JT - I wish you all the best.... Please don't be a stranger and stop by once in a while for a visit. And Connie - you'll still be with us - You both did a wonderful job on Rock County If I can help in any way with Rock County - please let me know. (I know its not a "W" county - but I could still help!!!! <VBG>) Jan Cortez

Dear JT: I'm sorry to hear that you will no longer be working with us. I have enjoyed our chats and hope the future will be better for you. Best wishes in all that you do. Debbie Barrett CC Pierce County, WI http://www.rootsweb.com/~wipierce/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywashin/

Dear JT and Connie, I want to take a moment to publicly thank you both for your dedication to Rock County Genealogy, and to the WIGenWeb Project. Your enthusiasm providing this resource to our visitors is evident through your pages. Please don't forget, that there will always be a place for you within the WIGenWeb Project. I hope and trust that you will continue to visit and enjoy what you helped build. JT, take very good care of yourself. My prayers and good wishes are with you and your family. Connie, I look forward to your continued involvement with Pepin County. My very best to both of you. Tina

It's Your Bayfield County News!!! >From John Griener: The 2 August 1912 issue of the Bayfield County Press - Packed with lots of new names and stories! >From Zoe Lappin: 8 January 1942 Memories Column of the Iron River Pioneer and the 18 Mar 1937 Yesteryear Column from the Washburn Times. Check out the grocery prices. Wow!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibayfie/contents.html Jan, Donna, John and Zoe Bayfield County, WI.

Sorry to hear you are both leaving-you have both done a great job and we will miss you!! Paula WaupacaCC >From: "JT" <drjt@flash.net> >To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WIGEN-L] Letter of Resignation >Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:41:52 -0500 > > WI SC & CCs, > > It is not easy for me to type this, however it is something I feel is >needed. > Due to health and family matters, I have been unable to do justice to the >position of Co-CC of Rock county. I have lost all sight in one eye and >average about only 70% in the other eye. This has meant very little >computer work and or reading. Which is mainly what a CC has to do. > I feel that it would be better to resign than make the Rock County >Genealogy suffer for another day. > I will miss it more then some will realize and I hope that all will >understand. > I will be surrendering the URL and password to the SC as soon as I can, >before the end of August. > > I would like to thank each and every one of you for helping me and my >Co-CC and I wish you all well. > > JT Kelley > Co-CC > Rock County WI > > >Hi Everyone >Connie here, JT and I have talked alot about this and as of right now, I >do not have the time to keep up with both my Pepin County site and the Rock >County site so I also am stepping down from my Co-CC position with JT we >have the site up and going but things have just become so hectic and for >now >we each feel we are doing the right thing by steping down to let someone >else run it and give it all the attention it needs! > > Connie/ CJ > Thanks everyone > The other Co-CC > Rock County, Wi > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Crawford County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://users.rootsweb.com/~wicrawfo/crawford.htm > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

WI SC & CCs, It is not easy for me to type this, however it is something I feel is needed. Due to health and family matters, I have been unable to do justice to the position of Co-CC of Rock county. I have lost all sight in one eye and average about only 70% in the other eye. This has meant very little computer work and or reading. Which is mainly what a CC has to do. I feel that it would be better to resign than make the Rock County Genealogy suffer for another day. I will miss it more then some will realize and I hope that all will understand. I will be surrendering the URL and password to the SC as soon as I can, before the end of August. I would like to thank each and every one of you for helping me and my Co-CC and I wish you all well. JT Kelley Co-CC Rock County WI Hi Everyone Connie here, JT and I have talked alot about this and as of right now, I do not have the time to keep up with both my Pepin County site and the Rock County site so I also am stepping down from my Co-CC position with JT we have the site up and going but things have just become so hectic and for now we each feel we are doing the right thing by steping down to let someone else run it and give it all the attention it needs! Connie/ CJ Thanks everyone The other Co-CC Rock County, Wi

