Dear Eric and WIMONROE-L, This is wonderful. Thank you to all who have worked on this transcription. Is there a map online that shows Monroe Cnty townships? Regards, David David C. Johnson Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Eric wrote: > Audrey Johnson and the staff at the Monroe County Local History Room have been transcribing some of the census records for Monroe County. I offered to put them on line for them. I have completed the 1880 census. You can see it at http://members.tripod.com/~Eric_Borreson/#census > > Eric > > -- > *********************************************************************** > The way to pay back a kindness is with honesty and integrity > in all your work and to help someone else when you can. > See our home page at > http://eric_borreson.tripod.com/ > [email protected] > *********************************************************************** > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Audrey Johnson and the staff at the Monroe County Local History Room have been transcribing some of the census records for Monroe County. I offered to put them on line for them. I have completed the 1880 census. You can see it at http://members.tripod.com/~Eric_Borreson/#census Eric -- *********************************************************************** The way to pay back a kindness is with honesty and integrity in all your work and to help someone else when you can. See our home page at http://eric_borreson.tripod.com/ [email protected] ***********************************************************************

MESSAGE FROM [email protected] Craig and Nancy Poole.. NOT>> [email protected] Monroe County, Wi Obits A new message, "Rutz Family," was posted by Craig & Nancy Poole on Tue, 05 Jun 2001 Surname: Rutz, Sporwien-Sporven, Gregorious, Thielen, Ebert, Schattner, Good, Poole ---NAME: Craig & Nancy Poole EMAIL: [email protected] DATE: Jun 05 2001 QRYTEXT: Remington, Monroe Cnty, WI Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Obituary for Friedrich Albert Rutz June 29, 1936 Friedrich Rutz, Remington Town Dies at Home Friedrich Albert Rutz, 76 died at his home in the town of Remington at 6:25 o'clock this morning. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 o'clock at the home on Wednesday afternoon to the Babcock Congregational church at 2:00 o'clock where Rev. E.H. Walthers will officiate. Burial will take place in the Babcock cemetery. Mr. Rutz was born in West Prussia, Germany, July 31, 1860, and came to the United States in June of 1882. He lived in New York City for three years and in 1885 settled in Iowa where he farmed for 18 years then coming to Babcock where he made his home since. He married Caroline Bogatzki/e in 1883 in New York City who now survives him. Also surviving are three sons, john of Wauwatoss, Fred of Manning, Iowa and August at home and three daughters, Mrs. Ottilie Schattner of Oakwood, Wis., Mrs. Laura Gregorious and Mrs. Caroline Ebert of Tomah. One great grandchild and 18 great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Baker mortuary. .

Danielle will be sending some more information for the site... Also, got word we are getting some photos sent in also... Will send an update to list when completed. If you haven't already registered your surnames on our SURNAME pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe/surname/ please do so by emailing MAK at [email protected] R/S MAK --- [email protected] wrote: > > I would hope that the member list and possibly the history would be > published on the Monroe County website..... > > James Birkholz > Danielle, > I too, hope to see the info you have on the web site! I am researching the > DRAWER and WRUCK side of the family and they all lived in that area. > Marilyn ===== =========================== MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" WI ACS http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html =========================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

A new Church page has been added to our Monroe County pages. Please check it out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe/church/ A big thank you to Danielle Nauman <[email protected]] who provided the information... R/S MAK --- [email protected] wrote: ===== =========================== MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" WI ACS http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html =========================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Danielle, I too, hope to see the info you have on the web site! I am researching the DRAWER and WRUCK side of the family and they all lived in that area. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: =James Birkholz= <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:01 PM Subject: Re: WIMONROE-D Digest V01 #22 > I would hope that the member list and possibly the history would be > published on the Monroe County website..... > > James Birkholz > > > >Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 22:08:24 > >From: "Danielle Nauman" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: St. John's-Ridgeville Cornerstone opening > > > >Hello, today the church that I belong to, St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in > >Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, opened the cornerstone in our building. The > >church building was completed in January, 1901. On June 24, we are holding > >our anniversary celebration. Today, we opened the cornerstone. The > >articles were sealed in a copper box. The items inside were in nearly > >perfect condition! The newspapers were hardly even yellowed! The box > >contained a couple of copies of the Germania paper out of Milwaukee, a local > >copy of the Wilton Herald, a Hymnal, a confirmation book, a list of 1900's > >members, a history of our church, written in old German script, and several > >things from the WELS synod. I just wanted to share what we found in our > >cornerstone. > > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >

I would hope that the member list and possibly the history would be published on the Monroe County website..... James Birkholz >Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 22:08:24 >From: "Danielle Nauman" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: St. John's-Ridgeville Cornerstone opening > >Hello, today the church that I belong to, St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in >Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, opened the cornerstone in our building. The >church building was completed in January, 1901. On June 24, we are holding >our anniversary celebration. Today, we opened the cornerstone. The >articles were sealed in a copper box. The items inside were in nearly >perfect condition! The newspapers were hardly even yellowed! The box >contained a couple of copies of the Germania paper out of Milwaukee, a local >copy of the Wilton Herald, a Hymnal, a confirmation book, a list of 1900's >members, a history of our church, written in old German script, and several >things from the WELS synod. I just wanted to share what we found in our >cornerstone.

