At 08:49 PM 1/2/2004 -0500, Robert Tucker wrote: >Could S.K.S. tell me if all adoptions in Minnesoto are sealed or if it >would be possible to look up or trace some of them. If it is possible >where would one look for this information. Thanks. A.T. It would be great if SKS would reply to the list because I'd like to know too! Jean R. Legried, CGRS <jrl@smig.net>

Could S.K.S. tell me if all adoptions in Minnesoto are sealed or if it would be possible to look up or trace some of them. If it is possible where would one look for this information. Thanks. A.T.

I have to say that the Census images at Genealogy.com are MUCH easier to read than the ones at Ancestry. They improved the contrast so in many cases one can actually read some of the dark and dingy corners of the old census pages....and even reading the rest of the page is easier. Yes it costs something, but my time is worth something also. So for me the easier access is worth the extra cost....personal choice I guess. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Eckley" <j-lfarms@centurytel.net> To: <MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] ALBERT SWANSON > Ron, I would never slap your face or call you stupid, I just thought you > would like to know that you can do a name search for the 1910 census on > genealogy.com, and also with heritagequest through the Godfrey library, > which is online and costs $35.00 a year. I'm sorry if I offended you. I > am planning on discontinuing my census subscription to genealogy.com > because of the expense. But will continue my membership to the Godfrey > Library which has a subscription to HeritageQuest's census. > Lois > > Ron Bestrom wrote: > > > Ok....slap my face and call me stupid.....or least not a current > > subscriber of those two. > > > > Ron > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lois Eckley <mailto:j-lfarms@centurytel.net> > > To: Ron Bestrom <mailto:rbestrom@earthlink.net> > > Cc: MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com <mailto:MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:18 pm > > Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] ALBERT SWANSON > > > > Ron, > > The 1910 federal census is indeed indexed through genealogy.com > > and also heritagequest. I have subscriptions to both. > > Lois > > > > Ron Bestrom wrote: > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Cathie" <repete@rconnect.com> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Wondering if there is SKS on this list that has access > >>>to ...1910 indexed Federal Census > >>> > >>> > >> > >>The 1910 is not indexed. To find someone you'd need much more information, > >>such as State, County, local township. > >> > >> > >> > >>>to locate a 42 year old Albert Swanson, > >>>He's widowed in the 1920 census > >>>a chauffer for some Frank in the 1920 census > >>>Best bet is that he would be in Hennepin County. > >>> > >>> > >> > >>For someone to avoid going through dozens/hundreds of pages in the 1910, > >>identify where you found him in the 1920, to include the county, township, > >>etc. If you found him in Hennepin, in Minneapolis or another major town, > >>ask someone to look him up in the City Directory. If found, it would show > >>him, employer, address, name of spouse. Any other family member, spouse, > >>may also be listed separately (most directories do). In your case, if found > >>in the 1920 city directory, it would identify who Frank was. And, > >>directories are published every year, so you could find him in 1918 in one > >>job/address with a spouse, then in 1919, find him in another address or job. > >> > >>Ron Bestrom > >> > >> > >> > >>==== 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > Want to unsubscribe from the Minnesota-L list (Single message mode)? Send an e-mail message to MINNESOTA-L-request@rootsweb.com On the first line of text, enter only the following word: Unsubscribe > > ============================== > 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 >

Looking for information on the following family: William Ernest Holst, bn 18 Jul 1864 in Goodhue County, MN died 14 Jul 1927 in Marion County OH. He was married to Sophia Ernestine Levien, bn 11 May 1867 Schlotkow, Germany died 1941 in Marion County, OH. Children are: Albert bn Nov 1886, Goodhue County MN Lydia bn Aug 1888 Goodhue County MN Martha bn Nov 1890, Goodhue County MN Alfred bn Mar 1892 Goodhue County, MN Ida bn 22 Aug 1897 Goodhue County, MN married to Darrell Paul Drake Lillian bn 5 Feb 1900 Redwing, Minnesota married to Charles Baumgartner Clara bn Zion City, IL Ruben bn 1903 in Illinois Joseph bn 1905 Marion County, OH Any connections? Pat

