>From the Eau Claire Daily Telegram, 20 February 1942 Personals -- Mrs. Paul Ness is ill at Luther Hospital. A son, James Robert, was born Feb. 14 to Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Bentley of Louisville, KY. Mrs. Bentley was Betty Wescott of Houghton, MI. Rev. Arland Larson, 912 Chauncey St. is ill at Luther Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Haas, Oakwood Place, were in Augusta Thursday evening where the former addressed the Parent-Teacher association on the subject, "The Challenge to America." Mr. Haas is on the Eau Claire State Teachers College faculty. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Packard, formerly of Eau Claire, who have lived for the past year and a half in LaCrosse, have moved to Elroy where Packard has been transferred by the A. F. Schwahn and Sons company of Eau Claire, to open a new route in that territory. He reports much activity in the Merrimac district where the government will construct a large powder plant. Roy Packard, of Whitehall, visited his parents here the past week. Social Briefs -- Marriage Licenses The following couples have recently filed applications for marriage licenses at the office of the county clerk: Jack C. Garnett, Eau Claire, and Esther H. Moe, Pleasant Valley: Richard Hanson, town of Unity, Trempeleau Co., and Edna Peterson, Eau Claire; Walter H. Abley and Ione C. Zielsdorf, both of the town of Otter Creek. Birthday Anniversary Mrs. Carl Peterson assisted by Mrs. L. L. Leum of Rice Lake, Mrs. H. G. Goddard of Eau Claire entertained the Friendly class of the First Baptist Church in honor of the 73rd birthday of their mother, Mrs. Pearl McClaine, of this city, Wednesday afternoon. New Arrivals A son, Ronald Charles, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Carey, Route 4, Eau Claire, at Luther Hospital Thursday morning (19 Feb. 1942) Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy, announce the birth of a daughter, on 18 Feb. at the Luther Hospital. At Sacred Heart Hospital: To Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Connell, Altoona, a daughter, 19 Feb.; to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Molls, Turtle Lake, a son, 19 Feb.; to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Laurence, Starr Ave., Eau Claire, a son, 20 Feb. 1942. +++++++++++++++++++ Have a good weekend everyone! -- Nance Sampson ECCMLO mailto:[email protected]

This article was found in The Daily Telegram, Eau Claire, WI on 20 February 1942: Pleasant Valley High Duplicating its performance in the regular Red Cross Roll call the town of Pleasant Valley went over the top in the current War Relief drive when its captain, Charley Schmidlin, turned in a total of $219.70 to Harlan Neibuhr, chairman of the drive in the rural area. This brings the total amount reported by towns to date to $1,253.00. Pleasant Valley is the second town to exceed its quota, the town of Wilson having done so previously. Several other towns are also close to their goals, notably the town of Otter Creek which has collected 98.6 percent of its quota, with one worker still to report. Assisting Schmidlin in the town of Pleasant Valley, were the same workers who served in the previous Red Cross drive including Mrs. George Reid, Mrs. Elmer Nelsno, Mrs. Percy Sequin, Mrs. Halvor Evenson, Mrs. Arnold Wilson, Mrs. Ella Knudson, Gorge E. Erickson, Peder Tollefson, and R.E. Evens. Among the substantial contributors in the town of Pleasant Valley was the Ladies Aid Society of the Zion Lutheran Church which donated $10 to the cause. One other town made a substantial return during the week, this being the town of Drammen, which turned in $79.25 to apply on its quota. The town is captained by Charley Lund who is assisted by Mrs. A. Brownell, Mrs. C.E. McCann and Miss Margie Knudson. The drive is continuing in this town. Captain in other towns who have not yet made a report, are urged by Neibuhr to advise him of their progress, and to make advance partial remittances wherever possible so that the money can be turned in to Knute Anderson, general treasurer of the drive. ++++++++++++++++++++++ There are 3 obituaries added to the Obituary Board located at: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits Maybe one of them will help you in your search for information. Check them out! Do you have an obituary or a biography that you would like to see posted on the Eau Claire Co. GenWeb pages? If so, please email them to me and I will get them posted right away! Your name and email address will appear under the submission information. It is another excellent way to find other people who are researching the same surname. I've had many people write to me asking me questions about the information that I've submitted. Try it! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