OK, I know I haven't been very chatty lately, but it isn't as if I died, only retired (grin)... And starting tomorrow, I am moving 12 miles up the road, and my computer will be down sometime this week, I think, until the new home on the 25th which won't have furniture, only connections by then... HA HA HA. I am hoping to be fully operational by 1 Sep 00, and then go into recluse to write my dissertation which is long overdue.... So, I will continue to try to keep up, but, am doing the minimums for awhile... HUM, that will be interesting. R/S MAK --- WIGEN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: ===== ===== TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/TheStorm USC NROTC Alumni http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~uscnrotc/ MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

The following items have been added to the Waupaca Genealogy Site this week: 14 new biographies - http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WaupacaBios A photo of the Wisconsin Veterans Home Memorial Cemetery and 23 photos of headstones from this cemetery - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/Cemmisc/waupcem.htm#FARMINGTON The Family and Folk Fotos pages have been redone with 11 new fotos added - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/FamilyandFolk/WaupFolk.htm I am looking for volunteers to help by transcribing biographies to the website. No special programs are needed, just able to type the information right onto the biography page. Maria Johnson of Yuma, AZ is helping, but we have hundreds of biographies to put on the site and this process will go much faster with your help. If you can help please email me directly at pajolova@hotmail.com for information on how to help. Have a great week and happy hunting! Paula WaupacaCC http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Stop by and chat! Beginners welcome! We all began at one time and there are others out here willing to help you. So hope to see you at the WI Chat tonight 9:00 p.m. EST Remember that is 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Paula ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

A few items were added this past week to both the Barron and the Eau Claire Co. Archives. First, for the Barron archives, our bio buddy, Vic Gulickson donated these biographies: Christian Bandli of Sumner Township ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/bandli1.txt Christian Bandli, Jr. of Sumner Township ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/bandli2.txt Henry Bandli of Sumner Township ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/bandli3.txt Joseph N. Cain of Sumner Township ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/cainjn.txt Frederick I. Demers of Rice Lake ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/demersf.txt Wilfred A. Demers of Rice Lake Township ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/demersw.txt Frank Draak of Stanley Township ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/draak.txt Harvey E. Drake of rural Dunn Co. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/drakehe.txt Horace W. Drake of Rice Lake ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/drakehw.txt Jacob P. Hoffman of Prairie Farm ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/hoffman1.txt and John P. Hoffman of Barron ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/hoffman2.txt In Eau Claire Co. the following biographies were added to its archives: Col. Edward M. Bartlett of Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/bartlet1.txt Martin D. Bartlett of Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/bartlet2.txt and William Pitt Bartlett of Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/bartlet3.txt Along with these obituaries which were donated by Janice Tilman to both the archives and the GenConnect Obit board: David R. Babcock of Bridge Creek Township ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/obituaries/babcockd.txt Rhoda I. Babcock of Augusta ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/obituaries/babcockr.txt +++++++ Other stuff -- It's been a pretty good week! I even got some new web pages uploaded to one of the county sites, including 2 cemeteries (Laaland/Johnson Cemetery and Collingwood Cemetery) for Barron Co. < http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/cemeteries.htm > I also started up a new section on the Barron Co. pages under the heading of "Family Histories." <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/familyhistories.htm> Here I will be adding, of course, family histories of people of Barron Co., and will be including photos with each, if they are available. So far, I only have one history online -- that of the Matt Arnes family of Barronett, but there will be many more added over the coming months. Now I'm gonna see what I can round up for next week... Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend! -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

Drop in to the Wisconsin Genealogy Chat Sunday night 9:00 p.m. EST. (Don't forget the different time zones) Let's help each other find those "lost" ancestors. http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm See you there! Paula ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

See everyone tonight! WIGenWeb Project Meetings Place: IRC server: irc.rootsweb.com (6667) Room: #USGW-WI Time: 9 PM EST Wednesdays http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/irc-chat.html Tina

I am not sure, but it seems like I heard of this organization, or one with a very similar name, in connection with a unit of German -American Civil War Veterans. You might try the WI Military Museum Site and ask them. Rita Debie & Joe wrote: > Hi All, > I received this in my e-mail tonight. Does anyone have any > information about this at all? I never heard of it, but told the gentleman > I would check for him. > > >In my wife's grandfather's obit it mentions that he was in the local > >German Civil Guard (about 1895). Where can I find any info about that? > >I am interested in a membership list and membership records. > > Thanks bunches, > > Debie Sheboygan & Calumet CC > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Dane County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~widane/

