I am looking for information on this Oleson family in Wisconsin. From census reports, I am thinking they may have gone to Dodge Co., Wis. If you find anything here unclear, please ask questions or make comments. Dear listers: I just found out that my ancestor's real name is not Ester Thompson. In Norweigan, it is Astri or Astrid Tidemandsdr. Astri or Astrid was christened 31 OCT 1824 in Nord Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. She married Ole Oleson about 7 OCT 1824 Ulnes, Oppland, Norway. Her father was Tidemand Oldsdr. His father was Ole Oleson and his mother was Astri Thoresdr. Astri and Ole had a son, Ole H. Oleson, b Nov. 11, 1849 in Norway. It says on his birth certificate that he died "single." Don't know for sure what that means. Astri (Ester) and Ole had another son, Thomas, b Sept. 10, 1853 in Wisconsin. When they lef Valdres on a ship to the US in 1852, they had Ole H. Oleson, their son, with them, but their other son, Thomas, was not born until l854 in Wisconsin. Ole and Astrid (we call her Ester) live on the Hilmen farm in Norway. Wonder if they ever had other children? Astri, as I stated, married Ole Oleson, whose father was also Ole Oleson. When they married 7 OCT l849 in Ulnes, Opppland, Norway, Ole was 28, making him born about 1821. The marriage certificate states that Astri was 25 at the time of her marriage making her born about 1824. Astri was the daughter of Timand Olssen and Astri Thoresdr. My questions: Is there a way of finding out when Ole was born or when he died? I am guessing he was born about l800-1815. I would love to have the same info on Astri's, Ole's wife. from the 1860 Wisconsin, Winnebago Co.,census: Ole and Ann (Is this Astri?) (she may have called herself Ann in the l860 census) had children: Ole - 10 Thomas - 7 Surn - 4 Juliana - 2 It says all kids were b in WIS., but some records say the eldest kid was b. in NORWAY. Anyway Ole, Jr., and Thomas are the right ages, but Ole, Jr. was not b in Norway, as this particular census entry states. So I don�t know if this is them or not. Thank you. My earlier querie on other websites: Ester Thompson was born in Norway, I am guessing about 1810-1820. Before she immigrated to the U.S. (between l849-1853), she married Ole Oleson in l849, and he was also b. in Norway. Before she left Norway with her husband, she gave birth to at least one child, a son named Ole H. Oleson, born 27 NOV 1849 in Norway. This is all I have on her!!! Once she reached America, she gave birth to at least one other child: son, Thomas Oleson, born 10 SEP 1853 in Wisconsin. My problem is I can't find any census that holds at least all four of these names: Mother: Esther Thompson (Olesen) b in Norway Father: Thomas Oleson b in Norway son: Ole H. Oleson, b in l849 in Norway son: Thomas Oleson, b 1853 in Wisconsin Can you people give me suggestions on what I might do to locate them? What records are in Norway as far as birth records that might record Ole H. Oleson's parent's names? Do they go as early as l849? How do I find naturalization records? Where are they at? (Besides Ancestry?) I have subscribed to Ancestry and several of its packages, but I really hate to spend another $40. on naturalization records and not find anything. Are there naturalization records on the internet somewhere for free? ANY help is appreciated!!!! Thank you. Connie Beck 2765 130th St. Lenox, IA 50851 641 333 2537

Hello List For those looking for records of Dodge County that were destroyed in the fire they have records at the UW Oshkosh. They have copies for the 5 county court district. Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, and Winnebago. They can be contacted at (http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/arcnet/oshkosh.asp). They have been very helpful. Neal Neal Warber (nwchief43@yahoo.com) Troy, MT Searching for the past from the present. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70/year

Hello List, Nancy, There was a fire in 1877 in Dodge county courthouse so most if not all records were destroyed. Newspapers go way back. Perhaps an obituary or wedding announcement might give you some clues. Beaver Dam Community library has newspapers on microfilm. They also have many, not all, cemeteries indexed and on file. The address for the library is: 311 N. Spring Street, Beaver Dam, WI 53916-2043. This is a county library for Dodge County. You can get a photo copy of the articles for a small amount of money too. Have you tried ordering a film from the Family History Center that is a part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in your area? For a small mailing fee $3.50 you can rent a film for 3 weeks to view at the Center. Public is welcome. Hope this helps, Jane

When did Wisconsin start keeping marriage records? Birth records? It's a long shot but would there be records for late 1840's ? And is there a researcher I could pay to retrieve a marriage or birth, on the list? Should your records start that early. Thanks in advance! i-be-leve@msn.com

Wisconsin Census 1900, Dodge County: KROHN, HERMAN 1860, Theresa 1862, Frederick 1887 - 1999, Henry 1888, Amanda 1890, Amanda 1894, Cecelia 1894, John 1897. Could this John really have been named Clarence and census taker wrote it incorrectly? Will share other Krohn family data. Verna Banes, vbanes@cox-internet.com. Verna Banes, vbanes@cox-internet.com

