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Gravestone Marker.

U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1860 Census.

FamilySearch.org/Search Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/31/2023.

"Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 747.

"Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 832.

Biographical Histories of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, Wisconsin
(Located in the Monroe County Local History Room, Sparta, WI) (Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892), Pages 923 and 924.

"Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 746.

Obituary, Scrapbook of Mattie Griggs Vandervort in the possession of Gary Griggs.

Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/16/2003 .

History of Monroe County, Wisconsin--Past and Present, Including an acccount of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County (C.R. Cooper & Co., Chicago, 1912), Page 860.

U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1910 Census.

U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.

"Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 1025.

U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1880 Census.

U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1870 Census.

Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/17/2003.

Jay Root Research of the Root Family
<jroot@chartermi.net>
Most of the information is from "The Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870," written by James Pierce Root. Info e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 8/21/2001 and 10/4/2001., 8/21/01.

Monroe County (WI) Bicentennial Committee, "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial History, 1976" (Tomah (WI) Journal Printing Company, Inc.), Page 231.

Joseph E. Price Research of the Root Family, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 12/22/2001.

History of Monroe County, Wisconsin--Past and Present, Including an acccount of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, Page 861.

FamilySearch (LDS) Family Group Record, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 3/6/2003.

Jay Root Research of the Root Family
<jroot@chartermi.net>
Most of the information is from "The Root Genealogical Records, 1600-1870," written by James Pierce Root. Info e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 8/21/2001 and 10/4/2001., "Descendants of Josiah Root" report e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 10/4/01.

Family Bible, Listed in a sheet of notebook paper in the Root Family Bible in possession of Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Carole Root, Roscoe, IL; copy mailed to Gary Griggs, 16 July 2001.

Puzzilla.org, Researched by Gary Griggs, 3/1/2014.

FamilySearch.org/Search Website
, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/26/2022.

U.S. Census, Cattaraugus County, NY, 1840 Census.

U.S. Census, Cattaraugus County, NY, 1850 Census.

Gary Griggs Research of the Griggs, Pergande and Related Families, Census search on Ancestry.com, 5/20/2007.

New York State Census, Cattaraugus County, 1855 Census.

Monroe County (WI) Bicentennial Committee, "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial History, 1976", Page 230.

History of Monroe County, Wisconsin--Past and Present, Including an acccount of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, Pages 860-861.

Sparta Newspaper Index, 1867-1961.

Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article dated 24 November 1905.

Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Extracted by Gary Griggs, 9/8/2003.

Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907".

Registration of Marriages, Monroe County, WI, located in the Registrar of Deeds Office, Sparta, WI., Information researched by Gary Griggs, 7/27/2007.

MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 9/9/2021.

Bernice Pergande Griggs Notes, 1992 Griggs Family Tree Booklet.

Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1895 Census.

Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper.

Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1905 Census.

Bill Santiago Research of the Root Family, GEDCOM file e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 4/20/2004.

"Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 728.

Vera Purdy Wilde, Vera Purdy Wilde Research of the James R. Vandervort Family.

Monroe County (WI) Bicentennial Committee, "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial History, 1976", Page 241.

Jerome Edward Vandervort Ancestry, 4/01.

Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1875 Census on FamilySearch.org.

Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Obituary of her father, James B. Vandervort.

U.S. Census, Grundy County, IA, 1920 Census.

U.S. Census, Grundy County, IA, 1930 Census.

Obituary, Tomah Journal, 10/19/1889.

Obituary.

Marie Drescher, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, Gravestone List, Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, WI, From Marie Drescher's database, sent to Gary Griggs 11/2002.

Monroe County, WI, Cemetery Database developed by Gary Griggs, 8/2007, Researched by Gary Griggs, 11/28/2009.

Monroe County, WI, Cemetery Database developed by Gary Griggs, 8/2007
, Researched by Gary Griggs, 9/28/2009.

Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944".

MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 9/20/2021.

Gary Griggs Research of the Griggs, Pergande and Related Families, 1/6/2006.

Stephanie Kraushaar Research of the Root Family
<deedles.beedle@verizon.net>, GEDCOM file e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 1/6/03.

Stephanie Kraushaar Research of the Root Family
<deedles.beedle@verizon.net>, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 1/3/2003.

Bill Santiago Research of the Root Family, Phone conversation with Gary Griggs, 4/20/2004.

U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1920 Census.

U.S. Census, Milwaukee County, WI, 1930 Census.