Hi Barbara,
I don't know about any GenCircles site, I never listed John Peter
Claussen being
born anywhere other than Holstein. On his Marriage license, he lists
birthplace as
Holstein, Germany.
Yes, I'm trying to find his parents.
Edith
Hello Edith,
Oops. I wasn't thorough in what I saw.
I went back to that site and your name is listed as a source, but not as
the person who actually put the information online. I see now that that
Cindy Jensen (Jensen/Adams family tree) is the person who placed the
information on the Claussen family and lists you as a source. However, on
the page where it says John Peter was born in Mullenbach Rheinland, your
name is not listed as a source. ???
You may want to look at that site: http://www.gencircles.com/ Run a
search on your Claussen ( I used John Peter Claussen). Once there, you can
click on Cindy Jensen's name above and get her email address. However, I'm
wondering if that will even work since it has ATT in the address. I think
ATT is out of the internet business.
We'll keep looking.
Barbara
Hello Edith,
Do you have a death certificate for JohnPeter in Martin County
Minnesota?
There is a website where you can order that certificate. Here's what
the index shows:
CLAUSSEN, JOHN PETER
Date of Birth: na
Place of Birth: na
Mother Maiden Name: na
certid# 1931-MN-007970
Date of Death: 06/08/1931
County of Death: MARTIN
Surname Soundex: C425
What will the Online index tell me?
The index should provide the first, middle, and last name of the individual,
date of death, county of death and the certificate number. Index entries
from 1908 to 1954 will not include date of birth, place of birth and
mother¹s maiden name. However, that information may appear on the
certificate. Records issued after 1954 (the index currently goes through
2001) and those for 1904 through 1907 will include this information and may
include birth date, mother¹s maiden surname, and whether the deceased was
born in Minnesota. The two most crucial pieces of information are the year
of death and the certificate number because they will determine the location
of the record on microfilm. If the original certificate was not completely
filled out, the missing information will not appear in the index.
All index entries for 1908 through 1954, as well as some entries for earlier
and later years, will have the term ³not indexed² in the date of birth,
place of birth, and mother¹s maiden name fields. The indexing guidelines did
not require these fields to be completed. However, in most (but not all)
cases this information will appear on the death card or death certificate.
You can order it for $8. It may give the exact place of birth. Since his
wife died first, it may not have that information. Sometimes the children
only know "Germany" as the birthplace!
If you wish to find the death certificate, you can do it here:
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm Search for it this way:
Last name: Claussen
First: John
Don't even choose a county. Nothing else - there are many Claussen names
in Minnesota! Oddly enough, if you put the name John Peter as the first
name, you get nothing. If you just ask for John, he's the first on the list.
You certainly don't have to do order the death certificate. However, it
MAY have his birth place. I would hope it would have the town, not just
Holstein.
Barbara
About 1815-1866 the area called Dukedom Holstein.
Later was include the region Schleswig and since this time it called State Schlewig-Holstein.
Werner