Has anyone ever heard of Manitee Minnesota? Thanks Nancy

On Sun, 11 May 2003, Nancy M. Lyons <nancyml@comcast.net> wrote: >Has anyone ever heard of Manitee Minnesota? >Thanks >Nancy Nope. There's a Manitou, MN, but it's a bump in the road on the Canadian border about 40-50 miles east of Baudette. A little context always helps when asking about placenames. :) Is there a Michigan connection? Oftentimes people mistakenly assume "MI" is the abbreviation for Minnesota. There is a Manistee, Michigan, that is probably what you are looking for. I see that it's frequently misspelled "Manitee" on the web. -- John Van Essen, Fridley, MN (formerly of Brainerd, MN) <vanes002@umn.edu> Crow Wing Gen & Hist Societies Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mncwcghs/

Several new files have been added to my web site and to Jane Devlins web site for New England and New York. St my web site: Vital records to about 1850 for the following towns: Avon, CT Bridgewater, MA Danbury, CT Granby, CT Hamden, CT and Wethersfield, CT The 1790 census has been added for: Addison County, VT Bennington, County, VT Cheshire County, NH Ulster County, NY As will as parts of several other counties in VT, NH, MA, ME and NY (Plus a lot that was already there) The newest Cemetery listings at my site include all the cemeteries in Avon, CT as well as additional ones for Branford, Farmington, Farifield, Greenwich, New Canaan and others in CT. For MA cemeteries have been added for Kingston, Tolland and Truro. Even with all this new information it is hard to keep up with Jane's web site. Her web site covers the same area as mine, with the addition of RI and more records for NY than I have. Her web site also has records heading out to MI where her family went to after New England and New York. If your family we in New England or New York before heading west please stop by these two web sites and see if they can be of help to you. My address http://www.rays-place.com Jane's web site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ With all the information at these two web sites I know you will not run out of reading material for a long time. Ray Brown

Hello Everyone: I have added over 2,000 Colonial Ancestors to the 1600s Ancestor Data Base with more to come. The total is now over 26,500 and most all are proven Ancestors of descendants living today. I have also added several National Societies who have proven many of these Ancestors. Also at this time a few new respected Reference works that contain hundreds of sources including some of the early colonists who have Royal Blood lines. The 1600s Ancestor Data Base should be a big help for those of you trying to prove your early lines. You will find the 1600s Ancestor Data Base at: http://www.firstfamilies.org/db/ While there be sure to read the INFORMATION & HELP page so you understand the codes that I have used and how to best use them. Enjoy Ryan Jackson Data Base Manager America's First Families

Seeking information on the family of Albert Mosher (1859-1916) and his wife, Kathryn Veta (born in Bohemia). Siblings are Arthur (Art), Theresa, George, Emil, Charles, Katherine, Dorothy and an adopted girl (name unknown). I am in possession of a funeral remembrance card indicating Katherine Ellen Mosher was born 06 Jul 1883 at Lonsdale, Minnesota. My grandmother said they were born and raised in Fairbault, Minnesota but not having much luck in finding her family. Any suggestions? Andy Schrag aps2886@aol.com

Priscilla, I found my family by digging around in the Norwegian Digital Archives: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e Click on "Categories" at the top to get into the different databases that you can search. You may want to read some of the other pages first though. Depending on when Ole REITAN was born, you might find him in the 1865 Norwegian census. You will definitely want to dig around in the "Emigrants" category. Kathy Priscilla Pollman wrote: > I am beginning a research of Ole REITAN and his wife Danna. They immigrated to America from somewhere in Norway in 1885, according to the 1930 census and lived in Minneapolis. They had a family of seven or eight. The last person I have listed on my sketchy information is 'Dolly REITAN'. I don't find any dates anywhere for this entry. > Family legend has it that Ole came from Reiten, Norway. His father was Martinson or Martinuson which was very common to the area so Ole chose to change his name. Danna came from somewhere else in Norway and they traveled on the same ship, unkown name, to unknown port. They met in Minneapolis and married. > Is there anyone on the list who can throw any further light on this information? Thanks looking and pondering. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ==== 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

