Thank you so much for all the information your send out. I use it and found some good data. Pat Hill Melissa McLimans <[email protected]> wrote: We at the Wisconsin Historical Society are so excited to announce the addition of marriage records to the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index located at www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. That's right; marriages can now be searched along with birth and death records. Plus, we have added counties previously unavailable in other online databases and the 1970s microfiche index. Now, you can look for marriages in counties Richland through Winnebago at the same time you search for marriages from the rest of the state. Marriages, dating between 1836 and September 30, 1907, are indexed by both the bride and groom names, wherever possible. Therefore, in most cases, there will be two entries for one marriage; one for the bride and one for the groom. There are some counties that were not indexed by bride's name, but our excellent volunteers are working to correct that as well. The new marriage index, like its companions, began as a 1970s microfiche publication. The Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee generously provided funds to convert them to electronic form, so now genealogists have free public access to information on more than a half a million marriages, 400,000 Wisconsin deaths, as well as more than 1 million births. Happy searching and let us know how everything works. There are bound to be some errors, but now that the index is in the digital age, fixing index problems is quite simple (unfortunately, fixing errors on the original records is still impossible!). Best wishes, Melissa McLimans Manager, Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service Wisconsin Historical Society ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

For those of you like me who never read "search tips," I found that the fewer letters you put in, the better. For example, for a name spelled multiple ways, like "Rybold" or "Reibold," put in: "Ryb" "Rei" You can pick up all the variations, plus badly misspelled entries you would never have hit on otherwise. Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa McLimans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 4:46 PM Subject: [WILACROS] Marriages Added to Vital Records Index > We at the Wisconsin Historical Society are so excited to announce the > addition of marriage records to the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index > located at www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. > > That's right; marriages can now be searched along with birth and death > records. Plus, we have added counties previously unavailable in other > online databases and the 1970s microfiche index. Now, you can look for > marriages in counties Richland through Winnebago at the same time you > search for marriages from the rest of the state. > > Marriages, dating between 1836 and September 30, 1907, are indexed by both > the bride and groom names, wherever possible. Therefore, in most cases, > there will be two entries for one marriage; one for the bride and one for > the groom. There are some counties that were not indexed by bride's name, > but our excellent volunteers are working to correct that as well. > > The new marriage index, like its companions, began as a 1970s microfiche > publication. The Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee generously provided > funds to convert them to electronic form, so now genealogists have free > public access to information on more than a half a million marriages, > 400,000 Wisconsin deaths, as well as more than 1 million births. > > Happy searching and let us know how everything works. There are bound to > be some errors, but now that the index is in the digital age, fixing index > problems is quite simple (unfortunately, fixing errors on the original > records is still impossible!). > > Best wishes, > Melissa McLimans > Manager, Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service > Wisconsin Historical Society > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

We at the Wisconsin Historical Society are so excited to announce the addition of marriage records to the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index located at www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. That's right; marriages can now be searched along with birth and death records. Plus, we have added counties previously unavailable in other online databases and the 1970s microfiche index. Now, you can look for marriages in counties Richland through Winnebago at the same time you search for marriages from the rest of the state. Marriages, dating between 1836 and September 30, 1907, are indexed by both the bride and groom names, wherever possible. Therefore, in most cases, there will be two entries for one marriage; one for the bride and one for the groom. There are some counties that were not indexed by bride's name, but our excellent volunteers are working to correct that as well. The new marriage index, like its companions, began as a 1970s microfiche publication. The Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee generously provided funds to convert them to electronic form, so now genealogists have free public access to information on more than a half a million marriages, 400,000 Wisconsin deaths, as well as more than 1 million births. Happy searching and let us know how everything works. There are bound to be some errors, but now that the index is in the digital age, fixing index problems is quite simple (unfortunately, fixing errors on the original records is still impossible!). Best wishes, Melissa McLimans Manager, Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service Wisconsin Historical Society

