Di, Interesting question that I have wondered myself. I've never seen an explanation. Generally those enumerated next to each other are neighbors. But, you wonder in which direction the enumerator traveled. Did he go in a circle. I have often thought of the starting point myself. Think about a modern block. If he started at my house and went down the block in one direction, one of my next door neighbors would be listed far from me depending on the direction. Next door neighbors in bordering townships (right on the line) would seem miles away by the census. Does that make sense?? Hopefully someone has an explanation, but it probably varies by county/township. David

I may not be able to help you, but, if you know the family you are searching for, they would be on the index for the State. This index shows the townships - thus - Name County page township. I hope this is some benefit in your search, Phyl in Reno ----- Original Message ----- From: <KinDetective@aol.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:04 PM Subject: [WIGRANT] Q - Grant Co. 1850 Fed Census > Hi all, > Does anyone have an idea of how, in what order, the townships, etc. were > enumerated on the 1850 census? > Did they go by quadrant? Am I missing a web page that explains this? > FamilySearch perhaps? > Anyone have an index that describes or hints to the answer? > Help please! > > I've spent a good amount of time scrolling through and would very much like > to expedite the search. > I think this info (for each "bundled twp" census) would help others if it was > included it on the Grant Co. USGenWeb site. > I've been taking notes on some townships on certain census for other areas, > where they, like this one, do not have ED#s or are not indexed by twp--are > all listed as "various" or "unknown" townships. I'm listing each township in > order of appearance and how many pages, etc. > > Thanks for any assistance! > Di > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Julie, Congratulations. I've had a taste of what that's like myself........ Glad you were able to find some help! :) Mari List Admin At 01:58 AM 2/7/02 , Julie Shepard wrote: >Thanks to some wonderful people on the internet I was able to connect with >distant cousins of my gg grandmother. There was a wonderful woman who put >together a book about the Dahlenburg family history. It has over 200 >pages of wonderful stories, pictures, recipes, and momentos from weddings >and funerals, as well as several obits. I have asked permission to >reprint parts of the book because there are so many family names from >Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin. As I have time I will send bits and >pieces that may help others. > >There are so many wonderfully kind and generous people out there who have >become friends and have been willing to help search for >information. Being a newbie- the offers have been amazing. Thank you to >all of the volunteers. Your assistance is appreciated by many. I hope I >will be able to share information that will help you as well. > >Here are some of the names in the book. If there is a connection, please >feel free to contact me and I will be glad to share the information with you. > > >~~ Julie ~~ >May we all have the strength to help one another, the courage to continue >to love and the wisdom to know right from wrong. > >Dahlenburg: > >Johan Georg Friedrich Dahlenburg and Maria Sophia F.C Heitman > children: Marie Elizabeth dob: 2/7/1839 dod: 4/26/1915 > Charles (Carl) dob: 9/18/1840 dod: 2/2/1920 > Wilhelmine (Minnie) dob: 12/25/1841 dod: 4/17/1918 > Johan Georg Frederich (Fritz) dob: 7/28/1843 dod: 9/23/1925 > Augusta dob: 8/22/1855 dod: > Wilhelm Otto dob: 1855 dod: 5/31/1880 > >Johan Georg Frederich Dahlenburg > married Mathilda Steffien > children: George dob: 2/12 (possibly died while coming to America) > Karl dob: 2/21/1873 > Anna dob: 7/5/1874 > Helena dob: 6/27/1876 > Willie dob: 7/10/1878 > Otto P dob: 8/3/1880 > Henry dob: 2/3/1882 > Fred dob: 7/23/1883 > Robert dob: 11/23/1886 > Elisa (Eliza) dob/dod: 1888-1889 > >Willie - William Dahlenburg >married: Delia Paul > children: Henrieta Matilda (Etta)dob: 12/25/1903 > married Sandford Ratzlaff > children: Leonard dob: 1/21/1930 > Delia Ann dob: 4/14/1933 > Helen Mae dob: 6/21/1938 > Mary Etta: dob: 3/13/1941 > > Rose Adelia dob: 9/2/1906 > married: Benjamin J Becker > children: Lawrence dob: 8/13/1931 > Jonathan dob/dod: 3/7/1935 > David dob: 3/7/1935 dod: 5/13/1935 > Norman dob: 4/8/1937 > Arthur Lee dob: 6/27/1940 > > Amanda Marie dob: 12/3/1909 > married: Jacob A. Friesen > children: Lois Joy dob: 8/22/1937 dod: 9/1/1937 > Philip Eugene dob: 11/26/1943 > Gerald Junion dob: 6/12/1945 > Jewel Marie dob: 4/11/1947 > > Bertha Leona dob: 01/30/1913 > married: Harold Barber > children: David Lee dob: 7/6/1946 > Robert dob: 6/30/1948 > Milton Lloyd (Tony) dob: 3/28/1950 > Marilyn Joyce dob: 8/6/1952 > > Paul William dob: 11/14/1915 > married: Bessie Jones > children: Joann dob: 2/3/1944 > Treva dob: 7/30/1945 > Pauline dob: 11/17/1947 > Kenneth dob: 12/18/1950 > Larry Don dob: 10/18/1956 > > Helen May (or Mae) dob/dod: 7/17/1917 > > William Herbert dob: 11/5/1921 > married: Mildred Louise Harder > children: Catherine Delia (Cathy) dob: 3/14/1950 > Sharon Mae dob: 3/28/1952 > William Herbert Jr dob: 8/29/1956 > Jon Paul 8/31/1962 >(This book was written by William Herbert's wife Mildred.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > >============================== >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 >