I have to tend to disagree on being indexed. I do believe it is on genealogy.com I at ancestry.com have no access unless you know exactly where they live. I would love to help if I could. Someone else on the Minnesota list I am sure can help. Margit in Minnesota http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/flom.html "Genealogy - a search for the greatest treasures - our ancestors" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cathie" <repete@rconnect.com> > > >> Wondering if there is SKS on this list that has access >> to ...1910 indexed Federal Census > > The 1910 is not indexed. To find someone you'd need much more information, > such as State, County, local township. > >> to locate a 42 year old Albert Swanson, >> He's widowed in the 1920 census >> a chauffer for some Frank in the 1920 census >> Best bet is that he would be in Hennepin County. > > For someone to avoid going through dozens/hundreds of pages in the 1910, > identify where you found him in the 1920, to include the county, township, > etc. If you found him in Hennepin, in Minneapolis or another major town, > ask someone to look him up in the City Directory. If found, it would show > him, employer, address, name of spouse. Any other family member, spouse, > may also be listed separately (most directories do). In your case, if found > in the 1920 city directory, it would identify who Frank was. And, > directories are published every year, so you could find him in 1918 in one > job/address with a spouse, then in 1919, find him in another address or job. > > Ron Bestrom

I have recently been given a photo of three ladies. Looks like a mother and two daughters........ The photographers name under the photo is Brandmo with intertwined initials, Montevideo, Minn. Supposed to be a sister of my Swedish grandfather and until now I did not know that any of that family had been (or settled?) in America. Grandfather was Gustaf Adolph PERSSON (1863-1938) and was one of 14 children of Pehr (Per) ANDERSON and Anna Britta Hermonsdt. of Myckleby parish in Goteborgs o. Bohus county. Do any of these names sound familiar to any listers? When the photographer closed down would his plates have been kept? Jean Rotorua, New Zealand.

Not offended one bit...it's a phrase... ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Eckley To: Ron Bestrom Cc: minnesota-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:36 pm Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] ALBERT SWANSON Ron, I would never slap your face or call you stupid, I just thought you would like to know that you can do a name search for the 1910 census on genealogy.com, and also with heritagequest through the Godfrey library, which is online and costs $35.00 a year. I'm sorry if I offended you. I am planning on discontinuing my census subscription to genealogy.com because of the expense. But will continue my membership to the Godfrey Library which has a subscription to HeritageQuest's census. Lois Ron Bestrom wrote: Ok....slap my face and call me stupid.....or least not a current subscriber of those two. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Eckley To: Ron Bestrom Cc: MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:18 pm Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] ALBERT SWANSON Ron, The 1910 federal census is indeed indexed through genealogy.com and also heritagequest. I have subscriptions to both. Lois Ron Bestrom wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathie" <repete@rconnect.com> Wondering if there is SKS on this list that has access to ...1910 indexed Federal Census The 1910 is not indexed. To find someone you'd need much more information, such as State, County, local township. to locate a 42 year old Albert Swanson, He's widowed in the 1920 census a chauffer for some Frank in the 1920 census Best bet is that he would be in Hennepin County. For someone to avoid going through dozens/hundreds of pages in the 1910, identify where you found him in the 1920, to include the county, township, etc. If you found him in Hennepin, in Minneapolis or another major town, ask someone to look him up in the City Directory. If found, it would show him, employer, address, name of spouse. Any other family member, spouse, may also be listed separately (most directories do). In your case, if found in the 1920 city directory, it would identify who Frank was. And, directories are published every year, so you could find him in 1918 in one job/address with a spouse, then in 1919, find him in another address or job. Ron Bestrom ==== 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

Ron, I would never slap your face or call you stupid, I just thought you would like to know that you can do a name search for the 1910 census on genealogy.com, and also with heritagequest through the Godfrey library, which is online and costs $35.00 a year. I'm sorry if I offended you. I am planning on discontinuing my census subscription to genealogy.com because of the expense. But will continue my membership to the Godfrey Library which has a subscription to HeritageQuest's census. Lois Ron Bestrom wrote: > Ok....slap my face and call me stupid.....or least not a current > subscriber of those two. > > Ron > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lois Eckley <mailto:j-lfarms@centurytel.net> > To: Ron Bestrom <mailto:rbestrom@earthlink.net> > Cc: MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com <mailto:MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:18 pm > Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] ALBERT SWANSON > > Ron, > The 1910 federal census is indeed indexed through genealogy.com > and also heritagequest. I have subscriptions to both. > Lois > > Ron Bestrom wrote: > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Cathie" <repete@rconnect.com> >> >> >> >> >>>Wondering if there is SKS on this list that has access >>>to ...1910 indexed Federal Census >>> >>> >> >>The 1910 is not indexed. To find someone you'd need much more information, >>such as State, County, local township. >> >> >> >>>to locate a 42 year old Albert Swanson, >>>He's widowed in the 1920 census >>>a chauffer for some Frank in the 1920 census >>>Best bet is that he would be in Hennepin County. >>> >>> >> >>For someone to avoid going through dozens/hundreds of pages in the 1910, >>identify where you found him in the 1920, to include the county, township, >>etc. If you found him in Hennepin, in Minneapolis or another major town, >>ask someone to look him up in the City Directory. If found, it would show >>him, employer, address, name of spouse. Any other family member, spouse, >>may also be listed separately (most directories do). In your case, if found >>in the 1920 city directory, it would identify who Frank was. And, >>directories are published every year, so you could find him in 1918 in one >>job/address with a spouse, then in 1919, find him in another address or job. >> >>Ron Bestrom >> >> >> >>==== 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 >> >> >> >> >>

