Hi Melody The city of Taylors Falls lies in Washington county, MN try these for starters http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mn/mnfiles.htm http://www.tc.umn.edu/~pmg/Minnesota.html Byron Schafbuch - MN Webmaster - The SCHAFBUCH family heritage site http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~byronsch/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Melnsam123@aol.com> To: <MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:41 PM Subject: [MINNESOTA] Taylor Falls( Where is it, Which county?? > hello list- i would like to locate information about Taylor Falls, my > grandmother plus my great grandparents went there in 1915. I am wondering what > county it resides and is there also a town also called Taylor Falls?? maybe it will > give me a clue to a marriage location or a divorce loxation. Thanks, Melodee > melnsam123@aol.com > >

hello list- i would like to locate information about Taylor Falls, my grandmother plus my great grandparents went there in 1915. I am wondering what county it resides and is there also a town also called Taylor Falls?? maybe it will give me a clue to a marriage location or a divorce loxation. Thanks, Melodee melnsam123@aol.com

http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi > From: Melnsam123@aol.com > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:41:35 EST > To: MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MINNESOTA] Taylor Falls( Where is it, Which county?? > Resent-From: MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 21:41:34 -0700 > > hello list- i would like to locate information about Taylor Falls, my > grandmother plus my great grandparents went there in 1915. I am wondering what > county it resides and is there also a town also called Taylor Falls?? maybe it > will > give me a clue to a marriage location or a divorce loxation. Thanks, Melodee > melnsam123@aol.com

Thank you so much to the many listers who responded to my inquiry. They have given me several ideas to pursue in my research. I belong to several other lists too, but I think I received more responses and faster from this list! Janice

Ron There is no fee to access the old obits from July 1997. If you mean their wording "paid obituaries", they only have two kinds of obituaries, news or paid. Either the death is considered general interest news or the family of the deceased had to pay to have the obit in the paper. I just ran a search of Nelson from 12/01/1998 to 12/31/1999 and got numerous hits for free.... Though they might require you to register your name and email as they recently started that for anyone accessing the Strib. Good luck Anna >>Hi folks! >> >>Thanks to all who answered my query about the StarTrib Obits. >>I knew those web sites. However, before losing "My Favorites" due to a crash, >>The Star Trib had a site that listed "all" obits from July of 1997 to the >>present. Does anyone know that web site?? No fee was charged. > > > > ==== 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 > > >

---------- From: Margit <margit@eot.com> Reply-To: TRONDELAG-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 23:23:21 -0500 To: TRONDELAG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Tronder] Lund Boats??? Minnesota to Norway?? Resent-From: TRONDELAG-L@rootsweb.com Resent-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:23:16 -0600 Howard G. Lund was the son of Alina Lund who was born in Minnesota of Canadian parents. He had a brother Russel who was 4 years younger then he according to the 1930 census records. NOTE: I have always heard that the Lund Boats inventor came from Trondelag in Norway. Guess we will need to check it out. Gary, MN is in my County. Margit Lund Co. founder dies at 91 By Dave Olson dolson@forumcomm.com The Forum - 10/24/2003 One out of two people in New York Mills, Minn., can thank the Lund Boat Co. for a job. And the company can thank Howard Lund for dreaming up a design for a small aluminum duck boat. Lund, who died Wednesday night at 91, will be remembered for the boats bearing his name. The company, which now employs 600 workers, is the largest business in New York Mills. In the town of about 1,100 people, Lund also was remembered Thursday for more than the boats he built. ³He was just a plain nice guy. Everybody loved him,² said Robert Morstad, a retired New York Mills dentist and a friend and hunting partner of Lund¹s for more than 50 years. ³I don¹t think he (Lund) ever had a bad thought about anybody, I really don¹t,² said Morstad, who last saw his friend in the hospital on Tuesday. Lund died in his Detroit Lakes home, where he had lived since 1985. Lund was born in Gary, Minn., and his family later moved to New York Mills, where Lund graduated from high school in 1930. In 1936, he graduated from Minneapolis¹ Dunwoody Institute, where Lund studied mechanical drafting, machine design and sheet metal layout. He worked in a California shipyard for several years before moving back to New York Mills in 1945 and opening a sheet-metal shop and furnace dealership. In a 1998 Forum story commemorating the boat company¹s 50th anniversary, Lund said he first decided to build a duck boat in 1947 because he thought it would be a good duck-hunting year. A passerby spotted the aluminum boat strapped to the roof of Lund¹s car and asked him about it. It turned out the man was a salesman for the Inland Marine Corp. of Minneapolis. He asked Lund to build 50 aluminum duck boats and the 1948 transaction was the birth of Lund Boat Co. By 1957, Lund, who built his boats in a large Quonset, had distributors in the Twin Cities. A year later, the company incorporated. In 1961, Lund and two partners bought out 12 stockholders and named the company Lund Metal Craft Inc. The corporation purchased Shell Lake Boat company of Shell Lake, Wis., in 1968, adding a line of fiberglass boats that was later discontinued. In 1969, Lund stock was offered to the public. In 1978, Lund American became a subsidiary of Arctic Enterprises of Thief River Falls, Minn. Lund retired as the company¹s president in 1981, when Arctic Enterprises was purchased by Minneapolis financier Erwin Jacobs. For New York Mills, the company¹s importance can¹t be overstated, said Dean Simpson, who served as the city¹s mayor for 25 years before he left the job in 2002. ³The industry is the heart beat of the community,² Simpson said. Simpson, a state legislator and owner of grocery stores in New York Mills and Perham, took over the job of mayor in 1977, a job that Lund had held since the early 1970s. Simpson said Lund gave him simple but valuable advice: ³Be open-minded and progressive. ³Howard was a gentleman¹s gentleman,² Simpson added. ³A great guy.² If not for Lund and the company he founded, New York Mills ³would be a very small community,² Simpson said. The city, by way of thanks, named a park after Lund, Simpson said. In the early years, Lund personally tested every boat before it was sold. ³I was going to make sure that my boats were the best,² Lund told The Forum five years ago. ³Whatever he (Lund) built, he wanted to make sure that the customer that received it would never have a problem with it,² said Keith Boyne, vice president for marketing for Lund Boat Co. ³As a result,² Boyne said, ³most of the products that he did design were probably overbuilt for the average person.² Lund was a hands-on executive and loved creating things in the company¹s prototype shop, Boyne said. Lund also was accessible to employees, he said. ³He always had time to stop and talk,² Boyne said. Lund¹s daughter, Lindy Kilde, of Moorhead, remembered her father Thursday as a kind man who was liked by many. ³I talked to one of his friends this year who worked with him at the boat company,² Kilde said. ³He told me one of the things Dad did was try to make everybody happy. ³I thought that was the nicest thing to say,² she said. ³If you can go through life like that, it¹s pretty fantastic.² Kilde said she and her sisters, Karen and Judy, and brother, Gordy, helped their father build and test boats. ³We tried to sink Œem. We never could sink Œem,² she said. Visitation for Lund will be from 4-8 p.m. Sunday in Karvonen & Son Funeral Home in New York Mills and one hour before the funeral. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Peter¹s Evangelical Lutheran Church in New York Mills. ==== TRONDELAG Mailing List ==== To Subscribe/Unsubscribe-http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/TRONDELAG.htm l ============================== 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