Mary, I really doubt that the two Georges are one and the same. It would have been really hard to be on the 1850 census in two different states, with two different wives, and two different one year old babies. Not impossible. But, also, not too likely. I would look to see if there are still two Georges on the 1860 or 1870 census records. Kathy mary kahkola wrote: > Subject:my bodendoerfer/bodendorfer's again... > > I've found a George BODENDORFER listed in the 1850 census in Theresa, Dodge County, WI. With wife Barbara & 1 yr. old daughter Anna. "My" George BODENDORFER is in the Muskegon County Michigan 1860 census with wife Martha E. and 1 yr. old daughter Emma. George is the right age to be the same person. Martha & George were supposed to have come to Michigan from Wisc. in mid 1850's. > > Is there a city directory or some other means to see where George & Barbara went. > If these age the same man, did he desert wife & child # 1--or did they die? > Can anyone on the list help me connect the two George's? > Thank you in advance! > i-be-leve@msn.com > > ==== WIDODGE Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Subject:my bodendoerfer/bodendorfer's again... I've found a George BODENDORFER listed in the 1850 census in Theresa, Dodge County, WI. With wife Barbara & 1 yr. old daughter Anna. "My" George BODENDORFER is in the Muskegon County Michigan 1860 census with wife Martha E. and 1 yr. old daughter Emma. George is the right age to be the same person. Martha & George were supposed to have come to Michigan from Wisc. in mid 1850's. Is there a city directory or some other means to see where George & Barbara went. If these age the same man, did he desert wife & child # 1--or did they die? Can anyone on the list help me connect the two George's? Thank you in advance! i-be-leve@msn.com

Dear Amy in Denver, I have in my family info a Mary Klug who married an uncle Herman MUELLER (c1900? - I don't have my notes handy) . They married in Watertown at St. John's Lutheran, I believe. After their marriage they lived in Mayville, Dodge County. I have her parents names, if you are interested, since I have their wedding certif. Sincerely, Katherine Bellingham, WA Names researching in Dodge County: KRESSIN, HERBENER, MUELLER, GRAUNKE, WIEDENHOEF, and many more > > Hi! I just joined both the Dodge and Jefferson County lists, and wanted > to post my surname interests just in case anyone is researching the > same. Sorry for the crosspost but they are relevant for both counties > in most cases. > > I am interested in, among others...: > > SCHWANTES, KRUEGER, KLUG, PAUTSCH, WESTPHAL, GENTZ, GOERLITZ (GERBITZ or > many other variations) > > and related. > > Would love to hear if anyone has these names in their tree! > Amy in Denver, CO >

I have a lot of Gentz information but I think a lot of it is online. Lenora from Menomonee Falls, WIS researching: Burg, Kelley, Rosar, Dippre/Dupre. Weber, Kirsch, Grim, Dean, Pochowski, Szewczykowski

Does anyone know if the Courthouse Records are in tact for Dodge County. I heard that a fire had destroyed many. Thanks, Nancy

Hello List, I am seeking others who are researching Cornelius ENRIGHT, b. Ireland abt 1815. His wife was Bridget, born abt 1819 in Ireland. Children: Patrick, 1845 in Massachusetts. Cornelius, 1848 in Wisconsin. Catherine, 1850 John, 1851 . Michael, 1852 James, 1856 Edward, 1858 All children born in Wisconsin except Patrick. Cornelius was found in Dodge County in the census of 1850, 1860, 1880. I would appreciate hearing from you. Nancy

I have just started up a new e-mail list for the DOMEK surname on Rootsweb. To subscribe, send the command "subscribe" to DOMEK-L-request@rootsweb.com If you'd like to post a message so everyone on the mailing list receives it, just send it to DOMEK-L@rootsweb.com. It will then be sent on to everyone on the list. There is also now a new DOMEK Message Board on Rootsweb as well. Go to this location to view the board and post a message. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=Surnames.Domek --Glenn Gohr (Domek List Manager)

Hello, I am also doing a little research on a Peter Roedl and Anna Landfried in Dodge county. At the Beaver Dam library on Spring Street I think there is a genealogy book on the Roedl family. It might be worth looking into. Is anyone searching the Frank and Mersch line? Jane Michigan

Hi all, I started researching these surnames in peticular these: John Carlisle CLARK Myron LANE & Mary A. (unknown) Charles P. LANE & Blanche WAKE Burt WAKE & Margaret ROEDL Martin ROEDL & Theresa FRANK Franz ROEDL & Theresa HARTL Wallace WAKE & Eliza Ann CLARK and so on.....................I've found some stuff on line and would love to have someone to work with! I have put everything I found in the computer so will gladly share a report with someone!! I started researching these lines for a friend, Laird LANE who lives here.................. Thanks so much! Sharon Frank in Fl. sharon1@cfl.rr.com

Hello, I'm new to this list and I am searching information for my GGGrandfather Carl Ludwig KLENTZ believed to be KLENZ before he left Germany. Carl was born 27 March 1856 and died 11 March 1938 in Reeseville, WI. Carl was married to Louise BERG(MAN?) born 11 November 1862 and died 04 May 1927 also in Reeseville, WI. They immigrated to the US in 1881. Any information anybody would have on him or his family would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Kathy Whiting

