2005 Updates

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12/31/2005

12/30/2005

12/29/2005

Alpha-Index: [Beaver--below] [Colby Village] [Eaton] [Fremont] [Grant] [Hewett] [Hixon] [Levis] [Loyal]

[Lynn] [Mayville] [Mentor] [Perkins] [Pine Valley] [Sherman] [Unity] [Warner] [Washburn] [Weston] [York]

 

 

12/28/2005

12/21/2005

12/20/2005

  • The Colby Plat Map Project has been expanded to include 1973, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, & 2003.  These maps were contributed by Todd Braun and the transcriptions were done by Linda Ewen.

12/19/2005

12/18/2005

12/16/2005

12/15/2005

12/14/2005

12/13/2005

12/12/2005

  • Mystery Photos: #103 is from a collection once owned by Ellen (Olson) Johnson and was contributed by her niece, Lynda Clark.  Please contact us if you identify "Eva Mc", a 1921 high school graduate of Abbotsford, WI.

12/9/2005

  • County-Wide Info: Probate Records; Contributed by Ken Wood.  This "A" Index is the first installation of this new project.  The remaining letter groups are in the process of being transcribed.

12/8/2005

12/6/2005

12/5/2005

12/3/2005

12/2/2005

12/1/2005

11/30/2005

11/29/2005

  • Colby: An extensive list of local businessmen in and around the village of Colby, WI, from the 1888 Colby Phonograph.  This extremely rare gem was transcribed by Linda Ewen.

11/28/2005

11/27/2005

  • Colby Township: 1880, 1893, 1905, 1915, 1926, 1938, 1945, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1976, 1970, 1976, 1979 & 1982 Plat Map Transcriptions; contributed by Linda Ewen.  Linda did another fabulous job on this extensive project which should be a wonderful Clark County resource for many years to come.  Thank you Linda!!!

  • WWI Veteran's: "Clark County Gold Star Veterans", This Gold Star List has about 61 soldiers and 1 sailor from the book put out by the Department of War History of the State Historical society in 1925; contributed by Ken Wood.

11/26/2005

  • Local Area News: A New Series!  Excerpts pertaining to Clark County transcribed from the Wisconsin Leader of Merrillan, Jackson Co., Wisconsin by Bob Gile.  This first contribution is an exciting example of the many interesting articles Bob will be sharing with us as time allows.  Thank you, Bob!!!

11/25/2005

11/24/2005

11/23/2005

11/22/2005

11/21/2005

11/20/2005

11/18/2005

  • Civil War Burials: Lani Bartlet has contributed a biographical sketch of Henry F. Shelley, a Civil War Soldier who is buried in Unity Township.  This was also a new addition to the list!

11/17/2005

11/16/2005

  • Biographies: Please contact us if you can add any information concerning the wedding of Leo Kaeor.

  • Biographies: We have a photo of the Charles Card Family and are seeking additional details concerning it.

  • Mentor Township: The Fairview Catholic Cemetery Index if now on line.  This cemetery is in Clark County and is associated with the St. Joseph's Church located in Jackson County as the line bisects the church property.  Please let us know if you can add any additional details or would like a photo of any of the tombstones.  Many thanks to both Lorraine Markee and Ken Wood for all of their help with this spreadsheet.

  • Mystery Photos: More mystery photos (#72-99) from the Thorp Area Museum and would like you to take a look to see if you can help identify them!

  • Biographies: We have a photo from the Thorp Area Museum of James D. Ishmael and are seeking additional information regarding it as we'd like to add it to our WWII Military Collection. We also have a picture of an individual labeled only "Oakley" which is also from the Thorp Collection, one labeled "Gilbert Winchell of Dorchester" and one of Earl Alger.  If you can tell us anything about these photos, please contact us.

11/15/2005

  • Mystery Photos: We have a number of new mystery photos (#48-71) from the Thorp Area Museum and would like you to take a look to see if you can help identify them!  The collection also included a photo of Pearl Biddle at age sixteen.  If you can tell us anything more about her, please contact us.

11/14/2005

  • Civil War Pages: New biographical information, including photos, has been contributed for Aaron Catlin &  Ransom Hutchins by Charmaine Becker.  Thanks to her for helping us expand our knowledge of Civil War soldiers who once made their home in Clark Co., WI. 

  • Civil War Burials: Lots of new names have been added to this list.  If you have a Civil War soldier who resided in this area, we'd love to include any additional information you can provide.  Just contact Al Wessel!

 

11/12/2005

11/11/2005

 

11/4/2005

  • Veterans: The first annual meeting of the Clark Co., WI GAR was held in Thorp, WI.  The Thorp Courier roster lists all the soldiers who attended the event.  Transcribed by Pat Phillips.

  • Veterans: The second annual meeting of the Clark Co., WI GAR was held in Thorp, WI.  The Thorp Courier roster lists all the soldiers who attended the event.  Transcribed by  Janet and Stan.

11/3/2005

11/2/2005

  • Mayville Township: 1893, 1905, 1915, 1938, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979 & 1982 Plat Map Transcriptions; contributed by Linda Ewen.  Linda did a fabulous job on this extensive project which should be a wonderful Clark County resource for many years to come.  Thank you Linda!!!

10/31/2005

10/30/2005

  • Thorp Township: Walk Around Eidsvold, circa 1940, this treasure was created by Walter Wartolec and contributed by Paul Forster.

  • Clark County History: 1918 Military History of Clark Co., WI from the published history compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Chicago
    and Winona, H. C. Cooper Jr., & Co.

10/29/2005

10/28/2005

  • Mayville Township: Biographical Sketch of Civil War Soldier, Ernst Fredrich Wilhelm "Charles" Beyreis and his wife Emilie, including a photo of them; contributed by Jerry Feldbruegge.

10/27/2005

10/14/2005

  • Civil War Burials: The Civil War Diary of John Henry Welsh of Loyal, Clark County, WI who served with Co. I, 29th Wis. Vol. Inf.; was wonderfully written by  Mildred Sterr and contributed by her brother, Sherrin Mack.  We are seeking a photo of John to accompany this extremely interesting book.  If you have one to share, please contact us.

  • Wood County, WI Cemeteries: Ken Wood is busy updating the cemetery indexes for Wood Co., WI which borders Clark County to the East.  We've included these on the site because many Clark County, WI residents are buried there.  The first update in this series is Rock Cemetery.

  • Lynn Township: The Lynn Cemetery index has been significantly updated with new data contributed by Jim Sternitzky, our Lynn and Grant Townships Historian.  This was another part of the recent  photo shoot we held in that vicinity a few weeks ago when a group of us snapped well over 2,000 tombstone pictures!  The entire batch of pictures are available upon request.

10/11/2005

  • Warner Twp: The various pages of the Warner Site have been updated.  A big thank you to Al Wessel, our Warner Township Historian.

  • Grant Township: The Zion American Lutheran Cemetery Spreadsheet has been updated with lots of new entries as a result of our recent photo shoot by the Jim and MariAnne Walker, Jim & Colleen Sternitzky, Maggie Roder, Stan and Janet Schwarze.  The entire batch of pictures are available upon request.  Please let us know if you can add any additional information or have corrections which need to be made.

10/9/2005

  • A new link:  "GenCircles" has provided FREE access to the California Death Index (1940-1997); this helpful new link was contributed by Diane Kleinke, and will be added to our More Resources page.
     

10/6/2005

  • Grant Township: Zion Mo. Lutheran Cemetery has been updated with lots of new entries as a result of our recent photo shoot by the Jim and MariAnne Walker, Jim & Colleen Sternitzky, Maggie Roder, Stan and Janet Schwarze.  The entire batch of pictures are available upon request.  Please let us know if you can add any additional information or have corrections which need to be made.

  • Biographies: Sischo, Richard Ernest (1929 - 1997) with two photos, contributed by Karen Fleischmann.

10/5/2005

  • Lynn Township: Lynn Cemetery has been updated with many new additions and photos contributed by Jim Sternitzky.  This was part of the recent  photo shoot we held in that vicinity and I can testify that Jim and his wife are real troopers. They photographed many of the stones on soggy ground in drizzling weather.  Now, that is real dedication!!!

  • Dewhurst Township: New Grave Stone Photos of "Lone Grave", contributed by Karen Fleischmann.

  • More Resources: Public Land Records; a new link provided by Helen Blaha.

10/3/2005

9/28/2005

9/26/2005

9/7/2005

  • Ken Klabon is our newest site volunteer and he has adopted the Vietnam Veteran's page.  If you have any information to submit for that page, he'll be happy to add it!

9/3/2005

8/30/2005

8/27/2005

8/24/2005

8/23/2005

  • County-Wide History Pages: A new article on "The Dunkards (Church of the Brethren)" is now available under the "Immigration & Ethnic Group" section; contributed by Ethan Scearce.  

8/22/2005

8/20/2005

8/14/2005

8/13/2005

8/12/2005

  • Biographies: Pickering, Byron Potter, Civil War Soldier of Nevins, Sherwood, WI-Expanded with additional information and lots of great photos!  A huge "Thank You" to the Pickering family!!!

8/11/2005

  • Biographies: Pickering, Byron Potter, Civil War Soldier of Nevins, Sherwood, WI--a family history supplied by B. Potter.

8/10/2005

8/9/2005

8/8/2005

8/7/2005

8/3/2005

8/2/2005

7/30/2005

7/19/2005

7/18/2005

7/12/2005

 

6/28/2005

6/24/2005

  • Warner Township: A Newly compiled list of Braun Settlement School Teachers has been expanded by the History Buff volunteers.  We are looking for historical information and photos for the Braun Settlement History which is currently in the works.  If you have anything to add, please contact Jean Wessel Rolstad who is spear-heading it, or Al Wessel who is webmaster for the Warner Township pages.

  • Seif Township: A new history of Seif Township and its first chairman, Fredrick Seif, has been added to the main page.

6/23/2005

6/19/2005

6/13/2005

6/12/2005

6/8/2005

6/5/2005

  • Warner Township: Al Wessel has given the Warner Township Homepage a look and additional information with more to come!

6/2/2005

  • Cemetery Pages: Ken Wood must have calloused fingers after this one!  He has compiled an index of nearly 10,000 burials for Wood Co. Cemeteries.  This master index includes all the cemeteries in the Wood County Cemetery Index, Volumes 1-9, with the exception of the following cemeteries: Forest Hill, Calvary, and Restlawn Memorial Park in the Town of Grand Rapids, and Hillside Municipal and Gate of Heaven Catholic in the Town/City of Marshfield.  Since many Clark Co. folks are buried in Wood Co., we've decided to include this new reference in our pages. 

5/31/2005

5/30/2005

5/29/2005

5/25/2005

5/24/2005

5/23/2005

5/14/2005

5/13/2005

  • Mystery Photos: New pictures, #28 - #35 are now posted.  Take a look and see if you can help us identify any of these pictures!

  • Clark County Schools; Listing by township and section; contributed by Ken Wood.  If you can add to this list, please contact him.

4/27/2005

4/8/2005

4/6/2005

4/4/2005

4/2/2005

4/1/2005

3/28/2005

 

3/20/2005

  • Hoard Township: Church pages--Svein Botterud has made corrections to the transcription we had for an old Norwegian hymn, Kirken, and supplied a link to the melody.  He also included a note for all of us, "Happy Easter!".

3/17/2005 


3/16/2005

  • Thorp Township: New and updated Plat Map transcriptions have been added, and the Thorp main pages have been expanded.

    Leon Konieczny is interested if any the pages are downloading in a reasonable time for those using a dial-up connection.   Please send him any comments you may have on this new system.

    The pages are:  1893 by Section, Alphabetcial & 1905 by Section & Alphabetical; contributed by Paul Forster.  Great Job Paul!

3/15/2005

3/14/2005

3/7/2005

          Cemeteries

  • Eaton Township: Greenwood City Cemetery Updates provided by Todd Braun.

  • Fremont Township: Yolo Cemetery Updates provided by Lorraine Markee and Ken Wood.

  • Grant Township: Grant Township Cemetery Updates provided by Crystal Wendt.

  • Hewett Township: Columbia Cemetery Updates provided by Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon. & Crystal Wendt.

  • Loyal Township: Loyal City, Loyal Trinity & Loyal Lutheran Cemetery Updates provided by Todd Braun & Edna D. Cherney.

  • Pine Valley Township: Neillsville City Cemetery Updates provided by Kipp Kippenhan, Stan and various families.

  • Seif Township: Seif Township Cemetery Updates provided by Lorraine Markee and Ken Wood.

3/6/2005

3/3/2005

3/2/2005

3/1/2005

2/28/2005

2/26/2005

2/25/2005

2/24/2005

2/23/2005

  • Beaver Township: 1920 Plat Transcription by Helen Vater Blaha who also contributed this Map of Clark Co., WI, which was compiled, drawn and published by C. H. Paetzold, Civil Engineer, Wausau, WI, & held by the Wisconsin State Historical Library.

  • The Colby Memorial, County-line/Ukrainian, Curtis St. Paul, Yolo, Mentor, Neillsville City & Riverside Cemeteries have all been updated with the help of Ken Wood, Lorraine Markee, Duane Horn, Kipp Kippenhan, Todd Braun & many individual family members who contacted us with new information.

  • Grant Township Schools: Elementary Class of 1927-28 & Report Card Example, contributed by Tom Bladl.  Please contact us if you have any additional information concerning this class.

2/22/2005

2/21/2005

2/20/2005

  • Volunteers: Our newest volunteer is Arlene Peil and she'll be adding Greenwood Gleaner Clippings to the records board.  Her ancestor, Essy Andrews, began this project for the Greenwood Public Library while acting as head librarian.  We think it is very special that one of her descendants will now be continuing to her work on the world wide web!

2/18/2005

2/16/2005

2/15/2005

2/3/2005

1/29/2005

1/28/2005

1/26/2005

1/25/2005

1/23/2005

1/22/2005

1/21/2005

1/20/2005

1/14/2005

1/13/2005

1/12/2004

1/11/2005

1/10/2005

1/9/2005

1/8/2005

1/7/2005

1/6/2005

1/2/2005

  • Warner Township:  Our Warner Township Historian, Al Wessel, has added new information and links to his History, Schools
    & Businesses Pages.

  • Hoard Township:

    Since many articles appeared in both the 75th and 100th Curtiss, WI centennial booklets,  Robert Lipprandt has contributed a compiled list for the profiles from both publications to simplify surname searches.  Thank you Bob for this outstanding contribution!

     

    Alpha-Index of surnames for the 75th & 100th Anniversary Booklets

    [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [R] [S] [T] [U-Z]

2004 Updates

2003 Updates

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