Thanks to some wonderful people on the internet I was able to connect with distant cousins of my gg grandmother. There was a wonderful woman who put together a book about the Dahlenburg family history. It has over 200 pages of wonderful stories, pictures, recipes, and momentos from weddings and funerals, as well as several obits. I have asked permission to reprint parts of the book because there are so many family names from Iowa, South Dakota and Wisconsin. As I have time I will send bits and pieces that may help others. There are so many wonderfully kind and generous people out there who have become friends and have been willing to help search for information. Being a newbie- the offers have been amazing. Thank you to all of the volunteers. Your assistance is appreciated by many. I hope I will be able to share information that will help you as well. Here are some of the names in the book. If there is a connection, please feel free to contact me and I will be glad to share the information with you. ~~ Julie ~~ May we all have the strength to help one another, the courage to continue to love and the wisdom to know right from wrong. Dahlenburg: Johan Georg Friedrich Dahlenburg and Maria Sophia F.C Heitman children: Marie Elizabeth dob: 2/7/1839 dod: 4/26/1915 Charles (Carl) dob: 9/18/1840 dod: 2/2/1920 Wilhelmine (Minnie) dob: 12/25/1841 dod: 4/17/1918 Johan Georg Frederich (Fritz) dob: 7/28/1843 dod: 9/23/1925 Augusta dob: 8/22/1855 dod: Wilhelm Otto dob: 1855 dod: 5/31/1880 Johan Georg Frederich Dahlenburg married Mathilda Steffien children: George dob: 2/12 (possibly died while coming to America) Karl dob: 2/21/1873 Anna dob: 7/5/1874 Helena dob: 6/27/1876 Willie dob: 7/10/1878 Otto P dob: 8/3/1880 Henry dob: 2/3/1882 Fred dob: 7/23/1883 Robert dob: 11/23/1886 Elisa (Eliza) dob/dod: 1888-1889 Willie - William Dahlenburg married: Delia Paul children: Henrieta Matilda (Etta)dob: 12/25/1903 married Sandford Ratzlaff children: Leonard dob: 1/21/1930 Delia Ann dob: 4/14/1933 Helen Mae dob: 6/21/1938 Mary Etta: dob: 3/13/1941 Rose Adelia dob: 9/2/1906 married: Benjamin J Becker children: Lawrence dob: 8/13/1931 Jonathan dob/dod: 3/7/1935 David dob: 3/7/1935 dod: 5/13/1935 Norman dob: 4/8/1937 Arthur Lee dob: 6/27/1940 Amanda Marie dob: 12/3/1909 married: Jacob A. Friesen children: Lois Joy dob: 8/22/1937 dod: 9/1/1937 Philip Eugene dob: 11/26/1943 Gerald Junion dob: 6/12/1945 Jewel Marie dob: 4/11/1947 Bertha Leona dob: 01/30/1913 married: Harold Barber children: David Lee dob: 7/6/1946 Robert dob: 6/30/1948 Milton Lloyd (Tony) dob: 3/28/1950 Marilyn Joyce dob: 8/6/1952 Paul William dob: 11/14/1915 married: Bessie Jones children: Joann dob: 2/3/1944 Treva dob: 7/30/1945 Pauline dob: 11/17/1947 Kenneth dob: 12/18/1950 Larry Don dob: 10/18/1956 Helen May (or Mae) dob/dod: 7/17/1917 William Herbert dob: 11/5/1921 married: Mildred Louise Harder children: Catherine Delia (Cathy) dob: 3/14/1950 Sharon Mae dob: 3/28/1952 William Herbert Jr dob: 8/29/1956 Jon Paul 8/31/1962 (This book was written by William Herbert's wife Mildred.) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Dear Eileen, The U.S. Army Military History Institute has Civil War pictures. Not everybody in every regiment, but a lot. http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ Martha near Seattle > Is there a resource which may have photos of soldiers serving in the > Civil War from Wisconsin? For example: the Platteville Guards, Company > C. > > Eileen >

