>From the Saturday, 14 March 1942 edition of the Eau Claire Daily Telegram: >From the Files: 10 Years Ago (1932) The county board yesterday slashed pay for individual members from $5 a day to $4 for regular sessions and committee per diem. Vote on the cut was 25 to 6 following lengthy debate. The Service League elected officers here last night, including Mrs. V.T. Wahl, Mrs. J.A. Amundson, Mrs. E.B. Bundy, Miss Alma Hanson and Mrs. Vernon Lange. 15 Years Ago (1927) The county board has approved the plan to consolidate the city municipal court and county court with Judge George L. Blum to handle the joint duties. A legislative enactment is required. George B. Wheeler has donated six lots in the 600 block on South River street to Masonic orders for site of the proposed new Temple. Cost will be about $250,000. 25 Years Ago (1917) The Eau Claire high school basketball team won the cage title of northwest Wisconsin defeating Rice Lake, 52 to 20, in the final game. Cummings and Cleasby starred for the Purple. The saloon is the worst enemy of the Catholic Church, the Rev. Fr. A.B.C. Dunne told his audience at St. Patrick's church Sunday night. ++++++++++++ Have a good Friday everybody -- and an even better weekend! -- Nance

I am doing research of the KLOSS family in Eau Claire and neighboring Tremepealeau Co. The KLOSS family was originally quite large, composed of about 30 siblings, who left the home farm in Trempealeau Co. as soon as they could. (Probably a matter of space.) Some left the farm and went north into Eau Claire County and married the individuals listed above. This all happened between 1890 and present. The family was originall from Silesia emigrating to Wisconsin in 1879. The original family consisted of Johan and Agnes KLOSS. Agnes died in Trempealeau co. in 1891. Having 11 children of her own. Johan married Catherine KACHEL in 1892 and fathered approximately 20 more children 17 of which survived to adulthood. The family has dwindled after this contribution to the state. But many survive in Eau Claire, Trempealeau, Dane, and Milwaukee Co. that I can trace. Anyone out there doing like search of this name and allied families?

But first, some new news! The Rootsweb server for the mail lists is NEW & IMPROVED! Brian Leverich worked through the weekend to rebuild the server and reinstall the operating system. He decided to use the "down time" to good advantage by replacing the old machine, a Pentium Pro 200 with slow 60-nanosecond EDO memory, with a Pentium II 400 with fast 6-nanosecond SDRAM memory, estimated to improve performance by a factor of 2-6. The result is a RootsWeb that's faster, more efficient and better equipped to serve the needs of Internet genealogists. And if that's not enough: Yesterday, I posted that the Rootsweb server would be down for several hours today. Well, my mistake, because it happened yesterday! (Sorry about that! I hope I didn't mess anybody up!) The main Web server for IIGS, RootsWeb, USGenWeb, and WorldGenWeb was down for about two hours this Wednesday morning. The reason was that we were physically moving the server from its old home at DataCourse.com (where it was filling two T1s) to Lightspeed.net (where it has access to a T3 (28xT1) connection to the Internet). That gives us plenty of bandwidth and allows us to continue adding new services for genealogists. I hope all of you will visit your favorite Rootsweb website (Eau Claire Co.?) and appreciate all the hard work that was done just for YOU! Now, on to the old news... >From the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, Saturday, 14 March 1942: Wife of Eau Claire Boy Starts Vogue of Earring Photography Ear-ring photographs, something new in costume jewelry for wives whose husbands are in the army, has been introduced in St. Paul by Mrs. Duane K. McPherson, whose husband is an Eau Claire boy, son of W.D. McPherson, 501 S. Barstow St. Mrs. McPherson lives with her parents at 206 W. Stevens St., St. Paul, while she waits the return of her husband from army service. A St. Paul paper describes Mrs. McPherson's new idea: A quick shopping trip netted her a pair of flattop ear-rings. With two identical snapshots of her husband, a tube of airplane glue and a pair of scissors, she soon assembled her new jewelry -- ear-rings on which were displayed the pictures. Mrs. McPherson is proud of her soldier -- frequently wearing a gold locket and locket bracelet (gifts from her hero) which, her friends say, both contain pictures of her husband. Then, too, another picutre is tucked away in her purse. In one of the lockets is a picture taken of the McPhersons on their wedding day last June 23. About a year ago Mrs. McPherson, then Marjorie Thayer, was hurrying along a downtown street when she met an old friend who was accompanied by the uniformed Private McPherson. The friend suggested a party that evening -- and, Mrs. McPherson says, "that's the way our courtship started." Private McPherson who was in St. Paul on furlough had to return to his camp in Louisiana soon. But he obtained another furlough in June to come to St. Paul for his marriage to Miss Thayer. Last Christmas Mrs. McPherson saw her husband again when he returned home, but Jan. 5 he left to go to a new base. Now Mrs. McPherson waits with her pictures and letters from her soldier-husband, hoping for that day to come soon when he can return to the position in Eau Claire when he enlisted. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ It feels so good to be back on track! Have a bright and happy day everyone! -- Nance

