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Door County-The "Thumb" of Wisconsin's "Hand"! Surrounded on three sides by Green Bay and Lake Michigan.

22 Apr 2009

CEMETERIES For Door County are now LOCATED on each Civil Town Map!

FYI: Our maps are on Town Maps are being updated with the "new" four-lane Hwy 42/57 from Sturgeon Bay to Green Bay. -affected Towns are: Nasewaupee, Gardner,  Brussels and Union. (all but Nasewaupee have been updated!)

Find your family in Door Co. on their land!

** TO SEE WHAT IS NEW JUST GO TO THE UPDATES PAGE! **

25 Jun 2009 - 2009 PGS PICNIC at Cherry Blossom Park!

24 Jun 2009-Town of Sevastopol-St.s Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery (Institute) (1977 index)

8 Jun 2009-Town of Sturgeon Bay-Shiloh Moravian Cemetery (1972 Index)

6 Jun 2009-Town of Washington-Washington Island Town Cemetery (1977 index)-contributed by Sally TREICHEL

PGS BEGINS THEIR 2009 CEMETERY PROJECT!

*BAYSIDE CEM. PHOTO SURVEY begun 4 Jun 2009*

*Transcription & digital pictures of stones:

Town of Nasewaupee-Schumacher/Nasewaupee Twn Cemetery-begun: 13 Jun 2009

Town of Sturgeon Bay-Shiloh Moravian Cemetery-begun: 16 Jun 2009

Town of Sturgeon Bay-Mount Olive Cemetery (if time allows)

  Sat. 13 Jun 2009   &  Tues. 16 Jun 2009

PGS 2009 Cemetery Project begins at Town of Nasewaupee-Schumacher/Nasewaupee Town Cemetery and Town of Sturgeon Bay-Shiloh Moravian Cemetery

LEFT: Sat. 13 Jun 2009: Bob HOHNEKE and Ginny HAEN at Schumacher Cem. ready to get to work!

RIGHT:  Sue HAVEL-PGS President in the interior of TOWN OF STURGEON BAY-SHILOH MORAVIAN CHURCH on 16 Jun 2009-first day of the PGS 2009 Photo Survey of TOWN OF STURGEON BAY-SHILOH MORAVIAN CEMETERY.

DOOR CO. FAMILY CONTRIBUTIONS for May and June 2009

30 Jun 2009 - Some Town of Sevastopol-Bayside Cemetery stone pictures taken by Mindy MCLANE and Deb SIEVERT were linked to the page's index.  Thank you Mindy and Deb!

29 Jun 2009 - LORCH, Margaretha stone at Town of Sevastopol-Bayside Cem. contributed by Deb SIEVERT led to the creation of the new GERMANY RESEARCH Page. Thanks to Deb and Ginny HAEN too!

29 May 2009 -   ROBILLARD Family -Louis and Malinda (LAVIOLETTE) ROBILLARD - contributed by Sue HAVEL

25 May 2009 - SACOTTE Family-Frank SACOTTE family-submitted by Ginny HAEN.

1 May 2009  -    FRANK BALDWIN BIOGRAPHY-by Robert BALDWIN -Our thanks to Bob for contributing this Biography to the PGS Website!

Hjalmar HOLAND -Door Co. Historian- 2 Vol.-"History of Door County"

TOWN OF GIBRALTAR-BLOSSOMBURG CEMETERY - Partial Index & Piks-Nov 2008 by Sue HOHNEKE

  New Pages/Additions in 2009:

*Photographers

*Door County Folks

*ZETTEL Poem

*Swedish Roots

*Laurie Room MAP

*HITT Family

*VALENTINE/ANDERSON Family Home in Ephraim 

*Researching Ireland (BROOKS)

*STONEMAN Family Photo

*Town of Nasewaupee-Schumacher/Nasewaupee Cem.-2002 Index by Sue HAVEL

 *    -Digging out Annastachia MACHIA's Stone

*Town of Jacksonport-Zion Lutheran/West Jacksonport Cem.-Holly KOHL's pictures of some stones linked

*Town of Nasewaupee-Salem Lutheran Cem.- Holly KOHLS' pictures of some stones linked!

*Door County Place Names

*City of Sturgeon Bay Map

*City of Sturgeon Bay Street Name Changes Tables

*Town of Egg Harbor-Egg Harbor Town Cem.-Nov 2008 Sue HOHNEKE's pictures of some stones linked!

*Town of Gibraltar-Blossomberg Cemetery - Index of some pictures taken by Sue HOHNEKE in Nov 2008

*CEMETERIES INDEXES now linked to CIVIL TOWN Pages!