Hi All, I received this in my e-mail tonight. Does anyone have any information about this at all? I never heard of it, but told the gentleman I would check for him. >In my wife's grandfather's obit it mentions that he was in the local >German Civil Guard (about 1895). Where can I find any info about that? >I am interested in a membership list and membership records. Thanks bunches, Debie Sheboygan & Calumet CC

FYI. The contact for the Northeast / North Central region is Alice Gayley - agayley@dgs.dgsys.com Tina _____ Subj: [STATE-COORD-L] EC -- Voter ID's / Ballot /Polls Date: 8/13/00 5:02:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: sagitta56@earthlink.net (Roger Swafford) Reply-to: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com Members who require their ID re-sent visit http://www.usgenweb.org/elections/election-central.html#contacts and e-mail your regional EC representative. The NC runoff ballot at http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/vote-nc2.html requires your voter ID and e-mail address in order to be correctly tabulated. The polls are open through 2359 CDT 22 August 2000. Request widest dissemination of this information.

Don't forget to stop by the Wisconsin Chat tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST-hope to see you there. http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm Paula ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

The following items have been added to the Waupaca County Website this past week: Waupaca County American Indian Research http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/waupindian.htm Naturalization Records Research http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/genealogy/natlzn/ The following links have been added to the Web Links page - WI GenExchange - http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=wi Your Past Connection - http://pastconnect.com/ Genealogist Helplist - http://helplist.org/ GenDocs Page - http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/index.html#HOME The following link has been added to the Cemetery page - City of the Silent - http://www.alsirat.com/symbols/symbols1.html The following links have been added to the Military page - American Civil War: Battle and Campaign Maps - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/waupmilitary.htm#CIVIL Civil War Battles - http://www.americancivilwar.com/statepic/index.html 25 more biographies were added to the Biography page for a total of 199- http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WaupacaBios And last but not least photos of James and Viola Thompson, Carl Roemer, Christ J. Miller, Joseph E. Cristy, Thomas Spencer, Ira Spencer, Charles W. Chesley and Truman Rich were added to the Family and Folk page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/FamilyandFolk/Foto2.htm Have a great week! Paula WaupacaCC http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Reminder to stop by the Wisconsin Chat! And try to check out some of the other great chats going on. Sunday Chats: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm ALL DAY--Genealogy "Open House"--all states; any surname 7 pm Eastern--All Surnames starting with A-J (any state) 8 pm Eastern--All Surnames starting K-Z (any state) 9 pm Eastern--WISCONSIN genealogy 10 pm Eastern--GREAT BRITAIN genealogy Paula ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Bayfield County News!! >From John Griener: 3 August 1889 Issue of the Bayfield County Press. Packed with lots of good things to read. >From Zoe Lappin: The 1 January 1942 Iron River Pioneer Column of the Bayfield County Journal by Beverlee Thiverge. The 11 March 1937 Washburn Times Column of the Bayfield County Journal by Tony Woiak. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibayfie/contents.html Enjoy!!! Jan, Donna, John and Zoe Bayfield County

The following biographies have been added to the Eau Claire Co. Archives from the book "The History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881" this past week: BAILEY, W. F., Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/baileywf.txt BAILEY, W. H., Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/baileywh.txt BEEBE, Friend, Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/beebe.txt BONELL, J., Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/bonelljp.txt BONELL, James, Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/bonellj.txt BONELL, William, Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/bonnellw.txt CAMPBELL, Rosiel D. #1, Augusta ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/campbll1.txt CAMPBELL, Rosiel D. #2, Augusta ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/campbll2.txt CHAMBERLIN, C. A., Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/chamberl.txt ROSS, Friend, Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/ross.txt WOODWARD, Francis W., Eau Claire ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/woodward.txt And I see from looking at my mailbox just now, there will be some more bios added to the Barron Co. Archives in the coming week! :~) -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net