Ahhh, Augusta! What a friendly little town. I have many good memories of happy times in this town. Here is an example of some of the things that were happening in the lives of Augusta area people back in 1942 were: Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pence and family of Appleton, were overnight guests at the home of her brother, Ralph Golden. Wednesday they went to Elmwood to spend the Easter holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Golden. Ralph Pettis received word the first of the week that his sister, Maybelle, now Mrs. Nick Webber, had died Sunday morning, March 29 at her home at Harlowton, MT. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Korth attended a family gathering at Spencer Sunday at the home of his sister Mrs. Frank Oelrich. Bob Gregor and Pete Kramshuster now have employment as carpenters at Merrimac, WI. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Olker of Hayward, March 29, a son. Robert Dittmer has enlisted in the quartermaster's corps and left Monday for Camp Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Christian Magnussen and family left for Milwaukee Tuesday, where they will make their home. On March 26, they were supper guests of the F. C. Walker home, and in the evening a farewerll party was given for them by Mr. and Mrs. Walker. Five hundred was played at four tables. On March 28, friends and neighbors tendered the Magnussen family a farewell party at their home. Mrs. Lloyd Karow drove to Princeton, MN Saturday for a weekend visit with her husband, who is employed there. She returned here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Johnson, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Adeline Coey, of Bruce, drove to Lodi Tuesday. They were called there by the death of the women's sister, Mrs. Armand Ketterer. Robert Ryax of Madison was a guest at the D. V. Lampman home Sunday. Donald Dickinsen, who attends embalmer's school in Chicago is spending his Easter vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dickinsen and other relatives. Mrs. John Mahon accompanied Miss Vine Miller of Eau Claire to Ripon Thursday for a visit with relatives and friends. Miss June Bell of St. Paul was a guest of her sister, Mrs. Verne Gilbertson, over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dodd of Superior and their daughter, Miss Roberta Dodd, of New Auburn, spent Sunday with their daughter, Miss Joan Dodd, and they were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Young. Corp. Gilman Polinski arrived Wednesday morning from Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL, to spend a 20 day leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Polinscki. He is recovering from an appendectomy. Mrs. Oscar Jeffers of Bayfield is visiting at the Wm. Bates, A. O. Wilson, and Mrs. Henry Bates homes. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jeffers and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Jeffers of Chippewa Falls visited at the Wm. Bates home. +++++++++++++++++ It was a pretty friendly place, huh? And it still is! I hope you get a chance to go there sometime. They have some great antique shops and a super genealogy section in their public library! Just ask their head librarian, Nancy, where the records are located! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

The Altoona Tribune started in 1941 and was published weekly for several years. There were two columns relating to the railroad life. One was entitled "Past Events" and contained notes about events that the author, Ed. Semisch, had remembered. The second column was entitled "RailWays" and was considered the railway workers section of the newspaper. The following is from the "Past Events" column as printed in the Thursday, 30 October 1941 newspaper: Engineer William Babington, Sr., Fireman Sam Nelson, Conductor George Lamphear, and Head Brakeman Alfred Anders, with freight engine No. 317 were on second section time freight train No. 83 from Chicago on its way to Minneapolis, when engine No. 317 ran in on the N. W. Limited passenger engine No. 376 about 11:40 p.m. Thursday, 21 October 1919 on the west bound main line track east of the Altoona depot on the cross-over track. Engine No. 376 was backing down on its way to the coal shed. Engine No. 317 and a box car tipped over and the engine's tank was on the track. Engineer Babington and Fireman Sam Nelson were injured. Alfred Anderson fell into an empty gondola car but wasn't injured. Jake Jacobson, engine dispatcher was on passenger engine 376 but escaped injury. A side track had to be built so that trains could be moving east and west. Trains had to run from Fall Creek to Altoona on the east bound main line track until Friday afternoon, October 22nd. The St. Paul wrecker and the Altoona hand wrecker were called. Conductor John Bond, with freight engine No. 315 and caboose No. 6099 brought the St. Paul wrecker to Altoona. Both engines were taken to the St. Paul shops for repairs. Frank Walker, night yardmaster in Altoona for the Omaha R.R., was injured in the R.R. yards Friday night, 21 October 1927. There was a heavy snow storm in the state of Wisconsin, starting Saturday afternoon, 20 October 1917, and continued until Monday night, Oct. 22nd. A man was killed in Menomonie Junction on Friday morning, 21 October 1921, when he was struck by passenger engine No. 504 on local passenger train No. 16, on its way to Chicago. ++++++++++++ Does anyone know where Menomonie Junction is? -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

