I am sorry but this outrages me as We the people are the Government and we need to start taking it back. What a sad Country we have become, we are all in search of our forefathers who made this a Great Nation, yet we sit back and let everything they fought and believed in be taking away from us little by little. Even our pets are not safe. Imagine what maybe in the food we eat and the medicines we take? I think we the people of the United States need to start PROTESTING in the Streets. They just don't want people to do anything any more. This is going to a one world order,. With thousands of people, if not millions losing their jobs, inflation on everything is gouging us, but yet ILLEGALs get all the REWARDS. WAKE UP PEOPLE....................we ALL are one step away from being homeless. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Anderson" <panderso@charter.net> To: <WIDODGE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:11 PM Subject: [WIDODGE] Possible Fee Increases WI Vital Records & at NARA > State Issue: Vital Records Increases Senate Bill 40, the budget bill, > contains provisions that will increase the price of birth records > including each copy from $12 to $20 and increase marriage, death and > divorce records including each copy from $7 to $20. This increase is > intended to raise over $16,000,000 for the biennium. Some of this money > will go to programs outside of the State Registar's office. For more > information and links to your legislators see > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/ > > NARA Fee Increases Example: Civil War pension file from $37 to new fee of > $125. It was $10 in 2000 before it was increased to $37. For more > information and how to comment see http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/ > > Pam Anderson > Wisconsin State Genealogical Society > Advocacy Chair > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

State Issue: Vital Records Increases Senate Bill 40, the budget bill, contains provisions that will increase the price of birth records including each copy from $12 to $20 and increase marriage, death and divorce records including each copy from $7 to $20. This increase is intended to raise over $16,000,000 for the biennium. Some of this money will go to programs outside of the State Registar's office. For more information and links to your legislators see http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/ NARA Fee Increases Example: Civil War pension file from $37 to new fee of $125. It was $10 in 2000 before it was increased to $37. For more information and how to comment see http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/ Pam Anderson Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Advocacy Chair

Hello Ken I will probably go to the D/JCGS this summer if you want to wait and I can get the clippings you want. I can check at the Hartford History Room next time I go to Hartford Library, they have some information on Dodge County. Also when I go to the Dodge County Courthouse I can look for a death certificate for Merlin. Do you have any other names and dates of people your looking for birth, marriage and death certificates for. I can check the courthouse for them. Bill H. --- Ken Spangler <kenopoly@gmail.com> wrote: > Bill, > > Thanks so much for the information. Wow, I > discovered quite a few things > there I wouldn't mind having. Now I just have to > convince my wife to give me > the money for them! :-) > > Thanks for your help, > > Ken Spangler > Forbes / Stevenson Genealogy Researcher > Webmaster > http://www.forbes-stevenson.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "william herman" <waherman61@yahoo.com> > To: <widodge@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:29 AM > Subject: Re: [WIDODGE] Merlin A. Forbes, Horicon, > Wisconsin, Died Dec. 1918 > > > > Hello Ken Did you try the > > Dodge/Jefferson County Genealogical Society in > > Watertown? They have an online index of there > > newspaper clippings, if you find something you can > > order a copy of the clipping. Here is there > website > > http://www.dodgejeffgen.com If you don't find it > > there let me know. > > > > Bill H. > > --- Ken Spangler <kenopoly@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> I hope this is an appropriate post here. > >> > >> I am looking for information about Merlin A. > Forbes. > >> All I know about him is that he died in December > of > >> 1918 and that he is the son of Frank Forbes and > >> Elvie Krause.. I'm not sure of his birth date. > I'm > >> not even sure about where he is buried, although > I > >> would suspect the same place as his dad. His dad > is > >> buried in Oak HIll Cemetery. > >> > >> Would anyone be able to see if they could find an > >> obituary or such for Merlin? I suspect that one > >> would be available at the Hartford History Room > in > >> Hartford but that is just a suspicion. I have > found > >> someone who has a listing of a lot of Forbes > >> materials I would like but I can't afford to pay > >> $15.00 a piece for them! However, it gives me > hope > >> that someone might be willing to look this up for > me > >> if they were able to. > >> > >> Any information could be sent via email or if a > hard > >> copy is required I could reimburse. I just like > to > >> know what I am paying for. I have been burned > before > >> when someone charged me for something just to see > >> that it was a one-line statement saying someone > >> died. > >> > >> Please let me know if you could help! > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Ken Spangler > >> Forbes / Stevenson Genealogy Researcher > >> Webmaster > >> http://www.forbes-stevenson.com > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email > >> to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and > >> the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > > WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265

