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  1. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 12/19/2023.
  2. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book" (Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), Article 1438.
  3. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1860 Census.
  4. Cheryl Schultz Colletti Research of the Organ and Jens Families, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 10/20/2003.
  5. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889).
  6. 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), Article about John Schultz, page 605.
  7. St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church 100th Anniversary Booklet, Tomah, WI.
  8. Gravestone List, Mount Vernon-Jacksonville Cemetery, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI, Information downloaded by Gary Griggs, 4/17/2004.
  9. Biographical Histories of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, Wisconsin
    (Located in the Monroe County Local History Room, Sparta, WI), Page 719 and 720.
  10. Gary Griggs Research of the Griggs, Pergande and Related Families, 6/16/2005.
  11. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Church Register copied by Gary Griggs, 8/6/2004.
  12. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1405.
  13. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 11/15/2006.
  14. FamilySearch.org/Search Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 4/17/2023.
  15. Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1500-1971, Researched by Gary Griggs, 4/17/2023.
  16. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 4/17/2023.
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  18. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907".
  19. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Confirmation Register, Page 1.
  20. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1440.
  21. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1870 Census.
  22. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1920 Census.
  23. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944".
  24. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.
  25. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 118.
  26. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/17/2003.
  27. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1880 Census.
  28. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Confirmation Records, Page 17.
  29. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/27/2023.
  30. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 799.
  31. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang, Descendants Report for Albert H. Schultz, e-mailed 5/4/2004.
  32. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume 3, Item 788, researched by Gary Griggs, 9/9/2021.
  33. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907", Researched by Gary Griggs, 9/9/2021.
  34. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 202.
  35. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 207.
  36. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1910 Census.
  37. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 66.
  38. Obituary.
  39. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 761.
  40. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 552.
  41. Thelma May Vandervort Research of the May, Sonnenberg and Vandervort Families, May 7, 2001.
  42. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 65.
  43. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 67.
  44. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 10/16/2003.
  45. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information excerpted, 9/9/2003.
  46. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", LaGrange Township, Page 46.
  47. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 119.
  48. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 460.
  49. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 121.
  50. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/16/2003 .
  51. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, Class reunion article and picture, 9/2/2003.
  52. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, 60th class reunion article and picture, 9/2008.
  53. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 66.
  54. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 8/27/2009.
  55. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 8/27/2009.
  56. Nilles, Dave Research of the Nilles Family, Email to Gary Griggs, 4/17/2023.
  57. Doris Waege, Family Group Sheet, Monroe County, WI, in possession of Gary Griggs.
  58. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild.
  59. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Tomah Township, Page 110.