Watterstown, Wisconsin | |
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Coordinates: 43°9′49″N 90°35′40″W / 43.16361°N 90.59444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
County | Grant |
Area | |
• Total | 28.8 sq mi (74.5 km2) |
• Land | 27.7 sq mi (71.8 km2) |
• Water | 1.0 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
Elevation | 735 ft (224 m) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 362 |
• Density | 13.1/sq mi (5.0/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 608 |
FIPS code | 55-84075[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1584368[1] |
Watterstown is a town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 362 at the 2000 census.
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How to: Number an Ahnentafel
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Ten Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Family History
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Hi, I'm Penny Stratton, Publishing Director at NEHGS. In this video tutorial I'll show you how to use genealogical numbering in an Ahnentafel or ancestor table. Ahnentafel is German for ancestor table. It begins at or near the present and moves back in time, often to the earliest known ancestor. It uses a mathematical numbering system that allows readers to quickly find a direct line of ancestry. Each person in an ahnentafel is numbered. The subject of the ancestor table—let's say it's you—is number 1. Your father is number 2, and your mother is number 3. Your father's parents are numbers 4 and 5; your mother's are numbers 6 and 7; and so on. The father always has an even number and the mother an odd number. Mathematically, you can find the parents of someone by doubling a person's number. To find the father you multiply a person's number by 2 and to find a person's mother, you multiply the number by two and add one. And to find someone's child, you divide the father's number by 2. Let's look at a published example: to find the parents of number 57, Rachel Welsh, I multiply 57 times 2 to find her father's number and multiply 57 by 2 and add 1 to find her mother's. I can then flip through the book until I find number 114, George Welsh, and number 115, Nancy Cannon. Note that every number needs to be accounted for. So even when names aren't known, we give the numbers or a range of numbers—as you see here for numbers 116 and 117. In a sense, you can think of the ancestor table as a multigenerational chart turned sideways to read vertically. You're going back in your ancestry, generation by generation. I hope you've found this video helpful. For more information on how to write and publish your family history, visit our Online Learning Center.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.8 square miles (74.5 km2), of which, 27.7 square miles (71.8 km2) of it is land and 1.0 square miles (2.7 km2) of it (3.61%) is water.
Demographics
At the 2000 census there were 362 people, 134 households, and 99 families living in the town. The population density was 13.1 people per square mile (5.0/km2). There were 171 housing units at an average density of 6.2 per square mile (2.4/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.13% White, 0.28% Native American, 3.31% Asian, and 0.28% from two or more races.[2] Of the 134 households 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 21.6% of households were one person and 9.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.07.
The age distribution was 28.2% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.7 males.
The median household income was $41,806 and the median family income was $44,107. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $21,771 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,726. About 11.5% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.7% of those under age 18 and 23.1% of those age 65 or over.
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.