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/wIB.2ACI/271.1 Message Board Post: I am in Willmar, Minnesota, for a few weeks this summer and was in the Willmar library today and found the following index card for the Willmar Tribune issues March 13, 1918, page 1; March 20, 1918, page 4 Fahlun column: Swan J. Walgren died March 6, 1918, at Minneapolis at son John's; born April 16, 1851, Skaraborg's lan, Sweden; Fahlun resident; to U.S. in 1882; lived Kandiyohi County 29 years; to Mpls. 7 years ago; 3 children: John, Elmer, William all of Mpls; 3 brothers Aug (August?) Weedall, Gust Strom, P. A. Weedall, 5 sisters not named, buried Tripolis Cemetery ********** According to the Kandiyohi County cemetery index at the Willmar library: Andrea and Swan J. Walgren buried Tripolis Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Tripolis, Minnesota: Swan--4/16/1851-3/6/1918 Andrea (Catarina)--4/28/1857-6/28/1892 ********** If you want additional information or copies of the Willmar Tribune issues mentioned, you may contact the following: There is a group of genealogy volunteers in Willmar called the Heritage Searchers of Kandiyohi County. They will do research for this county. The research is done by member volunteers. Costs charged in the past were as follows: Brief check of available indexes is $5. In-depth search is $10 per hour. Extensive photocopies and Certified Document Fees are additional. A Family Group Sheet and SASE are appreciated. Heritage Searchers of Kandiyohi County P. O. Box 175 Willmar, MN 56201-0175 Good luck.