire Grant Sioux Falls SD Genealogy~ Practice of confusing the dead & irritating the living. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs

I'm here, but I can't help you. Sorry. Roland

Hi Betty, Then I would suggest you give dates and ALL you know about them while living in that area and before. I live in Norman County and try to help in other areas when I can in Minnesota. Margit > Margit looking for the family by name of Stanislaus Szczepanski >> Hi Betty, >> You would need to give names and dates before anyone would know or be able >> to answer your question below. I have been to the Church for my brother's >> wedding and for a couple of funerals also. >> Margit >> >>> Am looking for relatives , family once was members of the Assumption > Catholic >>> Church in Florian, Marshall CO. >>> Might still be decendents of that family that are still members? >>> betty

Hi Betty, You would need to give names and dates before anyone would know or be able to answer your question below. I have been to the Church for my brother's wedding and for a couple of funerals also. Margit > Am looking for relatives , family once was members of the Assumption Catholic > Church in Florian, Marshall CO. > Might still be decendents of that family that are still members? > betty

----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Sczepanski To: Minnesots-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 7:42 PM Subject: assumption Catholic church Am looking for any of the decendents of Stanislaus Szczepanski Was a member of the Assumption Catholic Church in Florian, Marshall CO. Had 10 children so should be some family still in that area betty

Not much activity on this site, is anyone belong to it? I just joined so am new to the list betty

Am looking for relatives , family once was members of the Assumption Catholic Church in Florian, Marshall CO. Might still be decendents of that family that are still members? betty

Is anyone out there formiliar with the Florian , marshall CO. area had some relatives there at one time , not sure anyone is still liviiong there, should be some of the children.. Does anyone do pictures of Head Stone , would like a picture of one from the Assumption Catholic Church in Florian betty

Hi everyone This week I put 24 new funeral cards online. They are for people who lived in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, England, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and (unforunately) several from unknown locations in the USA. To see the list of all Funeral Cards with their birth and death information, go to http://ancestorsatrest.com/funeral_cards/ I also uploaded 3 new obituaries. Two are sisters from Iowa and one has a funeral card with it. These sisters were born in Minnesota, lived in Missouri and died in Iowa. One was a man born in Germany living in Hartford Connecticut. I did some looking in census records and found a lot on the two families, I've added my notes to their information. See http://ancestorsatrest.com/obit_records/ Also see my Cemetery section for 2 new cemeteries - one in Middlesex County Ontario (Canada) and one in Michigan. See http://ancestorsatrest.com/cemetery_records/ Coffin Plates - I managed to find and upload a few more, for folks in New Jersey and Vermont. Coffin Plates contain death and sometimes birth information, you can check these out at http://ancestorsatrest.com/coffin_plates/ If you want to search by location instead, you can start at http://ancestorsatrest.com/deaths_by_location.shtml Have fun and if you know where any of the 'unknown location' death records lived, just let me know and i will add that info to the pages Brian -- Ancestors at Rest http://AncestorsAtRest.com/ The Genealogy Spot http://www.TheGenealogySpot.com/

Hi everyone This week I put 24 new funeral cards online. They are for people who lived in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, England, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and (unforunately) several from unknown locations in the USA. To see the list of all Funeral Cards with their birth and death information, go to http://ancestorsatrest.com/funeral_cards/ I also uploaded 3 new obituaries. Two are sisters from Iowa and one has a funeral card with it. These sisters were born in Minnesota, lived in Missouri and died in Iowa. One was a man born in Germany living in Hartford Connecticut. I did some looking in census records and found a lot on the two families, I've added my notes to their information. See http://ancestorsatrest.com/obit_records/ Also see my Cemetery section for 2 new cemeteries - one in Middlesex County Ontario (Canada) and one in Michigan. See http://ancestorsatrest.com/cemetery_records/ Coffin Plates - I managed to find and upload a few more, for folks in New Jersey and Vermont. Coffin Plates contain death and sometimes birth information, you can check these out at http://ancestorsatrest.com/coffin_plates/ If you want to search by location instead, you can start at http://ancestorsatrest.com/deaths_by_location.shtml Have fun and if you know where any of the 'unknown location' death records lived, just let me know and i will add that info to the pages Brian -- Ancestors at Rest http://AncestorsAtRest.com/ The Genealogy Spot http://www.TheGenealogySpot.com/