I am beginning a research of Ole REITAN and his wife Danna. They immigrated to America from somewhere in Norway in 1885, according to the 1930 census and lived in Minneapolis. They had a family of seven or eight. The last person I have listed on my sketchy information is 'Dolly REITAN'. I don't find any dates anywhere for this entry. Family legend has it that Ole came from Reiten, Norway. His father was Martinson or Martinuson which was very common to the area so Ole chose to change his name. Danna came from somewhere else in Norway and they traveled on the same ship, unkown name, to unknown port. They met in Minneapolis and married. Is there anyone on the list who can throw any further light on this information? Thanks looking and pondering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I bought some old postcards today. I'm hoping that someone on the list would be interested in them. Seems like I've seen somebody posting about these locations in the past couple of months. School House in Flom, Minn. (postmark 1917?) sent by Agnes to Edward Hanson in Waterloo, Iowa Orphans Home, Vasa, Minn. (postmark 1909) sent by Nellie to sister Gustie Lambert in Canon Falls, Minn. I also have a bunch for different buildings and institutions in Faribault. I'm just trying to sort out which ones are Faribault Co. and which ones are Faribault City in Rice Co. I *think* these are for Faribault City: High School, Faribault, Minn. Dow Hall, Braille & Sight Saving School, Faribault, Minn. State Institute for Blind, Faribault, Minn. State School for Blind, Faribault, Minn. Tate Hall, State School for Deaf, Faribault, Minn. Skinner Hall, School for Feeble Minded, Faribault, Minn. Shattuck Military Academy, Faribault, Minn. Main Building, School for Blind, Faribault, Minn Auditorium and School Building, School for Deaf, Faribault, Minn. St. Mary's Hall, Faribault, Minn. St. Lucas Hospital, Faribault, Minn. Central School and German Methodist Church, Faribault, Minn. I posted the Faribault County (for Winnebago and Wells and Frost) postcards at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnfariba/ Click on "Antique Postcards" Let me know if anyone is interested in these cards. I could post the others to a county web site and/or sell them back to anyone who is related. Kathy in MN

The last post about postcards reminded me of a postcard I found. My g-g-grandfather sent a postcard to his sister. He was in North Dakota at the time and sent it to: Mrs. Montgomery Brewster Minn That's all that the address is... I found that funny! For those interested, it is at http://www.jrclarke.com/schad/pictures.shtml, 8th picture down! Researching: - SCHAD, JARMER, MONTGOMERY, BABCOCK, FRITSCHER, SCHAFFER, MONTAG - Moletein / Stary Maletin / Alt-Moletein (formerly Austria, now Czech Republic) - Triebendorf / Trebarov (formerly Austria, now Czech Republic) Regards, Jesse Clarke chaos@gwtc.net http://www.jrclarke.com White Clay, NE (home) Madison, SD (school - Dakota State Univ)

The Carver Co. Historical Society (CCHS) has a new On-line Newspaper Index. The direct link to the search page for the index, which is part of their website, is: http://www.carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org/newspaper/search.php Their website is: http://www.carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org I'm extremely pleased to see their presence online and I encourage everyone with an interest in Carver Co. to support their work. I'll be updating the Carver Co. pages on rootsweb by removing some of the links (rootsweb decommissioned some old surname pages) and adding links to the CCHS web site. Kathy http://www.rootsweb.com/~mncarver

Subj: 1903/beltrami/ross  Date: 04/06/2003 8:26:08 PM Central Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:sharonsims@msn.com">sharonsims@msn.com</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:MINNESOTA-L-request@rootsweb.com">MINNESOTA-L-request@rootsweb.com</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) (Forwarded to List by List Administrator)   Subscribe.  John Albert Ross is who I need info. I was told he died in 1904 or 06 but I cannot document anything. BYE FOR NOW SHARON

Dear List, I am trying to find my friends father's family. Her father Robert Woodrow Jensen born 1912 in Minnesota died at the end of WW II in Germany. Her father had perhaps seven brothers and sisters and they were raised by their parents until their father died and then placed in an orphanage/foster home. When Robert Jensen was old enough he and a brother moved to New York State. My question is - how would I go about finding the orphanages in 1920 or 1930? I looked in the 1920 Census soundex and only found one Jensen family in an orphanage and do not believe it was his family. There is no soundex for 1930 Census Minnesota. Thank you for any suggestions you may have. Debbie Washington DC

