At 07:21 PM 7/24/99 -0500, Marsha Wilcox <mwilcox@lnd.com> wrote: ... >The following book is up for auction at e-Bay. > >"BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF WAUPACA, PORTAGE, WOOD, MARATHON, LINCOLN, >ONEIDA, VILAS, LANGDALE and SHAWANO COUNTIES, WISCONSIN- (1895)- Huge 10 >pound book ! Thick cover (leather)is loose but still attached. Back >cover separated from the book. Text is complete, tight and in good >condition. A candidate for being rebound, but hey, a great source! ... Some information on this publication, based on a search of the library catalog for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW): - ------------------------------------------------------------- I believe the correct title of the publication is "Commemorative biographical record of the upper Wisconsin counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families." It contains 1110 pages. It was microfilmed by the SHSW in 1996. It was apparently again microfilmed as part of the "Old Northwest" series in about 1972 (this may actually be the same filming, just made part of this well-known series of county histories). The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society published a 97 page index (compiled by Mrs. Bailey W. Sturges) to the names in this publication in 1980. The book was reprinted, in two volumes, just last year by Brookhaven Press (LaCrosse WI); one might be able to borrow a copy of the reprint via interlibrary loan. Rollie

Hi, Our county historical society indexed our 1881 county history and is selling it for $65.00 with the new index and everything intact. The book you are looking at is multi-counties - so that probably will drive the price up. Check out some other sources before you up that bid, Marcia. Just my thoughts! Thanks! Peggy Perry President, Iowa County Genealogical Society Visit us at: http://www.friendsnfamily.net/wiiowagensoc/index.html Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times For Obituaries from around the world - visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary County Coordinator for the Wisconsin GenWeb Program - Iowa County Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiowa Owner of the Iowa County Wisconsin Mailing list to subscribe <wiiowa-l-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe Co-Owner of the GenMsc mailing list to subscribe: <genmsc-l-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe -----Original Message----- From: Marsha Wilcox <mwilcox@lnd.com> To: WauShaOcon-L@rootsweb.com <WauShaOcon-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 7:22 PM Subject: [WauShaOcon-L] Need advice on a book at auction >Hi listers! > >The following book is up for auction at e-Bay. > >"BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF WAUPACA, PORTAGE, WOOD, MARATHON, LINCOLN, >ONEIDA, VILAS, LANGDALE and SHAWANO COUNTIES, WISCONSIN- (1895)- Huge 10 >pound book ! Thick cover (leather)is loose but still attached. Back >cover separated from the book. Text is complete, tight and in good >condition. A candidate for being rebound, but hey, a great source! >Current bid: $61.00 > >Is anybody familiar with this book? Is it worth going much higher for? >I'm very tempted! > >Happy Hunting! >Marsha Wilcox >mwilcox@lnd.com >Wilcox Web Design -- http://start.at/WilcoxWebDesign >USGenWeb County Coordinator for: >Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ >Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL >(Temp CC) Iron Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron/ >Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ >My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm >SpamHunt! -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1616/ > >

Depends what you are looking for. This is one of a series done on prominent individuals in Wisconsin Counties written in the 1880's. Most are men of wealth but there are a few short pieces on women (unmarried in education mostly). Many of these people were born "out east" and came to WI as young men. Some had family money to invest in large amounts of land for real estate or massive farming efforts. Educated, many started as managers in various businesses such as banks and lumber companies. From there they usually started their own businesses and grew to success. Many went on to politics after making a comfortable business income. It often has references to places of birth and Civil War Enlistment and Battles. If the family was notable "out east" then it gives parents and male siblings of accomplishment, wives and marriages are often mentioned briefly as are daughters and a bit more on sons of prominence. I have found the biographies interesting from a land and industrial developement standpoint (factories, canals, cities, politics) but not particularly useful to genealogical efforts. Rita Hi listers! The following book is up for auction at e-Bay. "BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF WAUPACA, PORTAGE, WOOD, MARATHON, LINCOLN, ONEIDA, VILAS, LANGDALE and SHAWANO COUNTIES, WISCONSIN- (1895)- Huge 10 pound book ! Thick cover (leather)is loose but still attached. Back cover separated from the book. Text is complete, tight and in good condition. A candidate for being rebound, but hey, a great source! Current bid: $61.00 Is anybody familiar with this book? Is it worth going much higher for? I'm very tempted! Happy Hunting! Marsha Wilcox mwilcox@lnd.com Wilcox Web Design -- http://start.at/WilcoxWebDesign USGenWeb County Coordinator for: Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL (Temp CC) Iron Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron/ Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm SpamHunt! -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1616/

