I have a question to ask. What is a google search? I must be really slow, but it has only been the last few months that I have seen it mentioned. I finally decided to ask what it is. Thanks. Bev

Does anyone know the hours of the library at Platteville and also of the Veteran's Museum in Madison? We're planning a trip over there in a week or so and don't want to have either of them closed when we get there. I don't have the E-Mail address for either, so that would be helpful if anyone has them Thanks. Earlene Hutsell OK1WE1@aol.com

i need information on Mark Wheeler Townsend from Mt. Hope, Grant Co., Wisconsin. He shot his wife (accident) and then came west. He was extra- ditied back to Wisconsin around 1900 to stand trial for manslaughter. Could you tell me how to obtain these records? Roxanne Wokojance

If they did live in Potosi, it must have been in the town proper, I didn't see them in the rural areas on the map in Potosi Township. I'm not sure if these maps are still available or not. It would be worth a try, maybe at the Karmann Library in Platteville. You might try asking the people in the Wisconsin Room at that Library. Unfortunately, I don't have the address or phone number of that Library, but I know there are people on this List who do. Maybe David Taft can help there. Aleise ----- Original Message ----- From: <Nelfran@aol.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant Co. Plat Maps > If you have time could you check for me William Henry Hunt, Christopher > Jackson, and Francis (or Frank) Bonham, all of Potosi, I believe on that > date. Can those plat maps be borrowed by interlibrary loan? They sound > wonderful. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Thank you, it is sometimes hard to tell which township. I was thinking it was Patch Grove because that was what was listed on his son-in-law, David Caylor's enlistment papers.

This would be in Millville Township ----- Original Message ----- From: <TommyCatt5282@aol.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:42 AM Subject: Re: [WIGRANT] Grant Co. Plat Maps Question > Dear Mr. Taft, > > Thank you for that wonderful site. > > From what I can gather I have found the property to be in Patch Grove. > > Tobias Riley Rice purchased 200 acres of land on 1 Jun 1858 > Legal discription > > SESW 11/ 6-N 5-W > W1/2 14/ 6-N 5-W > NENW 14/ 6-N 5-W > SENE 15/ 5-N 5-W 200 ACRES > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Catherine, Do you want the T R number? If so, I can give you those. If you are looking for parcel numbers I would check with the Courthouse. Aleise Oyen ----- Original Message ----- From: <TommyCatt5282@aol.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:07 PM Subject: [WIGRANT] Grant Co. Plat Maps Question > Can anyone provide the township numbers with the township names for Grant > County? > > I have several ancestors who at one time owned land and would like to match > up the land records. > > Thanks > Catherine Leinbach > Winston-Salem NC > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Barbara, I still have the Plat Map. Do you have an area that I can look in? It helps to have a town or township name, this saves me looking at every piece of land in Grant County. Aleise ----- Original Message ----- From: <Byoung128@aol.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:36 AM Subject: [WIGRANT] Grant Co. Plat Maps > Do you still have the Plat Map and doing lookups? If so, could you look for > the names of Kaltenbachs and the McGirks? Would greatly appreciate it. Thank > you... > Barbara (McGirk) Young > BYoung128@aol.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

from the Boscobel Dial, August 15, 2002 Nelson Dewey Days August 17 & 18 http://www.lancasterwisconsin.com/Calendar.htm Saturday 7am sidewalk sales 8am farmers market tours Cunningham Museum Grant County Court House Nelson Dewey's Home Oddfellows Lodge Epsicopal Church Dewey's Grave Site Grantland Theatre 3-6pm Art Show - Courthouse 4:30-6:30pm Antique Appraisal-Episcopal Church 7-9pm Twilight Living History Dewey Grave Site 6pm Grant County Speedway Races 6:45pm Car Cruise to Fennimore Sunday 9am-12:30pm Pancake & Sausage Breakfast Tours: Cunningham Museum Grant County Court House Nelson Dewey's Home Oddfellows Lodge Epsicopal Church Dewey's Grave Site Grantland Theatre 9-3pm Art Show - Courthouse noon - 4pm Taste of Grant County 2:00pm Special Presentation 100 year Anniversary of Courthouse 3 - 4pm Sister Strings http://www.grantcounty.org/visitor/pob.html#lancaster http://www.lancasterwisconsin.com/

Since Dave posted the WI DOT maps I went snooping around to find many other states have similar sites, and since many of our Grant County folk also had connections to the state of Iowa, I thought I'd mention that Iowa's site has the same type of county and township maps, and also has city maps. Wonderful resource. Thanks Dave! IA County Map files available for Download http://www.msp.dot.state.ia.us/trans_data/dlalphabetcounty.html The URL is one line ending in "/dlalphabetcounty.html" without the quotes. Iowa maps are set at a 90 degree counter clockwise orientation (north to viewer's left), so don't get a sore neck! <smile> Di -- In a message dated 02/8/14 6:50:32 AM, WIGRANT-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << From: <dtaft@cowtown.net> Subject: RE: [WIGRANT] Grant Co. Plat Maps Question Here is a link to the WI Department of Transportation. They have modern WI county maps in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. The downloads are quite large, but the maps very detailed. http://www.dot.state.wi.us/dtid/bhd/county_maps.html The maps show township names as well as Township and Range numbers. >>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEAMAN/BEEMAN/ SHERWOOD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lEC.2ACE/25.4.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I do have alot on the BEEMANs but like to know if you think that your BEEMAN came from Grenville Co., Ont area? Email address: shaffer@kearney.net Here is the info I know about the BEEMAN families in & around Prescott, Ont; (about)1790-1870.: In the marriage Registers of Johnston Dist., Ontario, 1799-1863 is Ebenezer SHERWOOD to Rebecca BEEMAN, both of Augusta, Rev'd Heck. Wit. Hugh McIntosh and William Beeman. (date not stated, returned to the clerk 4 May 1836). {This would be the 2nd marriage for both Ebenezer and Rebecca unknown. Ebenezer SHERWOOD was married to1st) Ruth ? and then 2cd) Rebecca unknown BEEMAN. Rebecca was married to 1st) Zebra BEEMAN. So how is William BEEMAN the wit. related? Hugh MCINTOSH was also a witness on Eben SHERWOOD's will. We know that Hugh MCINTOSH was married to a Phoebe BEAMAN, dau of Uriah BEAMAN & Phoebe SHERWOOD. Who & how are these BEAMAN/BEEMAN's connected? (I wonder if Sebra/Zebra BEEMAN and Uriah were brothers?) All the following are buried in the Maynard Cemetery, Augusta Twn, Grenville Co., Ont.: Another BEEMAN - Henning, William died Jan 29, 1892, aged 54 years. Amanda Sherwood wife of William Henning died Aug. 6, 1921aged 84 years Louisa Beeman wife of L.D.Sherwood born Sept 18, 1815 Died apr 8, 1901(L.D. SHERWOOD was Lorenzo Dow SHERWOOD a son of the above Eben or Ebenezer SHERWOOD. Sincerely, Lynnda WOHLEB SHAFFER

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tilley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/465.1 Message Board Post: Tamara, I'm not related, but here are a few items you may not already have. Civil War Pension Index: Benjamin F. Tilley, Co. I, B & K, 19th Wisconsin Infantry Filed for pension 8 Apr 1882 from Iowa, Application No. 445582 Widow, Jane E., filed for widow's pension 1 Aug 1924, from Indiana, Application No. 1223916 If you haven't ever requested his Civil War pension file, it might be worth the money. Even though he filed early (1884) it should contain information about his children up to that year. Also, since Benjamin appears to have died in 1924 and his widow filed then, it could have a great deal more. Information on ordering Benjamin's pension file can be found at: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/index.html Go to Veterans Service Records and then request a copy of NATF Form 85. Include the File numbers above to shorten the time to wait for the file. The cost is $14.75 or $37 depending on what you request. For $14.75 you should get most genealogical data from the file, but the $37 can be a bargain if it's a large file. Civil War Service Record: Benjamin F Tilley Residence: Muscoda, Wisconsin Promoted to Full Corporal Enlisted as a Private on 22 January 1862 Enlisted in Company K, 19th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 22 January 1862. Transfered on 01 July 1862 from company K to company I Transfered on 01 May 1865 from company I to company B Mustered out Company K, 19th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 09 August 1865 in Richmond, VA You can view his various Company Rosters at: http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/roster/index.html It seems that your Benjamin was actually in 3 different Companies. As for other siblings, the following is found in the 1880 census: 1880 Census, Corydon, Wayne, Iowa Source: FHL Film 1254369, National Archives Film T9-0369, Page 291C B. F. TILLEY, 41, Mail Carrier, VA, MD, MD Jenny E., 31, Keeping House, OH, OH, OH William F., 12, At Home, MO, VA, OH Daisy G., 4, At Home, IA, VA, OH Bessie E., 3, IA, VA, OH Charles, 5 Months, IA, VA, OH Hope this helps you out. Regards, Dave Taft Arlington, TX http://members.cowtown.net/dtaft/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lEC.2ACE/464.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you again for checking so thoroughly! The census info is very exciting for me, as I do have a subscription to Ancestry.com, and 1930 has been added for Wisconsin. The first chance I get I am going to check the 1930, as in 1920 Gordon may not have beem born. If for some reason the Smith's that lived next door to each other all of a sudden had a boy named Gordon, well who knows?? Also, I will follow up on the obit info with UW-Platteville. Thank you again for giving me some great direction on this. Perhaps I can jar my dad's memories for more details tonight! Mark

