Hi, I'm new to this list & would appreciate it if anyone could let me know where to write for Death & Marriage records in Columbia Co. circa 1860-80?? Thanks, Kathy heweys@prodigy.net

Hello List! Just learned, yesterday in fact, that my great-aunt, Josephine Geimer McCarthy, died in Columbia County, date of death 24 Aug 1992. This after researching her whereabouts for over a year! Is there a kind soul who might be willing to look up her death certificate at the county courthouse? Hope to hear from someone. Thanks. Steve What are you N2? Choose from 150 free e-mail addresses. http://www.n2mail.com

Is there anyone on this list who may have relatives or ancestors buried in the Newport Cemetery, which is next ot the Newport Lutheran Church in the town of Newport, east of Wisconsin Dells, just off of highway 16? Most of those buried there came from Norway, or are of Norwegian descent. There is a chance we may be related. Many of my ancestors are buried there. Some of the surnames are: Anderson, Apeland, Gregerson ?, Nordblom, etc. Alan Furchtenicht Madison, WI

Am looking for info on my great-great grandparents who were Oswald T. & Verena MODLER. I found them in the 1880 census living in Lodi with their 2 children: Arthur 8 yrs, born in Wis and Laura 6yrs, born in Wis. Oswald was born in Germany abt 1848 (making him 32 in 1880) and was a barber while in Lodi. Verena was born about 1849 (making her 31 in 1880) in Switzerland. They had a border living with them in 1880 who was also a barber, Jacob Empter 18 yrs, born in Wis. By the 1900 census they are on Ninth Street in Milwaukee with 3 additional children for a total of 5...all still at home! The info on all 5 kids from the 1900 census is as follows: Arthur G. age 28 born Jan 1872 Laura age 26 (my great-grandmother who married Wm Wenninger) born March 1874 Ella age 18 born Feb 1882 Alma age 10 born Jan 1890 Irwin age 8 born Dec 1891 By the 1920 census Verena is listed as a widow still living on Ninth Street in Milwaukee with her youngest son, Erwin R. then age 28 yrs. Yes, his name starts with an I in 1880 and an E in 1920. I don't know when or where Oswald & Verena came to America and finally Wis or where they met and married, but Lodi is my best start. As all the children were born in Wis I expect some if not all were born in Lodi. Is it possible for someone on the list to do a look up on this family for me? All help and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanx, Dale Miller Payne

looking for information on James CARTWRIGHT b @ 1848 maybe in Columbia co WI m (have mar. cert.) 26 Sept 1874 Dekorra Columbia co. Melissa Ann TOMLINSON b @ 1856 Poynette? Columbia co WI ( need birth record) they had 4 children.........1 born in WI - Hattie "May" b 20 Apr 1875 Poynette Columbia co ( birth record needed).....Melissas parents are John TOMLINSON b 28 Oct 1832 either in WI or Eng d 3 Aug 1903 (birth record needed) buried at Poynette Cemetery (cemetery record needed or death cert.) and Lucinda JACKSON b @ 1832 maybe WI (need birth record) The family always said Melissa died young (after 1890) during an epidemic of some kind in WI (need death record) and James remarried soon afterwards.(need mar. record)......if some kind soul is into any of these records sure would appreciate a lookup........Thank you, Jeanne in CA

Just signed on. I am researching my hubby's line of HABERMANN. John, George, and Anton Habermann came to Lodi in 1888 and opened a blacksmith-wagon shop, which ran until the early 1940's. I would love any information that is available. I note six Columbia County History Books on the Columbia website; are there indexes of names for any of these books? I also note a Lodi newspaper; The Lodi Enterprise. When was the newspaper estabilshed and what papers are available to research for the above timespan. Thank You! <bunnyden@sunrisenet.com>

Does Portage had a historical society. If so I need the address and telephone number. Thank You, Gail

Hello, I'm looking for information on the surmane: Dykstra. The were in Randolph and Friesland area. Would exchange information. Thank You, Gail

Hello, I'm looking for information on the surname of SEIBEL. Portage, Poynette, Madison area. Would exchange information want I have. Thank You, Gail

Hello, I'm looking for any information on the WESTOVER from Randolph area. I have some information too. Would like to talk to anyone who has some information on them. Thank You, Gail

Hello, I'm new to this and looking for any information on BISBEE's from Poynette, Portage are. I do have some information on them. Any help would be winderful!!!

Thanks for posting this notice. Do you have any additional information about the author and publisher of these books so that we could request these thru the inter-library loan system? -cjones > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd &\or Lori [mailto:takhome@wavetech.net] > Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 8:29 PM > To: WICOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Biography indexes > > > Two new indexes on line: > > 1 - Index to the biographies in the History of Columbia County, 1880 > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/columbia/biography/1880ndex.txt > > 2 - Index to the biographies found in History of Columbia County > Wisconsin, > Vol. II, 1914 > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/columbia/biography/1914ndex.txt > > > >

Two new indexes on line: 1 - Index to the biographies in the History of Columbia County, 1880 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/columbia/biography/1880ndex.txt 2 - Index to the biographies found in History of Columbia County Wisconsin, Vol. II, 1914 ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/columbia/biography/1914ndex.txt

