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From: ROGER W LANCTOT <>
Subject: Re: [SACKETT-L] Clara Sackett
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:11:32 -0800
In-Reply-To: <web-1501990@be2.cluster1.echolabs.net>


On 1/24/05 4:39 AM, "LIESA ROBARGE" <> wrote:

> Diane and All,
>
> The WHOLE of ancestry.com is available that the Family
> History Centers in your area to find the closest one to
> you go to
> http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp
>
> Call ahead though to verify the hours, and make sure their
> system is up and running (we had some problems and ours
> has only been up a couple of months) and policy of the
> center some require you to sign up because of the
> popularity of the free service.
>
> I can also help with look ups if you want to email me at
> as I volunteer at the on by me.
> Liesa
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:42:36 -0800
> ROGER W LANCTOT <> wrote:
>> Hi Kari,
>>
>> Thanks for your email and the pointers. Really
>> appreciate it.
>>
>> I have an affidavit of my Grandfather Dempster's birth
>> and yes he was born
>> in Walworth, right on the Illinois border.
>>
>> Here's what I've found so far. 1870 census showed Otis
>> as a farmer so he
>> evidently wasn't ordained yet. Otis was a Methodist
>> Minister. Family
>> thinks he may have been a Circuit Rider Minister as he &
>> his family moved
>> around so much. Supposedly Davis Corners, IA was named
>> after my Great
>> Grandfather, Otis, but when I checked with the locals
>> (many years ago) there
>> they had never heard that story and a check with the
>> Minister (and their
>> records) turned up nothing on Otis or the family.
>>
>> I have checked the Illinois marriage records online in
>> the past and found no
>> record of their marriage. While in Madison (WI) and
>> Salt Lake I have
>> checked the marriage records for WI and couldn't find
>> anything. Am planning
>> a trip to visit my Davis cousins this summer near
>> Walworth and will check
>> the actual marriage records at the Court House in
>> Elkhorn (Walworth Co) and
>> also see if there are any Sackett families in the
>> Vitals. It's been several
>> years since I've been to the Court House in Elkhorn and
>> don't believe I ever
>> looked for Sacketts in their files. Assumed (first
>> mistake) they all lived
>> in the East.
>>
>> An elderly cousin in Elkhorn gave me the marriage date
>> several years ago but
>> the town wasn't listed. Had not found the 1910 and 1920
>> Census records.
>> Hardin County was a surprise as family said they lived
>> in Mechanicsville,
>> IA, near Dubuque before moving to Mason City. Explains
>> why I never could
>> find them on any records there. Cerro Gordo County is
>> Mason City. Otis and
>> Clara lived there the last several years of their life
>> at the Odd Fellows
>> Home. Checked with them and also the Vital Records at
>> Mason City, but they
>> had no records. Otis was a member of the Star Lodge (no
>> longer exists) and
>> the Natl. Odd Fellows organization couldn't help me.
>>
>> Obituaries for both (in Mason City) were just a few
>> lines each and offered
>> no info. I will check the neighboring cities and some
>> of the towns where
>> they lived previously to see if there are any obituaries
>> in their
>> newspapers. Will try again to obtain Death Certificates
>> from the Court
>> Houses and if they don't have them will call Des Moines,
>> IA and see if I
>> have better luck this time.
>>
>> I don't have access to Ancestry World Tree so would
>> appreciate any info you
>> are able to extract. You've given me hope that I may
>> eventually knock down
>> that brick wall and find my Great Grandmother, Clara. I
>> have Otis's family
>> traced back to the 1600's. Would be wonderful to finally
>> have something on
>> Clara.
>>
>> Thanks again Kari for the information and help. I'm so
>> glad I posted
>> another query on Clara & Otis.
>>
>> Diane
>>
>>
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