If there is someone who has access to Itasca newspapers who would be willing to look up and copy about 8 obits, please email me [email protected] Thanks. Connie Bradbury

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Minoff or Mineff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZGB.2ACE/359 Message Board Post: Is there a site with Alien Registration Records online? I'm looking for information about Steve Minoff, who was born in Bulgaria. His 'Alien Registration Record' is from Marble, Itasca. He was 33 at the time of application. I couldn't find a phonebook of Marble online to check for the Minoff surname. I believe he could be my great-grandfather, so I would greatly appreciate any information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: simons/simonds Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZGB.2ACE/358 Message Board Post: Can someone do a look-up for me on LevI Putman Simonds (sometimes spelled Simons) He died of a freak accident involving a Super-Way gravel truck. He died 8/18/1924 in Deer River when my mother was 2 yrs. old. She has no pictures of him, or articles on this accident. I have recently acquired 3 newspaper articles, but no official obit. I was told that my grandmother had sued Super-Way but can't find any articles on it. Can someone please do a look-up to see if there was a lawsuit. I would love any kind of info for my mothers 82nd. birthday in Nov. thank you. [email protected]

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/ZGB.2ACE/357 Message Board Post: My grampa is James A. Root, married to Mary Mae Davis from Michigan. James was born in Canada, lived a brief time in NY then the family moved to MI. When he was 15 yrs. old he worked for the Belden Lumber Company in Chesaning, MI where a steam boiler blew up and his eyes were scalded leaving him virtually blind . . . could tell only daylight from dark. In 1910, as my mother related the story to me, they were living in Alliance, NB and a "cousin" from Grand Rapids who owned the local livery barn and hotel told him he would give him work if they came to live in Grand Rapids, so the family came by covered wagon to the local area. The cousin's name was Leonard Root, Foster Root is a descendant of Leonard. Anyway . . . I don't know that grampa ever did work for Leonard, but they ended up living north of Deer River until about 1917/18. Grampa worked for the Waleski Sawmill as did his son Clyde. Can anyone fill in any blanks here? did he work for Leonard? did they live in Grand Rapids for awhile? what took them north of Deer River? what kind of work was he able to perform at the sawmill? Questions, questions, all the time questions . . . will appreciate any feedback. Jeanine

Does anyone have any information on Robert Prather married to Edna Carlson from Effie area? They lived there in 40's - 90's with Edna passing away in 1961. I have little to no information on Edna's family. Any information would help. Thank you! --------- Have you tried sending this out on the Prather mailing list? I have Prathers, but not this one.

I went to school with Robert Prather's children. And they were neighbors of ours in North Busti (Effie). I can probably get some info for you when I go up to Bigfork to visit my mother at the Nursing home this fall. I also need to go to the cemetery and clean some stones that are getting bad. I got married and moved in 1955 so was not there when Edna passed away. gayle > > Does anyone have any information on Robert Prather married to Edna Carlson from Effie area? They lived there in 40's - 90's with Edna passing away in 1961. I have little to no information on Edna's family. Any information would help. Thank you!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZGB.2ACE/356 Message Board Post: I'm looking for Herman Didrik Johnson, born 1-18-1877 in Clayton, Winnebago, WI. Is this the same Herman I am researching? Can anyone give me any further information?

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/ZGB.2ACE/355 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any information on Robert Prather married to Edna Carlson from Effie area? They lived there in 40's - 90's with Edna passing away in 1961. I have little to no information on Edna's family. Any information would help. Thank you!

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/ZGB.2ACE/53.133.1 Message Board Post: There is a place called the Joyce Estate on Trout Lake - 20 miles north of Grand Rapids that was also called "Nopeming", or "going out in the country". This was a summer estate owned by the Joyce family, a wealthy logging family, and build initially by David Gage Joyce in 1917. The Joyce Estate was sold to the United States Forrest Service in 1974, and is now a "semi-primative nonmotorized" 4500 acre land tract open to camping. There is a great book called "Timber Connections - the Joyce Lumber Story" that tells the story of the family, and has a large chapter on the Joyce Estate, complete with pictures.

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/ZGB.2ACE/33.160.1 Message Board Post: is the following buried at Graf Cemetery? John Rooney, Libbie or Lizzie Layman Rooney Nagles.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hoss Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZGB.2ACE/354 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on the HOSS family of Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota. George Edward Hoss was born 15 Dec 1902 in Faith, MN and died 19 April 1993 in Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota. Any information on him, wife, children would be helpful. Thank you

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/ZGB.2ACE/298.1 Message Board Post: The man in charge of the Bigfork Cemetery is Jerry Poole 218-743-3711 He may be able to help you.

