This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/783 Message Board Post: I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the history of the house I am currently renting-747 West Main Street, Whitewater, WI.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/208.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Francina Hunt is a sister to my GGgrandmother Martha Hunt, the youngest child of Martin and Polly Sellon Hunt. Would like very much to get in touch with you. Thanks.

Marge, Thank you for all the good resource information! I found the Fred Kraege transcriptions on microfilm in the Family History Library catalog and am ordering the films to look at via my local Family History Center. The full list of codes for sources is especially helpful, as it give me another avenue to pursue. Thanks again for taking the time to put all that together in a post. Susi Godfrey

I am looking for information on the parents of Elizabeth Ann White, b. 1837.08.23 NY, m. 1859.12.07 Walworth, d. 1903.11.13 Walworth. Her husband was Joseph Stam, her parents were Ira and Elizabeth (Betsey) WHITE. Elizabeth Ann had a sister who also got married in Walworth Co, so I am assuming that one or both parents were living in the area, but have not been able to find anything. I have been at this roadblock for a while, any help getting past it would be greatly appreciated. -- Carl L Robertson

I am looking to confirm the parents of Elida (Lydia) HAWVER b. 1850.08.02, m. 1868.09.12, d. 1922.10.05. Her husband was James Henry STALEY, they were married, lived, and died in Sharon, she is buried in Bigfoot Cemetery. There are other HAWVERs in Bigfoot Cemetery, but I have not found any documentation to establish relationship. Thanks. -- Carl L Robertson

About these cemetery volumes or ring binder books located at the Whitewater Public Library, all the cemeteries in Whitewater and in surrounding community cemeteries were transcribed and research by Fred Kraege of Whitewater. I did not see a copyright date, but does give date of completion 1987 and Oak Grove Cemetery listing was revised in 1990. Oak Grove has the earliest burial in Whitewater, in 1839 with Jothan N. Baker being the first burial. Another great source for early settlers is "Early Annals of Whitewater". Also 40 veterans buried here most are GAR. Other sources used were various other city newspaper, death records in sorounding courthouses, and books "Early Annals of Whitewater", "LaGrange Pioneers", and "Rock", " Walworth", and "Jefferson History's" is the major source information. The Newspapers up until 1910 were used to support death dates before the offical recording of death dates was instituted. There is an Index of Surnames or Names List Index for these volumes of cemetery records. The person's name is listed under their legal name, say if a women was married she is listed under her married name and her maiden name is show and underlined, if she was married twice or three times all previous names would be underlined and listed under her last used legal name. Other surnames are referenced following the group family names listing as for example: ,see Armstrong, Comstock, Kyle, Vance. Look under these surnames to find females with same maiden name or married name. *Oak Grove Cemetery - Whitewater, Wis.* This copy of the Oak Grove Cemetery of Whitewater is taken from grave-stones, cemetery records, death records, obituaries, and sources pertaining to early Whitewater history. Below is a list of sources and symbols used in this recording. Any Additions or corrections are welcome. C - From the cemetery X - Cemetery records E - Elkhorn death records HK - Hickey Kent funeral records J - Janesville death records Je - Jefferson death records L - Chet Lawton's list published in the Whitewater Register [Newpaper] of deteriorating monuments in the cemetery [1940's caretaker] Lib - Cemetery listings in the Whitewater Library M - Whitewater Historical Museum - veteran's listing R or REG - The Whitewater Register [Newpaper] Sk - Skindingrude Funeral Records V - Precedes Veterans WWC - The Whitewater Chronicle - and early local newspaper OG - Oak Grove Cemetery HS - Hillside Cemetery "To Whitewater for their 150th Anniversary in 1987 signed Fred Kraege

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/711.16.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Georgia very much for checking this info for me. I will pursue your leads. Also, it's funny the very day I received your message is the day I was going to snail mail a marriage cert request to Walworth Co! Again thank you, Randy

