This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Klatt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CBVBAEB/85.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Here is some additional census records for the KLATT line. 1870 United States Federal Census > Wisconsin > St Croix > Cylon Page 1; Line 1 Dwelling 1; family 1 KLATT, Henry, age 42, M, W, Farmer, Real Estate value: $1200, person Estate value: $300, born Mecklenburg, both parents foreign born KLATT, Katrina, age 32, F, W, Keeping house, born Mecklenburg, both parents foreign born KLATT, Carl, age 13, M, W, in school, born Mecklenburg, both parents foreign born KLATT, Mary, age 73, F, W, born Mecklenburg, both parents foreign born 1880 United States Federal Census > Wisconsin > Saint Croix > Cylon > District 236 Page 359; Line 16 Dwelling 4; family 4 KLATT, Henry, W, M, age 52, single, Farmer, born Germany, both parents born Germany KLATT, Carl, Nephew, single, works on farm, born Germany, both parents born Germany KLATT, Catherine, W, F, age 44, sister, widow, Keeping house, born Germany, both parents born Germany 1900 United States Federal Census > Wisconsin > Saint Croix > Cylon > District 142 same page as Carl and his family Line 46 KLATT, Henry, head, W, M, born June 1827, age 72, single, born Germany, native language is German, both parents born Germany, immigrated in 1853, lived in US for 47 years, naturalized citizen, able to read, write and speak English, owns home freely, lives on a farm For your info, the USGenWeb website is a free site. The info on Rootsweb.com is free; information on the LDS site familysearch.org is free. Check your local library and see if they subscribe to HeritageQuest/ProQuest. If so, the census records are available thru them with your library card. If they don't then find out if a library in a larger metropolitan area is a subscriber and get one of their library cards. Many libraries offer online access to HeritageQuest. Also, you have enough info now to order films from the LDS Family History Library at your local LDS Church. German records are very tidy. Germans were excellant record keepers. You can get the microfilm of those records sent from Salt Lake City to your local Family History Center (FHC) for a very modest charge - usually less than $5. You don't have to be a member of the LDS church, nor will they bug you to become one. Netzow (Nitzau, Nitzow) was a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany and that is where Frank Witthuhn's obit says he was born. And according to the census above, Carl Klatt was born in Mecklinburg, Germany. Sharon