Erik Have you checked the Minnesota Death Index for these folks? It would give you date of death, where they were born, and mother's maiden name in most cases since they were fairly recent. Do you know where they are buried? If so you might get some information by contacting the cemetery. Due to privacy laws they may not be able to give you alot of information since the deaths are so recent. But I have found that it depends on the cemetery. If they can tell you the name of the mortuary that handled the arrangements then you might locate what church they were affiliated with, and contact the church for assistance. But confidentiality laws are quite strict so finding information on living relatives is extremely difficult. You might do a white pages search, using the internet, and look for families with this last name that are in the Mineapolis area and then write them personal letters asking if they are related to the people you are researching. The Minneapolis-St Paul metropolitan area is approximately 2 million people so you might find a few folks with the last name you are researching. You would need to explain your relationship and maybe even provide proof as people are getting pretty wary of such things due to all the identity theft and all. Also, at the GenWeb site there are people who will do obituary look-ups. The obituary would give you some helpful information as well. Jo

Hi Jo. I have searched for them in Minnesota ,and I have the parents names ,and when they are born ,etc. I don`t know where they are buried ,but I guess it`s in Hennepin County. I have the white pages ,for Minnesota ,but came up with NO ONE. Julius Ween`s wife was named Stradtmann as surname. I have tried that too. It is a Stradtmann in St. Paul ,but she or her father which also is a Stradtmann had never heard about them. Erik ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Ween > Erik > > Have you checked the Minnesota Death Index for these folks? It would give > you date of death, where they were born, and mother's maiden name in most cases > since they were fairly recent. > Do you know where they are buried? If so you might get some information by > contacting the cemetery. Due to privacy laws they may not be able to give you > alot of information since the deaths are so recent. But I have found that it > depends on the cemetery. If they can tell you the name of the mortuary that > handled the arrangements then you might locate what church they were affiliated > with, and contact the church for assistance. > > But confidentiality laws are quite strict so finding information on living > relatives is extremely difficult. > > You might do a white pages search, using the internet, and look for families > with this last name that are in the Mineapolis area and then write them > personal letters asking if they are related to the people you are researching. The > Minneapolis-St Paul metropolitan area is approximately 2 million people so you > might find a few folks with the last name you are researching. You would need > to explain your relationship and maybe even provide proof as people are > getting pretty wary of such things due to all the identity theft and all. > > Also, at the GenWeb site there are people who will do obituary look-ups. The > obituary would give you some helpful information as well. > > Jo > > > >