Bill, Thanks so much for the information. Wow, I discovered quite a few things there I wouldn't mind having. Now I just have to convince my wife to give me the money for them! :-) Thanks for your help, Ken Spangler Forbes / Stevenson Genealogy Researcher Webmaster http://www.forbes-stevenson.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "william herman" <waherman61@yahoo.com> To: <widodge@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [WIDODGE] Merlin A. Forbes, Horicon, Wisconsin, Died Dec. 1918 > Hello Ken Did you try the > Dodge/Jefferson County Genealogical Society in > Watertown? They have an online index of there > newspaper clippings, if you find something you can > order a copy of the clipping. Here is there website > http://www.dodgejeffgen.com If you don't find it > there let me know. > > Bill H. > --- Ken Spangler <kenopoly@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I hope this is an appropriate post here. >> >> I am looking for information about Merlin A. Forbes. >> All I know about him is that he died in December of >> 1918 and that he is the son of Frank Forbes and >> Elvie Krause.. I'm not sure of his birth date. I'm >> not even sure about where he is buried, although I >> would suspect the same place as his dad. His dad is >> buried in Oak HIll Cemetery. >> >> Would anyone be able to see if they could find an >> obituary or such for Merlin? I suspect that one >> would be available at the Hartford History Room in >> Hartford but that is just a suspicion. I have found >> someone who has a listing of a lot of Forbes >> materials I would like but I can't afford to pay >> $15.00 a piece for them! However, it gives me hope >> that someone might be willing to look this up for me >> if they were able to. >> >> Any information could be sent via email or if a hard >> copy is required I could reimburse. I just like to >> know what I am paying for. I have been burned before >> when someone charged me for something just to see >> that it was a one-line statement saying someone >> died. >> >> Please let me know if you could help! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ken Spangler >> Forbes / Stevenson Genealogy Researcher >> Webmaster >> http://www.forbes-stevenson.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Ken Did you try the Dodge/Jefferson County Genealogical Society in Watertown? They have an online index of there newspaper clippings, if you find something you can order a copy of the clipping. Here is there website http://www.dodgejeffgen.com If you don't find it there let me know. Bill H. --- Ken Spangler <kenopoly@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I hope this is an appropriate post here. > > I am looking for information about Merlin A. Forbes. > All I know about him is that he died in December of > 1918 and that he is the son of Frank Forbes and > Elvie Krause.. I'm not sure of his birth date. I'm > not even sure about where he is buried, although I > would suspect the same place as his dad. His dad is > buried in Oak HIll Cemetery. > > Would anyone be able to see if they could find an > obituary or such for Merlin? I suspect that one > would be available at the Hartford History Room in > Hartford but that is just a suspicion. I have found > someone who has a listing of a lot of Forbes > materials I would like but I can't afford to pay > $15.00 a piece for them! However, it gives me hope > that someone might be willing to look this up for me > if they were able to. > > Any information could be sent via email or if a hard > copy is required I could reimburse. I just like to > know what I am paying for. I have been burned before > when someone charged me for something just to see > that it was a one-line statement saying someone > died. > > Please let me know if you could help! > > Thanks, > > Ken Spangler > Forbes / Stevenson Genealogy Researcher > Webmaster > http://www.forbes-stevenson.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail

Hello everyone, I hope this is an appropriate post here. I am looking for information about Merlin A. Forbes. All I know about him is that he died in December of 1918 and that he is the son of Frank Forbes and Elvie Krause.. I'm not sure of his birth date. I'm not even sure about where he is buried, although I would suspect the same place as his dad. His dad is buried in Oak HIll Cemetery. Would anyone be able to see if they could find an obituary or such for Merlin? I suspect that one would be available at the Hartford History Room in Hartford but that is just a suspicion. I have found someone who has a listing of a lot of Forbes materials I would like but I can't afford to pay $15.00 a piece for them! However, it gives me hope that someone might be willing to look this up for me if they were able to. Any information could be sent via email or if a hard copy is required I could reimburse. I just like to know what I am paying for. I have been burned before when someone charged me for something just to see that it was a one-line statement saying someone died. Please let me know if you could help! Thanks, Ken Spangler Forbes / Stevenson Genealogy Researcher Webmaster http://www.forbes-stevenson.com

