Hello, i am a new listener and need help from germany. In the Minnesota Death Index 1997-2002 is listed: > > Given Name: JOHN > Surname: LADZIKOWSKI > Death Date: 01/07/1961 00:00:00 > Birth Date: 03/01/1900 00:00:00 > Mother's Maiden Name: UNKNOWN > Death County: HENNEPIN > State File Number: 021244 > > Has anybody an idea how i can get an obituary from John. Maybe an > E-mail-adress > from somebody, who does lookups in Hennepin .... > I have no idea how big is hennepin and how much newspaper there might be. > > Greetings from germany Thomas Ladzik www.ladzik.de

In a message dated 9/19/03 10:58:34 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << I can't find my fat file on Ard and his houses, but can tell you to call Woman's Club and someone will call you back, and depending on what you are after, you might call Hennepin County History Museum 'cause they have supplied some furnishings, I believe. Happy Historical Trails, Robert P. Mosedale Bloodhound Research, P. A. [email protected] >> I have neveer been in it, have worked by it many times. In fact will be working by it this week. It is on the southwest corner of Central and University, a small yellow house set at the back of a park. Annie in Minnesota

Address a little mysterious. Hennepin County History Museum has Directories from this era. Happy Historical Trails, Robert P. Mosedale Bloodhound Research, P. A. [email protected]

I can't find my fat file on Ard and his houses, but can tell you to call Woman's Club and someone will call you back, and depending on what you are after, you might call Hennepin County History Museum 'cause they have supplied some furnishings, I believe. Happy Historical Trails, Robert P. Mosedale Bloodhound Research, P. A. [email protected]

You can find contact info for the Godfrey House at http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/mces/ci/trip/hagh.html The Godfrey House is a project of the Women's Club - members, dressed in period clothing, volunteer as tour guides - but public tours are only available in summer months. One fun exception is near Christmas when the house is decorated and children are invited to bring dolls and teddy bears. It's a fascinating tour - I've taken it 3-4 times. Some of the furnishings were donated by a Godfrey family member. Hope this helps! Shawne FitzGerald

Wonder if any one out there has any info on a Grocery Store at 4119-421 14th Ave S.E. about 1895-96 It was owned by a FRANK L.BENJAMIN Thanks for any help. I am following the BENJAMIN line

I'd like to get in touch with someone who is familiar with the furnishings of the Ard Godfrey House. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would certainly appreciate the help. Shirley Ann Crohn Minneapolis, MN RESEARCHING -- CROHN***RASMUSSEN***ROBERTSON***RAMSDEN ECK***TOWLE***BESSE***SMITH MANAHAN***WENDT***WOOLAVER***LINDSEY***KIRBY***KAMPF

For anyone interested in viewing old panoramic maps this is a great site! View maps of many cities and towns in the entire US from 1847-1929. They show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective. I've added a link on the Hennepin site as well. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html Claudia Schuman - Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnhennep/ http://hennbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://fdlbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnscott/index.htm

You're most welcome, been doing genealogy for over 30 years and for the most part people are very helpful. I had a lady when I first started genealogy that was so utterly rude to me that I'm surprised that I didn't just quit. But I'm a stubborn woman, lol Good luck with your searches. Franki ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 11:14 PM Subject: [MNHENNEP] Cemetery Records Mpls - thank you! > Dear Franki, Jo, Micki, Claudia and M.E., > > Thank you so much for your help with the Lakewood and Crystal Lake Cemeteries > in Minneapolis. My past experiences were with Chicago cemeteries, and they > were very unwilling to part with any information. One required a $25 fee! And > for only one name. You are very encouraging that I will have better luck at > both of the above cemeteries. The Lakewood website is wonderful - found some > other family members as well. They have a nice feature that allows you to see > plot numbers which helps verify a family connection. > > You folks are great. Thank you so much for your help. Sounds like I have > some homework to do! > > Sincerely, > Katherine > Bellingham, Washington > > >

