Where can I get an obituary for a SOLOMON HURD and his wife ELIZABETH (JAYNE) HURD? It should be in the Reedsburg, WI area. I would like to find out who the parents are of SOLOMON HURD. Also, would like to find the birth date, marriage date (SOLOMON) and death date of ELIZABETH (JAYNE) HURD and possibly where she is buried. That could be in her obituary. When I found SOLOMON HURD'S tombstone, she was not buried by her husband. Is there a book in Sauk County that tells the early history? In Monroe County the historian has an email address where I can ask for all kinds of goodies on early settlers that were written in books. She also had census data that gave me the parents of our ancestors. Is there an email where I can get in contact with a historian that has knowledge of Sauk County ? Does the Reedsburg Library have an email address where I can request info? Marilyn

Looking for Kirkpatrick's in Sauk Co., WI Vera Kirkpatrick b. Dec 20, 1906 in Sauk Co., WI. She married Bernard T. Smith, b. 1904 in WI. Vera is said to be of Irish descent. I appreciate any help! Bobby

Surnames: PRIEST WATTS FERGUSON KOCHER COURTIER BUNDY MOORE EWING EMPEY Submitter: jpriest ([email protected]) Date: 29 Nov 2000 Seeking info regarding the following PRIESTS. They are the children of James and Nancy FERGUSON/FORGESON PRIEST who moved to Reedsburg around 1848. James and Nancy had 12 children, most of whom remained in the area: Richard, Vincent, Reuben M., Kinder/Kindred, Charity; Mary Ann, Julia Ann/Julyan; William; Andrew Jackson, Elizaeth; Margaret, Lucy Ann.Have been unable to account for the following: Charity/Charty P. b. May 18, 1822 IN or KY; Elizabeth b. July 1,1833 IN and Margaret J. b. Oct 1,1835 in Johnson Twp. Ripley Co.,IN. Margaret married an unknown WATTS and had a son named Thaddeus M. b. abt 1855 in WI.Have much information to share with family members. Will list surnames associated with the family: PRIEST, MOORE, FERGUSON, WHEELER, BOYER, EWING, CHALFANT,COURTIER, BUNDY, EMPEY, WATTS, KOCHER, and others

Surnames: PRIEST WATTS FERGUSON KOCHER COURTIER BUNDY Submitter: jpriest ([email protected]) Date: 29 Nov 2000 Seeking info regarding the following PRIESTS. They are the children of James and Nancy FERGUSON/FORGESON PRIEST who moved to Reedsburg around 1848. James and Nancy had 12 children, most of whom remained in the area: Richard, Vincent, Reuben M., Kinder/Kindred, Charity; Mary Ann, Julia Ann/Julyan; William; Andrew Jackson, Elizaeth; Margaret, Lucy Ann.Have been unable to account for the following: Charity/Charty P. b. May 18, 1822 IN or KY; Elizabeth b. July 1,1833 IN and Margaret J. b. Oct 1,1835 in Johnson Twp. Ripley Co.,IN. Margaret married an unknown WATTS and had a son named Thaddeus M. b. abt 1855 in WI.Have much information to share with family members. Will list surnames associated with the family: PRIEST, MOORE, FERGUSON, WHEELER, BOYER, EWING, CHALFANT,COURTIER, BUNDY, EMPEY, WATTS, KOCHER, and others

Surnames: PATRICK JONES HASKINS BARTLOW CHAMBERLAIN PARKER Submitter: Phil Bartlow ([email protected]) Date: 26 Nov 2000 Am looking for descendants of Andrew Patrick and Helen Eliza Jones m. 11-14-1857. Andrew died in Baraboo on 11-12-1921. Helen died in Baraboo on 9-19-1919. Their children were Bertha Marie, married Ed Parker; Anna Kate, married Gideon Haskins (both died in WI), had 11 children; Amos Walter b. 10-17-1869 in Baraboo and married Sadie ?, had 5 children; Florence Ethel b. 9-15-1874 in Baraboo and married Frank Bartlow on 4-26-1892 in Baraboo, had 4 children; William Seal b. 12-30-1875 in Baraboo and married Cinderella Belle Chamberlain on 10-16-1897 in Baraboo, and had 5 children. Any information would be appreciated.