Hi Debbie, No Soundex, but Ancestry indexed the 1930 census records. Not a perfect solution, since there are some errors and omissions, but a pretty helpful option. If you don't have a subscription to Ancestry, and no one on the list can help, try your local library. Many now carry it. Just another limb, Laura search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout ----- Original Message ----- From: Deborah Friedrichs To: MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:01 AM Subject: [MINNESOTA] Jensen Family There is no soundex for 1930 Census Minnesota. Thank you for any suggestions you may have. Debbie Washington DC

Listers, The following obituary appeared in the December 5, 1944 issue of the Aurora (Illinois) Beacon News: "Mrs. Mabel Anderson, 52, of 450 Spruce street, died last night at Copley hospital. She was born Sept 11, 1892, at Manhattan, Illinois. In addition to her husband, Fred, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Beulah Grady and Mrs. Lorraine Buerer of San Francisco, Calif., her mother, Mrs. Emma Peterson; one sister, Mrs. Herman Helner of Ringsted, Ia., and five brothers, Ernest, Axel, and Caulyer of Ringsted, Arthur Peterson, Jackson, Minn., and Harry Peterson, Triumph, Minn. Funeral services will be held from the Healy chapel Thursday afternoon at 3:30, the Rev. J.E. Borgman officiating. Interment in Riverside cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel." Just another limb, Laura search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout

Hi Everyone I've added the following databases and records to http://NaturalizationRecords.com/ this week: *~*~*~*~*~* MINNESOTA http://naturalizationrecords.com/usa/mn_natrec-a.shtml Index to Naturalization Records (various kinds - Certificates of Arrival, Petitions, Declarations, etc) for the District of Minnesota, 1943 - 1978. This is an index I created for the online NARA records (337 individuals), which are rather tricky to search. My index allows researchers to quickly find a name of interest. Each individual name shows what type of record is online and the date of the record(s). Instructions are provided so that you can easily view digitized images for detailed information. I have also begun extracting details from the images for arrival dates and ship names. Here's an example from the index I created: Petition for Naturalization for Grete Askegaard. 06/27/1955 [arrived NY 21 Sept. 1950 on SS Oslofjord] Again, more detail is available and can be easily accessed by following directions onsite. *~*~*~*~*~* As always, *all* records on NaturalizationRecords.com are FREE to use. Please let each page load completely and scroll down to view the records. Feel free to pass this message on to anyone you think might be interested. Lorine **Search Ships Passenger Lists to USA http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/search_ships.shtml otg@csolve.net

Hi list, I have just uploaded a revised version of my family tree. It can be viewed at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~andersonfamily Researching: Anderson, Andersen (Alberta, BC, Sask, Denmark), McPherson, McLeod (Nova Scotia, BC, Scotland), Rondeau[Rondo] (Minnesota, Manitoba, BC, France), Beckett (Ontario, BC, UK), Beaulieu (Minnesota, Manitoba, France) Please contact me if you have any connections to any of these families. Cheers, Larry Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia E-mail: larrya@ehmail.com Family Website and genealogy info: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~andersonfamily

There is a maiden name feature on the MNHS death index search site. Although only part of the listings have this info. You could give it a try though. Search by First name and Maiden name at http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm MeLani >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave [mailto:dave.fortin@sympatico.ca] >Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:59 PM >To: MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Want help with your research? > > >How do you search for a death information, when you only know >her maiden >name, and don't know who she married or where she lived in MN? > >Dave

How do you search for a death information, when you only know her maiden name, and don't know who she married or where she lived in MN? Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Branching Out <BranchingOut@attbi.com> To: <MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:26 AM Subject: [MINNESOTA] Want help with your research? > Listers, > > Next week my car is spending an entire day at the dealership undergoing it's 20M mile check-up. They offered to shuttle me to the location of my choice and of course I picked the university. > > If you were considering asking for an obit lookup, now's the time! Check out the list of resources on my web site and let me know if I can help. > > Just another limb, > > Laura > search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout > > > > ==== 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 > >

Listers, Next week my car is spending an entire day at the dealership undergoing it's 20M mile check-up. They offered to shuttle me to the location of my choice and of course I picked the university. If you were considering asking for an obit lookup, now's the time! Check out the list of resources on my web site and let me know if I can help. Just another limb, Laura search for fallen leaves at http://home.attbi.com/~branchingout

Have had a lot of offers and I want to Thank everyone who offered to help.