I live in Eastern Wisconsin, USA.

My ancestral surnames include: Barts, Boerner (Börner), Csida, Dambrowski, Edwards, Gaedtke, Gerber, Haynes, Hinman, Hoehnke (Höhnke), Homan, Igowski, Koeppen (Köppen), Kolberg, Konz, Lasickza, Marsh, Pospychala, Siede, Soczka, Stencil, Szczerba, Winkel, Witte, Wood, among others.

I do a lot of research in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (where my mom's family is from), and in Marathon County, Wisconsin (where my dad's family is from). Sheboygan County is largely people of German descent, while Marathon County is largely people of Polish descent. (My mom is about 75% German and 25% Hungarian, while my dad is about 75% Polish and 25% Colonial American.)

I will gladly assist others in their research - simply ask!
I can especially assist with your research in Sheboygan County. The Sheboygan Public Library has several newspapers (in German) dating back to the mid-1850s, which are available on microfilm at the library. Obituaries in the German language will oftentimes provide significant information. I am willing to do obituary lookups, and I can translate German. Be kind and respectful when you ask.

I also like to research Polish surnames. I find it fascinating how the spellings can vary, even within the same family, and also very challenging to piece them together. I have found these websites to be very helpful in researching people of Polish descent, and I thought I'd share these links here.

Poznan marriage records:
http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/
Wielkopolskie:
http://www.basia.famula.pl/en/
Kuyavia and Pomerania:
https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/

If you have any edits or corrections to a particular memorial, please use the FindAGrave edit system to submit these. I usually respond promptly. And I do verify the edits I receive, as I would expect others to do on any edits I submit. Misinformation spreads like wildfire. We should all do our research and be able to verify the information sent and received, and do our best to make sure the information is accurate.

Please be careful with situations where there are multiple people with the same names. Mr. John Smith and Mr. John Smith and Mr. John Smith, are not always the same person! I have seen this many times. There are more people than you would think, that have the exact same names, even the same wives names, even the same children's names, etc. Those are the situations where obituary information and burial locations are most important.

If you add grave photos to a memorial, please submit any necessary edits to the memorial, to reflect any new or different information found on the gravestones or at the graveside. Many memorials are created based on death or burial records, and a photo of the gravestone may reveal slightly different information. Please update the memorial to match the gravestone. (I am not notified when a photo is added to a memorial, unless I'm the one requesting a photo.)

I'm not related to the majority of the memorials I've added. If you are a relative, and would like to have a memorial transferred, just ask. Include your FindAGrave ID#.

If you have any other questions or anything else to add, just contact me through FindAGrave or through the memorial in question.

I have found FindAGrave to be an excellent resource in my research, and I hope you do also. I highly recommend joining and being an active member.

Thank You to FindAGrave, and
Happy Researching to All!

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I do not make memorials for the very recently deceased. I have seen other FindAGrave members who create memorials, almost immediately after a person passes away. I find this ambulance-chasing behavior to be extremely disrespectful.

My mom passed away in 2020, and someone "found" her grave, on the very same day she died!
On the same day she died, before my whole family was even notified, before we had a funeral, someone "found" her grave...? I mean really, how can you find someone's grave when they are not even in it yet???

Please be respectful to the family, and refrain from creating a memorial immediately after a person's passing.

For my mom.

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I live in Eastern Wisconsin, USA.

My ancestral surnames include: Barts, Boerner (Börner), Csida, Dambrowski, Edwards, Gaedtke, Gerber, Haynes, Hinman, Hoehnke (Höhnke), Homan, Igowski, Koeppen (Köppen), Kolberg, Konz, Lasickza, Marsh, Pospychala, Siede, Soczka, Stencil, Szczerba, Winkel, Witte, Wood, among others.

I do a lot of research in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (where my mom's family is from), and in Marathon County, Wisconsin (where my dad's family is from). Sheboygan County is largely people of German descent, while Marathon County is largely people of Polish descent. (My mom is about 75% German and 25% Hungarian, while my dad is about 75% Polish and 25% Colonial American.)

I will gladly assist others in their research - simply ask!
I can especially assist with your research in Sheboygan County. The Sheboygan Public Library has several newspapers (in German) dating back to the mid-1850s, which are available on microfilm at the library. Obituaries in the German language will oftentimes provide significant information. I am willing to do obituary lookups, and I can translate German. Be kind and respectful when you ask.

I also like to research Polish surnames. I find it fascinating how the spellings can vary, even within the same family, and also very challenging to piece them together. I have found these websites to be very helpful in researching people of Polish descent, and I thought I'd share these links here.

Poznan marriage records:
http://poznan-project.psnc.pl/
Wielkopolskie:
http://www.basia.famula.pl/en/
Kuyavia and Pomerania:
https://www.genealogiawarchiwach.pl/

If you have any edits or corrections to a particular memorial, please use the FindAGrave edit system to submit these. I usually respond promptly. And I do verify the edits I receive, as I would expect others to do on any edits I submit. Misinformation spreads like wildfire. We should all do our research and be able to verify the information sent and received, and do our best to make sure the information is accurate.

Please be careful with situations where there are multiple people with the same names. Mr. John Smith and Mr. John Smith and Mr. John Smith, are not always the same person! I have seen this many times. There are more people than you would think, that have the exact same names, even the same wives names, even the same children's names, etc. Those are the situations where obituary information and burial locations are most important.

If you add grave photos to a memorial, please submit any necessary edits to the memorial, to reflect any new or different information found on the gravestones or at the graveside. Many memorials are created based on death or burial records, and a photo of the gravestone may reveal slightly different information. Please update the memorial to match the gravestone. (I am not notified when a photo is added to a memorial, unless I'm the one requesting a photo.)

I'm not related to the majority of the memorials I've added. If you are a relative, and would like to have a memorial transferred, just ask. Include your FindAGrave ID#.

If you have any other questions or anything else to add, just contact me through FindAGrave or through the memorial in question.

I have found FindAGrave to be an excellent resource in my research, and I hope you do also. I highly recommend joining and being an active member.

Thank You to FindAGrave, and
Happy Researching to All!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I do not make memorials for the very recently deceased. I have seen other FindAGrave members who create memorials, almost immediately after a person passes away. I find this ambulance-chasing behavior to be extremely disrespectful.

My mom passed away in 2020, and someone "found" her grave, on the very same day she died!
On the same day she died, before my whole family was even notified, before we had a funeral, someone "found" her grave...? I mean really, how can you find someone's grave when they are not even in it yet???

Please be respectful to the family, and refrain from creating a memorial immediately after a person's passing.

For my mom.

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