Louise inquired about an index to Volume 2 of this book . Does this cover "average" citizens of Sauk County? Would it cover the mid-to late 19th century? Sounds very interesting. I found a set of biographies like this while researching my family in Orange County, New York. I would have thought that biographical sketches only covered very prominent people, but these sketches included business people, etc. I wonder if this is a common resource available to genealogists! Margaret >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: WISAUK-D Digest V01 #22 >Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:00:56 -0700 > ><< message2.txt >> ><< message4.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi all Does anyone know if an "everyname" index for "A Standard History of Sauk County Wisconsin, Vol II." by Harry Ellsworth Cole exists? If it does, can anyone tell me where I may find it? I use this book quite often to document my family research and others probably do too. I know there is an index in Vol I, but it does not list every name. Thanks, Louise Leedy [email protected]

Can you tell me how I can get a copy of a booklet called "Natural Areas in the Baraboo Hills by Harold Kruse? I checked at the books stores in town and they couldn't help me, but suggested I contact you. Thanks. Patti

NOTICE TO ALL ROOTSWEB USERS As the Executive Director of the Sauk County Historical Society I would like to officially notify all Rootsweb users that the position of Archivist of the Sauk County Historical Society has been eliminated. This decision was the result of serious budgetary concerns. At this time the Society simply can not afford two full time positions. The Society is in the process of reorganizing it's staff. Please let me assure you that the library facilities are still available. As researchers and historians we all know the value of documentary artifacts and of collecting the historical record. The library will continue to operate and provide a high level of service. There will, however, be some significant changes. In the past all genealogical requests had been handled by Museum staff. This will now be handled by a very capable and qualified group of volunteers. All research requests will be limited to resources within the collections of the Society. For research requests concerning sources outside the Society's collections, a list of qualified local researchers will be provided. Please watch for future postings concerning new research policies and procedures. This is a difficult time for the Sauk County Historical Society. I ask for your patience and your understanding as we go through personnel and procedural changes. We have always valued your patronage and sincerely hope we can be of service to all researchers in the future. Sincerely Peter Shrake Executive Director

Kathy, I am as disturbed by this decision as everyone else. Over the yearsI have contacted a good number of genealogical & historical societies thruout the country, which includes many in Wisconsin. You are at the top of the list of those willing to go that extra step to help. You will be missed. I would also like to know where to complain .I most likely would'nt have joined the society if it hadn't been for you, though we have never met. If this decision is not reversible, please e-mail me when you get your own computer. Good luck, Ken Whitcomb/Honolulu, Hawaii

Perhaps the thing we should all do and should have been doing is supporting the Sauk County Historical Society by becoming "supportive" members. It is truly a pity that we are losing Kathy; however, we can and should becoming paying members of the Historical Society. And another thing to consider (late for last year, an early start for next season) is whether or not belonging to a society of this type is tax deductible in your state. One of the major benefits to being a member of a historical society in the area in which you are researching is they tend to give the members some major benefits like a lower cost for books and research. You also find some wonderful friends along with all those "cuzzies!" Show your support not just of Kathy but of the Society. Join and find out what they need to help bring Kathy back!

Thanks....but I don't think that this John Kelley is my John Kelley....or his son by the same name, although Eliza Martin is the same age as the son. I have seen other John Kelleys and Kellys in the area and Sue of this list just wrote yeaterday about her John Kelley of Baraboo. Maybe this was her ancestor. Those Irishmen really got around, didn't they? Thanks again, Carole >I found the following: >Volume 10 Cemetery Inscriptions of Sauk County Wisconsin. >St. Josephs Catholic Cemetery (On the west side of County A and adjacent to Walnut Hill Cemetery) >Page 23 >Kelley: > John 1823 - 1907 > Eliza MARTIN 1845-1908 Wife of John > > >> John Kelley, b. abt 1810 in Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, emigrated >with his two children, Martha I. and John R. Kelley and his 2nd wife, >Elizabeth, to Troy Twp, Sauk Co. in 1850. >> >> Does this John Kelley show up in any of the local cemetery books? I think >he may have died about 1870 but I don't know where he is buried or where his >farm was. His daughter got married to Philip Agustus Thomas of Cassell's >Prairie, Troy Twp., in Spring Green in 1860. >> >> Carole in Portland, Oregon >> >> >> ============================== >> Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >> learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >> http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >> >> > >

Kathy, This is terrible news for you and all of us with roots in Sauk Co. Is there any thing we can do , people we can e-mail to try and change their minds? Carol K.

Kathy, This is awful news. Is there anything we can do to change this decision? Susan Petersen

Kathy, To whom would we write if we wanted to lodge a complaint? Cuz I do. Thanks for all the help you've provided to me personally. I'd still be looking for my family if not for you. Sue

It is with regret that I inform the Sauk County rootsweb site that by unanimous decision, the Sauk County Historical Society board chose to terminate the job of archivist at the Sauk County Historical Society Museum and Library. I will no longer be of help to the many researchers of the past, present, and future who will be researching their Sauk County roots. In the future, the Sauk County Historical Society's genealogical society will do the research by volunteer work only. The library will no longer be developed and will stand as it is until further notice. I am truly devistated by this decision and will miss all of you. When and if I get my own computer at home, I will subscribe to rootsweb and offer my services to those who need help. Until then, it has been a remarkable pleasure... Kathy Waddell

