Hi all, Am still trying to find someone who might have an uncle, aunt or grandparent in the Lena area that has some recollection of the surname Czekaj, circa 1902-1960. My grandfather, Joseph Czekaj homesteaded a farm a short distance from Lena in 1902. At that time the name may have been spelled Checki. He had 4 children, George, Andrew, Rose and Pauline. Joseph died in 1922 and his son Andrew and his wife Helen (nee Mikuli) took over the farm. They remained there until approx. 1965, when they sold it and moved to Green Bay. They had two children, Stanley and Marcella. Thanks to anyone who may be able to help me in my research. Roy Czekay Home Page: http://members.aol.com/rczekay

Well, I got the dreaded flu that's been going around this area and was unable to make it to Shawano (or anywhere else) today. I should be able to make it there next Thursday, so I will keep those e-mails I've already received, and those of you who didn't have a chance to e-mail me yet, you have another week. Sorry about the delay. christy Kallies -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 1.1 GO d- s+:+ a-C++ U--- P L W++ N+ K- w+ M- PS+ PE Y+ PGP- t 5 X++ R+ tv+ b+++ DI D- G e+ h---- r+++ x++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

I'm going to the Family History Center again on Thursday. Those who I couldn't get to last time, didn't get enough for last time, or would like more information based on what I got them last time, please let me know what you'd like me to look up. If you'd like me to look up something for you, be aware that the information there is best for Shawano County with only limited information about the surrounding counties. All of the obituaries from Shawano County are there with an index, so those are easily looked up. Please include all relevant information in your request. Christy Kallies kallies@ez-net.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 1.1 GO d- s+:+ a-C++ U--- P L W++ N+ K- w+ M- PS+ PE Y+ PGP- t 5 X++ R+ tv+ b+++ DI D- G e+ h---- r+++ x++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

My great grandfather Willard EVANS (b.19 June 1869, d.Nov 1947) was the town clerk of Belle Plain from April 1906-1932. I would assume that because he was a public official there would be more information than usual on him. The problem is that I have no idea where to start looking. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you for your help in advance!! Tom Evans Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Thank you all! Now I know where Advance is! Laila http://home.c2i.net/lnormann

Laila Yes there is a city named Advance in Shawano Co., Wis., The following web site is likely the link you are referring to. <http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html> Don't forget to bookmark it, I use it a lot. Best of Luck Vic Gulickson, Indiana, USA Laila Normann wrote: > > Hi! > Can anyone tell me where Advance is? Is it in Shawano? > I had a great link where I could search for a town, and then you got the > county. Anyone know which sist that was? > Thank you! > laila in Norway > http://home.c2i.net/lnormann

Laila, I think the URL you want is this one: http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo Advance is in Shawano County. Hope this helps! 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/ Laila Normann wrote: > > Hi! > Can anyone tell me where Advance is? Is it in Shawano? > I had a great link where I could search for a town, and then you got the > county. Anyone know which sist that was? > Thank you! > laila in Norway > http://home.c2i.net/lnormann

Hi! Can anyone tell me where Advance is? Is it in Shawano? I had a great link where I could search for a town, and then you got the county. Anyone know which sist that was? Thank you! laila in Norway http://home.c2i.net/lnormann

Hi, I think we need to all give a big THANK YOU to Rita for all her effort. With the start of the addition of the 1880 Census she has increased the value of the Oconto Web site for all of us. This is a tremendous effort, and this is the latest of many improvements in the last 3 months. Also, want to say thank you to all that have contributed. All this effort makes the site more valuable for all of us. Every little bit helps. Gloria

If anyone on this mailing list has information on this family line, I would like to hear from them. Albert Krause born 11-24-1866;died 3-25-1944 in winnebago county. His father was John Krause and his mother was Hannah Bahr. Both born in Germany. Burial is in Brooks Cemetary. No city mentioned. Informant was Walter Krause Rt #1 Neenah Wisconsin. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Arnold E. Krause, Home: Electrical Engineering Department, 1611 Arlington Ave., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., 57 Campus Drive, S7H 2Y6 Saskatoon, Sask., S7N 5A9 (306) 966 5411 (306) 374 3348 ------------------------------------------------------------------

Joan, Would you like Margaret's obit. Gloria

Randy, You gave this list (thank you!)---- > Here is a listing from "Guide to the Chuch Vital Stats in Wisconsin" (WPA in > 1942). > These are only the Lutheran churches in Oconto County. Were these WPA volumes filmed by the LDS, and available through Family History Centers?? I plan on searching the AGLL, too..it might be worth it to me to purchase the First American film, as three branches of my family were amongst the founding members....so if there is any "trick" to locating them, I'd appreciate your help. Well, Gloria! We run into each other all over -I'll look for you next in the British West Indies list!!!! My Oconto families are: >From Kreis Randow, Pommern: ELLMANN, WERTH, and WITTKOPF (My father's sister Margaret (b. 15 Oct. 1900- d. 26 July, 1929) married Arthur Matravers; she died in childbirth ( twins, also died.) I know you have Matravers family. Will send you Kenneth Couillard's Obit privately, unless someone else wants it,too...his parents Couillard/Wittkopf were from Oconto, but Keith was born in Appleton, tragically killed in a car accident a few weeks after his wedding in 1992). Belgian Family in Oconto: Alphonse PIERRE, m. Lucy Brazeau, had mill and feed store somewhere by Pecor street in French Town. Would like to exchange information on any of the above names.... Thanks, everyone! Joan (Wittkopf) Levin Ellsworth, Maine

Joan, Was the German Luthern Church in Oconto or Pensaukee. I have my father's baptism certificate in Gernman, year 1907. His confirmation is from Emmanual Luthern, definitely Oconto, 1922. I know later the members ofthis family belonged and belong to Firste Luthern. Where do your German ties come in. Yes, it is me. Gloria Olson

Hi, all.. Thanks to those who are posting the names and addresses of the Churches. It's so helpful. I have a further question about church history in Oconto that I hope you can help me with, too. The story in my family is that all the immigrant branches of the family who settled in Oconto belonged to the First American Lutheran Church. However, there was a rift in the Church membership when the pastor forbade them to belong to the Oddfellows. I have no idea what year this was, or why the Oddfellows were "anathema". Many left the First American, and my grandfather was one who helped build the German Lutheran Church,( which no longer exists,) and his family went there until it closed. (Why did it close?) When the German Lutheran Church closed its doors, many members did not want to go back to the First American, so the pastor then advised them to go to the Presbyterian Church: ( I had always wondered how that came about.) Can anyone help me out with dates to go along with these events? Is there a book with the church histories? What happened to the records from the German Lutheran Church...were they given to the Presbyterian Church, to the First American Lutheran Church, or a Lutheran Archive? I'd appreciate any information on this....I'd like to include it in the family history. Thanks, Joann Ellsworth, Maine

I am seeking the addresses and phone numbers for the following Oconto County Churches that were still in existance in 1942 for posting on the County Site. If you live in the area of any of them, would you write to me, please. if they still exist, where, or who now has the records. Many thanks - with the help of several, the "Church" page is almost done for visitors to make contact. Rita Underhill - Christ Evangelical, St. John Lutheran, Zion Lutheran Townsend - St John Evangelical Stiles - Bethel Lutheran Spruce - St. Mark's Lutheran Oconto (City) - Trinity Lutheran Oconto Falls - Zion Evangelical Pensaukee - Grace Lutheran, St Paul's Evangelical Morgan - Immanuel Evangelical, St John's Evangelical Maple Valley - Evangelical Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran How (Town of) - Zion Evangelical Lena - American Lutheran, Church of Our Savior Gillett - Immanuel Evangelical, Chase - Zion Evangelical Breed - Emmanuel Evangelical Abrams - Friedens Evangelical

In a message dated 3/8/1999 8:24:07 AM Central Standard Time, WauShaOcon-D- request@rootsweb.com writes: << The Belle Plain, Shawano Co. Census for the 1890 Vets is now online at the ALHN WI site. http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnwius/WI_index.html - Go here and then click on the Census button. >> I just found a relative that info says "died at Shawno County Assylum" What was that and is the Belle Plain Cemetary on line?? Or how can I get info on someone buried there?? Thank you. Bonnie genol1@aol.com

Hi all! The Belle Plain, Shawano Co. Census for the 1890 Vets is now online at the ALHN WI site. http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnwius/WI_index.html - Go here and then click on the Census button. -- Cindy Johnson :0)

