Jane Bessie Many excellent resources are out there but have you contacted the Bad River Reservation. You may find a windfall of info there. You state she was on the 1923 Bad River roll. Were other family members listed, if so who and what ages? I believe I have seen both of these surnames at Fon du Lac as well. The Minnesota Historical Society has a death index on the web. You can order copies or if you are in the metro area they will quickly show you what to do and you can copy them yourself at 30 cents a page. I get down somewhat regular and copy some. My 3 boys and 4 1/2 grandchildren (expecting one soon!) are down there so I go as often as I can. The page is: http://people.mnhs.org/dci/ If the one of the following is your Bessie Cook then there is most likely an obituary for her. COOK, BESSIE M. CertID# 1969-MN-002914 Date of Birth: 07/04/1908 Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE Mother Maiden Name: UNKNOWN Date of Death: 01/13/1969 County of Death: ST. LOUIS COOK, BESSIE CertID# 1986-MN-016632 Date of Birth: 10/31/1894 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA Mother Maiden Name: UNKNOWN Date of Death: 06/13/1986 County of Death: RENVILLE Doing a search for Cook with mother's maiden name Connors it also show Roger, Agnes Elizabeth and Roger. Do these sound familiar? For St. Louis County try: www.rootsweb.com/~mnstloui Here are death, early birth and more. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnstloui/187099co.htm CONNOR BRIDGET O 02/16/1895 74 CONNOR PATRICK O 02/18/1895 75 CONNORS FRANK NA 09/09/1884 101 CONNORS MARGRET NA 11/18/1896 504 CONNORS MELLEM H 05/20/1899 229 COOK ELMER NA 07/05/1898 395 COOK FEMALE NA 12/21/1887 100 COOK FEMALE NA 02/05/1893 101 COOK MALE NA 10/06/1893 101 COOKE ELIZABETH A 07/14/1895 319 For St. Louis, Itasca, and Koochiching counties with death (regional obits), marriage, naturalization, alien registration and more try the IronWorld site: http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/scripts/runisa.dll?irrrb:searchresult s Mr. and Mrs. R.W. BIRTHS Mr. And Mrs. Roy BIRTHS Cook, Mr. and Mrs. R.W. BIRTHS Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Roy BIRTHS Cook, CEMETERY d. Old Hibbing Cem.; Large stone; no other info Cook, John CEMETERY d. May 24, 1909, Virginia MN Cook, William CEMETERY d. Oct 10, 1910, Virginia MN http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnstloui/190024c5.htm has many more in the 1900-1924 time period. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnstloui/slcmnbin.htm has births from June 6, 1859 through December 31, 1900 in St. Louis County. Hope these help! Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) friend@2z.net ================================= -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Freebird [mailto:monkette@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:11 PM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NISHNAWBE] info regarding Cook/Connors family - Bad River reservation Hello- Does anyone have any information on the Cook or Connors family of Bad River reservation in Wisconsin? Bessie Connors (Cook was married name) was my grandmother and had 5 children, Roger, Mabel, David (don't know the other two names) and most of those children migrated to the Minneapolis area. I would like to research my family tree and don't have much to go on. My father Dave (or David Cook) married a Lorraine Boswell back in the 60's but I do not have any information on my father's side of the family but know his mother's name was Bessie Connors. I found the name Connors on the 1923 tribal roles and the reservation confirms her on those roles but doesn't give me any other information. I am looking for someone to help me track down birth certificates, etcetera for my father's side of the family. I was estranged from my biological family back in 1966 (the year of my birth) and am currently trying to research my father's family for the sake of my four children. Any help or references to someone who could help would greatly be appreciated. Thank-you so much, Jane Bessie Cook- monkette@ix.netcom.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237