Ok....slap my face and call me stupid.....or least not a current subscriber of those two. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Eckley To: Ron Bestrom Cc: MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:18 pm Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] ALBERT SWANSON Ron, The 1910 federal census is indeed indexed through genealogy.com and also heritagequest. I have subscriptions to both. Lois Ron Bestrom wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathie" <repete@rconnect.com> Wondering if there is SKS on this list that has access to ...1910 indexed Federal Census The 1910 is not indexed. To find someone you'd need much more information, such as State, County, local township. to locate a 42 year old Albert Swanson, He's widowed in the 1920 census a chauffer for some Frank in the 1920 census Best bet is that he would be in Hennepin County. For someone to avoid going through dozens/hundreds of pages in the 1910, identify where you found him in the 1920, to include the county, township, etc. If you found him in Hennepin, in Minneapolis or another major town, ask someone to look him up in the City Directory. If found, it would show him, employer, address, name of spouse. Any other family member, spouse, may also be listed separately (most directories do). In your case, if found in the 1920 city directory, it would identify who Frank was. And, directories are published every year, so you could find him in 1918 in one job/address with a spouse, then in 1919, find him in another address or job. Ron Bestrom ==== 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

Ron, The 1910 federal census is indeed indexed through genealogy.com and also heritagequest. I have subscriptions to both. Lois Ron Bestrom wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Cathie" <repete@rconnect.com> > > > > >>Wondering if there is SKS on this list that has access >>to ...1910 indexed Federal Census >> >> > >The 1910 is not indexed. To find someone you'd need much more information, >such as State, County, local township. > > > >>to locate a 42 year old Albert Swanson, >>He's widowed in the 1920 census >>a chauffer for some Frank in the 1920 census >>Best bet is that he would be in Hennepin County. >> >> > >For someone to avoid going through dozens/hundreds of pages in the 1910, >identify where you found him in the 1920, to include the county, township, >etc. If you found him in Hennepin, in Minneapolis or another major town, >ask someone to look him up in the City Directory. If found, it would show >him, employer, address, name of spouse. Any other family member, spouse, >may also be listed separately (most directories do). In your case, if found >in the 1920 city directory, it would identify who Frank was. And, >directories are published every year, so you could find him in 1918 in one >job/address with a spouse, then in 1919, find him in another address or job. > >Ron Bestrom > > > >==== 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 > > > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathie" <repete@rconnect.com> > Wondering if there is SKS on this list that has access > to ...1910 indexed Federal Census The 1910 is not indexed. To find someone you'd need much more information, such as State, County, local township. > to locate a 42 year old Albert Swanson, > He's widowed in the 1920 census > a chauffer for some Frank in the 1920 census > Best bet is that he would be in Hennepin County. For someone to avoid going through dozens/hundreds of pages in the 1910, identify where you found him in the 1920, to include the county, township, etc. If you found him in Hennepin, in Minneapolis or another major town, ask someone to look him up in the City Directory. If found, it would show him, employer, address, name of spouse. Any other family member, spouse, may also be listed separately (most directories do). In your case, if found in the 1920 city directory, it would identify who Frank was. And, directories are published every year, so you could find him in 1918 in one job/address with a spouse, then in 1919, find him in another address or job. Ron Bestrom