Hei Ron, No one gives out free obit's anymore it seems. What are your names you are searching on in Minnesota? <http://www.startribune.com/stories/466/862920.html> Is a site I find, but it is not free. Even the Fargo Forum which I pay good money for to get delivered to my home does not have free obit's online. The way of life I think in the future.........no one does anything for nothing anymore..........except the "circle of life bunch" when they can without being charged. :-)) Margit > Hi folks! > > Thanks to all who answered my query about the StarTrib Obits. > I knew those web sites. However, before losing "My Favorites" due to a crash, > The Star Trib had a site that listed "all" obits from July of 1997 to the > present. Does anyone know that web site?? No fee was charged.

Hi folks! Thanks to all who answered my query about the StarTrib Obits. I knew those web sites. However, before losing "My Favorites" due to a crash, The Star Trib had a site that listed "all" obits from July of 1997 to the present. Does anyone know that web site?? No fee was charged. Thanks, Ron, Folsom. LA

Thanks for posting this. I got several obits out of it. Karla At 10:30 AM 10/24/2003 -0500, Anna Claxton wrote: >Ron > >http://www.startribune.com/stories/466/862920.html > >If you ever loose that go to www.startribune.com >left side of page has "menus" >choose obituaries >choose paid obituaries >choose paid obituary archives before 1 Dec 2001 > >Good luck >Anna

Anyone there who is researching Robert Latham and wife Jemima Lake Latham. I believe they farmed in Fairbault Co, Mn and may also have lived in Mower Co. sometime in the 1870's. Would love to correspond with descendants. Regards, Jean

Ron Holmquist wrote: > Hi folks! > > Would someone, please tell me the exact StarTrib web site for obits that start in 1997 and go forward. > > Thanks > Ron in Folsom, LA > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > 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 > > > Ron http://www.startribune.com/stories/466/862920.html If you ever loose that go to www.startribune.com left side of page has "menus" choose obituaries choose paid obituaries choose paid obituary archives before 1 Dec 2001 Good luck Anna

Hi folks! Would someone, please tell me the exact StarTrib web site for obits that start in 1997 and go forward. Thanks Ron in Folsom, LA

Hello Listers, Is there someone who lives near McGregor in Aitkin Co. or someone else who has knowledge of the area who might be able to help me a bit? I believe my great grandparents, August and Mathilda Strom, are buried in the very small Lansford Cemetery which is west of McGregor. The land for this cemetery was originally set aside in the early 1900s by a daughter-in-law as a family cemetery. A few years back I visited the cemetery and there were several early family members who are buried there and have markers. Family lore and also the death certificates indicate that August and Mathilda were buried there but there are no markers for them. On one of the death certificates, the undertaker is listed as Oscar Johnson (in 1927). Their youngest son who died in 1971 was buried by the Johnson Funeral Home, also in Lansford Cemetery. I'm hoping the early undertaker was also of the Johnson Funeral Home. How might I get hold of this funeral home? Have they kept the early records? Is there a burial plat somewhere of this cemetery? Who might maintain this cemetery? Any other information about the cemetery? Any help would be much appreciated. Janice (in Alaska)

