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/TFC.2ACE/499.1 Message Board Post: I searched the Waukesha Freeman Obituary Index for the names Ridgeman, Rigman, and Bird. I have located a few Birds. Bird, Mrs. Francis the wife of Henry. Maiden name is Wildish. Died at Lisbon, Wisconsin and is listed in Edition 6/1/1905 Pg. 5, Col. 4. Bird, William, son of William and Elizabeth Bird died in South Dakota and found in Edition 12/27/1917 Pg. 8, Cols. 3 and 4. I hope these leads help you advance you family genealogy. Good Luck--Sue