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  1. FamilySearch (LDS) Family Group Record, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 1/6/2004.
  2. Barbara Reisenauer Smith Research of the Reisenauer Family, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 8/6/2003.
  3. FamilySearch (LDS) Family Group Record, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 1/5/2004.
  4. R. T. Messinger Research of the Taft Family, "The First Four Generations of Male Descendants of Robert and Sarah Taft," e-mailed by Arlyn Bernhardt to Gary Griggs, 1/4/2004.
  5. Ardis Parshall Research of the Taft Family
    <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=parshall&id=I483>, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 1/4/2004.
  6. Susan Yberra Research of the Taft Family
    <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fybarra26&id=I23130>, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 1/4/2004.
  7. James T. Dorsey Research of the Taft Family
    <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/r/James-T-Dorsey/GENE0001-0001.html>, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 1/5/2004.
  8. Internet Site (FTM)--Benjamin Taft's Descendants
    <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/r/James-T-Dorsey/GENE0001-0001.html>, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 4/2/2007.
  9. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book" (Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), Article 732.
  10. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 11/1/2022.
  11. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 733.
  12. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 840.
  13. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 899.
  14. 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 624 and 625.
  15. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 829.
  16. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, 10/20/2002, containing a copy of pages from the Taft Family Bible in the possession of Peg Pederson, with the copy made by Ross Johnson.
  17. U.S. Census, Jefferson County, NY, 1840 Census.
  18. U.S. Census, Jefferson County, NY, 1850 Census.
  19. Gravestone List, Greenfield Township Cemetery, Tunnel City, WI; developed by Ralph Hilger, Mr. and Mrs. John Tibbets, Jean and Carolyn Habelman, Claire Daniels, John Betthauser, Wilfred Beaver and Darlene Hohn, September 1973, e-mailed from Arlyn Bernhardt to VDV Gang, 1/8/2002.
  20. Monroe County, WI, Cemetery Database developed by Gary Griggs, 8/2007, Information Researched by Gary Griggs, 8/7/2008.
  21. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild.
  22. Joan Sweet Brault Research of the Sweet Family, e-mail to VDV Gang, 1/4/2004.
  23. U.S. Census, Addison County, VT, 1830 Census.
  24. U.S. Census, Addison County, VT, 1840 Census.
  25. U.S. Census, Wayne County, NY, 1830 Census.
  26. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1860 Census.
  27. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted 9/21/2003.
  28. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1870 Census.
  29. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1880 Census.
  30. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 225.
  31. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Deaths, 1856 to 1907".
  32. Sandra Watts Research of the Sischo Family, e-mailed by Arlyn Bernhardt to the VDV Gang, 3/4/2001.
  33. Obituary.
  34. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 1033.
  35. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 829.
  36. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang, 3/5/2002.
  37. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 841.
  38. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 415.
  39. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.
  40. Diane Woodard Marshall Research of the Woodard Family.
  41. U.S. Census, Addison County, VT, 1860 Census.
  42. Family Bible, Sweet Family Bible pages e-mailed from Joan Brault to Arlyn Bernhardt and Gary Griggs, 1/4/2004.
  43. U.S. Census, Chittenden County, VT, 1840 Census.
  44. U.S. Census, Addison County, VT, 1850 Census.
  45. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, Family Group Record of Simon Taft e-mail to Gary Griggs, 1/6/2004.
  46. Biographical Histories of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, Wisconsin
    (Located in the Monroe County Local History Room, Sparta, WI), Page 698.
  47. Wisconsin List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883, Volume 4, Monroe County
    <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~eborreson/pension/monroe.htm>.
  48. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 9/9/2002.
  49. U.S. Census, Chittenden County, VT, 1820 Census.
  50. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, 1/4/2004.
  51. Gravestone Marker.
  52. U.S. Census, Jefferson County, WI, 1850 Census.
  53. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1855 Census.
  54. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 792.