Sue, My John was married to his 1st wife, Mary Crozier, dau. of James Crozier, until she died in 1847 in Ireland. I don't know when he married Elizabeth but she was with him in the 1860 Sauk Co., WI census and she went back to Ireland after he died. His children had already moved out of state. Perhaps your John and my John were cousins, named after a common ancestor. The Irish naming tradition is for a first son to be named for the father's father and the 2nd son for the mother's father. The 1840s in Ireland were hard times, particularly on children, and I don't know if if little John R. Kelley was really the 1st born son of John and Mary or if they had lost other children. I have wondered why, of all the US, John Kelley happened to end up in Sauk Co., WI. Perhaps he already had kin there. Sorry I couldn't connect all the dots! Carole > >Hi Carole and List, > >My gggrandfather was John Kelley, b. ca 1815 in Ireland I believe, died or >divorced ca 1858 as his wife, Barbara J Davis married 2nd, Richard Sutcliffe >in Oct 1859. > >Children were: > >Robert N. b. 25 Dec 1844, IL >George R. b. 8 Mar 1846, IL >Charles L. b. 25 Mar 1848, IL >John W. b. 11 Mar 1850, IL >Thomas R b. 28 Dec 1852, IL >Jacob A b. 22 Jan 1854, IL >Jefferson Frederick, b. 13 Jan 1855, Baraboo, Sauk Co., WI (my great >grandfather) > >In 1881, when Grandpa "Fred" was married he was living in Kendall, Monroe >Co., WI. > >Does any of this match with your records? ::: crossing fingers ::::: > >Sue

In a message dated 04/17/2001 1:42:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > John Kelley, b. abt 1810 in Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, emigrated > with his two children, Martha I. and John R. Kelley and his 2nd wife, > Elizabeth, to Troy Twp, Sauk Co. in 1850. > Hi Carole and List, This is what I have on my Kelly's from Sauk Co. My gggrandfather was John Kelley, b. ca 1815 in Ireland I believe, died or divorced ca 1858 as his wife, Barbara J Davis married 2nd, Richard Sutcliffe in Oct 1859. Children were: Robert N. b. 25 Dec 1844, IL George R. b. 8 Mar 1846, IL Charles L. b. 25 Mar 1848, IL John W. b. 11 Mar 1850, IL Thomas R b. 28 Dec 1852, IL Jacob A b. 22 Jan 1854, IL Jefferson Frederick, b. 13 Jan 1855, Baraboo, Sauk Co., WI (my great grandfather) In 1881, when Grandpa "Fred" was married he was living in Kendall, Monroe Co., WI. Does any of this match with your records? ::: crossing fingers ::::: Sue

John Kelley, b. abt 1810 in Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, emigrated with his two children, Martha I. and John R. Kelley and his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, to Troy Twp, Sauk Co. in 1850. Does this John Kelley show up in any of the local cemetery books? I think he may have died about 1870 but I don't know where he is buried or where his farm was. His daughter got married to Philip Agustus Thomas of Cassell's Prairie, Troy Twp., in Spring Green in 1860. Carole in Portland, Oregon

I'm trying to date an old photograph I just received. On the front it says, "Cabinet Portrait" "Hugo Buchenan, Sauk City, Wis." Does anyone recognize that name? Does anyone have access to old directories in which they could look to see when Buchenan was in business? Thanks for any help you can provide, Kathy Lenerz

Carol, Did anyone ever answer your post? I, too, would like the answer to this question. Fawn ----- Original Message ----- From: ckeskey <" ckeskey"@jvlnet.com> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:27 PM Subject: list manager | Who is the list manager for Sauk Co.lists? | Do I have to go through Roots web first to e-mail her/him ? | Carol | | | ============================== | Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! | http://searches.rootsweb.com/ |

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thanks Phyliss. I will look into this as soon as I can. This Jacob Dickerson is my stumbling block. I have no idea who his relatives are. He orginally came from Richland, OH.At least that where I got his married license at and from there to Wis and then to Iowa. I just need to really look at this census of Sauk county and hopefully I can find him and his family.Again, thank you so much. Carol Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis Dearborn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 3:42 PM Subject: DICKERSON > > Carol Jo; > > I would look in Bear Creek and Franklin townships, Sauk Co for Dickerson's. > I know that in the White Mound Cemetery in Franklin Township are buried the > following Dickerson's: > > Henry b. Oct. 19, 1808, d. Dec.2, 1887 69y im 13 d > Phoebe b. April 16, 1817, d March 16, 1870 52 y 10m 18d > > Thos. L. d. Jan 21, 1880 61 y > Mary d. Jan 11, 1880 60 y > > Could they belong to your Dickerson's? > > Regards, > Phyllis-` -Wisconsin > > > ============================== > 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 > >

For the past few weeks the "WISAUK" heading has been missing from the Listers' messages subject line. I believe this was due to a crash of sorts at Rootsweb and other lists have had to re-enter their headings. I hope that this can be fixed as it is messing up my message rules that I have preset.

Carol Jo; I would look in Bear Creek and Franklin townships, Sauk Co for Dickerson's. I know that in the White Mound Cemetery in Franklin Township are buried the following Dickerson's: Henry b. Oct. 19, 1808, d. Dec.2, 1887 69y im 13 d Phoebe b. April 16, 1817, d March 16, 1870 52 y 10m 18d Thos. L. d. Jan 21, 1880 61 y Mary d. Jan 11, 1880 60 y Could they belong to your Dickerson's? Regards, Phyllis-` -Wisconsin