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

  • Wisconsin
  • Iowa
  • 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)

  • Founding families and descendants
  • 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

  • Dates
  • Events
  • Explanatory Notes
  • 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
  • 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