  55. Gravestone List, LaGrange Township Cemetery, Monroe County, WI; developed by Jean and Carolyn Habelman and Claire Deniels, September 1973., e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 4/9/2002.
  56. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1910 Census.
  57. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1920 Census.
  58. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 875.
  59. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907".
  60. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 559.
  61. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information excerpted, 9/9/2003.
  62. Marriage Registration Certificate.
  63. Anne Kendall Smith Research of the Curtis and Sowle Families, "Descendants of George Soule" Report, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 10/8/2008.
  64. U.S. Census, Rutland County, VT, 1850 Census.
  65. Marie Drescher, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, Gravestone List, Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, WI, From Marie Drescher's database, sent to Gary Griggs 11/2002.
  66. Obituary, Scrapbook of Mattie Griggs Vandervort in the possession of Gary Griggs.
  67. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 519.
  68. Ella G. Holseth Johnson Research of the Jennings Family, written January 1986, "My Jennings Family" report, faxed by Lois James Bartels to Gary Griggs, 5/6/2004.
  69. Michael Peterson Research of the Jennings Family, "Descendants of William Jennings, Sr." Report, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 1/13/2009.
  70. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 305.
  71. U.S. Census, Jefferson County, NY, 1860 Census.
  72. Find A Grave Index Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 1/3/2022.
  73. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 255.
  74. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944".
  75. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 903.
  76. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 900.
  77. Gravestone List, Greenfield Township Cemetery, Tunnel City, WI; developed by Ralph Hilger, Mr. and Mrs. John Tibbets, Jean and Carolyn Habelman, Claire Daniels, John Betthauser, Wilfred Beaver and Darlene Hohn, September 1973, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 4/9/2002.
  78. Monroe County (WI) Bicentennial Committee, "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial History, 1976" (Tomah (WI) Journal Printing Company, Inc.), Page 212.
  79. Monroe County (WI) Bicentennial Committee, "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial History, 1976", Page 211.
  80. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 907.
  81. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 831.
  82. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 905.
  83. U.S. Census, Los Angeles County, CA, 1930 Census.
  84. Vermont Historical Society, Barre, VT, Vermont Historical Society Library, "The Griggs-Bragg Family Letters, 1848-1938"
    <www.state.vt.us/vhs/arccat/findaid/griggs.htm>, Letter from Lucius Griggs to his brother Roswell, saying that Florence "Flora" Griggs "has gone to Waupon with her uncle Duwayne on a visit." It is assumed that he was living there.
  85. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , Descendants of James Robert VDV, e-mail 7/13/01.
  86. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, LaGrange News Article, 12/6/1918.
  87. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1930 Census.
  88. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , Descendants of James Robert Vandervort from Darryl VDV, 7/11/01.
  89. Gravestone List, LaGrange Township Cemetery, Monroe County, WI; developed by Jean and Carolyn Habelman and Claire Deniels, September 1973., Vandervorts and Vromans, 3/31/01.
  90. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 82.
  91. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1875 Census on FamilySearch.org.
  92. Vera Purdy Wilde, Vera Purdy Wilde Research of the James R. Vandervort Family.
  93. Gravestone List, Warren Mills Cemetery, Warrens, WI; developed by Rose Baldwin, Carolyn Habelman, Charlotte Preuss, Helen Cronick and Jean Habelman, September 1979., e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 4/9/2002.
  94. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 75.
  95. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, Modified Register for Lewis Morse, Sr., 1/2/2003.
  96. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, "Descendants Report for Lewis Morse, Jr." 12/17/2003.
  97. Karla Staudt e-mail to VDV Gang, 6/1/01.
  98. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 10/16/2003.
  99. Jim Zingler Research of the Zingler Family, e-mail to VDV Gang, 2/9/2006.
  100. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1919 Edition.
  101. Don Schnitzler Research of the Spencer Family
    <schnitz@wctc.net>.
  102. Joan Sweet Brault Research of the Sweet Family, e-mail to Arlyn Bernhardt, 1/2/2004.
  103. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 313.
