Weekly reminder! Come and join us at the Wisconsin Genealogy Chat on Sunday night 9:00 p.m. EST (Adjust for your time zone) http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm Hope to see you there! Paula _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

HI all, The Lafayette Co. Genealogy Society will meet at the Wisconsin Room of Unversity of Wis. Platteville at 7:00 PM on Tuesday Sept. 26 th. We will have our general meeting, give Terry Mc Donald's family a Platt Book as a memorial to Terry Mc Donald, and help individual members do research. Any person interest is invited to attend. Jim Ronnerud

First of all I apologise to any of you who are receiving duplicates of this email, I sent to every list that I belong to. I just wanted to pass this along, FYI: Hello, I live in St. Louis, Missouri and saw on the local news tonight that there is a BRIDGETON MEMORIAL PARK - 1843 - 1963 ( North St. Louis) that is looking for persons with family buried there. The airport is being expanded and they are going to move the CEMETERY. Is there a way to get this message to as many listers as possible in a short amount of time? Can you help! Pat Jones Smith St. Louis, Missouri USA MSmith3030@aol.com

Just a friendly weekly reminder of the Wisconsin Genealogy Chat Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. EST (Adjust for your time zone) We have been having a great group, so stop in and see if you can connect with someone else researching one of your lines. There have been a few questions about the chat so I will post the information here for those of you interested in stopping in and are new to chat rooms. 1- Go to http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm 2- Click on "log on to chat" 3- In the Nick Name space- type the name you want to show in the chat room. Most choose something short and some put the state appreviation after the name, examples DebWI, JeanIL, RedWA, etc. You do not need a password or need to fill out anything else on this page. Once you type in your name click on OK, Connect lower left. 4- You have entered the chat room. You will type your messages in the space in lower left of screen where it says Type here. Type your message and hit enter. A couple helpful hints. To make the screen bigger and without advertisements click on the float button in the upper right hand corner. To enlarge the type - in the message space type *chat fontsize 14, this will enlarge the type font for easier reading. Hope this helps and hope to see some new names in the chat Sunday. Paula _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

There are some indexes in the library at Darlington (county seat). You might find some help by contacting the Lafayette County Geneaology Society. Try contacting Janice or James Ronnerud at swtsales@mhtc.net I was at the Catholic cemetery in Benton a few months ago. If you need a name from there, I might have jotted it down. Just ask. Kevin Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <BSmithIowa@aol.com> To: <WILAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [WILAFAYE] From List Mom - New Wisconsin Mailing List Speaking of Wisconsin Cemeteries, are there any transcription books or manuscripts for Lafayette Co., WI cemeteries? Where are the books or manuscripts located? Are there any lookup volunteers? I am particularly interested in cemeteries of Benton, Elk Grove, and any near Hazel Green but in Lafayette Co. Bill Smith In a message dated 09/17/2000 11:58:41 AM Central Daylight Time, kburnet@efortress.com writes: > I have started a new mailing list called > WI-Cemeteries. It is a mailing list for anyone interested in locating, > and preserving historical information about, Wisconsin cemeteries or > sharing information about them. ==== WILAFAYE Mailing List ==== If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Lafayette Co., WI list, use wilafaye-l-request@rootsweb.com. Use wilafaye-l@rootsweb.com. To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett ============================== Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: http://pml.rootsweb.com/

Speaking of Wisconsin Cemeteries, are there any transcription books or manuscripts for Lafayette Co., WI cemeteries? Where are the books or manuscripts located? Are there any lookup volunteers? I am particularly interested in cemeteries of Benton, Elk Grove, and any near Hazel Green but in Lafayette Co. Bill Smith In a message dated 09/17/2000 11:58:41 AM Central Daylight Time, kburnet@efortress.com writes: > I have started a new mailing list called > WI-Cemeteries. It is a mailing list for anyone interested in locating, > and preserving historical information about, Wisconsin cemeteries or > sharing information about them.

Dear Members I have started a new mailing list called WI-Cemeteries. It is a mailing list for anyone interested in locating, and preserving historical information about, Wisconsin cemeteries or sharing information about them. To subscribe to this list - have your members send the word subscribe to WI-Cemeteries-L-request@rootsweb.com or WI-Cemeteries-D-request@rootsweb.com for the digest form. I look forward to helping this list grow and become another tool for those researching in Wisconsin. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

REMINDER! Please stop in the Wisconsin Genealogy Chat on Sunday night 9:00 p.m. EST (adjust for your time zone). Bring your "brick walls" and surnames, let's help each other find those lost "cousins". http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm Paula WaupacaCC _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

I would like to invite the members of the county mail list to the Wisconsin Genealogy Chat on Sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. EST at http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm (Please note-the time is listed as EST-so you will have to adjust for your time zone.)This chat is held every Sunday night, so if you don't connect with a "lost" relative, check back on another Sunday night. Anyone is invited to join in the chat and of course the topic is Wisconsin Genealgogy. This chat is for the sole purpose of assisting each other in finding our lost ancestors in Wisconsin. Stop in and share those great WI sites you have found, family research, help each other "break" through those brick walls. By sharing information maybe we can help each other find that "cousin" we quite can't find. Hoping to see you! Please excuse me if this is a duplicate email. Paula WaupacaCC http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html

