Hi Hugh, I just did a search for Ringling in the on line search box for the 1908 Oshkosh City Directory and got a hit. http://www.archivecdbooks.us/store/usa/us0015.html I didn't get hits on the other two names, but I didn't take time to play with the wild card searches. Regards, Joe At 09:29 AM 06/18/2004, hughring@marvin.com wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: ringling, schmude, sualice > >Does anyone have any information on any Ringlings living in the Winnebago >area? I traced my lineage back to a Frederick K Ringling who was in the >Civil War but have hit a dead end. We are said to be cousins of the >Ringling Bros, but I cant prove. I'm also looking to find misc info, like >what they did, where they lived, etc. Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT List Administrator/Rootsweb I use Archive CD Books in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.archivecdbooks.us/