Jean, I have a subscription of ancestry.com. The 1920 census is indexed. A search for an Olof Johnson OR Charlotte Johnson individually in MN, Nobles County comes up with zero hits. I did the Olof Johnson, age 62 (as the enumeration would've been done BEFORE his month of birth), Nobles Co., MN and there were zero hits. The same search was done for a Charlotte Johnson in Nobles Co. with an age of 58. Zero hits. I did a search for Olof in MN, listed no county and no age. Zero hits. A search for a Charlotte Johnson in MN listing the same criteria (none) came up with one hit. A widow, aged 58, born in SWE, in Moorhead, MN (Clay County). Emigration year is either 1882 or 1887 (hard to read the last number) and there are two kids listed but it's at the bottom of a page/image so the next page could produce more kids; maybe not. The kids' names are also hard to read but it looks like Hilsborough D. (son) who is 26 and born in MN and a Dell M. or W. or N. (enumerator's handwriting in hard to read), also a son born in MN. The 1900 census is NOT indexed on ancestry.com so can't help you there. Perhaps someone with a subscription to Genealogy.com could help you out in finding them in 1900. Jean Williams wrote: > Still looking for my grandfather's brother Olof Johnson in MN. He came to US > in 1887 and went to Worthington MN according to ships records and records in > Sweden. I have gone back 5 generations in Sweden .I have found the other > brother > Carl that came to US in 1886 and went to PA. Olof (age 30)came with his wife > Cahroltte(age 26) and son Carl(age2). Olof Fredrik was born Dec.18, 1857 in > Väse, Värmland Sweden, Charlotte was born Sept.18 1861 in Olme, Sweden, son > Carl Oskar born Sept.12, 1885 Väse Värmland Sweden. I have not been able to > find them on census, don't know when they died. Two of my aunts had told my > dad many years ago (before I was interested in family history) that they had > visited their uncle Olof in MN in the 20's and then again in the 30's, so > they or he should have been on 1900-1930 census, they just never said where > in MN they went. All are gone now so no one to ask all my questions. Any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as I am trying to do as much as > possible for my mom , she is 91 and not in good health. Jean in WIS. > > ==== 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

Jean Williams, try using the Red River Valley Web site. They have the counties either side of the Red River. The Dakotas & Minn. I found some help there.

Still looking for my grandfather's brother Olof Johnson in MN. He came to US in 1887 and went to Worthington MN according to ships records and records in Sweden. I have gone back 5 generations in Sweden .I have found the other brother Carl that came to US in 1886 and went to PA. Olof (age 30)came with his wife Cahroltte(age 26) and son Carl(age2). Olof Fredrik was born Dec.18, 1857 in Väse, Värmland Sweden, Charlotte was born Sept.18 1861 in Olme, Sweden, son Carl Oskar born Sept.12, 1885 Väse Värmland Sweden. I have not been able to find them on census, don't know when they died. Two of my aunts had told my dad many years ago (before I was interested in family history) that they had visited their uncle Olof in MN in the 20's and then again in the 30's, so they or he should have been on 1900-1930 census, they just never said where in MN they went. All are gone now so no one to ask all my questions. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as I am trying to do as much as possible for my mom , she is 91 and not in good health. Jean in WIS.

At 11:44 AM 10/22/2003 -0500, D. Hoffman wrote: >I am looking for relative that was adopted in 1903 or 1904 in Minnesota. >Do you know where I could find the records and are they available for the >public to view? Coleen Coleen --------- My experience with early adoption records is that they must be obtained from the county in which the adoption took place. The county may not have a separate adoption file so you'll have to search for your records in the civil court cases index. Be aware, too, that there may not have been a formal adoption. Families would just take in a child and provide a home without actually formally adopting him/her. 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

I am looking for relative that was adopted in 1903 or 1904 in Minnesota. Do you know where I could find the records and are they available for the public to view? Coleen

After my latest update my genealogical homepage shows a family branch which extends from Germany to Australia/South Africa and to Northern America - see the "Klein Henstedt - Lueke Ordemann" genealogy. "Germans to America" can also be found in other genealogies on the page, especially in the small new branch "Siedenburg". Nikolaus (Ordemann) http://www.genealogienetz.de/privat/ordemann The (German language) genealogical Ordeman(n) Homepage

3 brothers Frank, William, and Edward Schmidt in Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Surnames: Schmidt, Rumsey, Looking for any information on the following three brothers; Frank Schmidt b.1868 WI d.? OR m.Ora Fay Rumsey b.1876 WI d.? OR kids; Frances b.1895 WI d.?, Irma M. b.1897 WI d.?, Jennie Junia b.1900 WI d.?, Eugene b.1903 OR d.? ******************************* William Schmidt b.1876 MN d.? m. Ida F. b.? OH d.?, kid Magdalena b.1909 WA d.? ******************************************** Edward Schmidt b.1871 MN m.? d.? (Northwest USA)