  104. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Listing of military veterans buried in the Tomah area, 23 June 2005.
  105. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1217.
  106. Marie Drescher, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, Gravestone List, Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, WI.
  107. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/18/2003.
  108. Joan Sweet Brault Research of the Sweet Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs from Arlyn Bernhardt, 12/15/2003.
  109. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 765.
  110. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Historical Articles, 8/31/2006.
  111. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 11/19/2002.
  112. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 240.
  113. Picture, Civil War Veterans, Tomah, WI, e-mailed to VDV Gang by Darryl Vandervort, 11/17/2002.
  114. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 461.
  115. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Deaths, 1856 to 1907", Index Supplement published in MJJ County Genealogy Workshop Newsletter, February 2007.
  116. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 290.
  117. FamilySearch.org/Search Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 1/27/2022.
  118. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 697.
  119. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 680.
  120. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 845.
  121. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 458.
  122. Birth Registration Records, Information Researched by Gary Griggs, 8/18/2008.
  123. Gravestone List, LaGrange Township Cemetery, Monroe County, WI; developed by Jean and Carolyn Habelman and Claire Deniels, September 1973.
  124. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 349.
  125. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 844.
  126. Biographical Histories of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, Wisconsin
    (Located in the Monroe County Local History Room, Sparta, WI), Pages 878 and 879.
  127. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 714.
  128. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 586.
  129. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 687.
  130. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 691.
  131. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 532.
  132. Gravestone List, Greenfield Township Cemetery, Tunnel City, WI; developed by Ralph Hilger, Mr. and Mrs. John Tibbets, Jean and Carolyn Habelman, Claire Daniels, John Betthauser, Wilfred Beaver and Darlene Hohn, September 1973.
  133. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1925 Edition.
  134. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 951.
  135. Merle W. Kuhn research of the Coon-Kuhn and Steadman Families
    <http://merkuh.100webcustomers.com/index.htm>, Inforrmation downloaded by Gary Griggs, 8/25/2007.
  136. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 451.
  137. Barbara Reisenauer Smith Research of the Reisenauer Family, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 12/28/2001.
  138. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 901.
  139. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 830.
  140. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 113.
  141. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, 2 May 1902.
  142. Diana Heser Morse GEDCOM File.
  143. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 906.
  144. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 11/13/2002.
  145. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 3/18/2023.
  146. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 10/17/02.
  147. U.S. Census, Columbia County, WI, 1930 Census.
  148. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, Article about the 1942 Vandervort Picnic.
  149. Dorothy Heinze Research of the Heinze Family, Phone Conversation with Gary Griggs, 3/29/2004.
  150. U.S. Census, Columbia County, WI, 1900 Census.
  151. U.S. Census, Columbia County, WI, 1910 Census.
  152. U.S. Social Security Death Index, List from Arlyn Bernhardt, 4/2001.
  153. Carolyn Habelman, "Monroe Juneau Jackson County (WI) Genealogy Workshop Newsletter", February 2003.
  154. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 10/21/2002.
  155. Funeral Memorial Card.
  156. Karla Staudt e-mail to VDV Gang, 1/28/2002.
  157. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 11/1/2002.
  158. U.S. Social Security Death Index .
  159. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, 6/25/2002.
  160. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1940 Census.
  161. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 2/10/2006.
  162. U.S. Census, Jackson County, WI, 1930 Census.
  163. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, 10/22/2002.
  164. Fletcher, Jessica Kelley Research of the Kuehl Family
    <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/l/e/Jessica-Marie-Fletcher-WI/index.html>.
  165. Bernice Pergande Griggs Notes, 1992 Griggs Family Tree Booklet.
  166. Birth Registration Records, Monroe County Local History Room Microfilm, viewed by Gary Griggs, 6/21/2003.
  167. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 3/31/01.
  168. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted 9/18/2003.
  169. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , "Descendants of Isaacs Vandervort" report, e-mailed May 2016.