The Historical Society has just released a revised edition of an earlier picture book about Darlington using pictures taken prior to 1920. It has the earliest known picture of Darlington taken from Birds Eye View looking eastward toward the town. The court house is not in it so it had to be taken prior to 1905. The book is dedicated to the Carnegie Library that when into service as the Historical Museum in March of 2000. The book is called Joshua Darling's Town Volume 11. It sells for $6.00 at the Musuem (Add $1.50 if mailed) Send check to Laf.Co. Historical Soc.Publication Committee, Charles Sleep Treasurer, POB 146, Darlington, WI. 53530 James Ronnerud, Publication Chairman

Gobeli-Yanke I am looking for any information on FRED GOBELI born April 10, 1904?, Arygle, LaFayette Co. His father is FREDERICK GOBELI, mother Magdaline Clara YANKE. I would appreciate any information. Thanks Cheryl

I am searching for information on FRED GOBELI. His SS application states he was born in Argyle, LaFayette Co. in the early 1900's. His father was Frederick Gobeli, Mother Magdaline Clara Yanke. I would appreciate ANY information about this family.

The following is a wonderful tool that was shared with me by someone on another list I belong to. Street Atlas USA. It is a mapping program on CD published by Delorme, a well-known mapmaker. You can find the location of cemeteries and towns. Not only can you find names, but you can find most any physical feature. The search results give you the Latitude and Longitude of an object. I then use that Latitude and Longitude in Street Atlas to locate the cemetery. After I type the cemetery I am looking for and receive the found sites I then go to "Show Feature Location" to see the map. The Geographical Names Information System (GNIS). It was created by the US Geological Survey and is wonderful. The URL is http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html Kathleen Burnett List Mom

HI: When I left the message last week about the Pre Publication Sale for the 1881 Lafayette Co. History book I forgot to say that the new book will be indexed. We have several orders in just under a week. Jim Ronnerud, Publication Chairman ############################# Visit our web store <http://www.swtsales.com> - - - - Get a free GIFT- - - - #############################

If you have a copy of the History of Lafayette County, I'd love to know what it says about Francis SMITH, on pages 769 and 791. I believe they are the father and brother of my Robert SMITH who emigrated from Yorkshire, England to the Argyle area. Please contact me at: NLWOOD52@aol.com and I'll be happy to share :-)

The Lafayette County Historical Society will republish the 1881 History of Lafayette Co. This will be the second reprint of this book and will have 200 copies printed. The prepublication price is $55.00 plus $6.95 if mailing is required. Deadline for this price is October 1, 2000 after 10/1/2000 the price will be $65.00 Plus s/h of $6.95. Send chect to LCHS Publication Comm. Charles Sleep, Treasure, POB 146, Darlington, WI. 53530 You may E-Mail Publication Com. Chairman at swtsales@mhtc.net. Jim Ronnerud ############################# Visit our web store <http://www.swtsales.com> - - - - Get a free GIFT- - - - #############################

A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, SHOWING THREE GENERATIONS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE MAY, 1692, ON THE BASIS OF FARMER'S REGISTER. BY JAMES SAVAGE, originally pub. 1860 is now online and is a premier research tool for those searching New England - http://genweb.net/~books/savage/savage.htm Kathleen Burnett List Mom

I am receiving an unusual amount of requests to help unsubscribe. Everyone must be going on vacation - Wish I was. :) Just as a reminder, the following site will help you manage the mailing lists you are a member of or that you take care of or any of the Rootsweb sites you have a password. http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ You can also unsubscribe from any Rootsweb list from here. Again, I thank each of you for all that you do to help make this list the success it is. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

What is the status of that book and what years would it be for? Thank You Vivienne trace

I'm looking for info on the Robert SMITH family, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England March, 1849, to Lafayette County. I believe they may have joined Robert's brother James and father Francis in or near Argyle. The family consisted of Robert, wife Mary (REDFERN) and children Ann and Margaret (twins, born @1841 in England); Mary Ann, born 3 December, 1844 England; Hester, born @ 1843 England; and son Francis, born @1848 England. I think they may have had one son born here: William, born @ 1859 in Argyle. Robert died 9 October, 1867 in Argyle and is buried in the old Argyle Cemetery...wife Mary died 3 July, 1904, and is buried by him. I suspect some of the family moved to Nebraska and Colorado areas; I have some old photos taken in Grand Island, NE that say, "Billy's family" on the back. Daughters Ann and Mary Ann married twin brothers Edwin and Edward JACOBS and remained in Argyle area. I'd LOVE to find the rest of their family!! If you have any SMITH info please e-mail me at: NLWOOD52@aol.com and I'll be thrilled to share!! Nancy Wood