I enjoy working on my family genealogy, many of the memorial's I have are related to my family.

If you would like a memorial transferred, please let me know your lineage to that ancestor and I will gladly transfer it if you are a closer relation.

I use FamilySearch.org as my source for documents; sometimes birth names are different then the names they used in every day life, especially after immigration. For research purposes, I use the birth name and make notes/nicknames if they use another name.

Also, the birth/death dates on gravestones are not always accurate as the information could be relayed by a 2nd or 3rd party. I have found that the 1900 Census information is usually accurate and will generally use that for birth dates and locations (if there are no other sources).

The names I am researching are:

Benz / Bentzen

Braun

Buntrock

Diehl

Dumke

Fourre

Fox / Fuchs

Gercke

Gragert

Grandke

Griffin

Heeg

Hegsdens

Hohenstein

Horn

Huth

Kaatz

Lederach

Lewis

Lippert

Meyer

Mueggenburg

Mueller

Priebe

Ronfanz

Schlutter

Spinnier

Stephan

Stueber

Ullrich

Vetter / Fetter

Wolf

Zangmeister

The most interesting ancestor I have found is that I am a descendent of several Mayflower passengers.

If anyone is researching their Minnesota relatives, I have found very helpful free resources:

Family Search - www.familysearch.org

Minnesota People Records Search - www.mnhs.org/search/people

Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS) - https://moms.mn.gov