Hi listers! The following book is up for auction at e-Bay. "BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF WAUPACA, PORTAGE, WOOD, MARATHON, LINCOLN, ONEIDA, VILAS, LANGDALE and SHAWANO COUNTIES, WISCONSIN- (1895)- Huge 10 pound book ! Thick cover (leather)is loose but still attached. Back cover separated from the book. Text is complete, tight and in good condition. A candidate for being rebound, but hey, a great source! Current bid: $61.00 Is anybody familiar with this book? Is it worth going much higher for? I'm very tempted! Happy Hunting! Marsha Wilcox mwilcox@lnd.com Wilcox Web Design -- http://start.at/WilcoxWebDesign USGenWeb County Coordinator for: Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL (Temp CC) Iron Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron/ Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm SpamHunt! -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1616/

If you live in the area, please consider calling the local funeral home, township office or appropriate religious organization to find where the records are kept and send them in for posting. Would like to complete posting addresses for obtaining record information on the remaining few Oconto County Cemeteries: *Brazeau Township Cemetery *Brazeau Cemetery *Cullem Cemetery *Garden of Hope Cemetery (Little River township) *German Methodist Cemetery (Chase Township) *Hintz Cemetery (Twon of Underhill) *Kadlec Cemetery (Town of Spruce) *Kelly Brook Cemetery (Town of Spruce) *Mosling Cemetery (unmarked - Town of Underhill) *Polish National Cemetery (Town of Chase) *Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery (Town of Spruce) *St John's Cemetery (Protestant - Town of Chase) *Spruce Township Cemetery *Unmarked Cemetery (Little River Township on Hillcrest Rd.) *Unmarked Cemetery (Town of Lakewood on Hwy 32 west of Lakewood) *Unmarked Cemetery (Possibly Old St John Lutheran - Town of Little Suamico - long driveway off County J) *Zahn Cemetery (Village of Underhill) Of the 73 cemeteries that have been identified in the county, only these remain without record contact addresses on the Oconto County GenWeb Cemetery Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/cemetery.htm Your help is greatly appreciated by the many people who visit this page seeking their family members, and you will be given credit for helping on the page. Thank you, Rita - Oconto County GenWeb Site Host http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/

Hello Sandy, You may want to try looking at the following address for this cemetery. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/cemetery.htm It is a list of all that have been found so far, along with the map location and as many contact addresses for records as have been found. There is also the address of the Oconto County Cemetery Association Secretary who may be able to help. If you come across any additional information that is not on that page, please send it to the County Site Host so it can be posted for others to use. This is a difficult page to find information for so any help is greatly appreciated! What are the surnames you are looking for? You may also wish to see if that cemetery has been documented by the Wisconsin Genealogical Society. The cemeteries that have been documented are at the following address along with instructions on how to order the list of gravestone inscriptions. There are two listed for Chase in Oconto County. The fee is minimal, the lists are accurate. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/cem9.htm#Oconto Hope this helps, Rita - Oconto County Site Host Greetings, Can anyone tell me if there is a cemetery in the very small place of Chase in Oconto County. It is in the very southern part I think. If there is no cemetery, where would they have gone to bury people there then. Thanks for any help, Sandy Perdue

Greetings, Can anyone tell me if there is a cemetery in the very small place of Chase in Oconto County. It is in the very southern part I think. If there is no cemetery, where would they have gone to bury people there then. Thanks for any help, Sandy Perdue

