Thanks MAK, good to know and I passed it along. Several other State Historical
Societies have recently done this with great success, such as Minnesota. Rita
- Oconto County
Here is an interesting article (forwarded in its entirety) received
from a
fellow genealogist in the midwest... R/S MAK
-----Original Message-----
From: Historydocs [mailto:historydocs@whs.wisc.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 10:03 AM
To: Historydocs
Cc: Michael Edmonds
Subject: Wisconsin Sources Available Online
Dear colleague,
I thought the two short texts inserted below my signature might
interest people who moderate local email lists or edit newsletters.
Feel free to run them in your printed or email newsletter, forward
them to your members, or place a link anywhere on a site you maintain.
If you want to expand or edit these paragraphs, feel free to visit the
web sites below and select any text there that would be helpful.
If this message isn't appropriate for your organization, please accept
my apologies. I thought the people with whom you communicate might
like to learn about these two new services at the Wisconsin Historical
Society's Web site.
Best wishes,
Michael Edmonds
Deputy Director
Library/Archives Division
Wisconsin Historical Society
608-264-6538
1. "Wisconsin Local History on the Web"
The Wisconsin Historical Society Library recently mounted more collections
on the World Wide Web for genealogists and local historians.
"Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles"
(
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba/index.asp) contains nearly 16,000
local newspaper articles published statewide between 1860 and 1940.
These consist mainly of pioneer reminiscences, portraits of community
institutions, interviews with early settlers, strange anecdotes of
eccentric personalities, and other grass-roots information. These real
stories of real people have not been altered in any way; images of the
original newspaper articles display on the researcher's screen. All of
them are easy to search by personal name or a variety of subject headings,
about 50,000 pages of local history and genealogy in all.
There is no charge to use this collection. It is made possible by funding
from the Wisconsin Dept. of Public instruction through the Library
Services and Technology Act and through a very generous donation from the
late Scott M. Cutlip, a UW-Madison professor of mass communications.
If you have any questions about the website, contact Michael Edmonds,
Deputy Director, Library/Archives Division, Wisconsin Historical Society,
at miedmonds(a)whs.wisc.edu, or use the feedback buttons on the web site.
2. "Order Wisconsin Vital Records Online"
A new online service from the Wisconsin Historical Society lets you order
a search of Wisconsin's pre-1907 birth, marriage and death records over
the Internet.
Vital records are a fundamental information source for genealogists. They
can reveal minute details about a person such as birth, marriage or death
date, birth place, maiden name, and religious affiliation, as well as
information about their parents. Genealogists use them as stepping stones
to other valuable sources such as obituaries and census records.
Requesting a search online is quite simple. After receiving your
instructions and credit card payment via our secure Web site, staff
trained in researching Wisconsin vital records will carefully search
for the records you specify and send photocopies of their findings. All
orders are guaranteed to ship within 4 weeks; rush service is also
available for an additional charge. For more information, including the
fee schedule, visit the Society's Online Genealogical Research Service at
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/ogrs/index.html or contact
Michael Edmonds, Deputy Director, Library/Archives Division, Wisconsin
Historical Society, at historydocs(a)whs.wisc.edu "
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