Hello, today the church that I belong to, St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, opened the cornerstone in our building. The church building was completed in January, 1901. On June 24, we are holding our anniversary celebration. Today, we opened the cornerstone. The articles were sealed in a copper box. The items inside were in nearly perfect condition! The newspapers were hardly even yellowed! The box contained a couple of copies of the Germania paper out of Milwaukee, a local copy of the Wilton Herald, a Hymnal, a confirmation book, a list of 1900's members, a history of our church, written in old German script, and several things from the WELS synod. I just wanted to share what we found in our cornerstone. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi, **This message is being sent to the WIMONROE mailing list.** The email address that RootsWeb has for the WIMONROE list admin [email protected] is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst ([email protected]) so that we know that you are still maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured that this does not mean that your list is in danger. Thanks! Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff [email protected] -- Andrew Billinghurst <[email protected]> Genealogy mailing lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ New Databases (check often): http://searches.rootsweb.com/ Data Submission Form: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit.html

I am looking for information on the family of Peter and Elizabeth HUNT who were living in Monroe Co., WI in 1900. Peter was born March 1855 in Indiana and his wife Elizabeth was born August 1855 in Ohio. I believe that Peter HUNT may be the brother of Phoebe Jeanette (HUNT) VANDERVORT and would like to compare notes with someone who is familiar with Peter's family. I have information to swap and share. Thank you for any help you are able to offer! Karla Staudt [email protected]

Hello, I am attempting to find record of my great grandfather born 1-15-1860. He was supposedly born in Monroe, Wis. Can anyone tell me if there is a birth index somewhere that I could check? Also, would anyone have access to the 1860 census? (George's parents names were supposedly Lemual and Kathryn Eckert- unconfirmed) ANY help would be appreciated as this is my brick wall. Thanks. Robin.

Hi to all! There is a B. CHAFFEE buried in the Lincoln Twp. Cemetery and I am trying to find out some information on who exactly that is, and his/her dates if anyone has that information. This is an index from the works of both, Mrs Robert Hableman Sr and Jr, in 1972. The information that goes with this index can be found in the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society newsletter volume 29 #2 Sept 1982. I would be interested in hearing about any CHAFFEE who came to Monroe Co., WI - as I have Chaffee roots originating in NY and my Kenyon and Purdy lines also made the move from NY to Monroe Co., WI. I am happy to share any data on those lines if you are interested. Karla Staudt [email protected]

Hi! For all you MonroeCoWI researchers, its offical, the USGenWeb WIGenWeb MonroeCoWI site has been moved to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe/ In addition to the move, the site got a well needed facelift (thanks to you who sent me emails - grin). It has a left side menu for easy access to our pages, and added two new pages (this am), a lookup page and a contributors page... so check it out.... Brenda is stepping down and MAK (that's me) will be the new CC... So please, in the transition, try to be patient and understanding. If you recently sent information to Brenda, and still have a copy and would like to send it to me, my email is: [email protected] As always, you may snail mail me at: Marcia Ann Kuehl P O Box 7326 Capistrano Beach, CA 92624-7326 I want to thank Brenda for her outstanding support and administration of the website, and for entrusting it to my care. Brenda, don't be a stranger!!! If you have any ideas, contributions, or information you are willing to share, don't be shy, send it!!! This is OUR site, and it will be only as good as those researchers who help build it up... Looking forward to working with you as a the MonroeCoWI team. R/S MAK __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Hello Everyone: I am trying to locate (Dorothy) Geraldine (Sowle) Schlosser or any of her children. Ms. Schlosser lived on Rte. 3, Tomah, WI (Monroe Co.) in 1987. Can anyone help? The very best to you all. Harold Oliver America's First Families mailto:[email protected]