There is a small box in the upper right hand corner of the front page which told of Altoona statistics. It stated the 1940 population of Altoona as 1239. Of that number, there were 400 railroad employees, and the monthly payroll was $60,000. Paydays were on the 15th and 30th of each month. If all the employees earned the same wage (which, of course, wasn't the case) then Grandpa brought home a whopping $75.00 every two weeks. But then, there's taxes..... -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

Just for the fun of it, how about answering this little survey. Which three countries did the most people immigrate from? Do you know? What order do you think these three nationalities are in? Please send your answers to me. ++++++++++++++++ Also, I received this from someone the other day. I'm not sure who the author is and neither was the person who sent it, but it's thought that it might be Carolyn McLean: I went searching for an ancestor. I cannot find him still. He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will. He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his fences. He avoided any man who came to take the US census. He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame. And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name. His parents came from Europe. They could be upon some list of passengers to the USA, but somehow they got missed. And no one else in the world is searching for this man So, I play geneasolitaire to find him if I can. I'm told he's buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed but the weather took engraving and some vandals took the rest, He died before the county clerks decided to keep records, No family bible has emerged in spite of all my efforts. To top it off this ancestor, who caused me many groans. Just to give me one more pain, betrothed a girl named JONES. ++++++++++++++++++ Railroad news tomorrow! Stay tuned! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

Here's the last segment of the 196 total names as printed on 8 April 1942: Geraldine Krigsvold, Beverly Kruschke, Patricia Kuehl, Lorraine Kueltz, June LaCroix, Leone Larson, Stella Livingston, Joan Lindsay, Margaret Lucia, Audrey Ludvigson, Dorothy Marick, Beverly Mason, Betty Matthey, Jane Mattison, Ellen Michaelson, Bethe Miliren, Beverly Missman, Ellen Moore, Mitzi Morse, Mariyn Mosel, Lorraine Mulligan, Dagny Musum, Marion Nauman, Barbara Nehring, Colleen Nelson, Janet Nelson, Vivian Nelson, Marjorie Ness, Marjorie Oleson, Doris E. Olson, Lois Olson, Mary Jane Olson, DeEtta Owen, Beatrice Pearson, Elaine Peterson, Joan Peterson, Eilleen Phillips, Marie Phillips, Velda Polhamus,Lois Rau, Marcia Rauls, Virginia Ray, Myrth Redlin, Lucille Reinicke, Norma Richardson, Maurea Robbins, Arlene Rowe, Patricia Rugotzke, Marion Ruthven, Tene Ryser, Carol Sangsland, Ruth Scheibie, Donna Schlageter, Ethelmae Schoenbeck, Betty Seipel, Margaret Seipel, Anne Severson, Grace Shaw, Ruth Sherman, Cora Ruth Shiffer, Jean Smail, Betty Sneen, Doreen Sonalio, Evelyn Sorenson, Lorraine Sorenson, Julia Stagliano, Joyce Stolen, Helen Jean Stotesbury, Emily Strand, Jeanette Strassman, Doris Sunne, Oudrey Swenson, Betty Terry, Rosamond Teske, Beverly Thompson, Mary Jane Tibbitts, Margaret Tiller, Beulah Todd, Doris Turner, Ardell Vefold, Jean Walker, Andrea Walsh, Virginian Ward, Irma Washburn, Nancy Webster, Mardell Wetzel, Jean Whinnery, Margaret Wiedenbaur, Jane Wikan, Mae Wise, Lorraine Wold, Delores Wold, Helen Wood, and Marion Yort. ++++++++++++++++ Well, that's it. It's not often that we find lists of women's names, so I'm hoping this will help someone to find a female ancestor by her maiden name. Did anyone have any luck? Tomorrow -- Railroad News! Have a good Monday! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

