Steps in Research on Luxembourgers in the Mt



Sources of Research Data for the Book, “Luxembourgers in the Mt. Pleasant/St. Patrick’s Community of Atchison County, Kansas”

Gary P. Burkart

1-( Federal and State Census records of Walnut Creek and Mt. Pleasant Townships (1860-1920)-Access Database

2a( Census of 1860,1865,1870, 1875, 1880 by Household-Word

2b-( History of Sumner, Kansas and Founding Families-Word

2c-( In-migration from other Luxer colonies in the US- Word and JPEG

o Wisconsin

o Iowa

o Minnesota

3-( Listing of all buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery-Access Database

4-( St. Pat’s Database of Birth, Marriage, Death and Burial Records (1850’s-1920’s)- Access Database

5-( St. Patrick’s Cemetery Records-Access Database

• Plot Map

• Luxers by Age at Death, Causes of Death, Section, Lot, #

• Dates

• Owners of Plots

6-( Emigration Report from Biwer, Luxembourg (1850-1900)-Word

• Names and Villages in eastern Luxembourg

• Biwer Census names found in St. Patrick’s Cemetery

7-( List of all Surnames of Luxers that settled in St. Patrick’s/Mt. Pleasant communities- Word

• Surnames and nationalities of those intermarrying with Luxers in St. Pats/Mt. Pleasant communities

8-( History of St. Patrick’s Parish isolating Luxembourgers-Access Database

9-( Intents for CitizenshipPapers and Citizenship Certificates-Access Database

• Names, occupation, height, weight, hair/eye color, birth date, from, vessel came on, arrival date, spouse, etc.

10-( Land Records of Luxers in Walnut Creek and Mt. Pleasant Townships (1860-1919)-Access Database

- Chronological

- Names of Buyers and Sellers

- Section and parts of sections

- Type of land transaction

11( Obituaries from Atchison Globe, the Potter Paper-Scanned into Photoshop

12-( Plot of Generations of Luxers-Word

- Born/married in Luxembourg

- Came to Mt. Pleasant Community by date

- Generations I, II, and III by names, # of individuals, # of families, ethnicity,

13-( Master List of surnames by when First Mentioned-Word

- Earliest year found in records

- Types of records( land, census, church, obituary, emigration from Luxembourg

14-( Relationships among Pioneers and Founders-Excel into PDF

- Relationship to founders

- Between founding families (Beyens, Kieffers, Pennings, Wagners, Greiners, Weins, Leonardis, Winandis)

- Family foundations (histories) in eastern Luxembourg villages

15-( Individual Family Trees (Family Tree Maker- 5.0)

o Founding families and descendants

o Later arriving families

16-( Maps of Mt. Pleasant Community (Scanned into PDF)

- Great Military Road- 1850’s

- First County Road-1868

- Plat maps of area

- Early trails to the West through the area

- Blocks and lots in town of Mt. Pleasant

17-( Land Holdings by Families thru time (Word with Charts)

18-( Plots of individual family landholdings on section maps (Scanned into PDF)

19-( Plotting of all early households by sections with Great Military Road and 1868 Road (Scanned into PDF)

20-( Family land holdings plotted on aerial maps (Scanned into PDF)

21(Photos of all Mt. Pleasant sites-(land, houses, etc. (Photoshop)

22-( GPS coordinates of all Mt. Pleasant plotted on maps (MapSource with ArcGIS)

- Waypoints and Routes

23-( Timelines (Timeline Maker) for founders and families:

- Births

- Deaths

- Marriages

- Land Transactions

- Start and End Dates

- Graphs

- Notes

- Composites of Above

24-( Master Chronology (Access Database) of all Luxembourgers in the St. Patrick’s and Mt. Pleasant communities

o Dates

o Events

o Explanatory Notes

o Sources

25-( Community Demographics (1860-1936)- Excel Charts

• Gender and Sex Ratio

• Infants (0-5 years)

• Composite Births (1860-1901)

• # of Baptisms (1860-1891)

• Baptismal Sponsors

o Godparents and name giving

▪ # of given names

▪ Ethnicity of godparents

- # of Individuals

- # of Households

- Surnames by Dates

- % born in Luxembourg

- % born in the United States

- % born elsewhere

- Mixed Luxer/non-luxer families

- Composite Deaths Graph (1883-1936

- Death Name and Age by years (1884-1936)

- Causes of Death (1884-1936)

- Chart of Age at Death (1 year to 80 years)

- Infant Mortality (0-1 yr)

- Child Mortality (1-5 yrs)

- Composite of Marriages by year (1859-1915)

- Ethnicity of Marriage Witnesses (Pure Luxer or mixed)

- Composite of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Natural Increase

26-( Wills filed at Probate Court (Atchison County Courthouse)- (Access Database)

27-( Mt. Pleasant Gradeschool (Word)

- Photo of 1892 of students and teachers

- Students by Names and Family groupings

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