Last month the Wisconsin Historical Society introduced our new Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index, which can be found at www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. We began the index with nearly 1 million birth records and are excited to announce the addition of nearly 400,000 Wisconsin death records. The new death index, like its companion, began as a 1970s microfiche publication. The Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee generously provided funds to convert them to electronic form, so now genealogists have free public access to a comprehensive pre-1907 index to Wisconsin births and deaths. Marriages, for all Wisconsin counties, are up next. You can discover ancestors by individual name, by browsing by county and year, or by exact date. Births and deaths can both be searched at the same time and then viewed separately, if desired. State law prohibits publication on the Web of original birth or death certificates, so when you discover someone about whom you want more details, you can order a paper copy of the complete certificate from the Society online. Most are delivered within two weeks, and Society members receive a 10-percent discount on each order. Or, you can use the index as a research tool that points you to the birth and death records that you need. Vital records are not the only genealogical source available on the Society Web site. To learn more about what we have online check out our genealogy page at www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy. Hope you enjoy the new additions. Melissa McLimans

Vallerie, I've been doing some research on Ancestry.com for your Burt Bowen and have found; The 1900 Census supports the information you have except it shows Burt was born in 1873 and shows a George Smith, probably Hannah's father in law. **** The 1900 US Federal Census shows, Wisconsin, Buffalo Co., Mondovi Bowen, Burt, Head, b. April 1873, age 27, born in Wisconsin as where his parents. Cora, wife, b. Dec 1879 age 20, born in Wisconsin father born in Pennsylvania, mother in Illinois Glyde daughter, b. Oct 1897, age 2, born in Wisconsin Lola, daughter, b June 1899, age 1, born in Wisconsin Smith, Hannah J, motherinlaw, b. June 1849, age 50, widow b, in Illinois, parents born in New York Alice, daughter, b. Feb 1887, age 13, born in Wisconsin, father born in Pennslyvania, mother born in Illinois George, boarder, b. Nov 1822, age 78, widowed, born in Pennsylvania, as were parents. **** Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 shows Burt W Bowen Marriage Date: 04 Nov 1896 County: Dunn Volume: 02 Page: 0398. You can probably write to Wisconsin Vital Records and get a copy of the marriage certificate. It should give you the names of his parents. ***** The 1910 US Federal Census shows, Wisconsin, Buffalo Co., Mondovi (note on side says Riverside Ave) Smith Hanna J, head, age is blank, Widow, Alice P, daughter, age 22, born in Wisconsin father born in Pennsylvania, mother in Illinois Bowen, Cora A, daughter, age 31, born in Wisconsin, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Illinois Glyde A, grand daughter, age 12, born in Wisconsin as were parents Lola G, grand daughter, age 10 Aleda P, grand daughter, age 5 Keith S, grandson age 3 then Smith Leslie H, head, age 39, born in Wisconsin, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Illinois Lulu , wife, age 41 born in Pennsylvania as were parents Ralph D, son, age 15 Cyril B, son age 9 *** The 1880 US Federal Census shows, Wisconsin, Pierce Co., Maiden Rock Smith Rev. George, age 35 , Meth Minister born in Penn as were parents Hannah, wife age 38, born in Illinois, parents in NY Minnie P, age 11 Leslie , age 7 Cora, age 1 ***** The 1920 US Federal Census shows, South Dakota, Codington Co., Watertown Bowen Lola, roomer, age 20, single, born in Wisconsin, father United States, mother Wisconsin in the household of Keck, Samuel W, head, age 32, born in Iowa Mabel, wife, age 31, born in Wisconsin Lois, duaghter, age 4, born in Wisconsin Samuel, son, age 8/12, born in Wisconsin Elinor, daughter, age 8.12, born in Wisconsin and In 1930 US Federal Census, South Dakota, Brookings Co., Brookings City Keck, Almer, head, age 30, age at first marriage 23, born in Iowa, parents in Penn Lola, wife, age 30, age at first marriage 23, born in Wisconsin , father Washington, mother Wisconsin. (Here I don't think she knew where her father was born and listed where he last was.) ******** There is a Burt W Bowen in Washington but all records indicate he was born in 1877 and may not be your Burt Bowen, but they could have lied about the age.. *** WWI registration Burt William Bowen, Washtucna, Adams Co., Washinton