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