Here is an email I got from Kathy Waddell offering to do research for me. One caveat that I got from a cousin--some of the information she got back was about the wrong person, so I'll try it out on a limited basis, but I'll try to be very specific about what I do and don't want. Leslie Hope researching Baraboo and Ironton Quakers 1852-1890 Wm Meredith and Malinda (Mason) Beeson, Mark and Rachel (Osborne) Davis, James and Rachel (Davis) Horine, Stephen Davis and Lillie (Beeson) Horine, Thomas and Mahola (Puckett) Mason. Leslie, I have a lot of information on the Beeson family and many related families. Our Society charges $15.00 per hour for research and for one hour's fee, I can send you a packet with everything from local histories to family information gleaned from the courthouse, obituaries, etc. We can also copy the pages of Volume 5 that have your family's inscriptions on it as well as information on the cemeteries they are in. We also check all the cemetery volumes to be sure they aren't buried elsewhere. I can look for the obituary you requested as well as others. Ken Lange's book is about Sauk County in general and for the most part doesn't talk about specific families. Any information I find in any books regarding the family you are researching can be copied if it is out of print. I have Malinda's obituary (which is very short) as well as information on William's second marriage the next year. I also have four people you can contact who are related to the Beesons. If you'd like us to send you what we have, we can start with one hour of time. I can send you a lot of stuff for that time. If, after an hour, we can go on, or you have questions or want us to find more, we can go from there. You can send a check to: Sauk County Historical Society, PO Box 651, Baraboo, WI 53913. I hope we can help. Kathy Waddell, Archivist ----- Original Message ----- From: Arthur Thomas <athomas@athenet.net> To: <WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [WISAUK] Sauk County Research > Hi Colleen, > Do you have the phone number for the Probate and Register of Deeds office in > Sauk County? I would like to call there to ask if they would do a search for > me. Thanks. > Chris Thomas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colleen Boose" <boose@win.bright.net> > To: <WISAUK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 10:28 PM > Subject: [WISAUK] Sauk County Research > > > > I just came back from Sauk County, Wisconsin -- doing research. I wanted > > the List to know a few things. > > > > First, the staff at the Probate and Register of Deeds Office were > extremely > > helpful, courteous and friendly. They gave me a mini-tour, explained > where > > everything was and gladly answered any questions I posed. > > > > Marriage records (on hand) go back to 1862. However, it was not mandatory > > that marriages be recorded -- and they only were if the Bride and Groom > had > > them recorded at the County Level. The staff will make a copy of the > > original record for you (while you are there) for a fee of $7.00. > > > > Land records -- amazing -- go back to the 1840's -- You can request a copy > > of the actual document on file and the staff will make a copy for you. > The > > charge is $1.00 per page. > > > > Old Probate records -- the indexes are held at the Court House -- but the > > old records themselves are housed at the Sauk County Historical Society in > > Baraboo -- you can go there to get copies of the actual documents. > > > > The Baraboo Library has county census records and newspapers on microfiche > > going back to the 1860's. They have a section of their Library devoted to > > County Historical records, including Histories and cemetery records. > > > > The Reedsburg Public Library in Sauk County also has County and Town > > Histories, County census records (dating back to 1850) microfiche of the > > newspaper starting at 1850 and going up through the present, and they also > > have the State Census records. Plus, they have their County and Town > > Histories. > > > > If you do on site research in Sauk County -- the materials are there! And > > the Court House staff and the Library staff were wonderful to work with! > > > > Regards, > > Colleen > > Hager City, WI > > > >