Date of birth April 18, 1877, Farm hand, Employers name C E Flock, nearest relative Mrs Ruth Bowen, Wastucna, Adams Co., Washington. Medium height, medium build, Blue eyes, Red hair..Dated Sept 12, 1918 *** 1920 US Federal Census, Washington, Washtucna Adams Co. Bowen Burt W, head, age 42, b in Wisconsin as were parents Ruth , wife, age 26, born in Washington, father born in Oregon, mother born in Washington Vernda, daughter, age 2, born in Washington Lorain N, son, age 1, born in Washington *** 1930 US Federal Census Washington, Adams County, Washtucna (note on side says Church Street) Bowen, Bert W. head, age 53, age at first marriage 34, born in Wisconsin as were parents Ruth, wife, age 36, age at first marriage 18, born in Washington, father born in Oregon, mother born in Washington Verda L, daughter, age 13 born in Washington Virgil L son, age 11 born in Washington Emil D, son, age 4 born in Washington Patricia A, daughter, age 2 born in Washington ***** In the 1930 US Federal Census Wisconsin, LaCrosse County, Hamilton Township, in the LaCrosse, Co., Insane Asylum (This would be located right around West Salem, Wisconsin and I believe it was later called the LaCrosse County Hospital) there is a Cora Mason as an inmate, age, 52, married, born in Wisconsin, parents in the United States ***** Hope some of this information gives you some leads. Genie Vallerie Jane Valentine wrote: > > > Does the following look familiar to anyone on this list? Burt Bowen > is my brick wall. I cannot find information on him. The information > I have is pieced together from family members. > > There is some talk within the family that Cora married a man with the > surname MASON a short time after the divorce Burt. ALSO, talk has it > that Burt left the area. I did find a Bert Bowen in Washington state > in the Fed Census for 1920 and 1930. > > Daughter, Glyde Adelia is my grandmother. Thanks, Vallerie > > 1. BURT WILLIAM2 BOWEN (BOWEN1) was born Apr 1872 in Wisconsin. He > married CORA A. SMITH 1896 in Wisconsin, daughter of REV. SMITH and > HANNAH DOUGHTY. She was born Dec 1879 in Wisconsin, and died Abt. 1948 > in West Salem, Wisconsin. > > DEATH: DATE OF DEATH POSSIBLY IS 1948 WEST SALEM, WI. > > Divorce: The 1910 Fed Census Mondovi City, Buffalo Co.,Wisconsin has > the marital status for Cora as Divorced. She and her four children are > living with Hannah J.Smith. Alice P., dau to Hannah and sister to > Cora, is also in the household. Cora is 31 born in Wisconsin. Leslie > H. Smith, probably the son of Hannah is living next door with his > family, Lulu B, wife age 41, Ralph D., son age 15, and Cyril B. son, > age 9. > > > Children of BURT BOWEN and CORA SMITH are: > > 2. i. GLYDE ADELIA3 BOWEN, b. 14 Oct 1896, Louisville, Dunn Co., > Wisconsin; d. 17 Mar 1974, Springfield, Oregon. > > 3. ii. LOLA GRACE BOWEN, b. 13 Jun 1899, Mondovi, Buffalo Co., > Wisconsin; d. 23 Dec 1989, Danville, Des Moines Co., Iowa. > > 4. iii. FLEDA P. BOWEN, b. 09 Sep 1904, Wisconsin; d. Jun 1987, > Wisconsin. > > iv. KEITH S BOWEN, b. Abt. 1907, Wisconsin. > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Does the following look familiar to anyone on this list? Burt Bowen is my brick wall. I cannot find information on him. The information I have is pieced together from family members. There is some talk within the family that Cora married a man with the surname MASON a short time after the divorce Burt. ALSO, talk has it that Burt left the area. I did find a Bert Bowen in Washington state in the Fed Census for 1920 and 1930. Daughter, Glyde Adelia is my grandmother. Thanks, Vallerie 1. BURT WILLIAM2 BOWEN (BOWEN1) was born Apr 1872 in Wisconsin. He married CORA A. SMITH 1896 in Wisconsin, daughter of REV. SMITH and HANNAH DOUGHTY. She was born Dec 1879 in Wisconsin, and died Abt. 1948 in West Salem, Wisconsin. DEATH: DATE OF DEATH POSSIBLY IS 1948 WEST SALEM, WI. Divorce: The 1910 Fed Census Mondovi City, Buffalo Co.,Wisconsin has the marital status for Cora as Divorced. She and her four children are living with Hannah J.Smith. Alice P., dau to Hannah and sister to Cora, is also in the household. Cora is 31 born in Wisconsin. Leslie H. Smith, probably the son of Hannah is living next door with his family, Lulu B, wife age 41, Ralph D., son age 15, and Cyril B. son, age 9. Children of BURT BOWEN and CORA SMITH are: 2. i. GLYDE ADELIA3 BOWEN, b. 14 Oct 1896, Louisville, Dunn Co., Wisconsin; d. 17 Mar 1974, Springfield, Oregon. 3. ii. LOLA GRACE BOWEN, b. 13 Jun 1899, Mondovi, Buffalo Co., Wisconsin; d. 23 Dec 1989, Danville, Des Moines Co., Iowa. 4. iii. FLEDA P. BOWEN, b. 09 Sep 1904, Wisconsin; d. Jun 1987, Wisconsin. iv. KEITH S BOWEN, b. Abt. 1907, Wisconsin.

