This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MNGenWeb Surnames: Mielke Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.kandiyohi/348.4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is also Heritage Searchers. Info on them is over half way down on this page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnkandiy/resource.htm And the next link says they have county wide cemetery index. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnkandiy/Cemeteries.htm And an address for the Raymond News is here http://www.mnnews.com/newspapers/raymond.html I saw the death cert on Augusta Mielke. It says she died in Lone Tree Township, Chippewa County, MN. It says she is buried at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Raymond, MN (bottom right corner). It does not say that Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is in Lone Tree Township. I had to go to Willmar for some business. It was raining too much on the way to Willmar but on the way back it was not that bad. I checked out the cemetery on the Willmar side of Raymond. MN and found Rosina Mielke, 1911-1971, Mother William H Mielke, 1889-1969, Father They were about five markers from the east entrance. I started walking in circles around them about 40 feet across finding nothing else when the rain picked up. I will need to travel to Willmar again around mid April. Now what cemetery was it? I ran it past this next link. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=135:1:10644999597037206509 Why they have numbers like that is beyond me. On this government site, it will reload the page after you pick the state then it will reload the page after you pick the county then under "Feature Class" you select "cemetery". Interesting, the USGS data shows a Trinity Lutheran Cemetery about 2 miles north of Raymond on the Kandiyohi/Chippewa border. Well, I will drive by that area in mid April on the way to Willmar. The cemetery on the east side of Raymond, MN is Fairview Cemetery where Rosina and William Mielke were laid to rest. I knew I drove down that road looking for that church in SW corner of Section 1 Lone Tree Township. I attached a satelite image. It is hiding behind a farm woods. Notice the path coming off the gravel road to the north. Surrounded by evergreen trees leading to a box of evergreen trees and you can see the markers in rows. Click on the attached picture. Now I know why I missed it. I have to check on other queries. See ya in mid April. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.