At 01:16 PM 2/23/2002 +0000, Jane Greenfield wrote: >I have an obituary which says my great uncle resided thirteen years in >desert and county and twenty five years in the state. > >I am in England and I am afraid this means very little to me. The facts I >have; he lived in Canada, then Minnesota, then California. >Does the above statement fit in with these facts? The desert would be in California. If he died in California, I would suggest that "desert", "county" and "state" all refer to his residence in California. >Also, is or was, there a mining company in Minnesota which would keep >employment records? What were they mining? There was open pit iron mining in northern Minnesota for many years and then it switched to taconite ca1950. >The family story goes, that my great uncle was killed in a mining >accident. I now know this is not true but as I cannot believe there was no >truth in the story at all, I wonder whether it involved another member of >his family. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could find out? Try the Iron Range Research Center: http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org I think they're you best chance of finding what you want. Jean R. Legried, CGRS Norwegian-American research specialty <[email protected]> Freeborn Co. MNGenWeb Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnfreebo Beginning Genealogy lessons: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie Co-editor, VESTLANDET