Hi Everyone, Just got an update on what's happening with Rootsweb and thought I would pass it along to you. So if you see an interruption in your mailing lists and also accessing the web pages listed below on the various servers, it's only temporary! It won't take long and we will have an even faster service than before! Here's the note from Brian: > Hi all - > > Folks are using RootsWeb's main Web server so much that we have > completely filled the two T1 connections that it currently uses. > > So tomorrow morning we are moving the server to a T3 (equivalent to > about 30 T1s). This will result in some downtime occurring during > the move window of 09:30a to 11:30a Pacific. > > We will try to keep the downtime to the bare minimum, but some > downtime is unavoidable. During the down, the following sites will > be unavailable: > > www.iigs.org > www.rootsweb.com > www.usgenweb.com > www.usgenweb.net > www.usgenweb.org > > Sorry about the downtime, but this move will guarantee that we can > continue to provide fast access to everyone for months to come. -B > -- > Dr. Brian Leverich -- Nance Sampson mailto:[email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SURF MY PAGES!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Personal webpages - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2337 WashburnCo.GenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwashbu EauClaireCo.GenWeb - http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/eauclair.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MAIL LISTS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WashburnCo. Mail List -- [email protected] EauClaireCo. Mail List -- [email protected] Type subscribe or unsubscribe in message body with signature file turned off! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Everyone! Haven't received the official word on how the mailing lists are doing on Rootsweb, but decided I'd give it a try and see how it works. Worse case scenario would be that you received this at a later date. But old news is old news... >From the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, dated Saturday, 14 March 1942: High School Class of 1940 to Hold Reunion April 4 The Eau Claire Senior high school class of '40 reunion will be held at the Elks club April 4. Members are asked to get in touch with Miss Marjorie Mitchell if unable to attend the banquet. Ticket committee members are: Anita Bylander, Marjorie Lund, Marcella McMillian-Schaefer, Eileen White, Bettymae Rohrer, Mary Jane Krogstad, Margaret Barnes, Borghild Sorneson, Jerry Jacques, Dick Lund, Roger Ludvigson, Lyle Rostad, Miss Mitchell has tickets at the high school in Room 102. ++++++++++++++++++++ That's all I'll post for the old news today and see what happens. I just couldn't stand it -- not sending these out every morning has become a fun "habit". I have missed doing it AND I've missed all of you! Hey! Is anyone going to the Tri-County Genealogy Meeting this Saturday? If so, we sure would like to hear about it. Would someone like to post a report when they get back? I know there's gonna be lots of good information in this meeting! Hoping to keep the news ball rolling, -- Nance

> Hello all! > > I am looking for anyone who is researching this last name. My great > grandmother, Pauline Semrau was born in Germany in 1888 and in 1906, > when she was 18, came to the US. Here she lived with her sister in > Connecticut - I do not know her sisters name. She then married a > Gustave Heiser and moved to other parts of the country. She died in > Milwaukee, WI. May 16, 1949. > > Her obit states that she was preceeded in death by four brothers and > sisters. > > ANYONE RESEARCHING THIS NAME PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP!!!!!!! > > Thanks! > > Cindy Johnson