[email protected] wrote: > Hi Nancy and all others: > > I'm interested in the railroad news and indeed any news of Altoona. The > Olson-Rieck families that I'm researching were directly involved with the > railroad. One of my great-uncles, August Rieck was killed in a train wreck > near Hudson, WI on Sept. 9, 1938. A number of the Rieck's were buried > somewhere in Eau Claire, even though some of them were not living in the area > at the time of their death. I think this list is a great idea; thanks Nance! > > Reid Olson Hi Reid, Thanks so much for the kind words! I am only too happy to provide the information on this list. It would be a shame to let it just sit in a box somewhere or to let it go up in smoke. My dad saved these papers for a reason and I can only think that the reason would be what we are doing with them now. I hope you all agree. Yes, I will be sending out news about the railroad -- there are some great (and tragic) articles. After all, the community of Altoona, if not many of the others in the county, revolved around the railroad and affected many lives in many ways. Hopefully there will be something there for everyone to use! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

Hi Nancy and all others: I'm interested in the railroad news and indeed any news of Altoona. The Olson-Rieck families that I'm researching were directly involved with the railroad. One of my great-uncles, August Rieck was killed in a train wreck near Hudson, WI on Sept. 9, 1938. A number of the Rieck's were buried somewhere in Eau Claire, even though some of them were not living in the area at the time of their death. I think this list is a great idea; thanks Nance! Reid Olson

Here's another segment of the names of the girls who were in the Girl Reserves of Eau Claire, back in 1942: Jeanette Campbell, Edith Cartewright, Helen Clark, Elizabeth Clarke, Ruth Cleveland, Maxine Cole, Anna Cooper, Helen Cooper, Joane Cronk, Muriel Cusick, Emma Despres, Audree Dickinson, Jean Dietz, Hannah Dewitz, Vivian Dunn, Jane Ehle, Betty Ehrhard, Edith Engle, Arlene Erickson, Gloria Erickson, Pat Erity, Jean Erpenbach, Margaret Faast, Angeline Farrell, Helen Farrell, Lenora Fausett, Marion Ferguson, Elaine Fleming, Arlie Foss, Helen Frase, Donna Fredeck, Frances Gilbretson, Beverly Joy Goff, Naomi Goulet, Jeanne Goulette, Joyce Goulette, Margaret Graves, Maxine Gibson, Betsy Grip, Beverly Gruise, Irma Gubrud, Gladys Gynnild, Betty Haight, Peggy Hancock, Shirley Hansen, Beverly Hayes, Phyllis Heimstead, Harriet Hendrickson, Helen Hendrickson, Marian Hestekind, Kathryn Hillstad, Marjorie Hodges, Ione Holm, Vivian Holman, Joan Hoton, Mrian Howe, Donaldeen Hovland, Mary Hubbell, Gayle Hughes, Carol Hutchens, Delores Inerson, Bobbie Lu Jaastad, Florence Jaeger, Lois Jenson, Betty Jane Johnson, Betty Lou Johnson, Clarice Johnson, Lois Ann Johnson, Katherine Kaentz, Marilyn Kens, Nancy King, Ruth Ann Knox, Shirley Knudsen, and Marion Knutson. +++++++++++++++++++++ More to come later! Any finds? Any comments? -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