Hello Brenda I was at the Dodge County Courthouse the other day. I couldn't find anything on the death of Frank Thorpe or Julia Brooks Thorpe. The only Thorpe's I found in the death records were Clara died in 1924, Witte died in 1926, Mary A. died in 1910, Mary A. died in 1906 and Benner died in 1899. Bill H. --- william herman <waherman61@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Brenda I will be going to the > Dodge > County courthouse in Juneau in 3 or 4 weeks if you > need any look-ups. The courthouse burned down in > 1877 > so there will be nothing before about 1880. Let me > know if you need any information after 1880 for > birth's, marriage or death's. > > Bill H. > --- Brenda Hebert <brenhebert@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > I'm doing research on my daughter's paternal > > ancestors, and have come to Dodge County > > (figuratively, not literally) in my research. > > > > My daughter's great-great-grandmother was > "Jennie" > > THORPE (Jennie may have been short for Jeanette), > > she was born 16 Dec 1871 in Dodge County, > Wisconsin. > > Her parents were Franklin THORPE & Julia BROOKS > who > > were married in Dodge County on 17 Sep 1864. > > > > In the 1870 Census they are in Ward 3 of Beaver > > Dam: > > Frank THORP (age marked over) Day Laborer b. > Canada > > Julia 24yrs b. New York > > Cornelia 11yrs. b. WI (apparently from a first > > Cordelia 11yrs. b. WI marriage by Franklin) > > Permelia 9yrs. b. WI (ditto) > > Willie 5yrs. b. WI > > Phillena 2yrs. b. WI > > > > In the 1880 Census they are in Dist. 3, Ward 1 > of > > Beaver Dam: > > F. THORP 45yrs. Mason b. Canada (parents b: > > England) > > Julia 34yrs. b. New York (parents b: > > Canada/Vermont) > > Willie 15yrs. b. WI > > Anna 12yrs. b. WI > > Jani 7yrs. b. WI > > Rosi 4yrs. b. WI > > Charli 1 1/2yrs. b. WI > > Varny 6/12yrs. b. in Nov b. WI > > Anna BROOKS 20yrs. b. WI parents b: Canada/New > > York(sister-in-law) > > > > I believe I found Julia in the 1900 Census in > > Exelsior, WI: > > James WILSON b. May 1848 m. 4yrs b. MI pa.NY/NY > > Julia b. Apr 1842 b. NY pa.VT/VT > > Lee (son) b. Oct 1878 b. WI pa.MI/WI > > Louis THORP (step-son) b. Nov 1878 b. WI > > pa.Canada/NY > > > > I was unable to find Julia in the 1860 Census, > but > > I did find her in the 1850 Census in Beaver Dam: > > Levi BROOKS 40yrs. b. VT > > Nancy 32yrs. b. VT > > Samuel 10yrs. b. VT > > Julia 5yrs. b. NY > > Sumner 2yrs. b. NY (male) > > > > I have been unable to find anything on Franklin > > before the marriage in 1864. I hope this sounds > > familiar to someone out there in America! ~~Bren > > > > > > I am now on MySpace! You can > hear > > me sing at: www.myspace.com/brendahebert and my > > personal space is at www.myspace.com/brenhebert. > > Drop by and say hi! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a > > more powerful email and get things done faster. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject > and > > the body of the message > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love > (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures > list. > http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091

Hello Kathy, You should contact the Hartford History Room with your request. http://www.hnet.net/~hpl/localhist.htm The HHR will be able to provide you with a photocopy of the original in German script on one side, and an English translation on the other. The alternative is to contact the Wisconsin Historical Society and make your request via interlibrary loan. The only reason I mention obtaining the film is because you might be able to references to out of town relatives, etc. in other areas of the paper. However, this will not only require your going to the effort of actually getting the film, you must also be able to read German script. Best Regards, Dennis Lohr Milwaukee, WI Kathy Campbell <KatGCamp@bellsouth.net> wrote: Can anyone tell me how to find a copy of an obituary that appeared in the 31 Dec. 1891 issue of the Dodge County Pionier? There is supposedly an obituary for a Mrs. NEISIUS that I'm interested in. Thanks. Kathy Campbell Jacksonville, FL ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.