Sorry, I'm getting a late start this morning -- spent more time in the shower today than I normally do. Boy, that hot shower felt good! Here's another item from the Eau Claire Daily Telegram from Saturday, 14 March 1942: Richard Ryans Celebrate Their Silver Wedding A group of friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ryan, 1228 Main St., Thursday evening, the occasion being their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The guests brought with them a delicious lunch. The celebration was doubly happy as the Ryan's son, Richard E. Ryan, was home on furlough from Fort Jackson, SC, where he is attached to the Medical Corps. Congratulatory messages were received from their two other sons, Arthur, with the Marine Corps, and George, attending the University of California at Los Angeles. Their daughter, Mrs. Gordon Erickson, and her husband, of this city, were present. Others who attended were: The Messrs. and Mmes. H.M. McCluskey, Ray Forcier, Vernon Stokes, Arthur Blakeley, M.C. Mickelson, Paul Lewis, Frank Nelson, Carl Kopplin, Miss Della Forcier, Leo Gort, and Miss Mildred Johnson. A purse of silver was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Ryan. ++++++++++++++++ It's a beautiful day in northern Wisconsin! I'm hoping it is where you live too! Have a good one! -- Nance

Hello, I am seeking information about my gr Grandfather, Patrick MURPHY, who was born in Mayo, Quebec, Canada about 1845 to Thomas and Catherine KELLY MURPHY. He came to Eau Clare, Wisconsin about 1867 to 1870. He worked for NW (North West?) Lumber for a few years, and then started work for Knapp Stout as a Lumber Camp Foreman. He had several camps in the Rice Lake Area, and there is a MURPHY Dam/Flowage by Rice Lake that is named for him. A brother, Thomas MURPHY and a sister Mary MC DONNELL came with him and lived in both the Eau Clare and Chippawa Falls area. ( I believe they came a few years after him.) Patrick married Josephine BROW in1882 in Rice Lake and had three children: Mary MURPHY (later married Fred WOODS) born 1883, James Patrick MURPHY born 1885 and Edward MURPHY born 1887. I am interested in learning more about NW Lumber Company. I attempted to email the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp at [email protected] to see if they could help me, maybe with old records or photos, but my computer said I had an invalid address. Do you think this place would have information like that? Would it be worthwhile to send my questions to them by regular mail? I would expect there might be relatives in your area, but that would be a big task to check out all of the MURPHYS and MC DONNELLS. Perhaps they might see this querie. Thank you in advance for any help you might give to me. Nancy MURPHY BALDWIN

>From the Daily Telegram of Eau Claire, WI on Saturday, 14 March 1942: Goetz-Garlie Marriage Held Mrs. Marie Randen announces the marriage of her daughter, Geraldine Goetz, Eau Claire, to Harold Garlie, son of Mrs. O.L. Garlie, also of Eau Claire, on Saturday, March 7. the ceremony was performed by the Rev. M.T. Jenson at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at 7:30 p.m. The bride, dressed in pastel blue, wore a corsage of pink roses and buds, while her attendant, Vivian Olsen, had a corsage of Talisman roses pinned on her dress of deeper blue. The groom and his attendant, Marvin Randen, a brother of the bride, wore dark suits with white boutonnieres. A reception was held following the wedding at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. J. D. Moore. The couple went on a short trip to Minnesota and are at home at 1104 Birch St., this city. The following showers were given in honor of the bride-elect: At Mrs. Garlie's home a shower was held at which many gifts were received. The girls with whom the bride formerly worked entertained at a dinner at the Badger Grill. A showere was given by Mrs. A.P. Randen and Mrs. J.D. Moore at the home of Mrs. Moore. The L.D.R. organization presented a lovely gift to the bride-to-be. +++++++++++++++++ For the past ten days, I've been feeling like I've been living in the past. Our water heater went kaput (thankfully the basement didn't flood out too bad), and I've been boiling lots of water! Bright and early this morning, the fellows came out to install a new water heater. Boy, these modern conveniences sure are nice! Hope you all have a nice day too! -- Nance

Just wanted to remind everybody about the Tri-County Genealogy meeting that's happening on 19 September 1998. If you're planning on going, the deadline for getting your reservation in is this Saturday, 12 September!! The cost is $10.00, which includes salad bar buffet lunch (must be prepaid) OR $6.50 for the genealogy session only (NO lunch) Send to: Connie Lotz, 105 Skyline Dr., Eau Claire, WI 54703-5920 (make checks payable to "GRS of Eau Claire" by 12 September) For more information on this meeting, see the website at: http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/tricounty.htm -- Nance