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/ZGB.2ACE/307.1 Message Board Post: Guy L. MOORE 1874-1959 12-15-1959 Bertha Ann MOORE 1876-1942 12-16-1942 born Iowa They are buried in Wildwood Cemetery in Cohasset, MN There are also other people by that name in the same lot. Iva D 17 March 1917 - 25 September 1987 Robert 7 January 1912 - 2 November 1992 born Mankato, MN died Bovey, MN Iva D GEISDORF died 1987 no other records I found this information in the Minnesota Cemeteries, Itasca County Volume 5 published by the Itasca Genealogy Club Box 261 Bovey, MN 55709

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Matthews, Brown, Cady, Colburn, Sisler, Mullen, Barnard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZGB.2ACE/35.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Cousin, In response to both your emails: I have the same picture. Standing L-R is Arthur Coburn, Parley Rander Colburn, James Fitz Matthews, Clark Colburn and sitting L-R is Charles Clyde Colburn. The gentleman sitting next to Charles is unknown at this time. This info was given to me by my 2nd cousin Jim Matthews in Minnesota. I have the same info regarding Eliza. She was born in Milford, Indiana, and her death date is June 12, 1927. Let me know how and what form you wish to use to share this information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fairbanks, Stewart, Loomis, Rothenberg Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/ZGB.2ACE/353 Message Board Post: Seek info on Norman D. Fairbanks, and wife Annie. They had 6 children, Frances m Thomas Stewart, Bessie married Richard Loomis, Norman, Lillian m Robert D. Rothenberg, Eugene and Mandel. Norman also had a brother Benjamin living with him. A note I found says Bernie Fairbanks d 1906 and was first to be buried at Goodland Cem. Would appreciate any info on this family and will be glad to share what I have.

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/ZGB.2ACE/35.2.1 Message Board Post: Hello Cousin - Eliza's maiden name was Cady - She is listed in the 1900 ND census as living with Parley Colburn and also in the 1910 ND census as living with Charles - which makes sense because my dad always told me his grandmother raised him after his mother died. The census shows her as born in Indiana and she died in Kent, Washington in June of 1927. She was staying with Aunt Jo. Marilyn is Doris' daughter and much more knowledgeable about the Matthews clan as they all lived in Grand Rapids, MN. I wrote at one point to the city clerk in Grand Rapids and she sent me a bunch of cemetery info on the family which I will be glad to share.

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/ZGB.2ACE/178.1 Message Board Post: Tammy, I'm looking for the same people. My name is Alice Marie Avery. William Avery is my father. He married my mother while at boot camp. They were married in Leaksville, Miss back in 1955. They stayed together only a short time, she then went back to stay with her mother, Nettie McAteer and her father Jim. I've tried looking for you but haven't been able to find you either. Your posting is the only one I've ever come across in all the years I've looked. [email protected]

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/ZGB.2ACE/352.1 Message Board Post: correction: birthdate for John A. Rydberg, son of Swan A. Rydberg, is 1898 per 1910 census.

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/ZGB.2ACE/352 Message Board Post: I am searching for information about the Swan A. RYDBERG family that lived near Bovey, Itasca Co, MN. I would very much like to contact anyone who knew any of these people or their children. If there is a volunteer in Itasca Co, who might check for info at the local historical center for me or look for obituaries in the local paper I would greatly appreciate that. I have begun to put together some family names: 1 Swan August Johansson RYDBERG 1867 - 1943 .+M. Bertha (or Beret) (perhaps CHRISTIANSON) 1867 - .2 Marie C. RYDBERG 1895 - .2 Carolina A. RYDBERG 1897 - .2 John A. RYDBERG 1896 - ..... +Edna ............3 John RYDBERG .2 Clara RYDBERG 1900 - ..... +CLUNE .2 Hilda J. RYDBERG 1903 - .2 Arthur B. RYDBERG 1905 - .2 Olaf S. RYDBERG 1906 - 1970 ..... +possibly Ruth 1909 - 1980 .2 Carl J. RYDBERG 1908 - The following data maybe helpful in searching for information on the Rydberg family. RYDBERG, SWAN A. CertID# 1943-MN-006301 Date of Death:08/30/1943 County of Death: ITASCA RYDBERG, BERET MARIE CertID# 1941-MN-006469 Date of Death: 02/23/1941 County of Death: ITASCA RYDBERG, SWAN OLAF CertID# 1970-MN-011965 Date of Birth:03/30/1906 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA Mother Maiden Name: CHRISTENSEN RYDBERG, RUTH M. CertID# 1980-MN-003571 Date of Birth:10/25/1909 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA Mother Maiden Name: COTTON CLUNE, CLARA RYDBERG CertID# 1996-MN-028228 Date of Birth:01/07/1900 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA Date of Death:10/18/1996 County of Death: ITASCA Mother Maiden Name: CHRISTIANSEN RYDBERG, EINAR SIGURD CertID# 1957-MN-007511 Date of Birth:06/14/1891 Mother Maiden Name: SVENSSON RYDBERG, JOHN ARNOLD CertID# 1981-MN-028246 Date of Birth:01/27/1898 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA Mother Maiden Name: CHRISTIANSON Date of Death:10/29/1981 County of Death: KANDIYOHI Thanks for any help. Mary Rydberg

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/ZGB.2ACE/351 Message Board Post: Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to donate their old genealogy books to me. I am looking to open a genealogy library in California after I receive my masters in Library Science. (probably at least 4 years from now). Also, if anyone wants to send their family pedigrees or history to me that would be great too! Feel free to email me with any questions. Thank you! Amy