Denny, Have you tried look-up volunteers? Here's a site that might be helpful. I've had wonderful luck with these volunteers! Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness: http://raogk.rootsweb.com/listing.htm Also, there is a 668-page book out on the History of Minnehaha County. You may want to check with your local library, and have them order it for you through "inter-library loan" (no charge): Minnehaha County : historical and biographical sketches / assembled by a committee of the Minnehaha County Historical Society and its councils; Robert Kolbe, coordinator. Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : Curtis Media Corp., 1987, c1988. You may find mention of your Oyhus family mentioned in the book. Good Luck! Vickie in Minnesota In a message dated 7/8/01 6:45:12 PM, DGriff1688@aol.com writes: << I still haven't found anything on my ggrandmother, Anna Amundson, who married Ole Kristianson Oyhus abt 1869 in Fillmore County, MN and moved to Minnehaha Co. SD by 1872. I found Ole on records of the Adams Lutheran Church in Argyle WI and think they might have met or even been married there before moving to Fillmore Co. I found where she died in 1885, and Ole remarried. Anna is buried in an unnamed and unmarked cemetery in SD. This is our big brick wall. Any ideas on where to look? MVH Denny Griffith