Dear Franki, Jo, Micki, Claudia and M.E., Thank you so much for your help with the Lakewood and Crystal Lake Cemeteries in Minneapolis. My past experiences were with Chicago cemeteries, and they were very unwilling to part with any information. One required a $25 fee! And for only one name. You are very encouraging that I will have better luck at both of the above cemeteries. The Lakewood website is wonderful - found some other family members as well. They have a nice feature that allows you to see plot numbers which helps verify a family connection. You folks are great. Thank you so much for your help. Sounds like I have some homework to do! Sincerely, Katherine Bellingham, Washington

I had no trouble from lakewood, they were very helpful.....Micki in Minnesota >From: "Franki Loring" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Cemeteries in Minneapolis >Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 04:10:28 -0700 > >I have gotten records from Crystal Lake just by writing and requesting >them. >They were very helpful to me. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 11:42 PM >Subject: [MNHENNEP] Cemeteries in Minneapolis > > > > Dear Hennepin County list, > > > > I was wondering whether any of you had any luck requesting records from > > Crystal Lake Cemetery in North Minneapolis. Or Lakewood Cemetery in >Minneapolis, > > on Lake Calhoun. Any tips for me on requesting records? I do have their >phone > > numbers and addresses. Thank you very much for your suggestions. > > > > Sincerely, > > Katherine > > Bellingham, Washington > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with MSN Messenger 6.0 -- download now! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_general

Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, has a website with search capabilities: http://www.lakewoodcemetery.com/f_welcome.htm They even provide their phone number on the search page, which is encouraging.

Sorry, addressed my response to "Mary" and it should have been MARGE Perry!! Claudia Schuman - Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnhennep/ http://hennbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://fdlbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnscott/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Perry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 6:00 PM Subject: [MNHENNEP] Minnetrista Baptist Cemetery > Good afternoon, > Could someone please tell me who holds the cemetery records for Minnetrista Baptist Cemetery in Hennepin County? > > Searching for information on Frank LUEDTKE and wife Ida [Beise] LUEDTKE both buried in Minnetrista Baptist Cemetery. They appear in the 1910,1920 and 1930 censuses in Laketown Township. > Would love to hear from anyone who has knowledge of this family. Am searching for the parents of Frank LUEDTKE b. 1864 in Pommern, Prussia. > Thank you > > Marge Perry > On a very warm, sunny, Southern California afternoon. >

Mary Perry, Have you checked for their death records to get the exact name of the cemetery? The death indexes for MN are online with a searchable database at http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm There are volunteers on the Hennepin County GenWeb site who do lookups for obituaries and will provide copies of the original death certificates as well. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnhennep/ Claudia Schuman - Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnhennep/ http://hennbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://fdlbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnscott/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Perry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 6:00 PM Subject: [MNHENNEP] Minnetrista Baptist Cemetery > Good afternoon, > Could someone please tell me who holds the cemetery records for Minnetrista Baptist Cemetery in Hennepin County? > > Searching for information on Frank LUEDTKE and wife Ida [Beise] LUEDTKE both buried in Minnetrista Baptist Cemetery. They appear in the 1910,1920 and 1930 censuses in Laketown Township. > Would love to hear from anyone who has knowledge of this family. Am searching for the parents of Frank LUEDTKE b. 1864 in Pommern, Prussia. > Thank you > > Marge Perry > On a very warm, sunny, Southern California afternoon. >

Katherine, Both cemeteries maintain records and have full time staff during the day. In the past they have been very good at copying and providing records. From Crystal Lake I received a copy of the record card which included the information on all persons buried in the (6 person) plot, the date of death (if known) and date of burial for all 6 persons along with the name of the owner of the plot. It does not include what is noted on the gravemarker or even if there is a gravemarker. Lakewood provides similar records for the individual but not of the entire plot. I do not know if they will give the information over the phone, but certainly when I requested it in person they gave it freely without requiring any evidence of who I was or why I wanted the information. Recently I encountered a different situation in Chicago where all they would tell us was where the individual was buried. Any additional information they had was available only with a written request and $10. Strange thing was we couldn't give them the written request and pay the $10, it had to be mailed to them. Seems to me that it was simply for the sake of inconveniencing the individual requesting the records. After all, the clerk pulled the record up and told us what was available on it (they differ in info) and yet we couldn't pay to have it copied while the clerk had it in his hand. So he will have to pull it and copy it at a later date - talk about double work. That said - I don't know if this trend has hit Minneapolis yet, I requested my records from Crystal Lake and Lakewood quite a few years ago. Jo