Hi listers! Got this a few moments ago thru the hierarchy. Any Prodigy people, are you aware of this and do you have your new addresses yet? Marsha Wilcox mwilcox@lnd.com Wilcox Web Design -- http://start.at/WilcoxWebDesign USGenWeb County Coordinator for: Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL (Temp CC) Iron Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron/ Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm SpamHunt! -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1616/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Ms Piglet <piglet@rootsweb.com> > To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 3:15 PM > Subject: [STATE-COORD-L] Prodigy > > >Something to let your cc's know they should be aware of: > > > >Prodigy.com addresses are from the old Prodigy Classic service, which goes > >out of business October 1st. (Prodigy has said that Classic is not Y2K > >compliant, and not worth making so, so they are getting rid of it.) > > > >Prodigy.net addresses are from the Prodigy Internet service, which will > >continue. > > > >Any list subscribers, query submitters, etc. you have with prodigy.com > >addresses *should* be sending you new addresses, but you might want to drop > >them a line and remind them before October. If they don't, be aware that > >any addresses you have from prodigy.com will stop working at that point.

Hi all, It's been a while since I last posted an inquiry, so will try again in case there are any new subscribers to the list that may have info. CZEKAJ, Joseph, bought a farm just outside of Lena in 1902. Died 1922 and is buried in Spruce, WI Sons: George, Andrew (Checki) Daughters: Rose, Pauline. For more information visit my web site at: http://members.aol.rczekay Thank you. Roy Czekay

donna, thank you so much. your efforts are greatly appreciated. we do not know an exact address-just mattoon area. sorry but we don't know very much about roland but with the additional names we may find leads to more. ya gota love a mystery to be in this game. thanks again, from cups and mugs -----Original Message----- From: Donna Hance <icsinc1@netnet.net> To: WauShaOcon-L@rootsweb.com <WauShaOcon-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 10:27 Subject: [WauShaOcon-L] VAUGHAN, Roland Mugs, I walked the Mattoon cemeteries and this is what I found for you ! Woodland Cemetery: Lawrence son of S & L Vaughan 1916 - 1920 Jane S. Vaughan Oct 23 July 22 1914 1918 Vaughan R.T. Mary 1851 - 1932 1861 - 1943 (Farmer- Twnshp Chairman S36-Town of Hutchins) Earl J. Jr. Vaughan 1940 - 1944 Vaughan Margaret Earl G. Sr. 1914 - 1987 1914 - 1981 Keith J. Vaughan 1946 - 1982 (SP 4 US Army Vietnam Mar 13, 1946 to Jul 1982) Do you know if maybe they lived closer to Plox or Bowler ? Hope these will help you out ! D. Hance you out ! =20 D. Hance =20

Hi everyone! I have received a TON of new information on my KURTH line recently thanks to the generous help of my cousin, Mary. All her help has brought information for a whole new branch of the KURTH family to light. Please stop by and see what is new at my personal site. New information shows the new line in Dane and surrounding counties abt. 1870 and on. http://www.ameritech.net/users/cindyjohnson1/Family_history.htm I have also added a FAMILY REUNION page for those interested. I am willing to post your family reunion information there for others to see. Please check the page out and email me with any additions you may have. THANKS! -- Cindy Johnson *American Local History Network - WI* http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnwius/WI_index.html *My Wi. Family History Page* http://www.ameritech.net/users/cindyjohnson1/Family_history.htm *WI Census Data* http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnwius/censusindex.html *Saxonia House Restoration Project* http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnwius/saxoniahouse.html

Mugs, I walked the Mattoon cemeteries and this is what I found for you ! Woodland Cemetery: Lawrence son of S & L Vaughan 1916 - 1920 Jane S. Vaughan Oct 23 July 22 1914 1918 Vaughan R.T. Mary 1851 - 1932 1861 - 1943 (Farmer- Twnshp Chairman S36-Town of Hutchins) Earl J. Jr. Vaughan 1940 - 1944 Vaughan Margaret Earl G. Sr. 1914 - 1987 1914 - 1981 Keith J. Vaughan 1946 - 1982 (SP 4 US Army Vietnam Mar 13, 1946 to Jul 1982) Do you know if maybe they lived closer to Plox or Bowler ? Hope these will help you out ! D. Hance