Marilyn, Thanks for the note posted to the Dode Co. WI list about the DOMEK family. I know a little about this family. One of my dad's cousins was Anna Gohr (1883-1931) who married Anthony "Tony" Domek (1880-1951). They lived around Emmetsburg and Whittemore, Iowa. My Gohr family was also from what is now Poland, but the Gohrs were Lutheran. The Gohrs came to Chicago and then to NW Iowa and settled near Whittemore, Kossuth Co., IA. Tony Domek is son of Adam Domek, b. 14 Feb. 1844 in Poland, d. 19 April 1925 at Spirit Lake, Dickinson Co., IA and Barbara Zeigman, b. 1845 Germany, d. unknown. I have Adam and Barbara being married at Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., WI. I just heard from another researcher named Marge on Feb. 24th: Mjmicona@aol.com She says they were married in East Bristol, Dane Co., WI in St. Joseph's Catholic Church by Father Debecker, instead of at Beaver Dam. I don't know which is correct. I heard from another researcher, Barbara McDonald paxriverbarb@hotmail.com, on 24 Nov. 2003. She gives this information on the Adam Domek family: Adam Domek served in the Civil War, and homesteaded a farm near Fairville upon his return from the Civil War. He married Barbara Zeigman at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Their children were: Joseph, born 24 Sept. 1866 Henry, born 7 Jan. 1868 Barbara born, 20 Mar. 1870, Beaver Dam, WI, married Fred C. Miller 19 Nov. 1890, died 20 April 1964, Whittemore, IA George born 11 Dec. 1871 Mary born 8 Jan. 1873 Edmond born 14 May 1876 John born 24 Aug. 1878, married Emma Benson, died Feb 12, 1960, buried in Alexandria, MN. They had 12 children Anthony born, 7 Nov. 1880 Michael born 2 Nov. 1882 ? (not sure of the year). He was deaf and dumb, and lived his life with John. Fred born, 6 Mar. 1884 , married Clara Gappa 18 April 1906, died Nov. 1982, Fenton, IA Frank born, 16 May 1885 or 86. Maybe you can contact these other two researchers and get some answers. P.S. I also have a William Joseph Domek (1891-1964) who married Margaret Voigt (1901-1984), who was another cousin of my dad's. How is William Joseph Domek related to Adam Domek? --Glenn Gohr archives_guy@hotmail.com

This is my first venture with this list. Am seeking information on my gggrandparents who settled in the Beaver Dam area from Poland-Germany in approximately 1850. Various census takers have spelled the name DOMEK, DOMINICK, DOMINIK. The parents may have been named Michael and Hedwiga or Ludwiga. Their two children were named Adam (age 6) and Mary (about 10 years older). Story is told that the elder Michael was digging graves in a cholera outbreak in about 1856, and fell over dead into an open grave, also a cholera victim. In the 1860 census, Adam is listed as a 15 year old farm laborer, living with his widowed mother at an address in the town of Beaver Dam. The sister, Mary, is assumed to have married a farmer, George KLIEGL(E) also spelled EIGLE in one census, about 25 years her senior. Adam volunteered for service in the Civil War‹Wisconsin 17th Infantry Regiment. Married to Barbara ZEIGMAN, after discharge from the War. (June 1866). Michael¹s widow, Hedwiga or Ludwiga, possibly died in 1867. The 1870 census show the young Adam DOMEK and George KLIEGL families living on adjoining farms in rural York, WI. They migrated to NW Iowa shortly thereafter (1871-72). I¹ve written to county officials, was told the courthouse burned down‹a common occurance. I¹ve written to the Madison Diocese for church records; was told they don¹t exist. I¹ve tried to check on newspapers, but have run into dead ends for that 1850-1870 time period. I would really like to know a bit about the immigration, death or marriage records, land records, anything that would tell exactly where these folks emigrated from. Is there some kind soul who can offer more suggestions? Thanks in advance, Marilyn Mugan Holmes

Hello, I know on line there is an 1870 Census for the whole state of Michigan, but I do not have the address. You will have to do a search. How far away are you from a Family History Library? You could rent census filmstrips and other info. How about the 1880 Census at www.familysearch.org? Hope this helps, Jane

I've found a George BODENDORFER listed in the 1850 census in Theresa, Dodge County, WI. With wife Barbara & 1 yr. old daughter Anna. My George BODENDORFER is in the Muskegon County Michigan 1860 census with wife Martha E. and 1 yr. old daughter Emma. George is the right age to be the same person. Martha & George were supposed to have come to Michigan from Wisc. in mid 1850's. Is there a city directory or some other means to see where George & Barbara went. If these age the same man, did he desert wife & child # 1--or did they die? Can anyone on the list help me connect the two George's? Thank you in advance! i-be-leve@msn.com

FRED & AUGUSTE MIRLACH (various similar spellings) were the parents of a son b. 1892 and a daughter Minnie b. 1898, and possibly a dau Mable, Fox Lake, WI. Can someone find them on the 1900 and 1910 Dodge County census? I have data about Minnie and husband Clarence Krohn and children. Verna Banes vbanes@cox-internet.com