Ziesmer Family Papers. Material: paper. Size: 4 1/2" x 7 1/2". Description: 6 sides of pages removed from an 1890 German Bible belonging to Augustus Agnes Ziesmer, Woodville Township, Waseca County, Minnesota; handwritten on first inside page, "This Bible is a present from Mother and Father Ziesmer..." and in pencil below the presentation, "Children don't forget your father must file the guardianship paper every year, 2 Feb. until all of age, at Courthouse"; several pages of handwritten entries listing births, deaths, marriages of various Ziesmer family members; other towns mentioned are Owatonna, Winfield, Troy Township, Olivia, Blythesville (Arkansas), Deerfield, Mankato, Renville County; other family names listed include Goetzman, Vath, Eliason, White, Alton, Dyrssen and Morse; dates from 1889 to 1935.