Actually, just for your info. Iola is about an hour and 15 minute drive southeast of Wausua. Iola is actually closer to Stevens Point. I suppose that is relatively close but at that time it would have been quite a hike. Tory At 03:15 PM 7/6/99 -0500, D. Patnode wrote: >>At 02:35 PM 7/3/99 +0200, Dag Album wrote: >>>Hello, >>>A relative of mine who emigrated from Bergen, Norway in 1883 lived a few >>>years in Iola, Waupaca after he came to the US. I know from other sources >>>that he was educated as engineer. I have just now read that there was a >>>college in Waupaca. > >I believe that Iola is not too far from Wausau and that there was a state >Normal school in Wausau in the 1880s. Might this be what you are seeking? > >Dan Patnode > >Researching the following variations on a theme: PATENAUDE, PATNAUDE, >PATNOUDE, PATENOUDE, PATENODE, PATNODE, PATNOD, PATNOED, PATNOE, PATENOE, >PATNO, PATNUDE, PATNOTE, PATNOTTE, PEDNU, etc. throughout Wisconsin, >Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, and all the Midwest. > >As well as: JONES (Marathon County), MITICOMINKWE, MITICOMINQUI, >FREIBURGER (Washington & Milwaukee Counties), and HAUG (Milwaukee County). > >

>At 02:35 PM 7/3/99 +0200, Dag Album wrote: >>Hello, >>A relative of mine who emigrated from Bergen, Norway in 1883 lived a few >>years in Iola, Waupaca after he came to the US. I know from other sources >>that he was educated as engineer. I have just now read that there was a >>college in Waupaca. I believe that Iola is not too far from Wausau and that there was a state Normal school in Wausau in the 1880s. Might this be what you are seeking? Dan Patnode Researching the following variations on a theme: PATENAUDE, PATNAUDE, PATNOUDE, PATENOUDE, PATENODE, PATNODE, PATNOD, PATNOED, PATNOE, PATENOE, PATNO, PATNUDE, PATNOTE, PATNOTTE, PEDNU, etc. throughout Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, and all the Midwest. As well as: JONES (Marathon County), MITICOMINKWE, MITICOMINQUI, FREIBURGER (Washington & Milwaukee Counties), and HAUG (Milwaukee County).

I'm looking for descendents of George and Johann Niemuth early settlers of Zittau, WI. If you have information you want to share contact at jwoll@vbe.com.

Mattoon is in the Town of Hutchins, Shawano County, Wisoconsin.

The first Norwegians(mostly from Telemark) came to Waupaca County in the 1850's. Thor Helgeson, an itinerant teacher, wrote a book called "Fra Indianernes Lande" about this area. It was translated by Malcolm Rosholt. I have a copy and would be happy to do look-ups. It has an index. It was printed by Krause Publications in Iola and copyrighted by the Iola Historical Association. (No copies available) Betty Strand etty Strand

There was a church college in Scandinavia and yes you >can get the names . It was all Norwegian and affiliated with the Church. >The people made sure that their children were educated. It was a >preparatory school for a bigger college but I have quite a bit of >information on it. Scandinavia was the mother church for all of the towns >around until about 1900.

There was a school called Scandinavia Academy in Scandinavia, Waupaca County. It later became Central Wisconsin College. Scandinavia is 4 miles from Iola and about 10 miles from the city of Waupaca. ca.

I appologize if you are receiving this twice. It has been a while, but for all the new list members here's what I'm looking for: Any information on SCHOENICK's (might be spelled Schoneck)...Settled in Shawano from Prussia. Specifically, August G. Schoneck and wife, Hannah H. Ristau, parents of Ferdinand Schoenick (1800's). Would also like to know if any Schoenick's are living on the native land near Schoenick Lake in Shawano. Thanks Corinne Schoenick