Doescher may be a common name so am just taking a chance: Do you have a possible connection to Sophia Elizabeth DOESCHER dau of Chris Doescher and Sophia Wanka b. 18 Feb 1835 Kladrum, Mecklinburg m. 23 Aug 1855 Mathias Schwind, Galena, IL, USA m. 15 Feb 1866 John F. Dorn, Galena, IL, USA d. 25 Jan 1905 Platteville, WI, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <Doschervbc@aol.com> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: [WIGRANT] Searching for Eduard Wilhelm Doescher or Doscher > hello , > > we search for the family of Eduard Wilhelm Doescher. Can anybody help us. He came to America 1884 from Bremen, Germany and got american citizen the 06.10.1889 in Platteville WI, District court. How can we get the documents ? > > Thorsten Doescher > > > ============================== > 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 >

You might try contacting the Wisconsin National Guard at 475 N Water St, Platteville, WI 53818 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen & George" <leengeo@mediaone.net> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 8:08 PM Subject: [WIGRANT] Civil War Regiments > Is there a resource which may have photos of soldiers serving in the > Civil War from Wisconsin? For example: the Platteville Guards, Company > C. > > Eileen > > > ============================== > 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 > >

hello , we search for the family of Eduard Wilhelm Doescher. Can anybody help us. He came to America 1884 from Bremen, Germany and got american citizen the 06.10.1889 in Platteville WI, District court. How can we get the documents ? Thorsten Doescher

Thanks again. It is very much appreciated the time you took to help me out. Have a nice day. Karen --- KinDetective@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 02/2/5 8:05:42 PM, > hudlowtrails@yahoo.com writes: > > << Could you tell what was written in for > occupation? I > can't make it out. It is same for both NH and MA. I > think that he was at both places. Maybe visiting his > parents in NH and then at home in MA. What do you > think? >> > > > > It looked to me like peddler for both Abial & his > father (sales). > Looked like he had an uncle named Abial, too. Just > (4?) years younger than > his dad. (40 in 1850) > I no longer have it up in front of me. > Yes, it looks like he may have been traveling to do > business or such, and > perhaps that's where he found & or married his > bride, Susan? Very cool to > catch him in two places in that one year, one month > apart! > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

I received this some time ago, when my brother-in-law was looking for records of our Grandfather Henry Julius and Great-uncle Charles Julius. You might want to give them a try. http://badger.state.wi.us/angencies/dva/museum/wvmmain.html It was sent to us by Richard W. Harrison, Archives Manager WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM Bev Miller. I'm from South Dakota

In a message dated 02/2/5 8:05:42 PM, hudlowtrails@yahoo.com writes: << Could you tell what was written in for occupation? I can't make it out. It is same for both NH and MA. I think that he was at both places. Maybe visiting his parents in NH and then at home in MA. What do you think? >> It looked to me like peddler for both Abial & his father (sales). Looked like he had an uncle named Abial, too. Just (4?) years younger than his dad. (40 in 1850) I no longer have it up in front of me. Yes, it looks like he may have been traveling to do business or such, and perhaps that's where he found & or married his bride, Susan? Very cool to catch him in two places in that one year, one month apart!

