This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/732.737.1055.1.1 Message Board Post: I found two records at Jacobs Prairie for Lucia Rausch. One was for a death of Anna Lehmann, 5 years old on 16 Aug. 1863 at Jacobs Prairie, MN. Anna was the daughter of Johann Lehmann & Lucia Rausch. The other was hard to decipher. I read "death of Peter 'Burgel', 'sonj/or conj' of Lucia Rausch, born 26 Nov. 1820; death was on 9 Oct. 1864 at Jacobs Prairie, MN." I do not know who this family was, but there are some Rausch family histories at the Stearns History Museum which concern non-Luxembourgers in the county. Maybe your Lucia will be found in one of those histories. Have you contacted the SHM yet?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Aschenbrenner, Kost, Friedrichs, Orth Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/900.900 Message Board Post: Sally, do you have anything on an Anton Herzog m: Theodora Kost, children Anna, Joseph, Margaretha, and Anton?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/175.185.1018.1036.1.1 Message Board Post: It's 9 PM here in CA - but it must be 3 AM whereever Ancestry.com is headquartered!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/175.185.1018.1036.1 Message Board Post: thanks! (where are you that it's 3:00 AM?)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/TJB.2ACI/175.185.1018.1036 Message Board Post: Hi Jean: Happy Birthday!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/96.816.1016.1 Message Board Post: Name sake? Where does"Blaise" name come from or who?Searching for all Avella Family Members for a reunion and exchange of information. MY Name is Amena Fe (Avella) Loder. My son is Blaise Joseph Avella Jr. , Born 16 July 1982, grandson to Lawrence and Gertrude Avella of New Jersey, Great grandson to John Ewald Loebel Birth:Aug.19 1883, Chemnitz Germany Death: July 1 1970 Wayne N.J. Moriss Richard Loebel Birth:July 2 1894 Milwaukee Wisc. Death: July 10 1965 Wayne N.J. Linda Granitz born & Died Germany Cora Manthey Friedrich Martin Manthey Birth: 1857 Germany Death:1909 Milwaukee Wi Fredericka Hasenheyer Birth:Oct.18 1864 Germany Death: Nov.15 1939 Milwaukee Wis. Please let me know if we are related. Hopefully we are. Any informations about this family, ancestors or descendants, would be greatly appreciated. Avella's family tree. Eager to hear from you.Exciting!!! EMAIL: [email protected]

[email protected] wrote: [with much 'snipping' by Phil Holm] > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/1224.1 > > Message Board Post: > > > I wonder if Jordan is living on the Scherfenberg Farm which has a Century Farm sign on it. I pass this farm frequently on County Road 8 (in Sherburne County, not Stearns County) on my way to Long Lake in Haven Township. > See a Haven Township, Sherburne County, plat map at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnschs/pmhaven.htm> Look in sections 30 and 31 along the Mississippi River for G. C. Scherfenberg. This likely is the Century Farm mention by Gretchen above. See also <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnschs/hsfdr.shtml#S> An Atlas and Farmers directory for Sherburne County. Listed is Willim Scherfenberg; Haven Twp; section 27 158 acres; wife Martha; children Laura, Ruth, Frank, Lester, Ben; 30 years in county; St. Cloud P.O. This probably is not the Century Farm mentioned by Gretchen above, Section 27 is bisected by Highway 10 Northwest of Clear Lake. Phil Holm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/1141.1 Message Board Post: AM DESCENDENT OF YOUR HENRY. HE WAS GRANDFATHER TO MY GGG-GRANDFATHER LEVI. SOME OF THE INFO YOU HAVE IS INFO I GOT YEARS AGO, BUT YOU DIDNT MENTION HIS YEARS IN OHIO. HIS FIRST MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE 1825 OAKLAND CO. MICH. AND WE DO NOT HAVE HER NAME,BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL CHILDREN, INCLUDING LEVIS FATHER HENRY THE 3RD,BORN IN 1826AT TROY, OAKLAND CO.. I ALSO HAVE HIS DEATH IN SAUK CENTER MINN 1891,AND MARRIED ALSO A FOX INDIAN GIRL. IS THAT LOUISA WALKER? OR MAYBE ANOTHER WIFE? HIS BIRTH DATE IS SAME, BUT I HAVE BLOOMFIELD, ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y. FOR PLACE. THIS IS THE FIRST I HAVE HEARD OF LOUISA. 7 YEARS IN BETWEEN THE TWO. DID HE MEET HER IN OHIO. LIFE WAS HELL FOR THE MOMS BACK THEN, O.K. MUCH HARDER THAN TODAY. THESE WOMEN HAD LOTS OF KIDS, KILLED THEMSELVES IN ALL THE WORK, DIED YOUNG, MANY OF THEM. SO PAPA HAD TO FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS AND THEN HE HAD M-O-R-E !!! ANYWAY, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. CAN GIVE YOU MORE ON THEM. OH, HENRYS DAD WAS HENR! Y #1, FOUND ON PASSENGER LIST LATE 1700, CAME FROM BRITISH ISLES. SPRAGUE IS SCOTTISH. CAROLYN

