Posted on: Sibley Co. Mn Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mn/Sibley/10028 Surname: BARAN, BARON, BARRON, GAFFKE ------------------------- CAN ANYBODY ADVISE ON BEST WAY TO GET ANY INFORMATION (OBITUARY, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, DEATH CERTIFICATE, OR ANYTHING ELSE) FOR MARY BARAN (POSSIBLY BARON OR BARRON)(POSSIBLY MARY ANN); SHE WAS WIDOW OF JOSEPH(?) BARAN, AND MOTHER OF JOSEPH BARAN AND JACOB BARAN OF ST. CLOUD. SHE DIED IN HENDERSON, SIBLEY COUNTY, MINN ON OR ABOUT 20 DECEMBER 1903, AT AN OLD AGE--PROBABLY IN HER 80'S OR MORE. MAIDEN NAME BELIEVED TO BE GAFFKE; WAS FROM ZARNOWITZ, PRUSSIA, CAME TO USA IN 1873. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY IDEAS OR LEADS. THANKS !! DAVE FAESSEL PALM DESERT CA