Hello once again, I, too, seem to have forgotten to give the reaoning for posting my query in Polk Co. I am assuming that although my great great grandparents no longer lived in Climax, they yet had alot of family there and perhaps something about Lars' death may have been in the local paper. Regards, Ray Carol Niewinski wrote: > Posted on: Polk County Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mn/Polk/520 > > Surname: STORTROEN > ------------------------- > > Forgot to mention that Wilton is in Beltrami Co. So you would want to contact > The Pioneer, 1320 Neilsen Ave. SW, Bemidji, MN 56601. 218-751-3740. FAX > 218-751-6914. Or Beltrami County Historical Society, 7301 Frontage Rd. > NW, Bemidji, MN 56601. 218-751-7824. > > You can write to the courthouse for a a death record if you have a close > date for death. The number is 218-755-1922. This is the only number listed > and must be for the hospitality area. This is where the records are kept > and they have very nice accomodations for researchers. When I was last > there they had a table set up right outside the vault where the records > are kept and a coffee pot to help yourself!