- Follow-up on Milwaukee Cemetery Desecration Last week I wrote about Evelyn Oliveras' efforts to prevent the Milwaukee County (Wisconsin) Board of Supervisors' plan to dig up all the graves at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm cemetery, place all the remains in one box, and then bury those remains someplace else. I relayed Evelyn's request for readers of this newsletter to contact the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors as well as Milwaukee news media. This must have worked. Here is an excerpt from a long e-mail I received from Evelyn Oliveras this week: I cannot thank you enough for your help with the cemetery desecration problem here in Milwaukee. The county was flooded with e-mails. The newspapers wrote about it and one TV station did a very nice interview at the cemetery with some of the ladies from our group. They showed one of the ladies' young son placing flowers on one of the few tombstones as the Reporter spoke about our protest. The interview was short and much was edited but it was nice and it did the job. People responded very well to it. The Milwaukee County at first tried to say they had no immediate plans to move the cemetery and that it would be at least 3 years before action was taken, but this fooled very few. Our lady that attended the open forum had discussions with the man who is pushing this and she knows what she heard. <some text deleted for brevity> I want your readers to know that there are two people currently transcribing the records of this cemetery. One lady is transcribing from Microfiche and I am working with photocopies of the original registers. I paid for these myself rather than create any problems. Both of us are going to place them on the Internet so the chances of them being found will be high. The county cannot destroy their names. This seemed to be a priority issue in many of the protests. I am trying to respond to each person who copied me on their messages to the Board but this may take some time, so I wish to give each a "Thank You!" and ask that they may be blessed with successful research. Evelyn closed her message with a great quote: "Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead, and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals." - William Gladstone You can contact Evelyn Oliveras directly at: [email protected] Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore Ancestral Lineages by Kingsley http://genealogypro.com/kingsley.html [email protected] http://grandtraverseregion.com website: for Michigan counties: Benzie, GrandTraverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques,Leguerre, Vallee and and

Hi, I am MAK, the WI ASC, and am trying to contact Brenda who is your county coordinator. Her email is bouncing!!! HELP... anyone hear from her lately??? I was just at the Monroe site: http://hometown.aol.com/kingsley/monroe-index.html and it looks like the graphics aren't working, plus if they were, they would be for the wrong state (grin)... Perhaps she moved the page to a new site, or has a new email address??? Anyone know, please let me know ASAP at my email address as I am not subbed to your mailing list ... If we can't contact her, the policy is to put the site up for adoption. R/S MAK [email protected] ===== =========================== MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" WI ACS http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/ MAKs Sites http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/links/MAK.html =========================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

I am going thru the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses for Monroe Co Wisconsin and posting selected surnames at the url below. This is a slow process, but I will try to post new surnames every few days. I am posting surnames pertient to my family, however if you have any "wishes" you can contact me personally and I will try to help out. I will need surname, township and year. Diana [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/wearemorse/census.htm

I, too, would be interested in any DAVIS names. Am trying to determine the relationship of Jamie DAVIS to a VANVOORHEES family from Monroe Co. She was born in 1888 and died in 1993. I do not know if DAVIS is her birth or married name. Cheryl Schultz Colletti Linden, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 7:44 AM Subject: DAVIS-GATES > Looking for any DAVIS or related to DAVIS families that came to Monroe > County, WI in the 1860s and settled in the area near Sparta and Leon. They > probably came from New York. My FARNHAM family, who came in the 1860s, is > connected to the Davis family and wonder if in-laws also came. > > Also is there any GATES family in the area also. Another family connection. > > Susanne Farnham-Hieber > [email protected] > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >

Looking for any DAVIS or related to DAVIS families that came to Monroe County, WI in the 1860s and settled in the area near Sparta and Leon. They probably came from New York. My FARNHAM family, who came in the 1860s, is connected to the Davis family and wonder if in-laws also came. Also is there any GATES family in the area also. Another family connection. Susanne Farnham-Hieber [email protected]

This was forwarded to me, and I thought it sounded like something positive! Thought you might be interested in it. Karla I went a genealogy society meeting tonight and got info on a new FREE Internet site. The address is: fotocode.com It is only for black and white photos taken before 1910. The reason for this cutoff date is that is the year that Kodak came out with a cheap camera and people started taking their own pics instead of going to a studio where they could get many pics for very little money and could hand them out to friends and family You answer a bunch of questions about the photo and it goes into their data bank. When someone else gives the same description they pull up the pics and compare them. If they have a match they tell the two senders. The reason for this is there a lot of photos without any names on them. If we both had the same pic with 4 people and we each only knew the name for two of them we would then have the names for all four. this outfit is just starting so there is not a lot pics in the system yet. I am going to do a lot of my pics. It's FREE FREE!!! They will NOT run banner ads, and will not use the pic's for anything but the purpose I just discribed. Aloha