Wondering if there is SKS on this list that has access to genealogy.com or another source of the 1910 indexed Federal Census that would be so kind as to try to locate a 42 year old Albert Swanson, born Minnesota. He's widowed in the 1920 census so now looking for a wife and children (and how many according to the 1910 census enumeration). He was a chauffer for some Frank in the 1920 census too but have no idea what Albert Swanson would've been doing in 1910. Best bet is that he would be in Hennepin County. Please contact me with questions. Cathie

This is a maybe and a very bad copy. I could not find any other listing for any of the other names. There are many Rusch's in the MN cencus but no Sophia. There is a John J. Levien in the 1900 NY cencus. Good luck. http://www.heritagequestonline.com/dvimage/genealogy/stage/dvimage?filename=/heritage/vault/hqc52/T624/1213/2/62B.tif&invert=0&scale=2&mimeType=application/pdf Godt Nytt Aar Dennis --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003

Looking for information on the following family: Sophia Fredericka RUSCH bn 1832 Pomerania Prussia, German, died 13 Dec 1882 Goodhue County, MN was married to John F./JC LEVIEN/LEFIEN bn 2 Jul 1820 Pomerania, Prussia, Germany died 19 Oct 1907 Haycreek, MN. The only child I know about is Sophia Ernestine LEVIEN bn 11 Mar 1867 Schlotkow, Germany died 1941 Marion County, OH married to William Ernest HOLST.

Jean, Absolutely anything could happen to photo plates when a photographer closes down. They could have been sold off when a place went out of business, or the family might have kept them, or (perish the thought) thrown them out. Montevideo is in Chippewa County. This is the genealogy website for that county: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnchippe/ Looks like it's 27 degrees F up there this morning. ;o) Looks like this is another excellent website for that location: http://home.att.net/~mensch-family/MontevideoMN.htm Kathy in MN Jean Bradley wrote: > I have recently been given a photo of three ladies. Looks like a mother and two daughters........ > The photographers name under the photo is Brandmo with intertwined initials, Montevideo, Minn. > Supposed to be a sister of my Swedish grandfather and until now I did not know that any of that family had been (or settled?) in America. > Grandfather was Gustaf Adolph PERSSON (1863-1938) and was one of 14 children of Pehr (Per) ANDERSON and Anna Britta Hermonsdt. of Myckleby parish in Goteborgs o. Bohus county. > Do any of these names sound familiar to any listers? > When the photographer closed down would his plates have been kept? > > Jean > Rotorua, New Zealand. > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online, go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > 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

Thank you Margit for sending the info about the searchable database for Lakewood Cemetery. On a lark, I checked, and I found several family members buried there! Does anyone know if there are obituaries in Minneapolis as far back as 1892? I have a Virgil O. HUNT who died January 26, 1892 in Minneapolis. I would love it if someone could check on an obituary for him as I live in Seattle. Thank you! Jodi

Jodi, For a list of newspapers on microfilm for different counties, you want the "AskRon" db at the MN History Center: http://collections.mnhs.org/newspapers/arsearch.html There were lots of newspapers around Hennepin County in 1892. Many smaller towns and communities had their own papers. These were some of the biggest in Minneapolis: Minneapolis. STAR (Daily) Minneapolis. STAR (Evening Edition) Minneapolis. STAR AND NEWS Minneapolis. STAR NEWS I might be able to get to the MN History Center later this week. I'm off of work this week and I think they are open for a few hours on Tues and Wednesday. They are definitely closed on Thursday, Jan. 1. Happy New Year, Kathy Reimeroo@aol.com wrote: > Thank you Margit for sending the info about the searchable database for > Lakewood Cemetery. On a lark, I checked, and I found several family members buried > there! > Does anyone know if there are obituaries in Minneapolis as far back as 1892? > > I have a Virgil O. HUNT who died January 26, 1892 in Minneapolis. I would > love it if someone could check on an obituary for him as I live in Seattle. > Thank you! > Jodi > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb WorldConnect Project! Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > 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

Thanks Margit. As usual you have helped a lot. Thanks. A.T.

Would towns have kept records of land back in the 1880's and early 1900's and if so where would I look or write for them? I am talking about Sleepy Eye and Theif River Falls,Minnesota. Thanks.A.T.

Hi A.T. Try this site: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Default.asp? They have land records way back. Read the instructions and less is better then more when searching names. Remember that borders on counties changed a lot back then also. Margit > Would towns have kept records of land back in the 1880's and early 1900's and > if so where would I look or write for them? I am talking about Sleepy Eye and > Theif River Falls,Minnesota. Thanks.A.T.