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/0gB.2ACI/289.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Parents' names are supposed to be on death certificates. Of course, the informant had to know and provide the information, so there are no guarantees. The Dept. of Health, 600 E. Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501-2536, should have the death certificate regardless of the county of death.

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/0gB.2ACI/285.1 Message Board Post: The name of the orphan home in Sioux Falls SD Minnehaha County, SD is now Childrens Home Society, 801 N Sycamore Ave, Sioux Falls SD, 57110. Phone 605 334 6004. They should be able to give you some information. Good luck. Donna

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/0gB.2ACI/294 Message Board Post: 1923 University Of South Dakota YearBook, Vermillion, SD Link to Online Yearbook http://deadfred.com/results2_05.php?SubmitterEmail=uosd Link to other Annuals online http://deadfred.com/annuals_05.php

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/0gB.2ACI/289.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: That is my great-grandmother; I don't have her death certificate. Does that list parents' names? That's really what I'm trying to figure out. I'll try Moody County next.

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/0gB.2ACI/292.1 Message Board Post: There are lots of domiciles on Utne in Kinsarvik. Since you weren't specific about names or the time frame, let me just refer you to the post by PR at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.minnehaha/274.1.2.1.2 Her post describes the set of books and or films that you need to complete your research. They may be available through interlibrary loan or you may have to see if you can find a volunteer who will do the work for you. You can also order the films at your local LDS. Stephanie

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/0gB.2ACI/289.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Trent is in Moody Co., SD. Social Security Death Index has Alvina CHRISTENSEN (27 Dec. 1887 - March 1980), last res. Pine Island, Goodhue, MN 55963. Do you have her death certificate?

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/0gB.2ACI/289.1.1 Message Board Post: I was able to find Alvina's obituary. She was born on 12/27/1887 in rural Trent, South Dakota. Her parents' names were not mentioned. I'm not sure where I came up with Anders. I believe her mother's name was Ella. In the 1900 census I found Alvina listed as a servant with her brother Jens. By 1909 she was living in Iowa. She also had siblings named Harry, Emma, and Ina, and Arch. All were born in South Dakota in the Trent/Dell Rapids vicinity.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PITCHER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/293 Message Board Post: I'm interested in an obituary lookup or advice on which newspaper(s) to request microfilm for through interlibrary loan. Frank Henry King PITCHER d. July 25, 1917 Minnehaha Co, SD Believe he lived in or near Sioux City Thank you.

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/0gB.2ACI/292 Message Board Post: Thanks to everyone who posted e mails. It is helpful to me. I need to trace family way back into the 17th century. Anyone have ideas on this? Norway family last name is Utne. Dennis Gray

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/0gB.2ACI/274.1.2.1.2 Message Board Post: Neglected to list the source used for the information I previously posted - The Jordal farm in Odda - Guro listed with parents and siblings on pages 76-77, volume 3-2 of the multi-volume bygdebøker "Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik i gamal og ny tid" by Olav Kolltveit. Most, if not all, of that work is available on LDS microfilm #1124552. The Hildal farm information begins on page 470 of volume 3-1, Bakke farm on page 267 of volume 3-2, and the farms mentioned for other Odda area farms such as Reinsnos, Tveit, and Eitrheim are also included in those two volumes. That multi-volume bygdebøker consists of 8 volumes and the books are numbered 1 and 2 (history of the entire area); 3-1 and 3-2 (Odda area farm histories); 4-1 and 4-2 (Ullensvang area farm histories); 5-1 and 5-2 (Kinsarvik area farm histories). There is also another 5-volume work that was earlier published, the Ættar-bok series by A.K. Bu. Those books were done earlier and show more influence of the interesting spelling peculiarites for the region. They can be found on LDS microfilms #1259725 and #1259728. These same bygdebøker and ættar-bøker books will also give information about Lars and Trond "Berven" family history - but those will be contained under the various farm names mentioned in the Ullensvang and Kinsarvik volumes. I would never recommend using ONLY bygdebøker or ættar-bøker to research a family tree as they are secondary sources. The parish church records, probate records and other sources for Odda, Ullensvang and Kinsarvik are also available on LDS microfilms and are the more primary sources to use to verify information and obtain more detail than given in the secondary sources.

