At 03:24 PM 5/23/2007, you wrote: >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. If Catholic, probably in Calvary Cemetery; if not, could be in Oakland. There were a couple of other cemeteries too where Germans were buried -- check the dates in the list at <http://www.parkbooks.com/MnGenWeb/cem.html> > >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. There is a book on the St Paul police and firefighters -- it gives biographies, etc. I think the MN Historical Society has a copy. And of course there is both a 1875 State census and a 1880 Federal census to check for the wife's name and the children. >If anyone could please lookup LAUF in any of your St. Paul books, I >would really appreciate it. Neither appears in the City Directory Death Dates book, which is the only book I use for lookups. Mary Mary Bakeman [email protected] Ramsey MnGenWeb Coordintor http://www.parkbooks.com/MnGenWeb/ Park Genealogical Books http://www.parkbooks.com/