Leslie Hope wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > Hi I'm really new to this list, having just subscribed today. So I was very pleased to read the emails that just came from Colleen and from Kathy... I have a lot of information re: my Sauk county lines, but need lots more (don't most of us?!?). Colleen's info re: Sauk county sources will be very helpful if/when I get to that area again. Kathy's info re: research done by Sauk County Historical Society tells me how to get research help if I can't get to Sauk. And many thanks to Leslie for passing this info on. Martha Panetti St. Louis, Missouri Researching: CADY, HUNTINGTON