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/83.258.382.677 Message Board Post: My father, George Nicholas Joseph Francis Xavier Loesch was born in Erie, PA on June 12, 1895. Married Georgia Arminta Garlitz from Cumberland, MD circa October, 1920. My Dad's parents came to U.S. in mid1800s from Luxembourg and settled in Erie, PA. My parents had six children and I am the youngest. If you need more info, please contact at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: danzl, lietz, thein Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/73.363.765.771.1.2.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My father actually has a photograph of Eva and Ferdinand Danzl. I think I should be able to find out who Ferdinand's parents are if I write to my grandmother (I hope she remembers the names of her grandparents). I'm actually interested in something else you talked about in past messages you've posted in here...a couple of documents relating to Michael Lietz and Anna Catharine Thein. They are my great-great grandparents as well. I've found all your research that you've done on that side of the family with your father to be fascinating. I'll send you my snail-mail addy privately in any case, though. Thanks, jv

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/511.1071 Message Board Post: Hi Theresa - just found your message requesting info on Francis Xavier Poepping. He was my great great grandfather on my mother's side. His daughter, Francisca married John Halbauer, my great grandfather. My grandmother was Katherine Halbauer Schuster, and my mother Ida Schuster Lentsch. I do have some info on the Poeppings, if you are still in need of any, would be happy to exchange info - where do you live, I live in Burnsville, suburb of Minneapolis MN. How are you related to the Poeppings?. I think I have most of his children, and some pertinent dates, and some spouses. What would you need? Sincerely, Jan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/73.363.765.771.1.2.2.1.1 Message Board Post: not a problem - I know it is easy to get the details mixed up. The information seems to come so fast and furious. I do not know who Ferdinand's parents were. If you would like me to send you a copy of the picture we have of Eva and Ferdinand Danzl I would be happy to do that but you'll need to send me your snailmail address at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cluff Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/1237 Message Board Post: looking for Gary that was in New Jersey in 1968. Also had a friend named Arnie.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCormick Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/204.236.322.327.359.596.1 Message Board Post: Pat Harris. thank you for the information. I hope you received my first message. I am so looking forward to hearing from you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Danzl, Lietz Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TJB.2ACI/73.363.765.771.1.2.2.1 Message Board Post: I apolgize for the misleading information; I have since straightened out the stories from my father's paternal and maternal sides of the family. The only correct 'story' I listed was in reference to Catherine Danzl ("Kaddy"). Eva Lietz was NOT severely depressed; it was my other great-grandmother. Sorry about that. jv

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/93.410.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Pam I would like to contract you on the Closterman or Klosterman and the Willenbring families

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/228.479 Message Board Post: Just read your 1999 message and I had a grandfather, Olie Olson. Was wondering if there is a connection. He married a women by the name of Lillian, She had twin girls. Dee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TJB.2ACI/97.386.1046.1 Message Board Post: Contact me.I think I have information for you.

