Hi Carol, I just looked up the Wisconsin counties to find the earliest records each has for births, deaths and marriages. Vilas County's are 1889 for births and deaths and 1893 for marriages. Kathy [email protected] wrote: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > WILACROS-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 16 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Gunderson/Nelson & Brevick/Breiwic ["carol" <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from WILACROS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Gunderson/Nelson & Brevick/Breiwick/Olson > From: > "carol" <[email protected]> > Date: > Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:59:34 -0500 > To: > [email protected] > > > Hi List Members, > > Looking for First Papers, Naturalization paper and descendants of Nels & > Caroline Gunderson who spent most of their lives in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. > Nel’s obit dated July 3, 1909 says they lived at 1402 Livingston Street in > LaCrosse at the time of his death. According to the 1900 U.S. Census Nels > immigrated to the United States in 1888. Caroline came in 1889. Only two > of their children are living with them in Clark County, Sherwood Forest > Town, Wisconsin at this time. The names of their five children are Marie > (married Ove Severin Brevick), Christina (married a ? Severson), Olga > (married Anton Olson), Carl (married ?) and Noimand or Norman (married ?). > > Where would I look to find Nels’ Naturalization paper? Steven Point, > Wisconsin? > > Olga is my great grandmother. She and Anton were married on October 25, > 1890 in LaCrosse and had 11 children. Their oldest child is my grandmother. > Her name was Nellie Otelia Olson. Nellie was born June 1, 1891 in Star > Lake, Wisconsin and died March 3, 1932 in Bovey, Itasca County, Minnesota. > I cannot find her birth certificate/record and not sure where else to look. > Her marriage certificate lists her last name as Nelson but the obit for her > brother Norman shows him having the last name of Gunderson. Does anyone > have any suggestions as to other places to research? > > I have tried to find info on Carl and Noimand (Norman) but the only other > data I have found is a Carl Gunderson buried in Campbell Cemetery, which is > located in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. > > I am also related to all the descendants of Ole Olsen Brevick & Beret Martha > Sivertsdatter who lived in West Salem, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin. Their > children spelled their last names several different ways. Olson, Brevick, > Breiwick, and Briwick. > > If related, please contact me. I would like to exchange data and I am > interested in Pictures. > > Carol Peterson > Prior Lake, Minnesota