P.S. re Civil War soldiers in MN: The History Center has books of indices to the correspondence between Vets living in the area & the offices regulating pensions for Civil War survivors and/or their widows. I found entries for a friend; the index contained a summary of when & where the vet married, etc. --He was Mucho lucky... Kate On May 23 2007, Scott Renstrom wrote: >Do you know if he was Catholic or Lutheran? It could help greatly in >the search for records. Also, the Saint Paul Police Department has a >historical area set up that may be able to help explore Mr. Lauf's >professional life. A good friend of mine is an Asst. Chief and could >probably lend some aid. > >Scott Renstrom > >>>> "Karen McPherson" <[email protected]> 5/23/2007 4:24 PM >>> >I am trying to help someone in Germany research their family in the >states. We know that Charles (also Carl/Karl) Lauf was born in Germany >in 1836 and immigrated about 1858. He served in the Civil War (PA) and >ended up in St. Paul. He sent two letters from St. Paul to Germany, one >in 1873 and the other in 1876, that my friend has in his possession. >They mention the following things that I hope a St. Paul researcher can >help me with: > >Charles' wife's name was Lizzie, and she died prob. between Jan 1872 >and Jan 1873. Charles purchased a large white Italian marble tombstone >for her gravesite. > >>From the fall of Sept 1872 he was in the St. Paul area and was the >Captain of Police. He had one sargent and 26 enlisted men. He made >$100/month salary. In 1876 he stated that he had been the police captain >for 4 yrs. and had two children. I suspect he had a new wife then, as >he didn't mention any children in the previous letters that he sent. > >If anyone could please lookup LAUF in any of your St. Paul books, I >would really appreciate it. > >Karen