Castle Grove Township was transcribed by Joanne Wilken.
Castle Grove was particularly difficult to transcribe. Joanne sent the following note that gives some idea of the degree of effort that she puts into preparing these records for you:
I am working on Castle Grove. It is a mess. Even when he accidently spelled something correctly, the writing is not readable. I am working with the 1885 listing, the 1925 census, the 2 histories, and the WPA cemetry book to try to decipher the census. It is taking much longer to enter but I am doing the best I can. Accurately transcribing the census is not at issue here--giving you anything of value to put online is a real challenge. The Castle Grove cemetery records that we have are very good (some additional family information included) so that helps.
Music: "Bloom and Blossom" ca. 1887. From Parlor Songs: In Search of American Popular Music.