Yesterday I made another plea for obituaries and biographies. Well, we now have 2 new obits posted at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits !!!!!! When you get the chance, check them out! There just might be someone there that you are looking for. The families represented are Garton and Rieck. Our thanks go to Kim and Reid for their generosity in sharing these with us! -- Nance

Society Briefs and Personals from the Saturday, 14 March 1942 edition of the Daily Telegram, Eau Claire, WI: Society Briefs: Mrs. Florence Rumphol entertained the Jolly 18 club on Wednesday assisted by Mrs. Louis Beaulieu. Games were played with prizes going to the Mmes. Emma Pettis, Mable Fern, Edna Pettis, Viola Gregerson. The club will meet at the home of Mrs. Emma Pettis on March 26. Twin boys were born Friday, 13 March to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Curtis, 220 Maple Street, at Luther Hospital. Mrs. Curtis was formerly Miss Ione Coggins of Cornell. The Junior League of Grace Lutheran Church meets at 7:30 Friday evening. The program will be put on by group 3. Devotions will be given by Elaine O'Donell. The speaker will be Arthur Mickelson. The annual card party of the Lady Elks of Eau Claire will be held Tuesday, March 17, at the club. The party will be a dessert-bridge, starting promptly at 1:30 p.m. There will be numerous door and bridge prizes. Personals: Miss Rosemarie McNair has returned to St. Paul after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McNair, this city. She will leave Sunday for New York. Miss Emma Kuster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kuster, has left for Washington, DC where she has accepted a position with the government after passing a civil service examination recently. -- Nance

Yes, there's more old news from the Daily Telegram of Eau Claire. This from the Saturday, 14 March 1942 edition: Rationing Board Release 18 Car and Truck Tires Applications were granted by the Eau Claire county rationing board the week of March 9 - 13, according to the list made public today by J.V. Young, chairman of the board for 6 heavy truck tires and one heavy tube, 12 tires and 8 tubes for passenger cars and light trucks, and for six truck retreads. The list of applications granted follows: Heavy Truck Tires: -- Tank Car Service Company, Margaret St., city, one tire. Distributing gas and oil to the dealers. -- Stanley Harold Bushendorf, 212 Twelfth St., city, one tire. Delivering fuel oil. -- Albert Cartwright, Route 3, city, one tire. Wholesale beer distributor. -- Eau Claire Transportation Company, 218 S. Barstow, city, three tires and one tube. Public transportation service. Passenger Car and Light Trucks: -- Trygve Garborg, 1105 Bellevue Ave., city, one tire and one tube. Construction work. -- Rev. M.J. Vettrus, 918 Fay Street, city, one tire and one tube. Pastor. -- Harry A. Probst, Box F., Augusta, two tires and two tubes. Plumbing and sheet metal work. -- Hugh M. Knight, 1004 Fifth St., city, one tire and one tube. Wholesale meat distributor. -- S.S. Benedict, 415 Water St., city, one tire and one tube. Commercial refrigerator service. -- Lennie T. Randall, Route 1, Osseo, one tire. Hauling farm produce. -- John Bruer, 218 No. Ninth St., city, one tire. Construction work. -- Frank R. Sokup, Route 2, city, one tire. Hauling farm produce and collecting scrap iron. -- Dr. George W. Beebe, 414 Jones St., city, one tire and one tube. Physician and surgeon. -- Fred S. Balliett, Augusta, one tire. Hauling livestock to the packing house. Truck Retreads: -- Wisconsin Telephone Company, 301 S. Farwell, city, one tire. Communication service. -- Eau Claire Ice Company, 639 Union St., city, one tire. Delivering ice and fuel. -- L.G. Arnold, Inc., 201 N. Dewey St., city, one tire. Off the road equipment (not chargeable to the quota). -- Ed Phillips & Sons Company, 223 No. Dewey St., city, two tires. Wholesale deliveries of candy, cigars, tobacco, and whiskey. I see they still haven't put my name on the list. I have four good bald tires that I'll trade for some good Eau Claire Co. obituaries and biographies! Any takers! If there are, you can mailto:[email protected] and I'll have to figure out a way to send the tires via email -- hmmm, better get my "Complete Idiot's" book out! ;~) -- Nance