Am seeking information on Alfred PARKER who married Hazel CRONK, probably in Ogle Co., Illinois about 1900. They soon moved to Wisconsin, probably Eau Claire Co. They had a son, David Alfred "Dave" PARKER, born around 1905, who was orphaned young & raised by relatives in Wisconsin. Dave married in Wisconsin around 1925 & had a daughter. I would appreciate hearing from anyone related to these PARKER or CRONK families. Also, I would like to learn if Dave's daughter is still alive and how I might contact her.Thank you for any help ! Lou Venable in Tallahassee, FL [email protected] _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Girl Reserve Day to Be Celebrated. The Girl Reservs of the Senior High School (Eau Claire) will celebrate Girl Reserve Day. All the girls will wear tags with their roll call number and the Girl Reserve emblem printed on them. Small bits of yarn for afghans and tin from tooth paste or shaving cream tubes will be collected. Tickes will be issued for both the yarn and the tim to all students who bring one or both of these articles. Members of the Girl Reserve Day committee are Emma Despres, Mardell Wetzel, Beverly Kruschke, Joan Wood, Joan Hoton, Ruth Scheibe, Marion Yort, Norma Richardson, and Marcial Rauls. The entire program is under the supervision of Miss Eli Otteson and Miss Olson, advisors. Members of the Girl Reserves of Eau Claire are: Elaine Aanstad, Beverly Anderson, Dorothy Anderson, Jane Anderson, Elizabeth Armstron, Marjorie Arnold, Lorraine Ballard, Mary Barager, Audrey Barbo, Francis Bartingale, Florence Belter, Marguerite Berg, Marilyn Bergh, Marcella Billmeyer, Naomi Bischoff, Rosemary Bock, Doris Boehmke, Betty Bramer, Arlyn Brian, Frances Bray, Idabell Brownell, Ruth Buckli, Joan Burgess, and Marion Bushendorf. More to come in tomorrow's posting! There are 196 girls in all. -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

Here's just one of the fun things that you can do in Eau Claire Co.: Museum exhibit debuts Saturday An exhibit titled: "Our Community as Neighborhood" will be shown at the Chippewa Valley Museum starting Saturday and continuing through Sunday, Sept. 20. Beggining with descriptions of early settlers, the exhibit highlights the history of Eau Claire's East Side Hill neighborhood. The exhibit includes photographs, descriptions, maps, news articles and interviews with East Hill residents. On Saturday, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire geography professor Ingolf Vogeler will lead a walking tour of the neighborhood starting at Boyd School at 2 p.m. The exhibit was done in cooperation with Boyd School and will serve as a starting point for a mural by Boyd students. --taken from the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

Am looking for any information regarding persons with the DORGAN surname from Eau Claire Co as well as SCHULTZ name. All info greatly appreciated.

Hi All, Last time I wrote I mentioned that my father had saved old newspapers. To my surprise, I learned that Altoona had a newspaper at one time too! In the upper left hand corner of the paper is a caption that reads: THE LARGEST SMALL CITY -- Altoona, Eau Claire county, the city of homes, has the largest buying power of any small city in northwestern Wisconsin. I recently visited the Eau Claire area with some friends of mine. I had mentioned that Altoona was basically a residential town with little of any business district. They didn't believe me and wanted to see for themselves. Apart from a few taverns and gas stations, there really isn't any other "big business" going on in that town -- at least no clothing stores or grocery stores. I guess it must have been like that back in the 1940's too, like it says above "the city of homes". Anyway, on with the news: >From the Altoona Tribune, 30 October 1941 Local Items A new glassed-in porch is being built on the J. Beach home, Third St. E., also a new bathroom and an attached garage, 22 ft. by 16 ft. Art Klohs is helping Mr. Beach with the construction work. Mrs. Clyde Woodington, Hayden Ave., entertained her 500 Card Club last Thursday evening. Mrs. Luis Bonie of Minneapolis won first prize and Mrs. A. Kluth won the Hollywood prize. A delicious lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Kemery and Mesdames J. Stahl and S. Ives, Garfield Ave., attended a celebration last Thursday held at Baraboo in honor of Mr. Oscar Dopper, Dept. Commander of the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War. Mrs. C. L. Johnson, Garfield Ave., and Mrs. Harry Miller, Sixth St. W., visited Mrs. C. McCann, Town of Washington, Saturday afternoon. +++++++++++++++++ Many of the articles in this paper from Altoona were human interest stories like the ones above. There is also a section for the Railroad News of the day along with another section of old Railroad News. There are some great news items about old train wrecks in the area. Does anyone have an interest in any of this information? Let me know and I will post bits and pieces. -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

I have the following surnames in and about Eau Clare County. Thought I would post them to see if I connect with anyone. Shoemaker, Hall, Kelton, McGilton and Lorenz.