  170. Doris Waege, Family Group Sheet, Monroe County, WI, in possession of Gary Griggs.
  171. Darryl Vandervort e-mail to VDV Gang of Family Group Sheet for Alvin L. Vandervort, 11/3/2002.
  172. DeVere Vandervort e-mail to Gary Griggs, 11/17/2002.
  173. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, "Descendants Report for Hattie Barden," 3/16/2005.
  174. Gravestone List, Warren Mills Cemetery, Warrens, WI; developed by Rose Baldwin, Carolyn Habelman, Charlotte Preuss, Helen Cronick and Jean Habelman, September 1979.
  175. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 10/20/2002.
  176. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 10/19/2002.
  177. Jacqueline Gelly e-mail to VDV Gang, 8/27/2002 Descendants of Ruth Mariah Wood.
  178. Jacqueline Gelly Research of the Wood Family, "Descendants Report for Pardon Arnold Wood", e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 11/20/2003.
  179. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 304.
  180. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 251.
  181. Jacqueline Gelly e-mail to Gary Griggs, Descendants of Katie Jane Getman, 10/18/2001.
  182. Jacqueline Gelly e-mail to VDV Gang, 6/6/01.
  183. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1921 Edition.
  184. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 514.
  185. Birth Announcement, In possession of Gary Griggs.
  186. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1924 Edition.
  187. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 2/3/2023.
  188. Erlandson, Kathy Research of the Purdy Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 1/5/2017.
  189. Monroe County (WI) Bicentennial Committee, "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial History, 1976".
  190. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Scott Township, Page 91.
  191. U.S. Census, Mower County, MN, 1900 Census.
  192. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, "Descendants Report for James Jeffries," e-mail 8/17/2004.
  193. U.S. Census, Mower County, MN, 1910 Census.
  194. U.S. Census, Mower County, MN, 1920 Census.
  195. U.S. Census, Sauk County, WI, 1870 Census.
  196. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 819.
  197. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/5/2023.
  198. Biographical Histories of La Crosse, Monroe and Juneau Counties, Wisconsin
    (Located in the Monroe County Local History Room, Sparta, WI), Page 699.
  199. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1913 Edition.
  200. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 973.
  201. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 696.
  202. Harold Ira Root Research of the Root Family, Compiled 1992.
  203. U.S. Census, Wood County, WI, 1900 Census.
  204. LaVerne Griggs Notes re his Ancestors for Gary Griggs.
  205. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 242.
  206. Howard Taft, Family Group Sheet of the Ira J. Root Family, Mailed by Harold Root to Gary Griggs, 12/20/2001.
  207. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article dated 17 December 1898.
  208. 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.
  209. Family Bible, Date of birth listed on a loose sheet of paper in the Root Family Bible in possession of Dr. Thomas Elliott Root, 2002.
  210. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1885 Census on FamilySearch.org.
  211. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1923's edition alumni list.
  212. Monroe County (WI) Bicentennial Committee, "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial History, 1976", Page 262.
  213. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article dated 1 January 1896.
  214. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1895 Census.
  215. Marita Root Phone Conversation with Gary Griggs, 11/12/01.
  216. Joseph E. Price Research of the Root Family, Descendants of Josiah Root, e-mailed 12/24/2001.
  217. Jim Dezotell e-mail to the VDV Gang, 10/28/2002.
  218. Harold Root e-mail to Gary Griggs, 10/30/2002.
  219. Bonnie Gallagher Gilson Research of the Getman Family
    <bgilson@cox.net>, Downloaded from RootsWeb.com by Gary Griggs, 3/10/2004.
  220. Karla Staudt e-mail to VDV Gang, 9/27/2002.
  221. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 696.
  222. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 48.
  223. Monroe County (WI) Bicentennial Committee, "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial History, 1976", Page 349.
  224. "Tomah's 25 Years of Progress, 1927-1952" (Tomah Journal and Monitor-Herald Newspaper, Tomah, WI, 18 May 1953), Page 31.