In a message dated 02/2/5 6:09:48 PM, leengeo@mediaone.net writes: << Is there a resource which may have photos of soldiers serving in the Civil War from Wisconsin? For example: the Platteville Guards, Company C. >> Hi Eileen, I've never used any service, but someone on the CW/WBTS mail lists may have suggestions and their evaluations of these sites. http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html U.S. Army Military History Institute ATTN: Historical Services 22 Ashburn Drive Carlisle, PA 17013-5008 US Library of Congress - Civil War Photograph Collection http://www.loc.gov/spcoll/048.html (some available via the American Memory site: http://www.loc.gov/spcoll/048.html ) & their Prints & Photo Divisions, Online Catalog http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Kent Peterson's Finding Your Civil War Ancestor in Wisconsin http://www.execpc.com/~kap/wisc-cw.html (all the pertinent links-WI Vet Museum, NARA etc. - I think looking for the related GAR post would be helpful) U.S. Civil War Center - Civil War Photographs http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/photo.htm (mainly photo links, & many many CW links)

In a message dated 02/2/5 5:01:52 PM, hudlowtrails@yahoo.com writes: << date the census in NH was taken. >> It looks like 27th or 31 July. You're right - the August date for the MA one. I think it was late (20).

In a message dated 02/2/5 4:21:41 PM, KinDetective@aol.com writes: << I believe there was an Abial Stickney listed for the Vermont 1850 Census, too. >> I was wrong....it was one each for Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Yep, Karen... Lowel, Middlesex, MA & Marlborough, Cheshire, NH

HI: I don't know of any place on line but two places to look would be the Wisconsin Room at the Karrmen Lib. at the Univ. Wis. Platteville, WI. 53818 and the Cunningham Museum in Lancaster, WI.53813 Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen & George" <leengeo@mediaone.net> To: <WIGRANT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: [WIGRANT] Columbia Hotel Platteville area > Does any one have any information/photos, etc. about Columbia Hotel in > Platteville about 1898? Seeking information about the landlord and > clerk. What other hotels would have existed at the same time? > > Eileen > from Saint Paul > > > ============================== > 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 >

Is there a resource which may have photos of soldiers serving in the Civil War from Wisconsin? For example: the Platteville Guards, Company C. Eileen

Yeah that is the one. Karen --- KinDetective@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 02/2/5 4:21:41 PM, > KinDetective@aol.com writes: > > << I believe there was an Abial Stickney listed for > the Vermont 1850 Census, > too. >> > > > > I was wrong....it was one each for Massachusetts and > New Hampshire. > > Yep, Karen... Lowel, Middlesex, MA > & Marlborough, Cheshire, NH > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

Could you tell what was written in for occupation? I can't make it out. It is same for both NH and MA. I think that he was at both places. Maybe visiting his parents in NH and then at home in MA. What do you think? Thanks again Karen --- KinDetective@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 02/2/5 5:01:52 PM, > hudlowtrails@yahoo.com writes: > > << date the census in NH was taken. >> > > It looks like 27th or 31 July. > You're right - the August date for the MA one. I > think it was late (20). > > > ============================== > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com

Does any one have any information/photos, etc. about Columbia Hotel in Platteville about 1898? Seeking information about the landlord and clerk. What other hotels would have existed at the same time? Eileen from Saint Paul

>> Does any one have any information/photos, etc. about Columbia Hotel in >> Platteville about 1898? Seeking information about the landlord and >> clerk. What other hotels would have existed at the same time? 1. For info about hotels during this era, go to: http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/wlhba/articleSearch.asp 2. Enter "hotel" as the keyword to search on. 3. Watch the 5th column and look for "Grant" as you scroll down the page. You'll see Grant County entries for: The old Sisson hotel recalls early recollections Boscobel hotel birthplace of Gideon Order Old hotel built to take the Capitol to Cassville Historic Hazel Green hotel is century old The list on the second page contains one Grant County entry: Builders' guess is wrong; hotel empty 95 years =============== Always use real butter. =============== Mary Thiele Fobian Writer/Editor Pacific Grove, CA