> Dear Rolene: > Picture yourself living in rural Stearns County five years after you > immigrated there from "the old country." You had to work all day, six days > a week. Transportation was by horse for short distances, and by train if you > needed to go farther, say 25 - 50 miles. Would you travel past your local, > nearby county courthouse in order to become a citizen? I wouldn't. Neither > did your ancestors. They went to the closest court to become a citizen. The > records are "archived" somewhere in the state of Minnesota. > > Many local courthouses ran out of storage space decades ago. The records > could have been sent to a local university, historical society, or kept in > the attic of the old facility, which is now a renovated community center. > Most courthouses will tell you where their old records are kept, if you are > persistent and of course, talk to the right person. Many county employees > are new-hires (less than 10 years service) and don't know where the old stuff > is "archived." Many courts have microfilmed their old records and are > available at the state archives. > > In many courts the "first" papers for citizenship were considered expendable > if the individual eventually received his "final" papers. Therefore, you may > never find a Declaration for Naturalization, or "first" paper. Prior to 1906 > the individual courts across the US could use any format they choose, as long > as the record included the name of the court, the date, the name of the > potential citizen, and a renouncement of allegiance to the "old country." > These forms were usually preprinted and governed by the design of a > particular vendor. Some vendors put a lot of information on their forms and > other vendors had very little. In each court you could find several > different formats used over the decades. In 1906 ALL courts had to use a > form designed and printed by the United States. A copy of that record was > sent to Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, DC. If all > else fails you can write to INS and have them do a search for you. It could > take upwards of two years, as INS is heavily involved with the present not > the past. > > Also, don't forget if a man served in the military he could have naturalized > based on his military service. Those records may be in the home county or in > a county in another state. Those are tough to find. > > Last, but not least, Stearns County Naturalization records have been > microfilmed and are available through Interlibrary Loan from the Minnesota > Historical Society at 345 Kellogg Blvd West, St. Paul, MN 55102. Their > microfilm series number for Sterns County is SAM 76 (23 rolls) and you want > to order the index first. > > I hope this information will help you. Court records are always a "seek and > find" situation. > > Good Luck, > > Karen Langer > Laguna Niguel, CA

Dear Rolene: Picture yourself living in rural Stearns County five years after you immigrated there from "the old country." You had to work all day, six days a week. Transportation was by horse for short distances, and by train if you needed to go farther, say 25 - 50 miles. Would you travel past your local, nearby county courthouse in order to become a citizen? I wouldn't. Neither did your ancestors. They went to the closest court to become a citizen. The records are "archived" somewhere in the state of Minnesota. Many local courthouses ran out of storage space decades ago. The records could have been sent to a local university, historical society, or kept in the attic of the old facility, which is now a renovated community center. Most courthouses will tell you where their old records are kept, if you are persistent and of course, talk to the right person. Many county employees are new-hires (less than 10 years service) and don't know where the old stuff is "archived." Many courts have microfilmed their old records and are available at the state archives. In many courts the "first" papers for citizenship were considered expendable if the individual eventually received his "final" papers. Therefore, you may never find a Declaration for Naturalization, or "first" paper. Prior to 1906 the individual courts across the US could use any format they choose, as long as the record included the name of the court, the date, the name of the potential citizen, and a renouncement of allegiance to the "old country." These forms were usually preprinted and governed by the design of a particular vendor. Some vendors put a lot of information on their forms and other vendors had very little. In each court you could find several different formats used over the decades. In 1906 ALL courts had to use a form designed and printed by the United States. A copy of that record was sent to Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, DC. If all else fails you can write to INS and have them do a search for you. It could take upwards of two years, as INS is heavily involved with the present not the past. Also, don't forget if a man served in the military he could have naturalized based on his military service. Those records may be in the home county or in a county in another state. Those are tough to find. Last, but not least, Stearns County Naturalization records have been microfilmed and are available through Interlibrary Loan from the Minnesota Historical Society at 345 Kellogg Blvd West, St. Paul, MN 55102. Their microfilm series number for Sterns County is SAM 76 (23 rolls) and you want to order the index first. I hope this information will help you. Court records are always a "seek and find" situation. Good Luck, Karen Langer Laguna Niguel, CA