According to the contact in Germany, the Lauf family was protestant. I would so appreciate it if you could ask your friend if he has any records for 1872-1876, the known years that Charles was the Police Captain. I highly suspect that the surname was anglicized in some way, since I cannot find any record of him at all in the US. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Renstrom" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:54 PM Subject: Re: [MNRAMSEY] (no subject) > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >