Bev, As far as I know, no Grant County death records are listed online, other than Ancestry.com, WI Deaths 1820-1907 (membership fee; minimal info--& seem to be from a state index, in which mainly only later deaths show up?). There are some cemeteries which have been transcribed by the WSGS. They will send copies for small fee, and the cems are listed on their site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/index.htm I should have given you the full path to the WIGenWeb archive I posted earlier. On the site for which Robin Kaspar has devoted generous volunteer time and efforts to help us have an online reference and repository; the "Genealogy Links" page on the Grant County USGenWeb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant/links.htm View carefully, as you scroll down and find all kinds of goodies. Some you have to dig/click further for, than others. Just short of mid page is where the links to the births to 1891 are found. Got to go prepare for relative's visit to our town. Good Hunting! Di -- In a message dated 02/6/12 5:02:20 AM, WIGRANT-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << From: Oldcherub@aol.com Subject: [WIGRANT] Re: Birth Record JULIUS ..<snip> the website for Birth/Vital records. ..., is there also a similar list for Deaths. >>

Anyone interested in State of Illinois online records : http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html

Kin, thank you for the website for Birth/Vital records. Now since I am a greedy little person (boy, would my family laugh at that description), is there also a similar list for Deaths. I know that my GGgrandmother JULIUS died in 1884 and that GGgrandfather JULIUS died in 1886, but have nothing to verify it. Thanks for your help. Bev

In a message dated 6/11/2002 3:09:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, raltal81@bscn.com writes: > Listmembers, > Where does a person contact for obituaries? > Teri Lindsay > AR > Everywhere it seems, The local papers are usually the best source, microfilmed at the local library. There are a lot of Obituary resources on-line, like Obituary Daily Times, and the Obituaries-L@rootsweb.com. I have a lot of success with Google.com, searching for +Obituary +"surname" another alternate is +"surname" +burial Each surname message board at Ancestry.com has an Obituaries section. (http://boards.ancestry.com) Lots of options. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (<A HREF="http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com">http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com</A>) ~~ Contact List administrator at: INMONTGO-Admin@rootsweb.com Effective immediately, the Montgomery County, Indiana USGenWeb Site is relocating to Rootsweb's server. The new address is <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmontgo/</A>

I want to share my experiences with the local interlibrary loan department. I live in a state where none of my ancestors ever lived so I have no need for local research. I live in the capital city and work downtown, very near to the state library. Since all of my research is in distant places, I have discovered what a help the interlibrary loan department is. In fact, I'm on a first-name basis with them now :-) Need an obituary? The ILL was able to obtain the microfilm of a Pennsylvania newspaper from 1940 and I found the obit I was looking for in two minutes. It turns out that I was told the wrong date of death by a few days and if I had asked someone to do a lookup, they probably wouldn't have been able to find it and I would have assumed it didn't exist. Need a book? I had learned of the existence of a family history book of a family that had origins in Baltimore. I could buy the book from the author or I could try and get it from ILL. This time I was not 100% successful; for some reason none of the libraries holding the book would let it go. This happens sometimes, I guess. So the ILL guy called me and I asked if they would send copies of the handful of pages I needed. And they did. At no charge. I have requested and received books written in German by German authors. I didn't know if these books would be available in U.S. libraries but they were. The point I'm trying to make is that the ILL dept. has access to the whereabouts of books and microfilms all over the country, including university libraries. Some libraries charge to loan things, all you have to do is specify a cap on the amount you're willing to pay, or I just ask them to advise me of the charge. Most of the stuff I've gotten has been free. I'd like to hear your experiences with your local ILL. If you haven't tried it yet, go talk to them and see what they can do for you. Robin Hoff Kaspar Volunteer host, Grant County, Wisconsin WIGenweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant

Listmembers, Where does a person contact for obituaries? Teri Lindsay AR

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/300.3 Message Board Post: I am a descendant of Joseph and Mary Mezera. I have chronicled and researched info. on most of the family and am constantly digging for more. Please contact me if you are still interested.... Michelle

Thanks, Kin. Will try that. I may also have to see if the German Methodist Church is still in existence as that would be where he was baptized. Let you know what I find. Bev

Beverly, Look at the page containing births to 1891 in Grant County, from David Taft / GCGS's donation to the USGenWeb Archives, here: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/grant/vitals/births/to1891/birthil.txt There is an Emil JULIUS, born 1887 in Lancaster. Might be your Adolph's sibling or cousin? There are very few birth record transcriptions from earlier than the 1880s and the earliest one on that particular page is 1871, another page 1866. I still don't recall reading a good explanation of how the State of Wisconsin Bureau of Health/Vital Statistics obtained the earliest records. Some states say their early records come only from county offices. Then, from whence did the county acquire their records? I have to approach this same issue myself, and think once I've figured out which LDS microfilms to view, if unsatisfactory results are found, will have to hunt down first the County records, then the Church records for both birth-baptism and marriage information on early Grant County ancestors. My guess at this point is that the later, if surviving and accessible, will be the best source. Good Hunting! Di Kindet-NOSPAM-@yahoo.com (minus the hyphens & NOSPAM) -- In a message dated 02/6/8 9:02:10 AM, WIGRANT-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << From: Oldcherub@aol.com Subject: [WIGRANT] Re: Birth Record My grandfather Adolph JULIUS was born in Stitzer, Grant County on 1 Aug 1873. I am wondering if birth, marriage records were kept in those years. Any clue will help. Beverly >>

My grandfather Adolph JULIUS was born in Stitzer, Grant County on 1 Aug 1873. I am wondering if birth, marriage records were kept in those years. Any clue will help. Beverly Miller

Sandra, You probably have all that is available. If these came from the State records, they are probably printed in large ledger books. I haven't seen how the county recorded them, but they probably contain the same information. Back then I don't believe the courthouse actually issued paper certificates to the families for deaths, but rather recorded them in books in the official county records. Dave Taft ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Blkopals41@aol.com Reply-To: WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 10:01:54 EDT >Thank you Dave, >I received photocopies. John MURRAY b. 11 August 1815, d. 19 July 1888. Nancy >MURRAY b. 10 October 1817, d. 6 October 1887. Both died in Hazel Green, Grant >County and are both listed as buried in Sinsinawa Mound Cem. . If I am >understanding you correctly then actual Death Certificates are not going to >contain any different information for these two? Thank you for your help. >Sandra > >> To: WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <LOBBIAKNHBGAJJHHFDMEOEIBCNAA.dtaft@cowtown.net> >> Subject: RE: [WIGRANT] Re: Death Records >> Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >> Sandra, >> >> Did you receive a photocopy of the actual form, or a typed transcript? If >> it was a photocopy, you probably got all that was there. If typed, they >> may >> have only provided some of what was in the record in the actual death >> certificate. >> >> What was the name and death date? >> > > > >============================== >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 > > _______________________________________ Sent via the Cowtown Net WebMail system

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STONE, QUINCY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lEC.2ACE/420 Message Board Post: Searching for information about Edward Quincy STONE, oldest of four children of Judson Warren STONE and Emma/Erminda QUINCY. Family tradition says he was born in Grant County, Wisconsin in 1854 and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1930. Looking for data on possible marriage and children/descendants. Edward STONE is the brother of my husband's great-grandmother. Regards, Barbara Ask me about the ---- 11th Annual Genealogy & Technology Conference Digital Technology: The Ancestral Frontier 17-18 January 2003 in Phoenix, Arizona Or visit: http://agcig.org/gt03

Thank you Dave, I received photocopies. John MURRAY b. 11 August 1815, d. 19 July 1888. Nancy MURRAY b. 10 October 1817, d. 6 October 1887. Both died in Hazel Green, Grant County and are both listed as buried in Sinsinawa Mound Cem. . If I am understanding you correctly then actual Death Certificates are not going to contain any different information for these two? Thank you for your help. Sandra > To: WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <LOBBIAKNHBGAJJHHFDMEOEIBCNAA.dtaft@cowtown.net> > Subject: RE: [WIGRANT] Re: Death Records > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Sandra, > > Did you receive a photocopy of the actual form, or a typed transcript? If > it was a photocopy, you probably got all that was there. If typed, they > may > have only provided some of what was in the record in the actual death > certificate. > > What was the name and death date? >

Thanks Mary & others who responded, I've been informed which records contain parents of couples, thank goodness, as I'd not remembered seeing reference to that info in anything other than original sources. Now here's my quandary: I'm trying to justify and clear up source notations on old notes and files, and now think it better to order a film or book, rather than try to get a single original record, BUT... I get flustered when I try to compare and understand the various record sources and their descriptions: FHC Library Catalog; the GCGS Publications; and the SHS of Wisconsin holdings. That along with the idea that some materials are available at County level which are not at State repositories, gets me confused as to where to turn next in my hunt. It seems the FHL Catalog (vol. 1A-6B; Call# 977.577 V28m) lists the same indexes of marriages which are offered from the GCGS, but I don't see one there which corresponds to the second one, noted below (--). I wonder if the following GCGS offerings contain enough differing material, and if the second is a complete transcription with index, as it appears (not to mention missing date reference). - Marriages for Grant County, Wisconsin Index 1A: Earliest to 1859 105pp paperback. Cross indexed for bride and groom. --Earliest Marriages of Grant County, Wisconsin 104pp paperback. Cross indexed for bride, groom and witnesses. Then to further my consternation, I wonder if an index isn't necessary at all, if the LDS filmed the originals from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and put films in order of years, by county (not sure how therein they are ordered...date, alpha, location, etc.), might I be more productive and cost efficient to order at least one film I'm interested in, check for spelling variants myself, and extract what I can for related families and perhaps some list members while I have it? (e.g., Marriages, 1850-1858 - Film #1266983 ) <sigh> Hoping for clarity that comes from time, determination and good advice from the wise perspectives of more experienced researchers. Thanks Kindly, KinDet @ yahoo.com -- --- WIGRANT-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > From: "Mary Thiele Fobian" <metaphor@mbay.net> > The index (available at ancestry.com) of "Wisconsin > Marriages, 1835-1900" lists the marriage thus: > RISTER, HENRY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

Hi Priscilla, I realized my first reply was confusing - put it off to late hours and a full day. <smile> Alphonso D. L Collins was my g-grandfather and was married to Roxey Chase Works prior to my G-grandmother Lucy Collins. There are numerous children in this family, one of whom was my grandfather who lived with Lucy Ivens in Seattle. I'm also in touch with a descendant of ADL and Roxey's daughter Elsie. I have some unverified family info on ADL and Roxey. Would you like it? Sherry

Can anyone tell me if I send for Death Certificates if they are going to contain the exact same information that the Death Records have? I sent for copies of the Death Records for my great Grandparents and received them but they did not contain the information on the parentage of my great Grandparents, nor did they contain the maiden name of my great Grandmother. I understand that who ever supplied the information may not have known those things, I am just questioning whether the information is copied verbatim. Thank you for your help. Sandra

Sandra, Did you receive a photocopy of the actual form, or a typed transcript? If it was a photocopy, you probably got all that was there. If typed, they may have only provided some of what was in the record in the actual death certificate. What was the name and death date? Dave Taft

I am looking for information on my grandmother's family. She was Mary Priscilla Ivens from Grant Co., Wisc. Her parents were Charles W. Ivens and Lucy Collins.I don't know if they were born in Grant Co. Lucy died in Seattle, Washington. Charles was living in Waterloo, Iowa but I don't know if he died there. He died in 1912. Lucy's father Alphanso D.L. Collins married Roxey J. Works on November 12, 1865 in Grant County Wisc. I don't know anything else about A. D. L. and Roxey. Does anyone have any information? Thank you. Priscilla Dean Waterloo, Iowa

Hi Priscilla, ADL and Lucy are my great-grandparents and i have some information, some of it is verified and some not... Let me see if I can put it together in some form for you. what would be most helpful? Sherry Sanders Kimbrough Port Townsend, WA