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lEC.2ACE/464.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Mark, notice that the SSDI information I sent for GORDON SMITH (SSN 572-42-4582 issued in CA before 1951) gives his residence at death as Platteville. Perhaps you could contact the SW Wisconsin Room at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville (swwis@uwplatt.edu) and request that they look up an obituary for a Gordon Smith who died in February 1986. (Their fees are very reasonable.) An obit probably would indicate parents names and branch of military service, if any. If Gordon and Ada lived together at the time your father was born, perhaps they were listed in a telephone or city directory from 1942; you might request this lookup as well from UW-Platteville. Your original post indicated that your grandfather died in California: 1. California death records show only one Gordon Smith born in Wisconsin and died in California; his middle initial was "A" and he was born in 1899, so doesn't fit into the profile. 2. California death records show three Gordon L. Smiths; the birth dates are 1896 (born NE), 1927 (born OK) and 1952 (born California), so these don't seem to fit, either. 3. California death records show well over 100 Gordon Smiths. Below are those with no middle initial whose birth year roughly fits into the profile you've established. (The first place listed is place of birth, and the second is place of death. The first date listed is date of birth, the second is date of death). SMITH GORDON 05/14/1918 MCGOWAN M CANADA ORANGE 02/15/1996 370-28-7675 77 yrs SMITH GORDON 05/20/1917 GORDON M KANSAS SISKIYOU 09/26/1986 512-16-8986 69 yrs Back to Platteville, below are the Smith households appearing in the 1920 census for Platteville, Grant Co., WI. One of the heads of household is LOUIS; I'd be inclined to look closely at this family simply because your grandfather's middle name is the same. (See more about this family following the list of Platteville Smiths.) Smith, Pantha Age: 47 Birthplace: Deutschland Roll: T625_1988, Image: 334 ED: 119 , Page: 17A Smith, William J Age: 50 Birthplace: Wisconsin Roll: T625_1988 , Image: 343 ED: 119 , Page: 21B Smith, Earl I Age: 35 Birthplace: Iowa Roll: T625_1988 , Image: 367 ED: 120 , Page: 6B Smith, Louis Age: 33 Birthplace: Wisconsin Roll: T625_1988 , Image: 362 ED: 120 , Page: 4A Smith, Mory Age: 69 Birthplace: Wisconsin Roll: T625_1988 , Image: 380 Race: White ED: 120 , Page: 13A Smith, William H Age: 42 Birthplace: Iowa Roll: T625_1988 , Image: 379 ED: 120 , Page: 12B Looking at the Louis Smith household census image online, it's not clear whether the first name is spelled LEWIS or LOUIS, but here's the info: Smith, Louis/Lewis, age 33, born WI, father born IL, mother born NY, occupation clerk. Nora, wife, age 34, born WI, parents born WI No children are listed for this family in 1920. Louis and Nora live next door to another Smith couple, Willard and Hattie?, whose ages and birth places suggest that may be Louis's parents.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TILLEY / McVEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/465 Message Board Post: Looking for any info about Benjamin Franklin Tilley b:1839 who was in the Wis 19th Infantry, Co.B&K. According to his records he lived in Muscoda, Grant Co., WI, when he entered the army in 1862 at Camp Utley in Racine. He ended up in Iowa in 1868 after his discharge. He married Jane Elvira McVey in Hopetown, IA 1868. They eventually moved back east to Cass Co., IN. They had at least 3 children that I know of, prabably more unknown; Bessie, Daisy Gertrude, and Charles Henry who is my ancestor.

Catherine, Yes, these all appear to be in Patch Grove township. They do appear to be in the very south part of the township bordering on Bloomington Twp. SESW 11/ 6-N 5-W W1/2 14/ 6-N 5-W NENW 14/ 6-N 5-W SENE 15/ 5-N 5-W 200 ACRES "SESW 11" would mean the Southeastern, Southwestern 1/4 (I think) of Section 11. Patch Grove is kind of an odd shape. Most townships are basically square and contain whole sections. Patch Grove shares 1/2 of sections 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13 (numbered West to East) with Bloomington. Section 11 is all in Patch Grove. For those unfamiliar with legal descriptions and land records, the following link provides a pretty good explanation: http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprangemap.html Unlike the graphical example at this web site, Patch Grove begins with Sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 at the northern boarder and half of sections 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13 to the south. Hope I didn't loose anyone here. It is a bit confusing. Dave Taft

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lEC.2ACE/464.1.1 Message Board Post: Mary, Thank you so much for looking! That fits, doesn't it?... I have run into a couple hits that seem to fit. My greater concern: Let's say I order all the SS applications. How can I confirm or deny any info, as children would not be listed, and I have no clue whom Gordon parent's were. I almost need either a marriage certificate, obituary (which may not necessarily list children) or perhaps a military record. thank you again for your help. Any suggestions?

Dear Mr. Taft, Thank you for that wonderful site. From what I can gather I have found the property to be in Patch Grove. Tobias Riley Rice purchased 200 acres of land on 1 Jun 1858 Legal discription SESW 11/ 6-N 5-W W1/2 14/ 6-N 5-W NENW 14/ 6-N 5-W SENE 15/ 5-N 5-W 200 ACRES

Can anyone provide the township numbers with the township names for Grant County? I have several ancestors who at one time owned land and would like to match up the land records. Thanks Catherine Leinbach Winston-Salem NC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lEC.2ACE/464.1 Message Board Post: This might be what you're looking for: GORDON SMITH SSN 572-42-4582 issued in CA before 1951 Residence: 53818 Platteville, Grant, WI Born 12 May 1921 Died Feb 1986 Last Benefit: 53818 Platteville, Grant, WI