I know there's something in this article for someone on this list! >From the Altoona Tribune, dated Thursday, 22 January 1942: A wreck occurred on the lead track of the Omaha railroad in the altoona yards about 6:20 o'clock on Tuesday evening, 12 December 1911, when the Eau Claire switch engine No. 202 side swiped the new Altoona switch engine No. 32, while it was switching up time freight train No. 85 on the No. 7 track west of the depot. Seven box cars, engine No. 202 and No. 32 were half tipped over and caboose No. 6053 was completely tipped over. Nobody was injured in the wreck. The old Altoona hand wrecker was called to pick up the wreckage, which took 15 hours. The seven box cars and caboose No. 6053 were put on the rip track in Altoona for repairs. The two switch engines were repaired in the Altoona roundhouse. Engineer John JAMES and fireman Harry BONELL were on the Eau Claire switch engine and Engineer August RIECK was on the Altoona switch engine when the wreck occurred. Conductor Leo DOYLE and brakeman Geo. ROCK left Altoona on time freight No. 85 with another caboose about 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, 13 December 1911, for Minneapolis. No. 85's regular time into Altoona was at 2:30 p.m. and left at 8:30 p.m. daily. :~) -- Nance

But, there is some "New" news! If you haven't visited the Eau Claire Co. GenConnect pages lately, some new obituaries and a biography have been added: Obits for Lieut. Clayton Wold, John A. Bell, and the obit for Mrs. Eugene Tarbox has been updated. Bio for Simon Randall, Sr. The new system is up and running and looks great! I hope you have a chance to use it! You all have a great Labor Day! (And like every good mom, let me remind you to PLEASE drive carefully!) -- Nance

Hope you all are having a great weekend. The weather is just perfect for us to get out and do all those things that people do on holiday weekends! Hope you are enjoying it too! Here's what was happening around the Altoona area from 30 October 1941 in the Altoona Tribune" Mrs. H. Stark, Rt. 4, Eau Claire entertained her Royal Rummy Club Wednesday evening. Mill Elda Garvey of St. Paul is visiting friends and relatives in Altoona. Mrs. Claude Hayden, Lynn Ave., entertained a group of relatives Sunday. Those present were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hawkins of Baraboo, her brothers and wives, Mr. and Mrs. Claire Hawkins, and family of Baraboo; Mr. and Mrs. Bert and Harold Hawkins of River Falls, the occasion being the birthdays of Mrs. Hayden and her brother, Claire, and Bert Hawkins. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Byers of Kansas City, MO., were guests at the W.T. Duganne home, Lynn Ave. for several days last week. Mrs. A. Boetcher and daughter, Betty, Garfield Ave., are visiting the former's son, Private Cadwell Boetcher, from the Sixth Corps Area headquarters in Chicago. They plan to return Friday. ++++++++++++++++++++++ Sounds like everybody were busy beavers back in the good old days. The folks at GenConnect were busy beavers last night. They have the new system up and running after working for 8 solid hours during the middle of the night. List of new GenConnect Features: Visitor Toys: ------------------- Separate entry fields for subject and surnames ..... allows more descriptive subjects (non-surname words won't matter) Main page of each board displays the list of surnames for each query, in addition to the subject .... allows for more surnames to be entered 'Print' option now expanded to include the entire thread (user's option) Surname page will be auto-generated, and auto-updated weekly (more frequently with admin intervention), and will now be alphabetized and hotlinked to the query in which it appears. Cookie support expanded to include "date ranges". Faster, sleeker search engine. Multiple-word surnames supported - including the capability of searching for them. New search options added to the Global Search ..... soundex (enhanced over previous version), partial word match, whole word match, wildcard searching." To see what GenConnect is all about, visit our page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/ecgenconnect.htm Take a look at some of the new features when you get the chance. Better yet, now would be a great time for you to send in that obituary or biography that you've been thinking about adding! Just mailto:[email protected] -- Nance

