I am looking for information on the White Mound Cemetary near Plain, WI. My great great grandmother, Margaret Brown is buried there and I would like to know if there is a listing somewhere of who else is buried there. I am also looking for information on the Arena, WI Cemetary. I believe that my great great grandfather, John Jordan is buried there. At one time there was a headstone there but it has disappeared. Would there be a listing of who is buried in this cemetary? I would like to see if there are other Jordans buried there. Any help would be appreciated. Bonnie Williams Shadowcat@rockford.com

The NC State Library does not have an index to the 1860 Wisconsin Federal Census. Does one exit? Would someone be willing to do a lookup for the name: BEDBURY? Thanks, Tom in Chapel Hill ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi all, Do I recall that there was a thread about reprinting one of the Co history books?? If so was it Cole's _A Standard History of Sauk County_ ?? If so please let me know, may have a person from CA who will purchase. Does anyone know about the Quaker community of Friendswood which was in Ironton township?? It was west of town of Ironton, and is no longer on the map, but my cuz says the cemetery is still there. Kathy Parkinson

Could someone do a lookup in the Sauk County state census for 1855 for Prairie Du Sac (page 001) and the federal census 1860 also Prairie Du Sac (page 743). There is an Elisha P. Tabor in the index on those pages. The family I am looking for is an Elisha P. TABOR, born 1799 in Vermont, and his wife Hannah (KENT), who may be the same who was born in NH in 1801. Looking for any information on this family, if it's the right Elisha. That Elisha was son of Stephen and Comfort (PARKER) TABOR. Elisha and Hannah had a child named Lynn. There is also an Elisha Perkins TABOR, son of Richard and Elizabeth (COOK) TABOR. I don't have dates, but the father was born in 1762. That Elisha had at least two sons, William Russell and Ashbury. Is the Elisah P. TABOR in Prairie Du Sac, Sauk, Wisconsin either of the two above? Lin Wright ethelind@athens.net

Did Sauk County make personal property tax lists? These can be used as a poor-man's annual census to see if a person (head of house) lived in the area in the years between the census enumerations. They have proven useful in researching ancestors in counties in Virginia, but I don't know if this method will work for Wisconsin. Specifically, I'm interested in the years 1855 to 1861. Secondly, if there indeed are personal property tax lists for the above years, is there a local geneologist whom I could hire to do a little research for me? Steve Zuraff

> Hi John, > > Yes, I have a film of the 1880 Census and some of the Westfield portion > of it was unreadable due to poor exposure. I was going to try to order > another copy but if you have one that is readable I would be eternally > grateful if you would look it up. > > You are not a descendant of the Phillips who settled at Bear Creek in > Waupaca Co are you? If so, we might be related. > > Thank you. > > Patti > > > I am Patti Phillips Wenham and I am searching for my great > grandparents, >>> Herman and Wilhelmina Rock. Herman and Wilhelmina Rocck were listed on >>> the 1900 Sauk County census list in Westfield. > > Patti, did this help any? I know there are a lot of Koenecke's in the Reedsburg area. And no, I'm not from Wisconsin. My wife is from Reedsburg. I'm from DC and my Phillips ancestors where from PA. John Dear Patrica, The family that you saw in the 1900 census is Herman and Wilhelmina Koenecke. The spelling certainly was not correct. My grandmother who settled in Sauk County was also a Schunke, Schanke. Donna

> Patti, did this help any? I know there are a lot of Koenecke's in the > Reedsburg area. Yes and no, John, it helped because it kept me from searching further in that area but no because I am back to square one again! Thank you anyhow. I appreciate everyone's help in my search. Patti

Hello Donna, How disappointing! The dates were right and the names that I knew of two children were suitable as proper names for the nick names I knew. Most of all, Rocck seemed the logical spelling misinterpretation when dealing with a German pronunciation. I have searched all the counties in the area where they lived in the late 1800's and early 1900's and found no listings so far. My Grandfather spelled his mother's surname Shinke and other relatives spell it various ways. A copy of his baptism certificate shows it spelled Schiinke or the German spelling of Schunke with the two dots over the "u". Well, back to the search! I guess that is what genealogy is all about isn't it? Thank you for correcting me. Patti Donna Lange wrote: > > Dear Patrica, > > The family that you saw in the 1900 census is Herman and Wilhelmina > Koenecke. The spelling certainly was not correct. > > My grandmother who settled in Sauk County was also a Schunke, Schanke. > > Donna