Can anyone tell me how to find a copy of an obituary that appeared in the 31 Dec. 1891 issue of the Dodge County Pionier? There is supposedly an obituary for a Mrs. NEISIUS that I'm interested in. Thanks. Kathy Campbell Jacksonville, FL

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Hello Judy I'll add your names to my list for Juneau. I should be going in the middle of March. Bill H. --- Joodybos@aol.com wrote: > Hi Bill, > > No, sorry, I don't recognize your Uncle's name. I > use to live in Aurora way > back when in 1968 on Alton St. and worked at > Fitzsimmons Hospital...it's > changed some since then. My son lives on Nucla St. > in Aurora. > > Well, on the genealogy, I guess that's my problem, I > don't have any dates > whatsoever on this William GOODENOUGH. Elnora > Gensmer's last name was > Goodenough on two of her siblings obits (both 1939) > as attending the funerals. So, > I'm really at a loss on this fellow. Elnora's > Social Security Applications > shows her name as Elnora-Mathilda Gensmer > Goodenough, 113 N. Lincoln Ave., > Beaver Dam, WI., 33 yo, on the application which is > dated 1 Dec 1936. Then on 12 > Jul 1940, she changed her name to Elnora Gensmer > Zirbel (her second > marriage). > > I'm still in need of death information on Ida A. > (Gensmer) Neuman, b. 19 Sep > 1898, d. 1967, don't know specific date or where, > probably Beaver Dam, if > you could look that up it would be great. I also > don't have an obit on her, do > you know where I can find that? I've tried the WI > Genealogical Societies > with no luck. > > Well, shall leave you alone with that for a while > since I'm getting ready to > go on vacation and will be in touch later....thanks > so much for your > help....Judy in Colorado > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> > Check out free AOL at > http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most > comprehensive set of free > safety and security tools, millions of free > high-quality videos from across the > web, free AOL Mail and much more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com

Hi Bill, No, sorry, I don't recognize your Uncle's name. I use to live in Aurora way back when in 1968 on Alton St. and worked at Fitzsimmons Hospital...it's changed some since then. My son lives on Nucla St. in Aurora. Well, on the genealogy, I guess that's my problem, I don't have any dates whatsoever on this William GOODENOUGH. Elnora Gensmer's last name was Goodenough on two of her siblings obits (both 1939) as attending the funerals. So, I'm really at a loss on this fellow. Elnora's Social Security Applications shows her name as Elnora-Mathilda Gensmer Goodenough, 113 N. Lincoln Ave., Beaver Dam, WI., 33 yo, on the application which is dated 1 Dec 1936. Then on 12 Jul 1940, she changed her name to Elnora Gensmer Zirbel (her second marriage). I'm still in need of death information on Ida A. (Gensmer) Neuman, b. 19 Sep 1898, d. 1967, don't know specific date or where, probably Beaver Dam, if you could look that up it would be great. I also don't have an obit on her, do you know where I can find that? I've tried the WI Genealogical Societies with no luck. Well, shall leave you alone with that for a while since I'm getting ready to go on vacation and will be in touch later....thanks so much for your help....Judy in Colorado <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more.