Susi, If your still interested? Let me start by saying this "on my way to the Whitewater Library I drove on Godfrey Rd in Lima township" There is road named after the Godfrey family. Did you know that? I have some of the GODFREY cemetery records for Oak Grove Cemetery, Whitewater, Wisconsin; as well GODFREY burials in these: North Johnstown Cemetery, Richmond Cemetery. The Hillside Cemetery and St. Patrick's Calvary Cemetery, Whitewater, Wisconsin. Oak Grove Cemetery is a "locked" cemetery when I checked it out. It is next to Washington Elementary school. Guess they have to keep the kids out. I do have the lay out of the a numerical plots. There are eight Godfrey surname burials in Oak Grove Cemetery. You were interested in James there is one listing. James GODFREY son of Thomas, stone has no date. buried in lot #9-12, from sources: cemetery records, and from the cemetery. Note: of other surnames related are: Armstrong, Comstock, Kyle, Vance. There is a a James GODFREY buried in the Hillside Cemetery, Whitewater, Wisconsin. He is the son of James and Mary (ADDIE) GODFREY. He was born on 4-20-1869 died 7-03-1952, burial lot #12-739, source: Whitewater Register Newpaper. If you need more burial information please be specific as you can be with names, dates if you have them, location if you know this. I also have another source to contact for Godfrey information. One last point on my way to the Whitewater library I was sadden by the fact of the new road that is going thru the land, a bypass, has caused the razing of a old homestead of an early settler of Whitewater, John M. Clark, he owned this 800 arce farm in which my direct ancestor: James MANOGUE, his brother, John MONOGUE, and a third man either a brother or a cousin Dennis (Daniel) MONOGUE all are enumerated on the 1860 Federal Census shown living with Mr. Clark's family. This homestead is the Goessling place today. In Mr. Clark's bio it stated that this was the most fertile land in the area. The soil is still rich and black. The earth movers where all over the front yard, the house was gone, the barn was gone, the outbuilding gone. Everyone is tearing down the barns in this area for the wood, to make furniture. Barn one day table and chairs the next. I'm sitting on the door that used to swing in the wind by the old horse barn. That's what happen to the barns of Wisconsin. Farmers are not able to make that great of a living today. That farm work is too hard. We have it so easy is these United States. We have our forefathers to thanks, but I'm afraid they won't hear us with all of that road noise to come. Marge Sierzega

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OLSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/711.28 Message Board Post: Hello! I've got Lars (or Legreid) Olson born before 1833 in Spring Prairie, Walworth, and his wife "Synneva" born same area, same time. Their son Ole L. Olson was also born there, May 5, 1859. Any info would be greatly appreciate. thank-you in advance

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/QFC.2ACE/711.26.3.3 Message Board Post: Here I am again Georgia, A little tid bit on Celia Lewis. Celia was born in NY Parents: Rufus Thompson or Thomson b. 1804 wife: Olive. born 1806. Had sereral children one is Celia or Heilen. She married a Lewis. Which one is another story! This maybe the one you are helping me with. Thanks again, Lee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/QFC.2ACE/711.26.3.2 Message Board Post: Georgia, I have been passing these things off to my Aunt. She still insisted there was the Indian thing ,so I did some further checking. Here is something for your pot! Celia Lewis born 1834 d. 1896 on the Stockbridge Indian Reservation. Hmmm will we find that this is the roots of Henry Lewis? Happy Hunting! :-) Lee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benton, Flack, Morrison, Hughes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/711.22.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Georgia, My great, great grandmother Alice Flack (b.1860 d.unknown) was possibly adopted by John Gray Flack (b.1828 d.1922) and Ellen M. Benton Flack (b.1827 d.1900). According to the 1880 census Alice was not living with her parents in Geneva, Walworth, Wis. on a farm, and in 1900 she was living with her husband Smith Morrison (b.1856 d.unknown) and daughter Mabel Morrison (b.1891 d.1946 in Elkhorn, Wis. It was told when I was a child and got diabetes that one of my grandmother's was adopted and that is why we do not show diabetes in our family history. John and Ellen Flack moved to Wisconsin in 1844 with Ellen's parents Daniel Smithson Benton (b. 1801 d.1855) and Sarah Marie Adams Benton (b.1808 d.1849) and lived on the farm with Ellen's parents. I thought that the courthouse might have past adoption papers from that time, like they keep birth certificates. Thank you for any information. Jane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/711.22.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Adoption papers themselves are closed by the State. It requires and attorney to petition the court & a judge to determine the need to view the papers (a very costly endeavor). If you have a birthdate & you know the adopted person was born in Walworth CO you can look up the birth record that way which are open, even if you are not sure of the birth surname (process of elimination), this is how I found some of my adopted relatives infomation for them. OR If the person who was adpoted knows which agency did the adoption, they can go in person to that agency once they are 18 & sometimes they will give the info. What exactly is it that you are looking for? Perhaps I can help you more... ~Georgia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/649.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello, I was wondering if might happen to have any informatioon on Henrietta Patterson, born in Ireland about 2808 and died in Delavan Wi in 1860, she had at least 2 sons Edward ca. 1843 and John W. ca. 1834. Thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hughes, Morrison, Flack Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/711.22.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Georgia for the information on my family-Hughes, Morrison. It helped. I need to make a trip to the courthouse and search more stuff. Do you know could I find adoption papers there? Thank you again. Jane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GODFREY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/782 Message Board Post: Hello, I have been researching GODFREYs in Walworth County for several years. Is anyone available to check headstone inscriptions in Oak Grove Cemetery? There's a James Godfrey b. 1820 buried among other Godfreys there; I can't figure out how he fits in with the rest. Other questions: On the Oak Grove Cemetery burial list I have, the first column has names, the second column has numbers like 4-29 or 9-13--are these plot locations? The last column has a series I can't figure out: like C-x or C-Lib-x. Does anyone have any ideas about those codes? Thank you, Susi Godfrey

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFC.2ACE/711.25.2.1.1 Message Board Post: It may take a little bit of time for me get back there (Its hard to convinvce them that my 5 month old will be quiet :) ) BUT I will definitely look these up, as they may provide the information you are looking for.

List, I just found out some information, from a Wisconsin lady, last name Burdick. The Lewis family and the Burdick family were, "7th Day Baptists". Ms. Burdick told me that an "Indian child", being in the "household", made sense to her. The "Baptists", at that time, were out to "save the Indians". Please, no letters about my choice of words. This is how it was told to me, and to be politically correct, would lose some of the "meaning". This was how things were thought of, at this time in our "civilization"! Hope this little bit of information will assist in finding your family. By the way, Burdick is this lady's Ex-Husband. She didn't have any other information. Cindy _________________________________________________________________ Send instant messages to anyone on your contact list with MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KELLER KEULER MILLER POWELL ROYCE STROEBEL TUCKWOOD Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/781 Message Board Post: THE WHITEWATER REGISTER Whitewater, Walworth Co., WI July 22, 1948 p. 1, c. 4 EDWARD COLEMAN DIES AFTER LONG ILLINESS Edward Coleman SR., retired farmer passed away Sunday morning at his home, 308 Cottage St. He had returned June 20 from Wisconsin General Hospital where he had been a patient for 20 days. For more thatn three years Mr. Coleman had been in poor health and he and his wife had spent the past winter in Phoenix, Arizona. The Deceased was born October 8, 1882 on a farm near Cold Spring and on February 10, 1915 was married to Miss Lillian Keller of Neilsville. They lived on a farm near Hebron for 33 years before moving to Whitewater five years ago. Besides his widow he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Jane Traeden of Oregon, Wis., Mrs. Dorothy Henderson of Denver, Colo., and Miss Charlotte Coleman of Milwaukee; a son, Edward Jr. at home; two brothers, Arthur of Beloit and Fred of Milton; and a sister, Mrs. Edna Wussau of Beloit. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the home at 2 o'clock and the Methodist Church at 2:30. The Rev. Alfred Hoad, Waukesha, former pastor here officiated. Burial followed in Hillside cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Amborn, Krueger, Hein, Schenning, Elfers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFC.2ACE/711.25.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you anyway. All I have on her is B: July 31, 1858, in Lyons, Married Herman Carl Krueger, May 19, 1885, and Died: January 21, 1931 in Slades Corners. I read about a book called The History of Walworth County. Is it still available to buy or have it searched. Thank You Jill