-----Original Message----- From: <Zorblitz@prodigy.net> To: <WauShaOcon-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 10:09 PM Subject: [WauShaOcon-L] Church Listing Needed >Hello, > >I would like to post a list of Oconto County Churches, their >addresses, and phone numbers on the Oconto County GenWeb >Site for visitors to use for research contacts. Would someone >consider compiling such a list and submitting it to the site for full >personal credit? I am presently transcribing the 1880 Oconto >County Census for free access posting on the site. It is a big job >and I hate to stop and do this church page, but there are so many >requests for the information. If someone is interested (even in just a >particular area of the county), please contact me. The site is: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/ > >Your help would be wonderful. Thank you, Rita Oconto County >Site Host Here is a listing from "Guide to the Chuch Vital Stats in Wisconsin" (WPA in 1942). These are only the Lutheran churches in Oconto County. Oconto: St Paul's Evangelical 1899 - ? (1 volume) First American Lutheran 1874 - ? (2 volumes) Trinity Lutheran 1873 - ? (1 volume) Zion Evangelical 1931 - ? (1 volume) Oconto Falls St. Jacob's (now Grace Lutheran) 1905 - ? (1 volume) Zion Evangelical 1890 - ? (1 volume) Gillett Immanuel Evangelical 1894 - ? (1 volume) St. John's Lutheran 1892 - ? (1 volume) Lena American Lutheran 1937 - ? (1 volume) Church of Our Savior 1938 - ? (1 volume) Suring Mt. Olive Evangelical 1923 - ? (1 volume) Abrams Friedens Evangelical 1902 - ? (1 volume) Armstrong Tabor Evangelical 1914 - ? (1 volume) Breed Emannuel Evangelical 1911 - ? (1 volume) Chase Zion Evangelical 1885 - ? (1 volume) Howe Zion Evangelical 1909 - ? (1 volume) St. Johns Evangelical 1894 - ? (1 volume) Little Suamico St. John's Evangelical 1874 - ? (2 volumes) Maple Valley Evangelical Lutheran 1894 - ? (1 volume) Trinity Lutheran 1883 - ? (1 volume) Morgan Immanuel Evangelical 1904 - ? (1 volume) St. John's Evangelical 1887 - ? (3 volumes) Pennsaukee Grace Lutheran 1934 - ? (1 volume) St. Paul's Evangelical 1883 - ? (2 volumes) Spruce St. Mark's Lutheran 1892 - ? (1 volume) Stiles Bethel Lutheran 1918 - ? (1 volume) Townsend St. John's Evangelical 1919 - ? (1 volume) Underhill Christ Evangelical 1897 - ? (1 volume) St. John's Lutheran 1909 - ? (1 volume) Zion Lutheran 1899 - ? (2 volumes) Randy Fischer randyf1@airmail.net Searching for: FISCHER, RUSCH, MARCHESKE, PAUTZ (Germany to NE Wisconsin) FRICKE, PAUTSCH (Germany to Milwaukee, Wisconsin) MEHRTENS, MILLIES, MEALUS, JORNS, HENCK (Germany to Chicago, Illinois) URSPRUNG (Germany to Pennsylvania to Chicago, Illinois) WEISSE (Germany to Indiana to Chicago, Illinois)

>How could I access Wisconsin naturalization records for 1873-78? Do I need to >write somewhere, or can I get them inter-library loan? Any help appreciated. >Lyn Hi Lyn I may be corrected but I don't think they are available inter-library... Those records should be available at the Area Resource Center at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Talk to Deb Anderson or e-mail her at andersod@uwgb.edu ] Randy Fischer randyf1@airmail.net Searching for: FISCHER, RUSCH, MARCHESKE, PAUTZ (Germany to NE Wisconsin) FRICKE, PAUTSCH (Germany to Milwaukee, Wisconsin) MEHRTENS, MILLIES, MEALUS, JORNS, HENCK (Germany to Chicago, Illinois) URSPRUNG (Germany to Pennsylvania to Chicago, Illinois) WEISSE (Germany to Indiana to Chicago, Illinois)

Hello, I would like to post a list of Oconto County Churches, their addresses, and phone numbers on the Oconto County GenWeb Site for visitors to use for research contacts. Would someone consider compiling such a list and submitting it to the site for full personal credit? I am presently transcribing the 1880 Oconto County Census for free access posting on the site. It is a big job and I hate to stop and do this church page, but there are so many requests for the information. If someone is interested (even in just a particular area of the county), please contact me. The site is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/ Your help would be wonderful. Thank you, Rita Oconto County Site Host