> >Suggestions re research: >1. If you live near St. Paul, and think that she or her relatives in MN >were not full citizens in (1918, I believe), the Alien Registration >questionaires asked for wonderful info: when and where born, when & where >you came to the U.S. (port, ship, etc.), if you had any relatives serving >in enemy armies (e.g., German), etc. > >My folks were all citizens long before then so it doesn't help me. > >2. A search of old city directories should give addresses and occupations >for any people in a household who were working, and the front of the >directories listed churches that existed that year, etc. An address plus >the church list might pin down the church in question. >Note: I believe these are all on ancestry.com. In the Minneapolis-St. Paul >metro area the libraries subscribe to Ancestry Library, so it can be >searched for free--but only (currently) in the libraries. > >3. Censuses can also be searched in certain libraries, or online in >ancestry.com. > >4. rootsweb.com--the "free" organization that aligned itself with >ancestry.com to survive economically--has lots of info, message boards that >can be consulted, etc. > >5. www.mnhs.org is the MN historical soc. address. Included in it is the >Death Index for MN death records from 1908 to about 1997 (with some earlier >records), and they have a birth index, too. > >Actual death certs can be copied from microfilm at the MN History >Center/Hist. Soc. library, and ordered through the library for a fee. > >6. Any church moved or destroyed to make way for a freeway would have been >covered in the St. Paul newspaper, which might have mentioned where the old >records were moved, etc. > >These are some avenues to try. >Good luck! > >Kate Shields > >On 27 May 2005, Mary Bakeman wrote: > > Can anyone help Linda? Please respond directly to her and to the list, as >I > > don't know if she's on the list or not. Ideas on places to look are >always > > helpful for the list! > > > > Mary > > List Mom > > > > >From: "Linda Kanthack" <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Ramsey County Query > > >Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:23:58 -0500 > > > > > >Hello, > > > > > >My great grandmother, Sophie Kanthack, was a life-long resident of St. > > >Paul. I have a news article noting her passing (which I believe was >1938) > > >in which they call her a "St. Paul Pioneer." I believe she married a > > >pastor and may have worked with him to establish one of the very >earliest > > >churches in St. Paul. I vaguely recall that it may have been a small > > >stone church surrounded by a stone wall. I'm fairly sure it was torn >down > > >for a freeway project many many years ago. She was my dad's grandma >and > > >all I remember him saying was that she arrived in America on a steamship > > > >with her uncle when she was 16, and that she was from Germany > > >(Bavaria?). And that she was already here in America when "the kaiser" > > > >was still in power in Germany(WWI?). > > > > > >Is there anything you can tell me about my great grandmother? Can you at > > > >least tell me where to start looking? My father's gone now (he died in > > >1986) and I am trying to piece together the details of his (and our) > > history. > > > > > >Thank you for your time. > > >Linda Kanthack > > >(daughter of Edward J Kanthack, granddaughter of Goldie Kanthack -nee > > >O'Donahue -unsure of the spelling, and great granddaughter of Sophie. I > > > >have no idea what my great grandfather's name was.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > >