Chris Fox wrote: > I am new to this list and I am trying to find more about my family that had > lived in Chetek Barron WI. My great grandparents Bartholomew and Mary > Morris Fox lived in Chetek in the late 1880's. I was told there was a > Diptheria epidemic in 1888 that took two of their children late in the year > like November, December. Mary Alice Fox who I think was around 12 and her > younger brother Francis Martin Fox age 6. Is there any records pertaining > to this event? Where was the cemetery in 1888 to try and find records? I > think by 1890 the family had moved to Minnesota. > > Chris Fox > foxhunt@gte.net Hi Chris, Welcome to the Barron Co. mail list. I hope you will enjoy communicating with others on this list. Everyone is really helpful. I don't have the cemetery records for the Chetek area, but in looking at the pre-1907 Death Index that we have on the Barron Co. WIGenWeb site, I found a Mary A Fox and a Martin F. Fox who both died in 1888. Mary died on 24 Nov 1888 and Martin died on 29 Nov 1888. Here is the URL for the page that I found this information on: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/deaths/fdeaths.htm These records should be available at the Barron Co. Register of deeds office. If you decide to order them, please be sure to include the full names and date of death, but DO NOT include the Vol./Page or other numbers from this chart, as they pertain to ordering from the State of Wisconsin. It's much faster to order from the County offices. If you are interested in ordering these records, the address for the Register of Deeds office is located on this page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/addresses.htm I hope this helps to answer some of your questions. -- Take Care, Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net