>From the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, Saturday, 14 March 1942: Removal of Car Tracks Will Be Started Soon Removal by the city of the street car tracks on Bellinger street, Chestnut street, Fifth avenue, Grand Avenue west, and Grand avenue east, from the bridge to Graham avenue, is scheduled to get under way within the next few weeks, but the time has not yet been definitely set, it was learned today. The Northern States Power company recently transferred title to the tracks and other equipment on the streets mentioned to the city along with a specified sum of money, to be paid to the city, with the city agreeing to remove the tracks and to repair and restore the streets to their former condition. The removal will be made by WPA cres. The city will sell the salvaged steel rail and other steel for scrap, the sale to be made in accordance with government instructions. When the tracks in the block between the east end of the Grand avenue bridge to Graham avenue are removed and while the street is torn up, it is planned to put down a new sanitary sewer in that block to replace the present sewer, which has been found to be in bad condition. +++++++++++++++++++ Have a safe and restful holiday weekend everyone! -- Nance

>From the Saturday, 14 March 1942 edition of the Daily Telegram, Eau Claire, WI: 12 Men Enlist in Army, Leave for Camp Grant The following men enlisted at the army recruiting station at the post office building and were sent to the reception center Camp Grant, IL, Friday night: Alton Paige, Hayward; John F. Muldoon, Eau Claire; Theodore R. Scholze, Humbird; Andrew M. Sisko, Hawkins; Herbert T. Zimmer, Rice Lake; Clarence F. Jungerberg, Fall Creek; Norval M. Sather, Independence; Helner Beck, Withee; Marck J. Repich, Kennan; Joseph C. Voves, Fairchild; Bruce D. Terland, Menomonie; and Lenoard F. Fischer, Fall Creek. ++++++++++++++++++++ It's a busy weekend here in northern Wisconsin. The weather promises to be good all weekend. So if you have the time and are looking for something to do, there's always something going on in the area. Here is just an example of some of the events scheduled for this weekend: Buckshot Run The Leader-Telegram's 16th annual Buckshot Run will be Saturday. The five-mile run-walk begins at 9 a.m., and the two-mile event starts at 10:30 a.m., both at Carson Park. Registration is from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Holiday Inn Convention Center, 205 S. Barstow St., and before the race Saturday at Carson Park. The event benefits Special Olympics. Call 833-0833 for more information. Celebration The Eau Claire Labor Council AFL-CIO will sponsor a free picnic for union members from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday in Riverview Park Pavilion to celebrate the 108th Labor Day. The picnic is free to all union members and their families. Participants need to show they belong to an union and bring a dish to pass. Water shows The Ski Sprites will perform their final water-ski show of the season at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and 2 p.m. Monday at Half Moon Beach. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Have a safe and pleasant weekend everyone! -- Nance

The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society is conducting the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Family History Conference on 23 and 24 October 1998 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison. This two-day conference features 49 lectures of interest to all genealogists doing research in the U.S.A., but of special interest to genealogists with Wisconsin roots or doing family history research in Wisconsin. The twenty highly qualified lecturers are some of the top genealogical lecturers in the country, including such experts as Helen Leary, Jim Hansen, Jim and Paula Warren, Tony Burroughs, Pat Hatcher, Eric Grundset and Jack Holzhueter. The exhibits hall will feature approximately 20 vendors of genealogical books, supplies and services. For more information, including the complete program and a registration form check the WSFHC web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/wsfhc.html>. For even more information e-mail <[email protected]> to receive the 8-page program/registration brochure. The registration fee for this outstanding conference is only $80, but registrants filing before 11 September can take advantage of the discounted $65 early registration fee. Rollie Littlewood First Vice-President Wisconsin State Genealogical Society <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs>

I know the Chippewa River was a prime logging river in the late 1880s to 1900s. The Red Cedar River flows through Barron County and Dunn County before it joins the Chippewa south of Downsville. Was the Red Cedar River used for logging also? Was it navigable by boat and used as a corridor for travelling? I'm tracking some family in the area and it would help to know more about how they moved about. The families are DONALDSON, CURRAN, McDONALD, HODGE, DODGE, HOGLE. Thanks, Gary Donaldson