Hi, Thank you very much Roberta! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberta Sahr" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 5:15 PM Subject: RE: [WISAUK] Wales, WI. > Hi Chris > > Wales is in Waukesha County. It is off Hwy 18 about 8 miles west of Waukesha > (city) > > Hope this help > > Roberta > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arthur Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 4:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WISAUK] Wales, WI. > > > Has anyone ever heard of Wales, WI.? Which county is it in? > Chris Thomas > > >

Hi Chris Wales is in Waukesha County. It is off Hwy 18 about 8 miles west of Waukesha (city) Hope this help Roberta -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 4:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WISAUK] Wales, WI. Has anyone ever heard of Wales, WI.? Which county is it in? Chris Thomas

Has anyone ever heard of Wales, WI.? Which county is it in? Chris Thomas

http://news.excite.com/news/r/001111/09/science-european-men-dc European Men Descend From 10 Forefathers - Study Updated 9:23 AM ET November 11, 2000 By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virtually all European men descend from 10 genetic forefathers who lived tens of thousands of years ago in various parts of the continent, researchers reported. They all seem to have been descended from men who moved to Europe from the Ural mountains of Central Asia and the Middle East in three successive waves, the international team of genetic researchers reported in the journal Science on Friday. The researchers, led by Dr. Ornella Semino of Pavia University in Italy, studied the Y chromosomes of 1,007 men across Europe and the Middle East. Only men have Y chromosomes and they are passed down virtually unchanged from father to son. Mutations in the Y chromosome can be used as a kind of molecular clock, and the researchers found that 95 per cent of the men's genes could be traced to one of 10 categories. "Ten lineages account for about 95 percent of the 1,007 European Y chromosomes studied," the researchers wrote in their report, published in the journal Science. The genes match up nicely to what experts know about European society. "It is possible to see three clusters of distinct geography and culture," the researchers wrote. "The first comprises Basques and Western Europeans, the second Middle Eastern and the third Eastern European populations from Croatia, Ukraine, Hungary and Poland." Although Basques in Spain, Sardinians in Italy and Saami people in Finland have distinct cultures, their genes look like those of other Europeans, the researchers said. The oldest male lineage they found dates back to the Old Stone Age or Paleolithic period, which ended 15,000 years ago. It is characterized by a genetic variation or mutation called M173 and is found in half the men they looked at. There are two subtypes that share M173, called Eu18 and Eu19, the researchers said. "The frequency of Eu18 decreases from west to east, being most frequent in Basques," they wrote. "In contrast, haplotype Eu19, which is derived from the M173 lineage and is distinguished by M17, is virtually absent in Western Europe," they added. "Its frequency increases eastward and reaches a maximum in Poland, Hungary and Ukraine." These people first showed up in the archeological record as the Aurignacian people, who were known for their rock art and fine tools. Some of the genes also show up in Native American and Siberian people. "This observation suggests that M173 is an ancient Eurasiatic marker that was brought in or arose in the group of Homo sapiens (modern humans) who entered Europe and diffused from east to west about 40,000 to 35,000 years ago, spreading the Aurignac culture," the researchers wrote. "This culture appeared almost simultaneously in Siberia, from which some groups eventually migrated to the Americas." GROUPS BECAME ISOLATED IN ICE AGE Some of the genetic variations tie in with theories that groups became isolated during the last Ice Age, which ended 13,000 years ago, the researchers said. Another marker, called M170, dates to about 22,000 years ago, the researchers said, and is associated with the Gravettian culture. This group was known for its Venus figurines, shell jewelry and for using mammoth bones to build homes. The third group -- about 20 percent of the men -- seem to date from more recent times, having come into Europe between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago, the researchers said. These men were probably the first Neolithic farmers who migrated from the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East and, as might be expected, their genes are found most frequently along the Mediterranean, the researchers said. http://news.excite.com/news/ap/001109/16/ancient-europeans DNA Study Traces European Ancestors Updated 4:57 PM ET November 9, 2000 By PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - About 80 percent of Europeans arose from primitive hunters who arrived about 40,000 years ago, endured