Thanks Anna, Barb and Jean who answered my question about the meaning of "5-1/pf 5" and “2-C, 2-R” etc in the census records. Barb gave me this explanation, and it makes sense: The 5-1 at the head of household refers to the number of people in the family, and I assume that the 1 means one family.~ The 2-C,2-R, means 2 children, 2 relatives. You'll notice that some families have other relatives in the home, such as mother, father-in-law, nephew, etc.~ I haven't figured out what the "pf-5" means, but it's always the same number as the total in the household. Barb Still the "pf-5" hasn't been explained, but thanks, all of you! Roland

I appreciate any help you can give me .Many of you have sent information on my ancestors. This first part I am quite sure is correct : My grandfather, WILLIAM ELMER SMITH was born abt 1864, died in 1922 in St. Petersburg, FL., married in 1888 MINNIE SNOW, born abt 1868 in OH,died 1894. William's father was OBADIAH B SMITH, born abt 1843 in OH, married SARAH SWINEHART, born abt 1844 in OH. They had 3 children : William Elmer, EARL, born 1869 in MI; and GRACIE, born abt 1875. Some of the following is "guess-work" : They moved around a lot , back and forth, from Windom, MN. to OH, to PA. 1880 census gave Obadiah. Do you think census for 1850 or 1860 will show Obadaih or his wife, Sarah Swinehart or maybe THEIR parents ? Thank you.Patricia CARR McDonald pmcdonald@acun.com

Searching for ancestors of Vashti BROOKS b 1809, Wilmington, Clinton, OH, d bef 1860 Rice Co., MN married- Abidan BAILEY, b 1801 (Sussex?) VA, d 1885 Warsaw, Rice Co., MN children- -Mahlon BAILEY b 1834 IN, d 1909 Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN, ---married Melinda REED in Tipton Co., IN, b 1836 OH, d 1915 Sentinel Butte, Golden Vly ND -Eli Anderson BAILEY b 1827 Marion, IN, d 1896 Morristown, Rice, MN ---married Amanda(Melinda's sister) REED in Tipton Co., IN, b 1829 OH, d 1898 Morristown MN -Mary Ann BAILEY b abt 1829 Wilmington, Clinton, OH, d 1910 St. Cloud, Stearns, MN -Lavina BAILEY -Charity BAILEY -Josiah BAILEY -John J. BAILEY Any help would be appreciated, Diana Chapman Owen

At 02:59 AM 4/25/2004 +0200, Roland Tidström wrote: >Can anyone tell me what "5-1/pf 5", "6-1/pf 6", "10-1/pf 10" etc on the >lines of the heads (Aron Klimp, Jacob Stukel, John Turclaim, Anton Barusek >etc) in the1900 cenus record, page 96, for Leaf Mountain twp, Otter Tail >co, mean. Also what "2-C" and "2-R" etc on the same lines but columne for >relation mean. >Roland Roland ------ I believe I read somewhere that these numbers, etc. were entered by the Census Bureau as they were interpreting and totaling the schedules.I don't remember if the meaning of the symbols is known. I looked in my copy of Measuring America: the Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000 (U.S. Departmemt of Commerce, 2002) but didn't find anything pertinent. Jean R. Legried, CGRS Norwegian-American research specialty <jrl@smig.net> Freeborn Co. MNGenWeb Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnfreebo Beginning Genealogy lessons: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie Co-editor, VESTLANDET

Can anyone tell me what "5-1/pf 5", "6-1/pf 6", "10-1/pf 10" etc on the lines of the heads (Aron Klimp, Jacob Stukel, John Turclaim, Anton Barusek etc) in the1900 cenus record, page 96, for Leaf Mountain twp, Otter Tail co, mean. Also what "2-C" and "2-R" etc on the same lines but columne for relation mean. Roland