This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mirowski, Malikowski Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/58 Message Board Post: I am looking for any Mirowski information. (Myruski) unnamed Mirowski married Anna-maybe in Chicago. They lived in Gilman, Mn. Had two son's, John and Paul. When "he" died Anna remarried George Malikowski of Gilman. John and Paul took the Malikowski name. I am only interested in the Mirowski name. Thank you, Paula

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/54.2 Message Board Post: I ran across the following researching my Sullivan line. William P. Jochem b.5-9-1876 in Mequon, Washington County, Wisconsin. d. 8-18-1936, Sauk Rapids, MN. He was married to Clara Sullivan. His father was Adam and mother Mina Strassberger, the daughter of Jacob Strassberger and Katherine Klumb. Hope this helps.

Looking for additional information on Margaret M. Hess b/July 8, 1886 Lake Henry, Stearns Cty., MN d/June 19, 1976 Richmond, Stearns Cty., MN. Father/John Hess Mother/Mary Burg She married George S. Reller, Jr. October 06, 1914 Mayhew Lake, Benton Cty., MN. George was one of my Dad's brothers. I remember hearing him speak of the Hess family many times. Need dates for her parents and dates and names of sibling. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. Dorothy Reller Baker bdbaker41@charter.net

I am looking for any information at all on the Polish surname Mirowski. My search is for unnamed Mirowski who married Anna. Anna was born May 30, 1864 in Poland and died April 26, 1934 in Gilman, Mn. They had two sons, John born May 21, 1889 and Paul born June 28, 1892 in Gilman, Mn. Other spellings: Myrowski, Myruski Thank you, Paula doghouse1@brainerd.net

Ron, and others: I am interested in this thread on Benton County churches and burials, for two reasons: The personal: My family [Harvey Stillman Norton] lived in Benton from close of the Civil War to about 1885, St. George Twp. Harvey was from NY, of English descent [a Yankee]. His wife, Sallie Finical, was of German and Scots-Irish descent, and had come to MN from Indiana where she was born. These folks lived in Hassan, Hennepin County, prior to moving to Benton County. When their daughter died at age 8 of diptheria, about 1876, they buried her back in Hassan next to her grandfather, in Hennepin County MN, even though they were living in Benton County, AND it appears that the remaining relatives had all left Hennepin County by that time. I have often wondered if there were no formal burial grounds for them to use in Benton?? Or, they were simply visiting when the death occurred. This family would have been of some Protestant faith. The professional: I chair a project of the Minnesota Genealogical Society to inventory all MN cemeteries, and available burial transcriptions. A volunteer has just started on Benton County. IF any of you have information that might help this effort, PLEASE get in touch! When the county info is complete, I will post the results here. Best wishes to all, Darlene Cruikshank Joyce, CGRS findmyfamilyplease.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/57.1.1.1 Message Board Post: "Father" Hall, as he was affectionally called, was one of the best beloved of Benton County's pioneers; for twenty-six years he was the spiritual leader and pastor of the church he founded. The present Congregational church at Sauk Rapids is the direct descendant of "Father" Hall's church. The Congregation is almost 150 years old. For further information about Congregational churches and their records in Minnesota, check out this link with the Minnesota Historical Society: http://www.mnhs.org/library/collections/manuscripts/united.html Ron Zurek Benton County Coordinator MNGenWeb/USGenWeb Project

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/57.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your response, Ron. I'm having trouble identifying the correct congregation, but Rev. Hall's sounds like it could be the one. Does the church have a cemetery? Are burial records available? Thanks. Bill Flowers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/57.1 Message Board Post: Bill, church buildings were rare in Benton County during that 10-year period. Many services were held in private homes at that time. I might be able to get you some additional information if you can identify a specific congregation. For example, the first Protestant religious services in Benton County were held in Sauk Rapids in 1853 when the Reverend Sherman Hall visited the village in the early part of that year and was invited to administer religious instructions. In February 1855, the Congregational church was established with seven charter families. For two years services were held in the homes of the different members, and on the second floor of the Stephen C. Crawford cabinet shop until in 1857 a building site was purchased from Jeremiah Russell, and a church built at a cost of $200...material being rafted down river from Gulf Lake mills for the purpose. Mr. Hall served as pastor of his church until his accidental death in August 1879. Ron Zurek Benton County Coordinator MNGenWeb/USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnbenton

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/57 Message Board Post: There's a nice list of churches on the Benton Genealogy page, but does anyone know which ones existed in the Sauk Rapids area between 1865-1875. Thanks. Bill Flowers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/56 Message Board Post: We are tracking in Family Tree Maker Polish surnames. Our project besides tracking the Byzewski family links is to try and get as much information on our coattail relatives. Between 1885-1930 in the Warsaw/Minto/Grafton/Drayton/Manvel/Grand Forks areas of Walsh County and centered in Acton/Pulaski/Walshville/Ardoch and Harriston townships, and ,Oslo/Warren Minn in Marshall Co it was basically Poles marrying Poles. This was actually happening to our other Byzewski family connection near Foley Minnesota including Benton/Alberta County and the towns of Brennyville,Gilman, St Cloud and Sauk Rapids. Currently we have a database of 8000 names. We would like to share/trade information on the below families.Contact us at following e-mail addresses. sherlynmeiers@invisimax.com or byzewski@hotmail.com or Pelagic_boy@hotmail.com Thanks for you interest. 1. The following are the (main names-Descendants) we are tracking in North Dakota/Red river side of Minnesota in Marshall county… Altendorf,(Hubert and Julia Duray), ) Babinski (Albert (Wojciech) Frances Osowski), Bolek, (Peter and Katherine Mihalik), Bushaw, (Pascal and Eliza), Byzewski, August and Julianna Byzewski), Campbell, Joseph and Alphonsine Harel),Czapiewski, Andrew and Jacob who married Clara Derdowski and Catherine Warszinski), Dauksavage, John and Josephine Schriber), Duray,( Wojciech& Apolonia Stoltman), Ebertowski, Mathias& Agnes Wielantz), Feltman,(Joseph&Eleanor Czapiewski),Gerszewski), Tomasz&Regina Zygmanski), Ginter, (Michael&Mary Ann (Tzarchek) Pishlazek), Gornowicz, (Martin&Agatha Pokrzywinski), Gourde, Joseph,Sr&Philomene Pageotte), Grabanski, (Valentine &Maryanne Lorbiecki),Grembowski, (John&Apolonia Czapiewski),Grzadzieleski,(Thomas&Mary Przybilski),Grzeskowiak Mike&Rosie Knaus), Gudajtes,Anton and Johanna Byzewski),,Janikowski, Leon& Elizabeth Bruski), ,Kamrowski, Vincent& Anstasia Machlin), Kasprick,(John& Anna Rolczynski), Kiedrowski,(Damazi& Mary Stoltman), Knaus,(Louis,Sr&! Katie Gornowicz), Kosmatka,(Joseph,Sr& Mary Kulas), Kowalczik,(Stanley,Sr& Stella Gonsorowski, Kulas,(Jacob& Josephine Kiedrowski), Lizakowski(Jozef& Katarzyna Marianna Zuroch Czapiewska), Marynik,(James& Mary Bulik), Maszk(Johann& Katharina Brzeska), Misialek(Christopher& Josephine Zola), Mozinski , Lawrence(Loren)& Anna Skrzewkowski), Narloch, Frank& Maryanna Waska), Osowski, (Joseph& Rose Slominski), Paschke , Michael& Catharine Weira), Passa, Frank& Mary Narloch), Perkerewicz, (Peter& Magdalena Wilkowska), Plutowski,(Nickoderma& Juliana Rolczynski), Pokrzywinski(Martin& Josephine Kniter), Riske,(Julius& Rosalie Stebar),Rogalla, (Apolinary & Mary Anna Narloch), Rudnik, Albert &Mary..),Sass,( Stanislaus& Catherina Mizelek), Schuster,(Edward& Maryann Plutowski), Sevigny,(Alfred& Eudoxie LaBerge), Slominski(Joseph& Francis Moga), Stanislowski,(Thomas& Marcia Ann Stencil),Stencil, (Jacob& Margaret,,,), Stygar, John (Jan)& Agatha Wojcek), Walski, (John& Josephine Kobierzinski), Warczak, (Josef& Elizabeth Rogalla), Wosick, (George& Adelaida Teske/ Antonia Cermasky/ Augusta Byzewski Pruski), Wysocki,(Theodore,Sr& Emma Rose Eyscoki), Zola, (John& Apolonia Bolek), 2. The following are the (main names-Descendants) we are tracking in Minnesota Benton/Alberta County. Albright, (Frank& Catherine Polczinski), Bible, (Enoch& Amelia Otilia Kasner), Bollman, (Martin& Marianna Biegner), Byzewski, (Anton& Anna Marianna Bollman), ,Dahler,(or Dehler) Florence V& Catherine E…), Freeze, (James Greene & Adeline Anna Byzewski), Kasner, Martin& Marianna Ceynowa), Kaufman, Joseph Frank& Rose Helen Byzewski), Kornovich, (Michael&Clara Bible), Kurr, (August& Ameila Albertina Bollman), Pattock, (John& Alma B.),. Plombon, (Joseph P& Johanna Kasner), Skaja, (John and Catherine),

I am searching for information on my Grandmother, Elizabeth Ruhr, b/April 23, 1854 in St. Louis, MO., d/July 26, 1913 in Mayhew Lake, Benton Cty., MN. Her Father was Bernard Ruhr, Mother Anna Brunert. She married George S. Reller Jr. January 20, 1874 in Meisville, Dakota County, MN. I have her obit, but no dates on her parents and nothing on siblings. Would greatly appreciate any information regarding her and any of the Rellerhenrich/Reller family. Thank You in Advance Dorothy Reller Baker