Thanks for putting up this list. I've got lots to work on in Eau Claire. Does anyone have access to any records of the First Presbyterian Church of Eau Claire from 1865 to 1915? Many in my family were married there and I'd like to know more about them. I have already ordered the microfilm through my FHC but thought maybe I could speed up the process if someone had access to it. Gary Donaldson

As stated last night, there is a great article in the Monday edition (6 April 1942) of the Daily Telegram of Eau Claire, WI. It reads: The first Golden Wedding celebration ever held at Sacred Heart Hospital during the institution's more than fifty years of existence was held Sunday afternoon when Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Krenz of Fall Creek celebrated a half century of married life in the room Mrs. Krenz has occupied since January 7, due to a fractured hip. The five children of the couple also attended the event. The Hospital Sisters assisted by the second floor nurses took the three other beds out of the four-bed room and decorated it tastefully in gold and white. The Rev. Julius Bittner, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church at Fall Creek, conducted the religious ceremony at 3 o'clock in which the elderly couple repeated their marriage vows in the presence of their children and their families. He also gave a very fine talk appropriate to the occasion. The misfortune that had befallen Mrs. Krenz did not affect the joy and happiness of the celebration and all expressed their appreciation of the home-like atmosphere that the Sisters and nurses had effected. At 4:30 o'clock the Sisters gathered in the room for a Community sing that was greatly enjoyed. The five childre of Mr. and Mrs. Krenz include three sons and two daughters. Bernhardt and Walter of Fall Creek are married while Alfred lives at home with his parents. The daughters are Mrs. George Menge of Fall Creek and Mrs. Ralph Sorenson of Racine. There are 11 grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Krenz were married 30 March 1892 at St. Jacob's Lutheran Church at Fall Creek by the Rev. Carl Baumbach. Because some of the family were unable to be present on 30 March this year, the ceremony was postponed until last Sunday. Mrs. Krenz who is 68 years old, was born in Fall Creek on 18 August 1873, as Ernestine Schroeder, daughter of Carl and Christina Schroeder. Mr. Krenz, who is 75 years old, was born in the town of McCann, Marquette Co., WI, Nashkora village, the son of William and Ernestine Krenz, on 15 February 1867. He came to Fall Creek at the age of 2 years with his family where they have since resided. This is the first Golden Wedding held in a hospital that she has ever known or heard of, Sister Anastasia, Superior of Sacred Heart Hospital, said in commenting on the local celebration. +++++++++++++++++++ My dad was not a pack rat, but he must have known that these papers would be used some day, as we found them in his bedroom, neatly packed in a box. There are so many treasures in these newspapers, I just feel the need to share some of the stories and bits of information with you. If you know of someone who can use the information, please pass it on to them. Have a great evening everyone! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

We have a new addition to the EC Co. GenWeb pages. Susan Hanson Budensiek has very graciously offered her genealogy to be linked to our pages. She has a large Norwegian database, but also has many names of other national origins, such as Scottish, Irish, English and a little German too! Many of Susan's people came to Eau Claire Co. You can find Susan's link (Budensiek Family Genealogy pages) on the "Community, Genealogy, and School Links" page at: http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/misc.htm. I hope you will visit Susan's site. She's done an excellent job. Thank you, Susan, for sharing with us! If anyone else has roots in Eau Claire Co. and has their genealogy online, please feel free to let me know so I can put a link to your pages. Also, I am always looking for Eau Claire Co. obituaries and biographies. If you have something you would like posted, please send it to me at: mailto:[email protected]?subject=EauClaireCo.Obituaries or mailto:[email protected]?subject=EauClaireCo.Biographies I will post them right away! Thanks! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]

Nance, I think posting the 'local happenings' from the old newspapers is a FABULOUS idea. Things like the 50th anniversary write-ups will definitely be of interest. I'd personally love to see things from 100 years ago or more too. Judy