From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jan 19 11:21:35 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0JILZRc010549; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:21:35 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0JIL8nT010189 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:21:08 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0JFrnFI006637 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:53:49 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0JFrn7J006636 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:53:49 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0JFgkFI006566 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:42:46 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0JI9t6a006385 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:09:55 -0700 X-Envelope-From: GenBrd@aol.com Thu Jan 19 11:09:55 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0JI9tRc006367 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:09:55 -0700 Received: from imo-m25.mx.aol.com (imo-m25.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.6]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0JI9nwS002406 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:09:54 -0700 Received: from GenBrd@aol.com by imo-m25.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id e.1f2.198ac3b4 (3310) for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:09:30 -0500 (EST) From: GenBrd@aol.com Message-ID: <1f2.198ac3b4.31012fda@aol.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:09:30 EST To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5022 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] RE:Brick wall - help needed, please! RUSTAD, Minnesota is in Clay County, about 3 miles from the North Dakota border. Just a side note of history...The county was established in 1858 and originally named Breckenridge County for the then Vice President John Breckenridge. However, after his term in office, he joined the army of the South in the Civil War and the county was promptly renamed Clay County after Henry Clay. There were very few people in Minnesota in 1835, but the area near Rustad was populated by those who ran the Red River carts from St Paul, carrying goods traded from and to the Hudson Bay Company. However, most of the people who ran the Red River carts were called Metis, descendants of the fur traders and the Native Americans of the region. There would basically be no record of the names of the residents of this area, there was no census prior to 1857 as far as I know. Minnesota didn't become a state until 1858 and even then, the territorial census used to determine there were enough people to make statehood was full of alot of imaginary people. For a good chuckle, look at the 1857 territorial census rolls sometime if you are bored. Bottom line - you may be able to find descendents in the area on the 1857 territorial census but you would not find the individual you are specifically looking for recorded. Jo In a message dated 1/18/2006 5:00:55 PM Central Standard Time, ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com writes: I went through an old box with eg old letters and found one from my ggggfather's brother UNO ROBERT HALLGREN to another of my ggggfather's brothers. The letter is dated OCTOBER 13, 1835 in RUSTAD, Minnesota. Other information I have is that he is supposed to have been born in 1812 and died in 1844. I found a notice that said he was a pharmacist/drugstore manager (don't know which word is being used in English), perhaps in N Y.