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/55 Message Board Post: I am looking for descendants of the Wenzel Zika family who settled in Sauk Rapids.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/54.1 Message Board Post: Allison: A photo of William Jochum's livery barn in Sauk Rapids is on page 62 of my book: "Sauk Rapids and Benton County." The barn burnt down in the 1930's in one of the worst fires in Sauk Rapids History. Ron Zurek http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnbenton/webdoc9.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JOCHEM STRASSBURGER COATES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/54 Message Board Post: Looking for info on ADAM JOCHEM. Wife was Minna (Wilhelmine) children William, Adam and Jacob. Moved to Sauk Rapids in 1884 from Mequon, Wisconson. Owned or was a partner in a Brewery. I believe the Business was lost in the Cyclone that hit Sauk Rapids in 1886. Son Adam married a girl named Hilda Bertina but don't know her maiden name. Jacob married Ada Coates. Adam (Jr) and Jacob immigrated to Alberta, Canada in the early 1900's.

BlankInterested in contacting anyone with information related to the following names: Stellmach, Skaja, Starr, Sauer, Schreifels. Also related to Popp, Bonovsky, Lien.

Hello veterans and newbies of the rootsweb. There are some really great folks who are willing to help just for the asking. I, myself do Volunteer research at Andersonville Civil War Prison in Andersonville Georgia. There are Any research I do is absolutely at NO cost and I am willing to do what I can. There are 259 prisoners on record from the state of Minnesota and more than 100 who died here, I thought I would send my offer. I feel the need to say I am not in anyway trying to focus on the horrors of Andersonville compared to any POW camp in the north ..( i.e.Elmira ) or any others and do not wish to stir up arguments on this site. My focus is dedicated to ALL of those held prisoner during this war , on both sides as well as all Americans who gave their freedoms for those that we enjoy today.. I just happen to be near Andersonville so this is where I do my work Here are my sources of research. There are 2 online databases to do lookups.....One by name...one by Company and Regiment. I also have a copy of the Dorence Atwater Death list which has the names and grave numbers of 12960 graves with only 460 marked as " UNKNOWN " This along with a CD I have which contains 34,000 names of the 45,000 who were imprisoned there which helps me find prisoner records because of misspellings of the names or alternate names. I visit the prison site every couple of weeks and have access to the onsite databases as well as the physical files. I would like to let you know of another service I offer which is to take photos of graves for a small fee. Please do not consider this spam as my research offer is FREE for the asking and will be posted on this county site only once. If there is anything I can do in helping your research at Andersonville, please just ask. Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned and died in captivity while in the service to our country Kevn Frye Local Andersonville Historian / National Park Service Volunteer http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html AOL USERS go to http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/34.1 Message Board Post: THERE ARE SOME MONIGANS IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA AND EAST ST LOUIS ILL MY CHILDREN ARE MONIGAN I WAS MARRIED TO ONE BUT WE ARE BLACK IRSH

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Connelly//Matthews Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/53 Message Board Post: I am looking for the Nora Connelly family who lived in Ronneby, Benton County, MN in the early 1900's. Nora Connelly raised my father-in-law, William Matthews, who's mother died soon after his birth in Midland, Michigan. I'm am looking for Nora Connelly's husband's name and also her maiden name. Thanks for any help you can give me in this search. B. Matthews

I have a Clara Balder b. 7/6/1900 d. 1/17/1959 m. Frank Winkelman in my family tree, and a photo and caption of a Theresa Balder who married Joseph Kampa and settled in St. George Township. They are on page 39 of my new book, "Sauk Rapids and Benton County" by Ronald Christopher Zurek ISBN 073851960X. Book is available online with the publisher arcadiapublishing.com, or through amazon.com and Barnes and Noble Dot Com (www.bn.com). Also, the St. Cloud Public Library and Foley Public Library have reference copies. A good place to research family history is the Benton County Historical Society Museum located in Sauk Rapids. Please see my reference page at www.rootsweb.com/~mnbenton/webdoc6.htm for further details on the historical society and what is in their collection. Good luck in your research. Ron Zurek Benton County Coordinator MNGenWeb/USGenWeb Project

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any information on my great great great grandfather, Martin Herbst. b. 1 Nov 1844 in Baden, Germany d. 7 dec 1913. He married Caroline Ann Balder. Here is the only information I have concerning him Married in the old log Catholic Church in Duelm, MN. They had seven children, namely: Joseph, Charles, Albert, Adolph, Clara, William and Alma. The Catholic Church in which they were married in was built by Lawrence Balzer. He was the oldest pioneer living in Benton Co., so the church was given the name `St. Lawrence`. His father died at an early age and his mother remarried. The step father didn't like Martin and made him sleep in the stable. Martin Herbst came to America with his maternal uncle 1853 at the age of nine years. Settled in Indiana where they farmed until 1865. Martin went north to St. Cloud, Mn. There he was employed by the freight company for almost five years. Because of the independence he had found in farming, it induced him to take a homestead in St. George Township in Benton Co. in 1869. Thank you