Hello Brenda I will be going to the Dodge County courthouse in Juneau in 3 or 4 weeks if you need any look-ups. The courthouse burned down in 1877 so there will be nothing before about 1880. Let me know if you need any information after 1880 for birth's, marriage or death's. Bill H. --- Brenda Hebert <brenhebert@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm doing research on my daughter's paternal > ancestors, and have come to Dodge County > (figuratively, not literally) in my research. > > My daughter's great-great-grandmother was "Jennie" > THORPE (Jennie may have been short for Jeanette), > she was born 16 Dec 1871 in Dodge County, Wisconsin. > Her parents were Franklin THORPE & Julia BROOKS who > were married in Dodge County on 17 Sep 1864. > > In the 1870 Census they are in Ward 3 of Beaver > Dam: > Frank THORP (age marked over) Day Laborer b. Canada > Julia 24yrs b. New York > Cornelia 11yrs. b. WI (apparently from a first > Cordelia 11yrs. b. WI marriage by Franklin) > Permelia 9yrs. b. WI (ditto) > Willie 5yrs. b. WI > Phillena 2yrs. b. WI > > In the 1880 Census they are in Dist. 3, Ward 1 of > Beaver Dam: > F. THORP 45yrs. Mason b. Canada (parents b: > England) > Julia 34yrs. b. New York (parents b: > Canada/Vermont) > Willie 15yrs. b. WI > Anna 12yrs. b. WI > Jani 7yrs. b. WI > Rosi 4yrs. b. WI > Charli 1 1/2yrs. b. WI > Varny 6/12yrs. b. in Nov b. WI > Anna BROOKS 20yrs. b. WI parents b: Canada/New > York(sister-in-law) > > I believe I found Julia in the 1900 Census in > Exelsior, WI: > James WILSON b. May 1848 m. 4yrs b. MI pa.NY/NY > Julia b. Apr 1842 b. NY pa.VT/VT > Lee (son) b. Oct 1878 b. WI pa.MI/WI > Louis THORP (step-son) b. Nov 1878 b. WI > pa.Canada/NY > > I was unable to find Julia in the 1860 Census, but > I did find her in the 1850 Census in Beaver Dam: > Levi BROOKS 40yrs. b. VT > Nancy 32yrs. b. VT > Samuel 10yrs. b. VT > Julia 5yrs. b. NY > Sumner 2yrs. b. NY (male) > > I have been unable to find anything on Franklin > before the marriage in 1864. I hope this sounds > familiar to someone out there in America! ~~Bren > > > I am now on MySpace! You can hear > me sing at: www.myspace.com/brendahebert and my > personal space is at www.myspace.com/brenhebert. > Drop by and say hi! > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a > more powerful email and get things done faster. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265

Hello Judy Can you make me a list of the names and birth dates if you have them for the people you want looked up in Juneau. They have index books for birth, male and female marriage and deaths. They start in about 1877 (the courthouse burned down in 1875) and go to 2007. Dates only make the process of looking for the names go faster. If you know about when an event happened that would help. From the index book I can go to the actual certificate in another book for the information. I had one of my relatives go to Dubuque IA to be married in about the same time period, now I know why. Wauwatosa is in Milwaukee County. If you have names with the correct date I can verify that it is correct and this way you will have a correct source. You don't happen to know any Miescke's, my uncle and his family lived in Aurora. I think it is a suburb of Denver. Bill H. --- Joodybos@aol.com wrote: > I'm going on vacation for a week or so, shall get > back to you upon return > with some names, etc. > > I'm mainly interested in WILLIAM GOODENOUGH, for > now, and I have no details > on him whatsoever, other than he married Elnora > "Nora" Gensmer, sometime > between 1919-1937. I know that's a lot of years, > but I've only been able to > narrow it down to those years. I don't have any > stats on him either. I'm just > going by Elnora's siblings obits as to when her last > name was shown as > "Goodenough". I can't seem to find a marriage > license on them online. She lived on > Center St. in Juneau, Dodge, WI, but I'm not sure > they married there. > (FYI) Her second marriage (1940) took place in > Dubuque, IA, for some reason, I > was told there was no waiting period in IA vs. WI > and it was a direct railroad > route. Elnora was b. 23 Jan 1903 in Juneau, Dodge, > WI. She gave birth to my > mom 6 May 1920 in Wauwatosa, WI (maybe they got > married in Milwaukee > County). My mom was given up for adoption out of > the Milwaukee, WI Children's > Service Society. The courts won't unseal her > adoption records, although I haven't > tried now that all parties are deceased, but they > did give us some > information...my mom's birth name was Lorraine > GENSMER. The court clerks doing the > research gave us two different stories on her dad. > He didn't claim her at > birth and didn't sign the birth certificate as > being the father, and he was a > well to do neighbor boy who didn't want to have an > illegitimate child. The > other court clerk said he lived a couple counties > away, so she didn't understand > how they could have met to begin with. So that's > all I have to go on. > > I'd really appreciate any help you can give me in > looking up his name for > marriage records or birth, death; something to give > me a lead. I'll be glad to > reimburse you for your time and efforts....it means > a lot to me to know my > biological family and to be able to bring them to > life. > > Thanks so much....Judy in Colorado > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