I have gotten records from Crystal Lake just by writing and requesting them. They were very helpful to me. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 11:42 PM Subject: [MNHENNEP] Cemeteries in Minneapolis > Dear Hennepin County list, > > I was wondering whether any of you had any luck requesting records from > Crystal Lake Cemetery in North Minneapolis. Or Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, > on Lake Calhoun. Any tips for me on requesting records? I do have their phone > numbers and addresses. Thank you very much for your suggestions. > > Sincerely, > Katherine > Bellingham, Washington > >

Dear Hennepin County list, I was wondering whether any of you had any luck requesting records from Crystal Lake Cemetery in North Minneapolis. Or Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, on Lake Calhoun. Any tips for me on requesting records? I do have their phone numbers and addresses. Thank you very much for your suggestions. Sincerely, Katherine Bellingham, Washington

Good afternoon, Could someone please tell me who holds the cemetery records for Minnetrista Baptist Cemetery in Hennepin County? Searching for information on Frank LUEDTKE and wife Ida [Beise] LUEDTKE both buried in Minnetrista Baptist Cemetery. They appear in the 1910,1920 and 1930 censuses in Laketown Township. Would love to hear from anyone who has knowledge of this family. Am searching for the parents of Frank LUEDTKE b. 1864 in Pommern, Prussia. Thank you Marge Perry On a very warm, sunny, Southern California afternoon.

Hello, List I sure hope that someone will be able to help me. I am looking for a Thomas Clohessy b. 1891 d. 08-23-1952 . In 1930 census with wife Helen, and two twin daughters, Mary and Helen in Hennepin, Co MN. Twins born in 1920 and wife Helen born in 1891. I am looking for obits, phone directories, marriages of daughters, really anything. Thank you in advance for you time and efforts!! Jennifer Rogers

I am researching the Loudon family who left Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland and arrived in MN about 1881. John (1833-1912) and his wife Mary Gilmore Shaw Loudon had several children but I am unable to find out how everyone is related. I have not found them in in 1890-1910 Census.. On John's Death certificate the informant was W.S. Loudon. Probable son John Loudon death April.10-1924 Hennepin Co. MN lived at 4035 Queen S, lived in Mpls 42 yrs wife Lenore Occupation - Buyer Father John Loudon Mother Mary G Shaw both of Scotland Informant: George Loudon 2735 Emerson S died of Bron Pneumonia buried Lakewood Cemetery Mpls Informant George (1861-1930) is my husband's g grandfather. He married Florence Swain 1885 in WI. I can only find one child, George Swain Loudon (1887-1921). We have a list of letters George Swain received in 1913 and several mention relationship I would like proof of relationships. Possible family names and connections: Hugh R. Loudon - brother in Chicago 1913; a brother in Winnipeg 1913; Will S. Loudon, Excelsior, MN 1913; ? Sas or Jas Loudon 705 Main Winnipeg 1913; Mrs J?? Loudon - Mpls 1913; Flossie - Excelsior MN; B. F. Swain 911 Plymouth Bldg Mpls 1913; Aunt Jean in Mpls 1913; Aunt Agnes L. Reel 1112 Harmon Pl Mpls; Mrs. Gladys French 544 Etavia S. F. Ca; Dr S. Loudon - brother Plymouth Bldg Mpls; W. R. Loudon - brother Chicago Ill; Alice P. Mc Elroy may be child Mpls. Does anyone know of any of these people? I would like to share my information and photos. Marcia