Dear Patrica, The family that you saw in the 1900 census is Herman and Wilhelmina Koenecke. The spelling certainly was not correct. My grandmother who settled in Sauk County was also a Schunke, Schanke. Donna

Hi John, Yes, I have a film of the 1880 Census and some of the Westfield portion of it was unreadable due to poor exposure. I was going to try to order another copy but if you have one that is readable I would be eternally grateful if you would look it up. You are not a descendant of the Phillips who settled at Bear Creek in Waupaca Co are you? If so, we might be related. Thank you. Patti I am Patti Phillips Wenham and I am searching for my great grandparents, > > Herman and Wilhelmina Rock. Herman and Wilhelmina Rocck were listed on > > the 1900 Sauk County census list in Westfield.

> I am Patti Phillips Wenham and I am searching for my great grandparents, > Herman and Wilhelmina Rock. Herman and Wilhelmina Rocck were listed on > the 1900 Sauk County census list in Westfield. Herman came from Germany > in 1868 There is no notation regarding where Wilhelmina was born nor > where here parents were born. I believe these people were my Great > Grandparents but have no proof. I believe the two living children not > listed on the census were Charles and William. Charles was my > Grandfather. My Great Grandmother, Wilhelmina's maiden name was Schinke > or possibly Schiinke or Schunke in the German fashion of writing the > name. > > I live in Washington State so am unable to do the research personally. > I hope someone on this list might be researching the same family. > > Patti > > Patti, have you checked the 1880 census of Sauk? If not, I'll try to take a look at it. John

I am Patti Phillips Wenham and I am searching for my great grandparents, Herman and Wilhelmina Rock. Herman and Wilhelmina Rocck were listed on the 1900 Sauk County census list in Westfield. Herman came from Germany in 1868 There is no notation regarding where Wilhelmina was born nor where here parents were born. I believe these people were my Great Grandparents but have no proof. I believe the two living children not listed on the census were Charles and William. Charles was my Grandfather. My Great Grandmother, Wilhelmina's maiden name was Schinke or possibly Schiinke or Schunke in the German fashion of writing the name. I live in Washington State so am unable to do the research personally. I hope someone on this list might be researching the same family. Patti

The Pioneer Press (German paper) is available at the Sauk City/Prairie du Sac libraries and most of the obituaries have been translated which they, I believe, aren't at the State Historical Society. Kathy Waddell -----Original Message----- From: Tom Krakow <tomkrakow@juno.com> To: WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com <WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 04, 2000 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [WISAUK] Naturalization Papers >Hello List, > >I am no expert in naturalization research, however I do have some >suggestions. > >1) Immigrants could initiate and/or complete the naturalization steps at >just about any court, including both state and federal courts. This makes >the process of finding the records wide open. They could have declared >their intention in the city where they landed, or just about anywhere in >between there and where they finally ended up. The place to start is in >the county they settled in (both state and federal courts). > >2) One of the best places to find naturalizations papers is actually in >immigrant's homestead papers. In order to legally homestead land, the >person had to be a citizen, or be in the process of becoming a citizen. >In many cases a copy of the naturalization papers is filed in the >homestead packet for the individual. These records are available from the >National Archives in Washington. The process for obtaining this records >is straightforward, but can take awhile. I found instructions on how to >do this in the South Dakota GENWEB page. Check it out. > >3) Unfortunately, many times the hometown of the person declaring their >intent is not listed in any of the naturalization papers. Each court had >their own forms, and the forms changed over time. So even if you find >your ancestors papers, the hometown may not be listed. > >4) Many of the Sauk and Columbia County naturalization papers are >available through the Family History Libraries. They charge $2.50 per >roll for film. The Historical Society in Madison charges out-of-state >researchers $15.00/roll. You can guess where I do most of my business. I >guess the people in Madison are trying to discourage out-of-state >researchers. > >5) I have found that one of the best places to find a hometown mentioned >is in the obituary of an immigrant. This is particularly true of the >German language newspapers in Sauk County. I have identified the hometown >of a number of my Sauk County ancestors in this manner. As far as I can >tell these newspapers are only available from the Historical Society in >Madison (see above for prices). I would be glad (within reason) to >translate any obituaries you send me. > >I hope that this helps. > >Tom in Chapel Hill >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > >

Tom Krakow wrote: > 4) Many of the Sauk and Columbia County naturalization papers are > available through the Family History Libraries. They charge $2.50 per > roll for film. The Historical Society in Madison charges out-of-state > researchers $15.00/roll. The Family History Center where I go charges $3.50 per roll. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin charges $15.00 *per title* for up to 6 rolls of film. So, for example, to get obituaries, you could order six rolls of one newspaper for $15.00. Hope this helps, Kathy Lenerz

Hello List, I am no expert in naturalization research, however I do have some suggestions. 1) Immigrants could initiate and/or complete the naturalization steps at just about any court, including both state and federal courts. This makes the process of finding the records wide open. They could have declared their intention in the city where they landed, or just about anywhere in between there and where they finally ended up. The place to start is in the county they settled in (both state and federal courts). 2) One of the best places to find naturalizations papers is actually in immigrant's homestead papers. In order to legally homestead land, the person had to be a citizen, or be in the process of becoming a citizen. In many cases a copy of the naturalization papers is filed in the homestead packet for the individual. These records are available from the National Archives in Washington. The process for obtaining this records is straightforward, but can take awhile. I found instructions on how to do this in the South Dakota GENWEB page. Check it out. 3) Unfortunately, many times the hometown of the person declaring their intent is not listed in any of the naturalization papers. Each court had their own forms, and the forms changed over time. So even if you find your ancestors papers, the hometown may not be listed. 4) Many of the Sauk and Columbia County naturalization papers are available through the Family History Libraries. They charge $2.50 per roll for film. The Historical Society in Madison charges out-of-state researchers $15.00/roll. You can guess where I do most of my business. I guess the people in Madison are trying to discourage out-of-state researchers. 5) I have found that one of the best places to find a hometown mentioned is in the obituary of an immigrant. This is particularly true of the German language newspapers in Sauk County. I have identified the hometown of a number of my Sauk County ancestors in this manner. As far as I can tell these newspapers are only available from the Historical Society in Madison (see above for prices). I would be glad (within reason) to translate any obituaries you send me. I hope that this helps. Tom in Chapel Hill ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

--part1_55.2e294a4.25f2651a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_55.2e294a4.25f2651a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-wa01.mx.cs.com (rly-wa01.mail.cs.com [172.18.149.20]) by air-xa01.mail.cs.com (v67_b1.24) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:50:10 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-wa01.mx.cs.com (v67_b1.24) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:49:45 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA23211; Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:09:15 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:09:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <00a801bf7b77$3927d660$bb7ad9ce@c1m7a6> From: "Patrisia Manusos" <rawlins68@mindspring.com> Old-To: "YORKSGEN" <Yorksgen-l@rootsweb.com>, "SCHLESWIG" <Schleswig-Holstein-Roots-L@rootsweb.com>, "ROHWER LIST" <ROHWER-L@rootsweb.com>, "HAMPSHIRE" <Hampshire-L@rootsweb.com> Old-Cc: <NJ-L@rootsweb.com>, <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com>, <Trier-Roots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 23:14:50 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Subject: [S-H-RTS] Help needed with 1890 Census Resent-Message-ID: <R1Niv.A.MjF.VE6r4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/6821 X-Loop: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Hello Everyone, The following letter was forwarded to me via one of my genealogy lists. If any of you had ancestors living in the USA in 1890, you might consider submitting your information to this project. Copies will be submitted to the Library of Congress and the LDS FHL. Thanks, Patrisia, Rootsweb Sponsor As you know, 99% of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire. There is a project to publish a book listing all U.S. residents living at that time. This information will be furnished by descendants of those people. There is no charge for listing your ancestors and when permission is granted, contributors will be listed with the proper reference to their ancestor entries. Submission deadline is April 2000. The data will be published and sold at cost with copies going to the Library of Congress, Maine State Library, Maine State Historical Society and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Library. For submitting your ancestor's vital stats please use the following format: Head of Household-full name, age, date of birth, place of birth (include town-county-state), sex, race (W=white, C=colored, I=Indian, A=Asian). Spouse-full name, maiden name in ( )'s, age, date of birth, sex, race. Information source-list family Bible, family genealogy book, etc. Notes are optional. Some notes will be added, e.g., 1st or 2nd wife, children by which wife, if they died or got married in 1890 or additional surname spellings. NOTE: person who died before 1890 or was born after 1890 will be omitted from the book. Send your submission via Email to:<chinaDoll2@netscape.net> or mail to Angela M. Foster P.O.Box 2551 Waterville, ME 04903. Contributions are most welcome. --part1_55.2e294a4.25f2651a_boundary--