Can anyone help me with the EIMER family in Dodge County? I am trying to find out how many children August EIMER and Eva (NEISIUS) EIMER had. August was born 16 Mar. 1855 in Milwaukee, according to the pre-1907 Wisconsin birth records online. Eva was born in Dodge County around 1870, dau. Of John and Mary NEISIUS. I believe that August was married twice, and that Eva was his second wife. Does anyone know when August and Eva died? I know that Eva was a widow before the 1930 census. Thank you. Kathy Campbell Jacksonville, FL

(This message is being posted to numerous mailing lists. Please excuse the duplication if you receive it more than once.) The Olympia Resort & Conference Center in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, will be the site of the upcoming Wisconsin State Genealogical Society's 2007 Gene-A-Rama, "Genealogy: Genetics + Generations" on Friday and Saturday, 13 and 14 April. The hosts will be the Waukesha County Genealogical Society. Along with our usual array of great vendors offering genealogy-related items for sale, the featured speakers will be Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, Ancestry.com's Chief Family Historian, James L. Hansen, FASG, David McDonald, CG, Nancy J. Emmert, CG, and George Findlen, CG. Friday's lectures include: * Reverse Genealogy: Techniques for Finding Your Lost Loved Ones (Smolenyak) * Not Just Wisconsin -- The Resources of the Wisconsin Historical Society (Hansen) * The Value of the 1917 Code of Canon Law for Understanding Odd (and "Missing") Parish Register Entries (Findlen) * Building a Village-Based Community (Smolenyak) * Getting Around the Lost 1890 Census (Hansen) * On Location: Researching in Your Ancestor's Community (Emmert) * Remembering Our Ancestors (Smolenyak) Saturday's topics are: * Lutherpalians & Presbygationalists: What Happened to Grandma's Church? (McDonald) * So What Do I Do Next? Developing a Research Plan (Emmert) * Trace Your Roots with DNA (Smolenyak) * New Yorkers to the Midwest/Wisconsin (McDonald) * BCG Certification Workshop (Emmert and Findlen) * Beyond Y-DNA: Your Genetic Genealogy (Smolenyak) The Olympia Resort & Conference Center is located at 1350 Royale Mile Road in Oconomowoc, about half-way between Milwaukee and Madison. For directions and more information about the hotel, see http://www.olympiaresort.com/. For room reservations, contact the hotel at 800-558-9573 before 13 March 2007. Reduced registration rates for the event are available before 30 March 2007. For further information about Gene-A-Rama and registration materials, please visit the WSGS Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/gar2007.htm, or contact: Wisconsin State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 5106 Madison, WI 53705-0106 wsgs@chorus.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mary Rieder Program & Education Committee East Central District Representative (Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Washington Counties) Wisconsin State Genealogical Society mrieder@wi.rr.com

I'm going on vacation for a week or so, shall get back to you upon return with some names, etc. I'm mainly interested in WILLIAM GOODENOUGH, for now, and I have no details on him whatsoever, other than he married Elnora "Nora" Gensmer, sometime between 1919-1937. I know that's a lot of years, but I've only been able to narrow it down to those years. I don't have any stats on him either. I'm just going by Elnora's siblings obits as to when her last name was shown as "Goodenough". I can't seem to find a marriage license on them online. She lived on Center St. in Juneau, Dodge, WI, but I'm not sure they married there. (FYI) Her second marriage (1940) took place in Dubuque, IA, for some reason, I was told there was no waiting period in IA vs. WI and it was a direct railroad route. Elnora was b. 23 Jan 1903 in Juneau, Dodge, WI. She gave birth to my mom 6 May 1920 in Wauwatosa, WI (maybe they got married in Milwaukee County). My mom was given up for adoption out of the Milwaukee, WI Children's Service Society. The courts won't unseal her adoption records, although I haven't tried now that all parties are deceased, but they did give us some information...my mom's birth name was Lorraine GENSMER. The court clerks doing the research gave us two different stories on her dad. He didn't claim her at birth and didn't sign the birth certificate as being the father, and he was a well to do neighbor boy who didn't want to have an illegitimate child. The other court clerk said he lived a couple counties away, so she didn't understand how they could have met to begin with. So that's all I have to go on. I'd really appreciate any help you can give me in looking up his name for marriage records or birth, death; something to give me a lead. I'll be glad to reimburse you for your time and efforts....it means a lot to me to know my biological family and to be able to bring them to life. Thanks so much....Judy in Colorado