  225. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1950 Census.
  226. U.S. Census, Juneau County, WI, 1930 Census.
  227. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 101.
  228. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 902.
  229. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class Reunion article, 8/27/2007.
  230. Jim Zingler Research of the Zingler Family, e-mail to the VDV Gang, 6/11/2009, containing a forwarded e-mail from Edith Trosper of the Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society.
  231. Dorothy Heinze Research of the Heinze Family, Phone conversation with Gary Griggs, 3/27/2004.
  232. Gary Griggs Research of the Griggs, Pergande and Related Families.
  233. U.S. Social Security Death Index , Researched by Gary Griggs, 8/3/2009.
  234. DeVere Vandervort e-mail to Gary Griggs, 11/25/2002.
  235. DeVere Vandervort e-mail to Gary Griggs, 11/16/2002.
  236. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 2/5/2016.
  237. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 10/20/2002, containing Family Group Sheet of Leon Vandervort.
  238. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, Descendants of John H. Hilliker, e-mailed 1/8/2003.
  239. Death Certificate, Certificate ID# 1960-MN-021838 issued by the state of Minnesota and available from the Minnesota Historical Society.
  240. Obituary, Torkelson Funeral Home Website, 9/1/2021.
  241. Class Reunion News Article, Tomah Journal, 10/25/2001.
  242. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Reunion article and picture, 9/25/2003.
  243. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, Article about the 45th Class Reunion, 12/9/2002.
  244. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Fifty-year Class Reunion and Picture, 10/11/2007.
  245. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 7/4/2011.
  246. Jean Stoltz Suzuki Research of the Stoltz Family, Julius Erdmann Family Group Record mailed to Gary Griggs, 11/15/2008.
  247. Jean Stoltz Suzuki Research of the Stoltz Family
    , e-mail to Gary Griggs, 11/15/2008.
  248. Gravestone List, St. Mary's Cemetery, Tomah, WI, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 2/11/2005.
  249. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 969.
  250. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 6/8/2009.
  251. U.S. Census, Rock County, WI, 1930 Census.
  252. Jacqueline Gelly e-mail to VDV Gang, Descendants of Lucille Maxine Morse, 11/2/01.
  253. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 839.
  254. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 352.
  255. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, 55th Reunion article and picture, 7/10/2008.
  256. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 4/8/2023.
  257. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, 4/18/2003.
  258. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, 50th Class Reunion Picture, 6/26/2006.
  259. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1922 edition.
  260. U.S. Census, Racine County, WI, 1930 Census.
  261. U.S. Social Security Death Index , Researched by Gary Griggs, 8/11/2014.
  262. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1218.
  263. U.S. Census, Schenectady County, NY, 1930 Census.
  264. Joan Sweet Brault Research of the Sweet Family, e-mail to Arlyn Bernhardt, 1/3/2004.
  265. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 196.
  266. U.S. Census, Kewaunee County, WI, 1940 Census.
  267. Gary Griggs Research of the Griggs, Pergande and Related Families, Letter from Edith Davis to Blanche Griggs dated 2 October 1943, in the possession of Gary Griggs.
  268. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 7/31/2023.
  269. Harold Ira Root Research of the Root Family, Compiled 1992, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 6/4/2005.
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  271. Monroe County Local History Room Website Records, Researched by Gary Griggs, 6/15/2012.
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  275. Ella G. Holseth Johnson Research of the Jennings Family, written January 1986, Faxed by Lois James Bartels to Gary Griggs, 5/6/2004.
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  285. Obituary, Sonnenberg Family Funeral Home Website, 8/28/2020.
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  289. Jim Dezotell e-mail to the VDV Gang, Containing newspaper tribute to Erwin Dean Vandervort, 7/14/2005.
  290. Wedding Announcement, Tomah Journal, 8/18/2005.
  291. Joan Sweet Brault Research of the Sweet Family, e-mail to VDV Gang, 1/11/2005.