I have read information about Naturalization on the RootsWeb page. I went to your links below but couldn't find out anything on Naturalization Records. The second link isn't working. I have been to the Historical Society in Madison but didn't know to look for Naturalization papers at the time. Are they indexed? And by what? Have people from Sauk County found Naturalization papers at the Historical Society? I live in Minnesota, so I don't get down there that often. I am trying to find SOME clue as to where my great grandparents immigrated from in Germany. Their marriage was in Germany; I have checked birth, death and marriage records of children, talked with family members. Any other suggestions? :) Kris Brewer Rein -----Original Message----- From: Sauk County Historical Society [mailto:schist@shopstop.net] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 11:21 AM To: WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WISAUK] Naturalization Papers Naturalization papers are not found in Sauk County. Any Naturalization papers for this county are at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. You can check out their collections and research policy at www.shsw.wisc.edu and their archives at www.arcat.library.wisc.edu . At the last genealogical forum, they were very proud of what they had to offer and what is now on-line. Good luck, Kathy Waddell, Archivist Sauk County Historical Society -----Original Message----- From: Kris Rein <gardeningk@home.com> To: WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com <WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:59 AM Subject: [WISAUK] Naturalization Papers > >Does anyone know where I could get a copy of my great grandparents >naturalization papers? > >One (Thomas Repka) came to the US in 1885 and lived in Sauk County (Leland). >The other (Anton Maulwurf), came in 1898 to the Mt. Horeb, WI area but then >moved to Watoma, WI in 1899. In 1903, he then moved to Sauk County (Leland). > >Any help would be appreciated. > >:) Kris Brewer Rein > > > >

Naturalization papers are not found in Sauk County. Any Naturalization papers for this county are at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. You can check out their collections and research policy at www.shsw.wisc.edu and their archives at www.arcat.library.wisc.edu . At the last genealogical forum, they were very proud of what they had to offer and what is now on-line. Good luck, Kathy Waddell, Archivist Sauk County Historical Society -----Original Message----- From: Kris Rein <gardeningk@home.com> To: WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com <WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:59 AM Subject: [WISAUK] Naturalization Papers > >Does anyone know where I could get a copy of my great grandparents >naturalization papers? > >One (Thomas Repka) came to the US in 1885 and lived in Sauk County (Leland). >The other (Anton Maulwurf), came in 1898 to the Mt. Horeb, WI area but then >moved to Watoma, WI in 1899. In 1903, he then moved to Sauk County (Leland). > >Any help would be appreciated. > >:) Kris Brewer Rein > > > >

Does anyone know where I could get a copy of my great grandparents naturalization papers? One (Thomas Repka) came to the US in 1885 and lived in Sauk County (Leland). The other (Anton Maulwurf), came in 1898 to the Mt. Horeb, WI area but then moved to Watoma, WI in 1899. In 1903, he then moved to Sauk County (Leland). Any help would be appreciated. :) Kris Brewer Rein

Karen, were your Porters in Sauk Co WI from NJ and perhaps Livingston Co NY and or Stark Co IL areas? Gayle gayle1@wheatstate.com