Wisconsin Books and Publications
Pamphlets available through the National Archives.
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Guide to Records in the National Archives - Great Lakes Region
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Microfilm Publications in the National Archives - Great Lakes Region
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Microfilm Records that Pertain to Genealogy
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Military Service Records in the National Archives of the United States
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Ordering Reproductions from the National Archives
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Select List of Publications of the National Archives and Records Administration
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The National Archives Microfilm Rental Program
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Using Records in the National Archives for Genealogical Research
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Using Census Records
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division
Published Guides
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin has published nearly 30 guides
to its various library and manuscript collections, some of which are listed
here. To order any of these, call the Fiscal Services Division at (608) 264-6428.
Social Action
Collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: A Guide.
by Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L., and Mattern, Carolyn J. 158 pp. 1983. $12.00
Genealogical Research: An Introduction to the Resources of the State Historical
Society of Wisconsin. 2d. ed.
by Danky, James P., ed. 56pp. 1986. $5.95
Women's History: Resources at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
by Danky, James P., ed. 56pp. 1982.$3.95
Guide to Labor Papers in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
by Ham, F. Gerald, and Hedstrom, Margaret, ed. 140pp. 1978. $5.00
Guide to Draper Manuscripts.
by Harper, Josephine L., ed. 500 pp. 1983. $30.00
Guide to the Wisconsin Jewish Archives.
by Knight, Cynthia, ed. 54pp. 1992. $10.00
Wisconsin Genealogical Publications
French Canadian / Acadian Genealogists Of Wisconsin Quarterly
% Pat Geyh, 4624 West Tesch Avenue, Greenfield, Wisconsin 53220
Gems Of Genealogy
(bimonthly) (queries accepted), Bay Area Genealogical Society, Post Office
Box 283, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305
M.C.G.S. Reporter
(quarterly) (queries accepted), Milwaukee County Genealogical Society, Post
Office Box 27326, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53227-0326
Out On A Limb
Watertown Genealogical Society, Post Office Box 91, Watertown, Wisconsin
53094-0091
WCGS Newsletter
(queries accepted), Waukesha County Genealogical Society, Post Office Box
1541, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53187-1541
Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter
(quarterly) (queries), % Virginia V. Irvin, 2109 20th Avenue, Monroe, Wisconsin
53566
Wisconsin Microfiche available through
Ancestor Publishers
WISCONSIN - BIOGRAPHIES
Memorial Records of the Fathers of Wisconsin Containing Sketches of the
Lives and Career to the Members of the Constitutional Conventions to 1848
and 1847 with a History of Early Settlement in Wisconsin, Pub. 1880,
by H. A. Tenney and David Atwood. Indexed, 400 pages. 5 fiche.
Wisconsin
by The Lewis Publishing Company, pub. 1914. Contains biographies for the
following surnames: Anson, Archibald, Auer, Ayer, Baker, Bancroft, Bardon,
Beyer, Bolens, Bossert, Brumder, Bryant, Carson, Cary, Caswell, Christensen,
Choate, Clark, Cochran, Dixon, Dodge, Earling, Ernst, Evans, Falk, Frame,
Gates, Gilson, Granberg, Halsey, Hanson, Henry, Hirshheimer, Hoard, Jackson,
Johnson, Lathrop, Lockwood, Long, Loveland, Lyman, Mariner, Marshall, McDonell,
Meyers, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Nieman, Norris, Noyes, O'Day, Peck, Philipp,
Pierce, Plankinton, Putney, Ravn, Reinig, Robbins, Rose, Rueping, Saayer,
Schmidt, Shaughnessy, Simmons, Stange, Trostel, Truax, Upham, Vilas, Wahl,
Week, Wells, Weyenberg, Whitney, Williams, Willson, Winkler and Yule. 509
pages, 5 fiche.
WISCONSIN - CENSUS
Wisconsin State Veterans Census for 1885.
Arranged alphabetically; gives name, rank, co., regt., state served
from, present address. 387 printed pages. 2 fiche.
Wisconsin State Veteran Census for 1895.
Enumerates names of ex-soldiers and sailors residing in Wisconsin, June 20,
1895. There are several lists in this record: Soldiers of the Civil War in
Wisconsin Regiments, Soldiers of the Civil War enlisting from other States,
Sailors of the Civil War, Marines in the Civil War, Wisconsin regular Army
Soldiers in the Mexican War and Soldiers of the Civil War who served in or
with Colored Regiments. Alphabetically arranged. 3 fiche.
Wisconsin State Veteran Census for 1905.
Arranged alphabetically; gives name, rank, co., regt., branch of service
and post office of Veterans living in Wisconsin on June 20, 1905. 245 printed
pages. 1 fiche.
WISCONSIN - CHURCHES
Guide to Church Vital Statistic Records in Wisconsin
Pub. 1942, by Historical Records Survey Service Division Work Projects
Administration. Lists churches and tells what records such as baptisms, marriages
and funerals were kept. Alphabetically arranged by town. 4 fiche.
WISCONSIN - HISTORY
Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Lake Region
(Wisconsin & Minnesota), by J. H. Beers & Co., pub. 1905. Indexed.
554 pages, 8 fiche.
WISCONSIN - MILITARY
Wisconsin Volunteers War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865,
by Estabrook, McGregor and Holway, pub. 1885-1899. Arranged alphabetically;
gives name, rank, company and regiment. 1137 printed pages. 5 fiche.
Index from Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War, 1861-1865,
by Charles E. Estabrook, Editor, published in 1915. This is an index of the
names of Wisconsin soldiers killed in action, mortally wounded or dying from
other causes in the civil war. Information includes the name and the Co.
Regiment. 2 fiche, $ 8.00
Wisconsin Soldiers and Sailors Regimental Reunion Roster, 1880,
by Wisconsin Soldiers Reunion Association, pub. 1880. Contents: Regimental
Reunion Roster with explanations, Appendix to Roster (late registrations);
Unassigned veterans and Roster Index (Wisconsin regiments only). 309 pages,
3 fiche.
Wisconsin section of "List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883;
Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for which Pensioned, the Post-Office
Address, the Rate of Pension per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance,
as called for by Senate Resolution of December 8, 1882, Volume 3". Pensioners
are veterans, widows, fathers or mothers of veterans who served in the war
of 1812 or the Civil War. The lists are organized by county. Information
includes names, date applied, type of service or wound, etc., county and
town living in and usually the pension number. 2 fiche.
WISCONSIN - PASSENGER LISTS
Ten Old Lutheran Passenger Lists for Lutherans that went to Buffalo Erie
Co., and Niagara Co., NY and Dodge Co., Jefferson Co., Washington Co., Oazauikee
Co., and Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin in 1843.
by Martin Wm. Johnson. All ships arrived in New York City. They came from
Germany and Prussia. 36 pages. 1 fiche.
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