In a message dated 2/23/2006 4:53:03 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. > I couldn't get to this website for some reason.

I want to give a very personal and public thanks to my WILACROS-L angel from Onalaska's Brice Prairie area, Debbie, who saw my request several weeks back asking for information re. the Lyttle family. She thought she had seen some geographical markers, went out and found them and took pictures of Lytle Bridge, Lytle Landing, Lytle Street and Lytle Station........all part of my great-grandfathe John Lyttle's heritage; he came to the area in about 1850 and was one of its pioneers. She also visited the Asbury cemetery and wrote down information and took pictures for me. Because she was so interested, and just for fun, I sent her a picture of my gr-grandparents and their old house from about 1860..........and wonder of all wonders.......she said, "I think that house is just down the road from me." She went out again and sent me a picture of a house one-half mile from her home.........sure enough, it's the very same house (just painted a different color now) from the 1860 period. And she talked to the current owner and found the abstract showing that my great-grandparents, John and Julia Lytle (Lyttle) were the first owners. Debbie personifies the goodness of people and their generosity of spirit. I am very thankful to have found her, and she has my undying gratitude for all her sleuthing on my behalf. Now she has grandparents she is searching for in Montana--my home--and I'm trying to help return the favor. Isn't this just exactly what this process is all about??!! Long live LISTS!!! :) :) Jeanne in Montana

I've noticed that this has been posted to some email lists already (so please excuse any duplication), but thought I would send out some more information. The Wisconsin Historical Society has just made available an index to Wisconsin pre-1907 births at www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. It was made by digitizing the 1970's microfiche index (with which some of you're probably familiar) and then expanding it with tens of thousands of delayed births. The Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee generously covered most of the conversion costs, and the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society graciously let us include their delayed birth records index. The result is free public access to more than 1,000,000 Wisconsin births. As you'll see, you can search in a variety of ways. When you find someone for whom you want a birth certificate, you can order hard copy from us online or use the results to locate the film yourself. We plan to add pre-1907 death and marriage indexes in the next few months, creating a comprehensive vital records index that will be entirely free and publicly searchable. Until the death and marriage indexes are available, you can request searches through our Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service at www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/ogrs. Let us know how you like the index and happy searching! Melissa McLimans Administrator, Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service Wisconsin Historical Society

Michael born ca. 1820 in IRE (Mayo Co?), Bridget born ca. 1829 in IRE (Mayo Co.?). Appears that they immigrated to US ca, 1850, prior to their marriage (date and place unk,). First son Thomas William O'RILEY born 22 Jun 1854 in Circleville OH, daughters Henrietta O'RILEY born (?) in LaCrosse and Anna Maria O'RILEY born 5 Oct 1860 in LaCrosse WI, son John O'RILEY born ca 1858 in LaCrosse WI. Michael apparently died bef. 1865 in vicinity of LaCrosse WI, Bridget died 11 Dec 1899 in LaCrosse. Son Thomas married (1st) Mary Agnes TULLY on 11 May 1881 in LaCrosse, Daughter Henrietta married Nathan ROSS on (?) in LaCrosse and apparently died soon after. Son John O'RILEY died (?) in LaCrosse.