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/0gB.2ACI/274.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi PR! Thank you for jumping in. I was going to write you this weekend for a lookup but you beat me to it. Thank you for helping. Cathy is relatively new to Norwegian genealogy - remember how hard it was with the new language? She and I have a lot in common so we have taken our conversation off this board. On a side note, I have an Ed O. Berven b Dec 1838 married to an Inger who had an Inez Marie Berven who married Ira Sidney Myron. I am not directly related - these are just some SD people I am collecting. :-) Best Regards! Steph

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/0gB.2ACI/274.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Recognize most of those names - Guro Helgesdatter of Jordal farm in Odda, Hordaland. b. ca 1870, d. ca 1940, resided Garretson, S. Dakota. (Guro married in US to Lars Olson of Reinsnos and/or Bakke farms.) Father Helge Olson of Jordal (1845-1909) had about 7 earlier generations of residence on the Jordal farm sections, mother Torbjørg Ormsdatter of Hildal farm (1845-1908). Lars Olson (later known as your Lewis O. Larson) son of Ola Larsson (1835-c.a.1925) and Torbjørg Arnesdatter of Tveit farm in Odda (1838-1919). Lars/Lewis lived on Bakke farm before he emigrated. Of course, nothing directly to do with Lars or Trond Berven (actually from Stykkje plass of the Nedre Børve farm in Kinsarvik/Ullensvang area just to the north of Odda area With earlier family ties to Vikane farm in Kinsarvik and Meland farm in Ullensvang. Ola Larsson was son of Lars Olson of Reinsnos and Ingebjørg Gunnarsdatter of Eitrheim farm.

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/0gB.2ACI/182.2 Message Board Post: Lela & Richard Holthouser were my great grandparents. Scott Holthouser was my grandfather & his daughter Joan Holthouser Webster is my mother

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/0gB.2ACI/291.1 Message Board Post: What book?

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/0gB.2ACI/287.3.1 Message Board Post: Donna, Thank you very much for your effort in getting me the info you found. DD

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/0gB.2ACI/291 Message Board Post: Thanks for information. Does any one know how I can get ahold of this book from Minnehaha County, South Dakota?

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/0gB.2ACI/274.1.2 Message Board Post: Stephanie, do you have this book about Norweigan Pioneers in Minnehaha County? I have many ancestors who came from Norway and bought land in Minnehaha County. They mainly came from Odda, Handanger, Norway. Some of the names are: Ole LARSON son of Lars OLSON and Ingebjorg GUNNARSDTR and married to Tobjorg ARNESDTR TVEIT. Their son Lewis O. LARSON married Guro JORDAHL. Her parents were Helge JORDAHL and Torbjor HILDAL. Thank you! Cathy

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/0gB.2ACI/287.3 Message Board Post: I was at the Minnehaha County Courthouse today and searched and found the death records for: ROY O DOMAN Born: October 1, 1884 in Bloomington IL Widowed Wife: Alice Sibson Retired Farmer Died: Feb 1, 1959, Tri State Memorial Hospital Valley Springs, SD 74 years old Father: Frank L Doman Mother: Mary J Scott Informant: Donald Doman Cause: Coronary Thrombosis, pneumonia - l wk, Bronchiectasis for years Buried: Valley Springs SD Miller Funeral Home, 507 S Main, Sioux Falls SD This is the most pertinent information found on the death records. You may obtain a certified copy by contacting the Register of Deeds Office, Minnehaha County Courthouse, 415 N Dakota Av. Sioux Falls SD 57104. It will cost $10.00 for this record. Hope this helps you in your search. Donna [email protected]

Hello, I'm the new coordinator of the SDGenWeb Minnehaha County website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~sdminneh/. I plan to add information over the next few weeks and months and would like your help. The more we share with each other, the more we'll have to share. :) Items I'd like to receive from you: *the SURNAMES you're researching in Minnehaha County and your email address *QUERIES (be as specific as you can be) *copies of RECORDS with a Minnehaha County connection that you're willing to have put online, e.g., vital records, land records, letters, newspaper articles, wills, etc. *a description of MATERIALS YOU OWN that you'd be willing to do lookups in for other researchers *and IDEAS you have for the site. Thank you! I look forward to meeting and working with you. :) Greta Thompson SDGenWeb Minnehaha County Coordinator [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SALES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/290 Message Board Post: Is there anyone out there able and willing to do a obituary lookup for Fred Sales d. 31 Dec 1968 Sioux Falls, SD? THANKS