Tom: the naturalization records should be in the Archives division of the State Historical Society in Madison. They are the Area Research Center for Columbia, Dane, etc. counties and are located on the 4th floor of the Society building at the west end of State St. near the Memorial Library and Memorial Union. There are index volumes, etc. By separate email, I'm sending you the information from the Archives online catalog about the naturalization materials for Columbia Co. If you have questions about the division, please check their website: http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/archives/ Alan At 06:25 AM 4/1/99 -0800, WICOLUMB-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >WICOLUMB-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 7 > >Today's Topics: > #1 naturalization records [Tom Krakow <tomkrakow@juno.com>] > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:09:45 -0600 >From: Tom Krakow <tomkrakow@juno.com> >To: WICOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <19990331.142807.6822.0.TomKrakow@juno.com> >Subject: naturalization records > >Hello, > >Where are the early Naturalization papers for Columbia County? The >particulars: family name of GEYMANN or GEYMAN, German, settled in >Columbia County 1842-1847 time frame in the Caledonia area. I have tried >the Portage Court House, and some of the LDS records, but never found my >relatives. Any suggestions would be welcome. So far, I have not tried >homestead papers, but I don't think that they homesteaded. I believe they >got the land through transfer of deeds. > >Thanks. >

I'm researching my gggrandparents who have Columbia Co roots. If anyone has info on these people I'd be most appreciative! Kevin K Johnson, Maj, USAF Chief, Physical Therapy Element (520) 228-2638 Family Group Report - 1 Apr 1999 ---------------------------------------- Husband: Charles F Roth ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1852 Place: Kentucky Death: 1915 Burial: Place: Chelsa, Taylor Co, WI Occupation: Shoemaker ---------------------------------------- Marriage: 1876 ---------------------------------------- Wife: Mary D Altschwager ---------------------------------------- Birth: 1853 Place: Mecklenburg, Germany Death: 1917 Burial: Place: Hillside Cemetery, Colubus, WI ---------------------------------------- Children... ---------------------------------------- 1. M Child: Arthur Roth Birth: 1877 Place: Colubus, WI ---------------------------------------- 2. F Child: Clara Roth Birth: 1879 Death: 1882 Place: Colubus, WI Burial: Place: Hillside Cemetery, Colubus, WI ---------------------------------------- 3. F Child: Gertrude Roth Birth: 13 May 1884 Place: Chelsa, Taylor Co, WI Death: 25 Sep 1930 Place: 525 N Division, Appleton, WI Burial: 27 Sep 1930 Place: Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, WI Occupation: Seamstress Spouse: George Andrews Johann Koehler Marriage: 1 Jan 1904 Place: German M E Church, Appleton WI ---------------------------------------- 4. M Child: Paul J Roth Birth: 23 Apr 1886 Death: 1956 Occupation: Wireweaver Spouse: Helen F Piepkorn Marriage: 24 Jun 1909 ---------------------------------------- 5. M Child: Karl J Roth Birth: 1887 ---------------------------------------- 6. F Child: Emma M Roth Birth: 1889 Husband's Notes... ---------------------------------------- Notes: 1880 Federal Census - 1st Ward Columbus, WI 1893 - 1910 resided at 927 State (Appleton Directory) 1900 Federal Census - did not find in Soundex 1905 WI State Census, p243, 01 Jun 1910 Federal Census (ED 123, Sheet 8, line 67) parents born in Germany Wife's Notes... ---------------------------------------- Notes: 1910 Federal Census (ED 123, sht 8, line 67) 6 born, 4 living, immigrated 1863 Last Modified: 30 Mar 1999

Hello, Where are the early Naturalization papers for Columbia County? The particulars: family name of GEYMANN or GEYMAN, German, settled in Columbia County 1842-1847 time frame in the Caledonia area. I have tried the Portage Court House, and some of the LDS records, but never found my relatives. Any suggestions would be welcome. So far, I have not tried homestead papers, but I don't think that they homesteaded. I believe they got the land through transfer of deeds. Thanks.

Oops! Sorry! To see the pages with info on Zona Gale & Frederick Turner (and other Wisconsin notables) you'll have to start at the home page. Gale & Turner are found under Wisconsin Authors and their Works. I haven't fully explored this site, so if anyone finds more Columbia County connections there let us know. If you like Wisconsin history this really is an excellent site. -- Lori http://www.library.wisc.edu/elib.cgi-bin/elib.display.cgi/etext/WIReader/Con tents.html

For those interested in a little Portage history, here are two excellent sites: Zona Gale (1874-1938) was a Pulitzer Prize winner and Portage native: http://www.library.wisc.edu/elib.cgi-bin/elib.display.cgi/etext/WIReader/WER 0054.html Frederick Turner, another Portage native, was a professor at Harvard and it is for him the Turner High School is named: http://www.library.wisc.edu/elib.cgi-bin/elib.display.cgi/etext/WIReader/WER 0750.html Both sites have pictures of early Portage and the Zona Gale site has a 1874 map of Portage. Enjoy! Lori

Hi Kevin- I can't help you with your ancestors, but if you ever get to go to Columbus, I think you'll really enjoy it. There is an elderly lady there who has all the cemetery records in her home, with plat maps and obituaries. She was very helpful. She was looking for someone to take over for her when I was there a few years ago, so there may be someone different now. The cemetery is well kept, and easy to get around in. There is also a monthly newsletter called "Columbus Old Times" put out by a local teacher. All the articles are taken from old newspapers at the library. They have all the old papers on microfilm. Pat Darling MT ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

I just joined this email group in hopes of finding information on my gg grandparents Charles F Roth 1852-1915 wh married Mary D Altschwager (1853-1917) in 1876. They are in the 1880 census for Columbus but moved to Taylor Co shortly thereafter and eventually moved to Appleton, Outagamie Co. Mary is buried in Hillside Cem in Columbus, as is an infant daughter Clara. I have never been to Columbus...must get there soon. Any help is appreciated!! Kevin K Johnson, Maj, USAF Chief, Physical Therapy Element (520) 228-2638