*Town of Jacksonport-Jacksonport Town/Lakeview Cem.-being updated with Ginny HAEN's Family Stones.

*Frank BALDWIN Biography by Robert BALDWIN-added 1 MAY 2009

*Town of Jacksonport-Church of the Holy Nativity/Christ the King Episcopal Cem.-1977 Index (1 May 2009)

*Door County Folks-UNKNOWNS Page-pictures of unknown people from the Door County Area-(7 May 2009)

*INDEX TO HISTORY OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN-1881 PAGE-contributed by Ginny HAEN and also incorporated into our Civil Towns Pages (8 May 2009)

*INDEX TO COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE COUNTIES OF BROWN, KEWAUNEE AND DOOR WISCONSIN-1895 Page-Index of bios. with link to on-line access of the digitized book (8 May 2009).

*DOOR COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM 70th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION-9 May 2009 (13 May 2009)

* TERMANSEN Family Page - Contributed by Carol HOBSON - (13 May 2009)

*DOOR COUNTY LAND RECORDS Page- New (14 May 2009)

*DOOR COUNTY VITAL RECORDS Page updated (14 May 2009)

*TOWN OF STURGEON BAY-STURGEON BAY CITY Page updated with D.C. Register of Deeds and Register in Probate addresses and links and Street name changes table button link (14 May 2009)

*DOOR COUNTY PROBATE Page-New (15 May 2009)

*SACOTTE Family -Descendancy of Frank SACOTTE-submitted by Ginny HAEN-25 May 2009

*Town of Sevastopol-St. Joseph Cath. Cem.-updated 30 Apr 2009 & 11 May 2009- more missing stone piks taken by Ginny HAEN and Sue HOHNEKE - (15 May 2009).  More stones missing are added from pictures taken by Ginny HAEN on 23 May 2009.-(25 May 2009 & 26 May 2009)

*ROBILLARD Family-Louis and Malinda (LAVIOLETTE) ROBILLARD-contributed by Sue HAVEL-(31 May 2009)

*Town of Sevastopol-St. John's Evang. Lutheran Church Cemetery-Valmy-1972 Index-Completed retype on PGS Website-(3 Jun 2009)

*Town of Washington-Washington Island Town Cemetery-(1977 index)-contributed by Sally TREICHEL (6 Jun 2009

*Town of Sturgeon Bay-Shiloh Moravian Cemetery-1972 Index -(8 Jun 2009)

*Town of Sevastopol-Whitefish Bay Moravian Cemetery-1972 Index - (8 Jun 2009)

*Town of Nasewaupee-Schumacher/Nasewaupee Town Cemetery - map added - (9 Jun 2009)

*Town of Sevastopol-Bayside Cemetery-1973 Index-& 2009 PHOTO SURVEY being added-Maps & Conversion Table from PGS Sections to Bayside Cem. Assoc. Wards (14 Jun 2009) - Sec. 2 to waterpipe (see map) photos taken 11 Jun 2009 now all on website (17 Jun 2009)

*Town of Sturgeon Bay page updated with Shiloh Moravian Church history and pictures. (17 Jun 2009)

*Town of Sturgeon Bay-Shiloh Moravian Church page-updated with pictures and PGS made map of cemetery and first 3 rows of Sec. 2 taken 16 Jun 2009 linked-(18 Jun 2009)

*Town of Nasewaupee-Schumacher/Nasewaupee Town Cemetery page-updated with pictures taken of part of Section 3 by Sue & Bob HOHNEKE.

*Town of Sevastopol-St.s Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery (Institute) page-completion of 1977 index retype to webpage. (24 Jun 2009)

*PGS Genealogy Links Page has been revamped and links checked and corrected where broken. (25 Jun 2009)

*GERMAN RESEARCH Page added - using the picture of Margaretha LORCH's Stone (contributed by Deb SIEVERT) in Town of Sevastopol-Bayside Cemetery. (29 Jun 2009)

*Town of Sevastopol-Bayside Cemetery updated with Margaretha LORCH's Stone picture and translation of German writing-making corrections to the 1977 transcription (29 Jun 2009)

*Town of Sturgeon Bay-Shiloh Cemetery Page-updated with all the pictures taken of a portion of Sec. 1 by Sue HAVEL on 16 Jun 2009 (30 Jun 2009)

*Town of Sevastopol-Bayside Cemetery updated with pictures of stones taken by Mindy MCLANE and Deb SIEVERT and sent by e-mail to us by Deb SIEVERT (1 Jul 2009).

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