This is a long shot, but I would appreciate any new ideas or help. I need to find an obituary for my great-great-great grandmother: RACHAEL, aka REGINA, LANGENFELD REIBOLD, Date of death: December 11, 1864. Age at death: 34. Recorded in the records of Trinity Catholic Church. Wife of Martin. Daughter of Peter Langenfeld and Barbara Feit Langenfeld. Mother of Elizabeth, Emma, Martin, and Sarah. There is nothing about this death in the following records: Milwaukee Sentinel Milwaukee Probate Records (nothing under her husband either) Milwaukee County death records Trinity's cemetery records (apparently all before sometime in early 1900 were destroyed) No grave stone anywhere in Trinity. Buffalo, New York papers Languages Rachael might have spoken: English. She was either born in New York or else here by age one or two. German. Parents sometimes list Germany as place of origin. Husband was from Hessen-Darmstadt. French. Family may have lived in Alsace. I do not know whether this death may have been reported in any German language papers in Milwaukee. I want to know what happened to her. There is no infant death recorded at Trinity along with hers, so childbirth may NOT be the likely cause. Thanks for any help or suggestions. Dianne Alternate spellings: RYBOLD, REIBOLT, RAYBOLD, RAYBOLT, RIEBOLT, RIEBOLD, LANGENFELDT, LANGFELD, LANGFELT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peterson, Jim and Karen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 4:00 PM Subject: [WiMilwau] lookups > Hello everyone, > > It's that time of the year again that I do lookups at the libraries. I'm > not sure when I'm going again but it will be sometime in the near > future. If you have a few items you want looked up at UWM, please email > me a this time. No long lists please. Please exhaust all online > resources (ancestry.com, WI death index, etc) and include all forms of > the last name with all data. I do not do genealogy research - I will > lookup the appropriate info based upon the libraries resources. If you > are not sure what resources UWM - Golda Meir library has, check out > their website for their archives holdings. > > There is no cost for a lookup unless you want a copy of the resource. > Microfilm copies are 25 cents currently. The main resources are the pre > 1907 birth, death & marriage records (pass along the vol, page etc from > ancestry.com), probate index, obits, etc. For obits, I need the death > or burial dates. If you use the archdiocese records as a reference, note > that Calvary cemetery maintains BURIAL DATES, not death dates. Holy > Cross maintains death dates. If you are unsure if its a death or burial > date, list the cemetery. If you want a probate index lookup, include > all spellings of the surname with your request (don't ask me again with > a different spelling). There are some county indexes for deaths, > marriages (see library resources) that might help if you can't find a > pre 1907 index entry at ancestry.com. The date ranges are different for > different types of records. > > Information about the archives can be found at > > http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/arch/ > > Note, I only use the microfilm references, not paper, book, etc, > references. Those are located in a different part of the library that > usually isn't open when I go. > > UWM doesn't have naturalization records for Milwaukee County. You will > have get those at the GS in Milwaukee. > > If you have a general question about references, resources, etc, etc, > post a question to the list and I'm sure me or someone else can help you > find your way! > > Happy New Year to all! > Karen > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > 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 >