the long ice age and then expanded rapidly to dominate the continent, a new study shows. Researchers analyzing the Y chromosome taken from 1,007 men from 25 different locations in Europe found a pattern that suggests four out of five of the men shared a common male ancestor about 40,000 years ago. Peter A. Underhill, a senior researcher at the Stanford Genome Technology Center in Palo Alto, Calif., and co-author of the study, said the research supports conclusions from archaeological, linguistic and other DNA evidence about the settlement of Europe by ancient peoples. "When we can get different lines of evidence that tell the same story, then we feel we are telling the true history of the species," said Underhill. The study, which involved more than a dozen researchers from Stanford and Europe, appears Friday in the journal Science. Underhill said the researchers used the Y chromosome in the study because its rare changes establish a pattern that can be traced back hundreds of generations, thus helping to plot the movement of ancient humans. The Y chromosome is inherited only by sons from their fathers. When sperm carrying the Y chromosome fertilizes an egg it directs the resulting baby to be a male. An X chromosome from the father allows a fertilized egg to be female. The Y chromosome has about 60 million DNA base pairs. Changes in those base pairs happen infrequently, said Underhill, but they occur often enough to establish patterns that can be used to trace the ancestry of people. He said researchers looking at the 1,007 chromosome samples from Europe identified 22 specific markers that formed a specific pattern of change. Underhill said the researchers found that about 80 percent of all European males shared a single pattern, suggesting they had a common ancestor thousands of generations ago. The basic pattern had some changes that apparently developed among people who once shared a common ancestor and then were isolated for many generations, Underhill said. This scenario, he said, supports other studies about the Paleolithic European groups. Those studies suggest that a primitive, stone-age human came to Europe, probably from Central Asia and the Middle East, in two waves of migration beginning about 40,000 years ago. Their numbers were small and they lived by hunting animals and gathering plant food. They used crudely sharpened stones and fire. About 24,000 years ago, the last ice age began, with mountain-sized glaciers moving across most of Europe. Underhill said the Paleolithic Europeans retreated before the ice, finding refuge for hundreds of generations in three areas: what is now Spain, the Balkans and the Ukraine. When the glaciers melted, about 16,000 years ago, the Paleolithic tribes resettled the rest of Europe. Y chromosome mutations occurred among people in each of the ice age refuges, said Underhill. He said the research shows a pattern that developed in Spain is now most common in northwest Europe, while the Ukraine pattern is mostly in Eastern Europe and the Balkan pattern is most common in Central Europe. About 8,000 years ago, said Underhill, a more advanced people, the Neolithic, migrated to Europe from the Middle East, bringing with them a new Y chromosome pattern and a new way of life: agriculture. About 20 percent of Europeans now have the Y chromosome pattern from this migration, he said. Archaeological digs in European caves clearly show that before 8,000 years ago, most humans lived by gathering and hunting, he noted. After that, there are traces of grains and other agricultural products. Earlier studies had traced European migration patterns using the DNA contained in the mitochondria, a key part of each cell. This type is DNA is passed down from mother to daughter. Antonio Torroni, a researcher at the University of Urbino, Italy, who first proposed that early humans retreated to Spain during the ice age, said in a separate Science report that the Y chromosome study "fits completely" with the mitochondria studies. Underhill said the Y chromosome studies are also consistent with genetic studies showing a broader picture of human migration. In general, studies show that modern humans first arose in Africa about 100,000 years ago and thousands of years later began a long series of migrations, he said. Some groups migrated eastward and humans are known to have existed in Australia about 60,000 years ago. Other groups crossed the land bridge into the Middle East. Humans appeared in Central Asia about 50,000 years ago. >From there, the theory goes, some migrated west, arriving in Europe about 40,000 years ago. Later, some migrated east, across the Bering Straits, to the Americas.

Surnames: DARMS TRUEB Submitter: Sue Clover ([email protected]) Date: 30 Oct 2000 I would like to contact any other researchers of the Wisconsin DARMS or TRUEB families. At least two Darms families immigrated to Sauk Co. about 1847 before spreading out to Wood Co., La Crosse Co., Stillwater MN, South Dakota, and California (my line). I believe the TRUEBs (also from Switzerland) came about 1854.

While looking for something entirely different I came across this webpage. Delaware County, Ohio, Probate Court Index http://www.owu.edu/~grcryder/Pbctindx.htm I thought somebody might find a use for it. I know I've bookmarked it for future use. Sue

Hi, Just thought I'd let people know that there are a few calendars on ebay from businesses in Sauk City and Prairie du Sac. They are from the 1930s and 1940s. I just bought one from my grandfather's business. Here is the list: http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&[email protected]&include=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=25 You should be able to access the list by just clicking on the above URL, but if this doesn't work, look for this seller: [email protected] Hope this helps someone, Kathy Lenerz

Thank you, Kathy. How can I go about getting some information on Philip Sliver who lived there in 1850? Dawn Sliver Bastounes "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings." KJV 1611 ----- Original Message ----- From: Sauk County Historical Society To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [WISAUK] SLIVER Family Westfield is a township in Sauk County. In the township there is a town called Loganville that was also once called Westfield. Loganville is south of Reedsburg (about 5 miles) and west of Baraboo (about 15 miles). Kathy Waddell, Archivist Sauk County Historical Society. -----Original Message----- From: Greg and Dawn Bastounes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 26, 2000 3:10 PM Subject: [WISAUK] SLIVER Family >Philip Sliver lived in Westfield Village on the 1850 census - can someone tell me where Westfield Village was/is and what other information is on that census (ie his wife and children, his age, where he was from) >Thank you, >Dawn Sliver Bastounes >"He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings." KJV 1611 > >

Kathy, Please contact me privately. I'm still waiting for my research. Margie Sauk County Historical Society wrote: > Westfield is a township in Sauk County. In the township there is a town > called Loganville that was also once called Westfield. Loganville is south > of Reedsburg (about 5 miles) and west of Baraboo (about 15 miles). > > Kathy Waddell, Archivist > Sauk County Historical Society. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg and Dawn Bastounes <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 26, 2000 3:10 PM > Subject: [WISAUK] SLIVER Family > > >Philip Sliver lived in Westfield Village on the 1850 census - can someone > tell me where Westfield Village was/is and what other information is on that > census (ie his wife and children, his age, where he was from) > >Thank you, > >Dawn Sliver Bastounes > >"He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and > set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings." KJV 1611 > > > >

Philip Sliver lived in Westfield Village on the 1850 census - can someone tell me where Westfield Village was/is and what other information is on that census (ie his wife and children, his age, where he was from) Thank you, Dawn Sliver Bastounes "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings." KJV 1611

Westfield is a township in Sauk County. In the township there is a town called Loganville that was also once called Westfield. Loganville is south of Reedsburg (about 5 miles) and west of Baraboo (about 15 miles). Kathy Waddell, Archivist Sauk County Historical Society. -----Original Message----- From: Greg and Dawn Bastounes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 26, 2000 3:10 PM Subject: [WISAUK] SLIVER Family >Philip Sliver lived in Westfield Village on the 1850 census - can someone tell me where Westfield Village was/is and what other information is on that census (ie his wife and children, his age, where he was from) >Thank you, >Dawn Sliver Bastounes >"He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings." KJV 1611 > >

Its still working..just think it is slow...maybe its time to do a Roll Call??? Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick & Marilyn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 9:51 AM Subject: [WISAUK] What happened? > I have not been receiving any email from Sauk County list. > Has it just disappeared ? > or isn't anyone asking any questions? > or did I do something on my end to discontinue receiving the LIST.? > Marilyn >

I have not been receiving any email from Sauk County list. Has it just disappeared ? or isn't anyone asking any questions? or did I do something on my end to discontinue receiving the LIST.? Marilyn

Due to the escalating costs to preserve and protect documents and photos, and the costs of running a local history library, the Sauk County Historical Society will now charge a $4.00 general admission and library usage fee anytime someone comes to the Historical Society to do research. If there are any copies made, additional copy charges would also apply. Members of the Sauk County Historical Society do not have to pay an admission or usage charge. If there are questions regarding the usage fees or membership fees, contact Kathy or Pete. Thank you, Kathy Waddell, Archivist Pete Shrake, Executive Director

For Paula; I can't think what it hurts to be reminded of the Chat session on Sunday Eve. Maybe some folks don't need reminding but some of us appreciate it too. Thanks Inez You have to experience the rain before you see the rainbow ~grin~