Hello Judy I go to the courthouse in Juneau about once a month if you could use some look-ups. I was there last week so it will be another 3 or 4 weeks before I go back. Give me a list of names and dates, if you have them and I can check the birth's, marriages and deaths back to 1875. That is when the courthouse burned down with all the records. This week I will be going to the Washington County courthouse if you think some of your people lived there. Washington County is the county east of Dodge County. Bill H. --- Joodybos@aol.com wrote: > I keep hitting brick walls searching for my > grandfather, William GOODENOUGH, > in Dodge or surrounding counties. I have no > information on him at all. He > married (year/place unknown) my grandmother, Elnora > (aka Elinor, Eleanore, > Nora, etc.) Mathilde GENSMER. Elnora was born 1903 > in Juneau, Dodge, WI, and > died 30 May 1974 in Beaver Dam, Dodge, WI. I show > the Goodenough's living at > 113 N. Lincoln, Beaver Dam in 1936 (no source > listed). Elnora married a > second time (Dubuque, IA) in 1940 to Ervin R. > ZIRBEL, and a third in 1956 (Beaver > Dam) to Marvin A. SPARS. > > Elnora GENSMER lived on Center St., in Juneau, with > her family: Emil (dad), > a blacksmith, Emilie (mother); and siblings: > Agnes, Della, Minnie, Alfred, > Ida, and Dorothea. > > Any help on this surname would be appreciated. > > Judy in Colorado > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited

This isn't a great lead, but this is what I can tell you. My family settled in Dodge County, Wisconsin, also. I have been researching my great grandmother's family---the SWANs. My great grandmother was Susan Ann SWAN, b. 24 March, 1829 in March, Cambridgeshire, England. She migrated with her parents and 2 siblings about 1848 and settled in Theresa, Dodge County, WI. Her parents were John and Sarah (SWAN) SWAN.[This is confusing because Sarah's maiden name was SWAN, and her father was also!!! John SWAN]. Other family members also came about the same time. I have traced the family back to England and have found that there is a pretty good website for the Cambridgeshire area of England. In researching related family members, I have found that there are a number of people listed with the name GOODENOUGH, some are married into the SWAN family. They may have immigrated at a later date and joined their relatives in Dodge County. You might check into the website. It lists the people from Cambridgeshire appearing in the 1851 census, births, deaths, etc. The web address is: _http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/bmd/Camdex/_ (http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/community/bmd/Camdex/) Claudia from MN

I keep hitting brick walls searching for my grandfather, William GOODENOUGH, in Dodge or surrounding counties. I have no information on him at all. He married (year/place unknown) my grandmother, Elnora (aka Elinor, Eleanore, Nora, etc.) Mathilde GENSMER. Elnora was born 1903 in Juneau, Dodge, WI, and died 30 May 1974 in Beaver Dam, Dodge, WI. I show the Goodenough's living at 113 N. Lincoln, Beaver Dam in 1936 (no source listed). Elnora married a second time (Dubuque, IA) in 1940 to Ervin R. ZIRBEL, and a third in 1956 (Beaver Dam) to Marvin A. SPARS. Elnora GENSMER lived on Center St., in Juneau, with her family: Emil (dad), a blacksmith, Emilie (mother); and siblings: Agnes, Della, Minnie, Alfred, Ida, and Dorothea. Any help on this surname would be appreciated. Judy in Colorado