_http://lplcat.lacrosse.lib.wi.us/_ (http://lplcat.lacrosse.lib.wi.us/) The La Crosse Public Library site lists a David Rowe under their genealogy site, but a different wife?? You might also want to check out this site: _http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/Departments/archome.html_ (http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/Departments/archome.html) Good Luck, Carol

HI I am looking for a David Allard Rowe born approx 1950 and his wife Susan Kathryn Brown. They were married in Lacrosse Co WI on 23, May 1981 He ties into my Rowe line Thank You Tami L Murphy Cove, OR

Thanks. I'll keep your info in the back of my mind just in case I find any info about the Larkin brothers. Mary in Minnesota.

Thanks Cynthia. I'll look into this further,

There was only one other elementary school back then and it was called Gebhardt(that is the wrong one as it was on the other side of town and newer). It was the old elementary school...so I am not sure of the name. She was the sweetest lady!! I never forgot her. She played the piano and we would sing. I think we did it everyday. She also played classical music for us and told us to draw to the music. She did not live to far from us. We lived in the Price Hill area I think it was called. Let me know if there is any more I can do. Cynthia

Yes, I believe so. My own grandfather William (Bill) Larkin moved to Livingston Montana in the 1920's/1930's. In fact, my mother was born in Livingston. However, my grandfather lost his arm in a railway accident around 1931 and he and his family (his wife Nellie, son Bill and daughter Ellen) had to move back to Minnesota. Also there was a tragic fire in Galesville around 1942 which killed my grandfather's uncle Michael Larkin and his sister Mary Larkin. The fire also consumed the old family homestead. Does any of this sound familiar?

Thank you Cynthia. I will add Black River Falls to my list of places. Do you remember the name of your grade school in Black River Falls. I can probably track down Mrs. Larkin's full name that way. Mary Schaenzer

Livingston is about four hours west of Miles City. The Larkin Brothers came to Miles City in the early 1880's, however........they had one of the first documented clothing stores in town. I don't believe they went any further west, so maybe no connection after all. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:29 AM Subject: Re: [WILACROS] Larkin and Cosgrove families of Trempealeau and LaCrosse Count... > Yes, I believe so. My own grandfather William (Bill) Larkin moved to > Livingston Montana in the 1920's/1930's. In fact, my mother was born in Livingston. > However, my grandfather lost his arm in a railway accident around 1931 and he > and his family (his wife Nellie, son Bill and daughter Ellen) had to move > back to Minnesota. > > Also there was a tragic fire in Galesville around 1942 which killed my > grandfather's uncle Michael Larkin and his sister Mary Larkin. The fire also > consumed the old family homestead. > > Does any of this sound familiar? > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hello, I couldn't help responding to this thread. My first grade teacher was a Mrs. Larkin. I lived in Black River Falls, Wisconsin at that time. I believe that it is in Jackson County which neighbors Trempealeau. This would have been around 1961. Not only that...several years ago, I went to an auction house in North St.Paul. I bought several items there...one of them being an old standing radio. I think it may have been a Stromberg/Carlson, or something like that. It was purchased in Black River Falls. I gave it to my son, so the booklet that came with it and a paper tag stuck to the inside is not in front of me. It had the LARKIN name on it somewhere. Either that was the name of the store it was purchased from in Black River or the name of the original purchaser. This probably is of no help to you..but you may want to include that region in your search. Cynthia Nelson

Did any of the Larkins or Cosgroves end up in Montana? I am from Montana and seem to remember that the Larkin Brothers were from Wisconsin before they came west?? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 1:31 PM Subject: [WILACROS] Larkin and Cosgrove families of Trempealeau and LaCrosse Counties > I am interested in hearing from anyone related to the Larkin(s) or Cosgrove > families near Galesville and Lacrosse Wisconsin. My gg grandparents Michael > Larkin and Mary Cosgrove Larkin settled in the area around 1860. Michael had a > brother James who settled in the area. He had a very large family and may have > been married twice. > > Mary > [email protected] > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >