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1930 Census Enumeration Districts
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There is no index to the 1930 census for Wisconsin. For Milwaukee, the census researcher must get an address and locate the enumeration district. All Milwaukee codes start with "40." "40" stands for Milwaukee county. "40-38" would be Milwaukee county enumeration district 38.
Though it only includes large cities, this site is designed to assist 1930 Census users in identifying Milwaukee enumeration districts. One catch is that a single street might have more than one enumeration district. With a city map or the 1930 street address change book, cross streets may be identified so that users can determine the exact enumeration district. To find EDs outside of the city of Milwaukee, use NARA's Researching 1930 Census Information site.
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19th Century U. S. Newspapers
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Consisting of just under 17 million articles, 19th Century U. S. Newspapers from the Thomson Gale Company is a genealogy or history buff's dream come true. Fully searchable by keyword, this database includes papers from across the U.S., and is particularly strong on the Midwest. Newspapers with significant runs include the Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, Chicago Evening Journal, Cleveland Daily Herald, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Frederick Douglass' Paper, to name just a few.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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African American Genealogical Society of Milwaukee
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Find the bylaws, history, meeting schedules and activities of this organization, which is devoted to preserving and perpetuating the records of Milwaukeeans' black ancestors, and to encouraging contemporary and future African Americans to preserve records of their families and their community. The group meets at the Martin Luther King Library on Locust Ave. every third Saturday of the month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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Afrigeneas
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This Web site is a source for online databases of African American genealogical material and of a network of genealogy sites focused on the special needs of the African Ancestored researcher including links for slave data, surnames, census, and cemeteries.
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Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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The Allen County Public Library Genealogy Department's renowned collection contains more than 232,000 printed volumes and 288,000 items on microfiche. Among the materials found in the collection are over 38,000 family histories, most National Archives passenger lists and indexes, the Freedmen's Bureau (1865-1870) and Freedmen's Savings and Trust (1865-1874) records, applications and enrollment cards of the Five Civilized Tribes (1896-1914).
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America's Obituaries & Death Notices
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If you are trying to find information on someone who has passed away, this may be the place where you will find what you need. Containing over 1,000 U.S. newspapers, most of which date back to the late 1990s (some before), Americas Obituaries & Death Notices includes everything from front page news articles to paid death announcements. Both large and small newspapers are represented, with California, Florida, and Massachusetts having the most listings. Prominent newspapers include the Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Denver Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Washington Times, and, of course, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Ancestry Library Edition
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Access the United States Census (all states, 1790-1930), military records, the Social Security Death Index, slave narratives, many city directories, court, land & probate records, state vital records, numerous passenger and immigration sources, the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB), and many, many more resources. Locate over 2 billion names in more than 4,000 source files. The Map Center has more than 1,000 historical maps. Records from the United Kingdom are also included. To see a list of newly added sources, click on "Recent Databases" in the lower center of the home screen. Another nice feature is the ability to search for records from a specific geographic location, for a particular range of years. Much of the content of this database appeared in the former Ancestry Plus database. The Milwaukee Public Library is grateful to the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society for their sponsorship of this database.
Library subscription.
Only available for use within City of Milwaukee
libraries.
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Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries
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Find individuals buried in the eight Catholic cemeteries located in southeastern Wisconsin owned by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The cemeteries are: All Saints, Calvary, Holy Cross, Holy Trinity, Mount Olivet, Resurrection, Saint Adalbert and Saint Joseph. Information may include some or all of the following: name, date of death, date of burial, age at death, marital status, last address, funeral home, cemetery, and location in cemetery. If you click on the "about us" phrase at the left of the screen and them click on "our locations" you will get information on the cemetery including address, date founded, and a site map.
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Area Research Center Network
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For the purposes of local historical research, records created by county offices and other local government units are housed at one of Wisconsin's Area Research Centers, as are non-governmental manuscript collections of regional interest. The state is divided into fourteen regions, thirteen of the regions are served by an Area Research Center, and one is served by the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.
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Atlas of the German Empire
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The 1883 Atlas des Deutschen Reichs by Ludwig Ravenstein was selected by the Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for digitization because of its usefulness to genealogists.
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Biography & Genealogy Master Index
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index (not full-text articles) to over 17 million biographical sketches on nearly 5 million people in more than 2,000 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures, living or dead, throughout the world. [For a full description of this database, go to Gale Group's Product Fact Sheets to link to a PDF format file. The Acrobat Reader plug-in is loaded on the MPL PCs.] Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Castle Garden
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This Web site offers free access to a database of information on 10 million immigrants who arrived in the U.S. between 1830 and 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Castle Garden, today known as Castle Clinton National Monument, was America's first official immigration center.
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Cemeteries, Graveyards & Burying Grounds
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Locate links to resources on cemetery history and preservation, including to directories of decedents, related organizations and publications, and specific cemeteries and sites in the world.
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Cemetery Junction
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On this site of over 18,554 listings of U.S. cemeteries listed alphabetically by state and searchable by name, is the largest collection of active and retired United States cemetery addresses on the Web. Also here, are links to sites for tombstone articles, obituaries & wills, funeral homes, etc. Througout this directory, there are CrO symbols wherever a cemetery has been quick-linked to a transcription at Interment.net: The Cemetery Transcription Library, another useful site.
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Cemetery Records Online from GeneaSearch
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For a list of links to sites with cemetery information, use this page.
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Census Information (USGenWeb Archives)
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This free digital library includes scanned census images, transcribed census schedules, and indexes.
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Christine's Genealogy Website
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For those doing African American genealogy. The format is similar to a paper genealogy magazine. Includes articles from other sources. Subjects covered include county census transcriptions, Freedmens Bureau records, and slave cases
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Civil War Soldiers & Sailors
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This is the National Park Service computerized database of Civil War Soldiers & Sailors. There is a complete searchable index of U.S. Colored Troops and more than six million soldiers.
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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
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A well-organized site with links to over 94,100 genealogical Web pages.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
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This is the Web site of the National Society of the DAR. It gives information about membership in the Society and provides access to the DAR Library holdings.
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Deathindexes.com
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Deathindexes.com is a directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery and burial records. You can also find information here about searching the Social Security Death Index online.
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Ellis Island Immigration Records
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Containing arrival records for 22 million immigrants who entered through the port of New York from 1892 to 1924 (70 percent of all arrivals), this searchable database includes immigrants' names, port of origin, age, nationality, hometown, and marital status. Caution: online access to the American Family Immigration History Center is limited, so you may have to try multiple times before connecting to the site.
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Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory
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Links to worldwide Internet genealogy and family history databases and resources.
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Family Tree Maker How-To Articles
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From this page, you can link with many different back issue articles aspects of genealogical research including tutorials, photographs, immigration research, research techniques, reunions, and technology.
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FamilySearch
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The FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service is a service sponsored by the Mormon Church (officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) to help people find and share family history information. The service currently contains information on over 400 million names, extracted from vital records worldwide, dating to 1500. The Search for Ancestors feature helps to find out whether any of the cataloged Internet sites, resource files, and donated information available through the service contain additional information about an ancestor while the Browse Categories feature allows people to look for information about a family history topic. A new feature is the African American Resources page.
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FEEFHS
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This site is hosted by the Federation of East European Family History Societies, a group which includes societies and organizations representing nearly every East and Central European group that has an existing genealogy society in North America, a growing number of Central and East European Societies and a growing group of world-wide organizations and individual members, from novices to professionals. This also includes Central Europe (Germany and Switzerland).
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Find A Grave
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This site allows users to search 21 million grave records and to find information on more than 250,000 cemeteries.
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FreeBMD
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Provides an index to the Civil Registration from England and Wales which was designed to record all the birth, marriages, and deaths since 1837. Project undertaken with the assistance of volunteers and is a work in progress. Sponsors include RootsWeb and Ancestry.com.
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Genealogical Charts and Forms
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This Brigham Young Univeristy website offers downloadable Pedigree Charts, Family Group Records, Research Logs, Source Notes, and more.
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Genealogy & Family History Databases
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Check this Web site for an extensive list of databases.
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Genealogy and Local History Sites
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From the Wisconsin Genealogy & Local History Roundtable (WIGLHR) unit within the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) comes this Web site linking to Wisconsin genealogical and historical information.
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Genealogy Wisconsin
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An essential site for information on Wisconsin genealogical organizations' Web sites. Features of the site include links to primary source sites, such as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Milwaukee Urban Archives, a list of Wisconsin County Courthouse addresses, and a link to a site for searching Wisconsin Land Records (search of pre-1908 homestead and cash entry patents).
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Genealogy: How-To Guide
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"Aren't sure where to search next?" Check these Family Tree Maker step-by-step instructions for locating different types of family information.
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General Land Office Records
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For the period 1820 to 1908, there is a database of "land patents" recording applications for the purchase and settlement of government land beyond the original 13 colonies. Over two million eastern records, are currently searchable using this site. These databases do not contain eastern and western patents issued after June 30, 1908 which are scheduled for automation during the next three years.
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GenSource.com
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I Found It and Common Threads are features of this Web site which is used for searching surnames and genealogy links.
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Graveyards of Chicago
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Over 600 images from graveyards of the Chicago area (Graceland, Rosehill, Calvary, Forest Home/Waldheim, Oak Ridge, and Resurrection cemeteries) can be found at this site.
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Great Lakes Marine Collection
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This database contains information on over 10,000 Great Lakes vessels from 1815 to the present: some that are diesel-powered, some rigged with sails, and some barges; cargo vessels, passenger boats, military and even pleasure craft. It also includes the names of owners, captains and builders of the vessels. The database was created by the Library and the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society with the Shipshape grant.
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HeritageQuest
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Searching for your roots in other states and faraway places? A treasure-trove of family and place histories (over 26,000) awaits within HeritageQuest. Another feature of the site is U.S. Census schedules going back to 1790. Other major resources found here include the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) and the Revolutionary War Era Pension Records. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Illinois State Archives
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The Illinois State Archives makes available online, searchable databases of vital records and other resources. These include the: Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database, Database of Illinois Servitude and Emancipation Records, Databases of Illinois Veterans, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900 and some local governmental records.
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Immigrant Ship Information
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Use this site to search for information on an immigrant ship and to link to other sources for immigrant information, such as the Grosse Ile (Canada's "immigrant station") site. Click on this other link for other passenger list information: Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
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Interment.net: the Cemetery Transcription Library
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For 3 million online burial records and tombstone inscriptions from over 5,800 cemeteries all over the world, use this site, formerly called Cemetery Records Online .Site includes records for Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee.
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International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave Ancestry®
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ISDSA maintains this database of slaves searchable by surname. View data such as date of birth and death, state of birth and death, photographs if available, and more. People who have information on individuals who were enslaved are encouraged to submit that information to ISDSA for inclusion.
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Jewish Data
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Jewish Data is one of the largest professionally compiled Jewish Genealogical resources of its kind currently available. Over 500,000 records including images of tombstones, school yearbook pages and Citizen Declaration documents are contained in the database. New records are added on an ongoing basis, but Milwaukee and Wisconsin are particularly well represented.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Jewish Museum Milwaukee
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The Archives of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee have made the following records available online: Death and Burial Index, Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Obituary Index, Marriage Records, and Rabbis of Congregation Emanu-El.
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JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy
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Primary source for researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide. Links to many Jewish databases and has useful general information including Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations by Marian L. Smith, Historian, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service et al.
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Kartenmeister Database
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Database of over 62,000 Prussian place names in German and Polish. Database is searchable by German name, older German name, today's Polish, Lithuanian or Russian name, etc. Wildcard searching helps when only parts of names are legible.
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Libraries and Museums: Reference Shelf for the Genealogist
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Hundreds of links, both local and international, for amateur and professional researchers.
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Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy
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The Library of Congress has one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications. The Library's genealogy collection began as early as 1815 when Thomas Jefferson's library was purchased.
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Links to the Past
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Historical information on Milwaukee County: entries from early city directories, maps, vital records, early businesses, surnames, cemeteries, biographical index with links to text of
History of the Great Lakes by J.B. Mansfield.
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Milwaukee County Almshouse and Poor Farm Cemeteries
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The Milwaukee "County Farm" Cemetery (a.k.a. Potter's Field) was used during the years 1872-1974. The farm included the poorhouse, the Home for Dependent Children and Infant's Hospital and the Milwaukee County Insane Asylum. This cemetery was used for the inmates of these establishments and also for other indigent people and transients for whom no funds were available for burial. This site includes nearly 6,400 names found in the burial register. Ages were not recorded until 1898, and cause of death not recorded until 1908.
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Milwaukee County Genealogical Society
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This site contains the news and information on membership and activities of the Society. All MCGS meetings and classes are held at the Central Library of the Milwaukee Public Library System.
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Milwaukee PAF Users Group
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MPAFUG is a computer-genealogy group. "Anything to do with computers and genealogy together is what we are all about." The Web site contains their calendar of events, current and previous months' newsletters, lists of queries and surnames of interest to members, and information on joining the organization.
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National Archives and Records Administration (Genealogy Page)
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NARA is the Federal agency that oversees the management of all federal records. Especially important to genealogists are documents recording immigrations, naturalizations, and military service. NARA's Genealogy Page provides information about the finding aids, guides, and research tools to prepare for a visit to a NARA facility or for requesting records from NARA. Use the search feature to bring up the Soundex machine for automatic generation of Soundex codes.
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National Archives of Canada
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A good starting point for those doing Canadian genealogy. Most of the site refers to information in other formats (not online), though there are some primary record links (e.g. Passenger and Immigration Records from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries from the InGeneas database).
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National Genealogical Society
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This Web site from NGS, a national society, contains information on membership in the Society, standards for genealogical research, and information on upcoming conferences. For beginners, there's also an online study course on getting started in genealogy.
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National Personnel Records Center
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Find information here on where to obtain the records for active military personnel and the medical and related records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th Century.
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Nationwide Gravesite Locator
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This searchable database from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs "contains more than three million records of veterans and dependents buried in VA's 120 cemeteries since the Civil War." It also has records of some burials in state veteran's cemeteries and burials in Arlington National Cemetery from 1999 to the present. Search results include military branch and rank, service dates, and location of the gravesite.
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Native American Genealogy
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Interested in Native American history and genealogy? This is the site.
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Newberry Library (Chicago, IL)
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A major research library containing materials dealing with the British Isles, Canada, and the United States with an emphasis on the area from the Mississippi Valley to the Eastern Seaboard. The Newberry's exhaustive genealogical resources include pre-twentieth century birth, marriage, death, probate, deed, court, tax and cemetery records. Its collection of civil war unit histories is one of the best in the United States.
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NewspaperARCHIVE
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A subset of NewspaperARCHIVE.com's full content, Access NewspaperARCHIVE offers coverage for over 2,000 newspaper titles, with articles dating from the 1700's to the present. The database contains tens of millions fully searchable pages representing the U.S., Canada, Jamaica, Germany, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, in .pdf format. More than 700 Wisconsin newspapers are included, and Milwaukee is represented by the Milwaukee Sentinel, the Milwaukee Daily American, the Wisconsin Banner and approximately 40 others. HINT: Try all versions of a newspaper's name. For example, the Milwaukee Sentinel appears under multiple listings, such as the Daily Sentinel and Gazette, Milwaukie Sentinel, and the longest span appears as the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Online Genealogical Database Index
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This large Web site contains links to all known genealogical databases SEARCHABLE through the
Web. It does NOT include links to sites devoted to a family unless a database is available for searching.
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Online Guide to Metro Milwaukee Genealogical Collections
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The Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee compiled this directory of local collections and repositories of genealogical information. The Guide contains information on the repositories, including an overview of holdings useful to genealogists and others doing family research. Researchers will appreciate more efficient access to a large volume of widely scattered resources.
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Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records
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This site gathers together links to online death indexes by state and county. Included are death indexes, obituaries, probate indexes and cemetery & burial indexes.
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Polish Genealogical Society of America
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The Polish Genealogical Society of America provides Polish genealogy resources to find your Polish roots. A partial index for Milwaukee's Kuryer Polski newspaper during the years 1900 to about 1926 is available here. The Milwaukee Public Library's Humanities Department, (414) 286-3061, also can check an additional index for obituary, marriage, and engagement announcements in this newspaper during the years 1900 to 1926.
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Political Graveyard
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A list of where over 81,000 politicians (U.S. political figures included are all state governors and members of Congress, past and present), judges, diplomats were born, lived, died, and were buried (cemeteries, etc.). Search for people by name, state and office, birth or death date, etc.
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ProGenealogists
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For the beginner or advanced genealogist, this site pulls together both free and pay Internet resources. The Family History Research Group has provided a clearinghouse for census, vital and military records, plus listings of local and international genealogical organizations and practical tools for the genealogist's use.
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Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
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Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness is a global volunteer organization more than 4,000 members strong whose participants have agreed to do a free genealogy research task at least once per month in their local area as an act of kindness. While the volunteers of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) have agreed to donate their time for free, you MUST PAY the volunteer for his/her expenses in fulfilling your request (copies, printing fees, postage, film or video tape, parking fees, etc.). RAOGK has helped thousands of researchers. Volunteers take time to do everything from looking up courthouse records to taking pictures of tombstones. All they ask in return is reimbursement for their expenses (never their time) and a thank you.
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Researching 1930 Census Information
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This National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) site answers frequently asked questions about the 1930 census, providing information on topics such as what questions were asked by the census, how to best search out information on particular States, which States had name indexes prepared, how to search those States and the ones without name indexes, locating enumeration district information for rural areas or small communities, and where to view, rent, or buy the microfilm containing the original records. To locate city of Milwaukee EDs use the 1930 Census Enumeration Districts link. The Milwaukee Public Library owns microfilm for the Wisconsin portion of the census, and that film is available in the Periodicals Department of the Central Library.
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RootsWeb
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One of the oldest and largest genealogical Web sites. It presently hosts more than 22,288 homepages of genealogical groups and historical societies and 21,415 mailing lists. This site is especially useful for surname searching. Try their Soundex converter for easy name coding.
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Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers
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The Wisconsin Historical Society has reproduced here a set of volumes which list all the soldiers known to have participated in Wisconsin's Civil War regiments. Known as the Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, these two volumes were compiled in 1886 from original archival records, and their alphabetical index was published in 1914.
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Ships' Passenger Lists Index by Year (Olive Tree)
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Features lists of passenger names for ship voyages from 1492 to the late 1800's. It is one link on a larger list from Addie's Genealogy Home Page which is called Emigration / Ship Lists and Resources.
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Social Security Death Index
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The Death Master File (DMF) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) contains over 61 million records. It is a searchable database and contains the following information (if available): last and first name, Social Security #(State issued), birth and death dates, and state of last residence. The information in the Death Index for people who died prior to 1962 is sketchy since death information was not automated before that date. Search the Index through the Family Search Internet Genealogy Service.
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Society of Hispanic Historical & Ancestral Research
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SHHAR is a non-profit volunteer organization with the specific goal of helping Hispanics
(Spanish language heritage) research their family history.
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USGenWeb
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The USGenWeb Project site was created by a group of volunteers working together to provide a web of Internet Websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The Project is committed to free access for everyone.
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USGS Mapping Information
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Use an online form to search the United States Geological Survey database (aka the GNIS or Geographic Names Information Sytem) which contains information about almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States. References are made to a feature's location by State, county, and geographic coordinates (longitude and latitude), the 7.5' Map containing the feature is identified, and the Federally recognized feature is identified. The search results include links to the feature in other geographic representations, such as Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ) (black-and-white, aerial photographic image map), Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) (digitized version of a USGS topographic map), Feature (Tiger Map Server), and Find the Watershed. The main page for the USGS is found here.
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Vital Records Information - United States
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Included is information on obtaining vital records (birth, death, marriage, divorce) from all the U.S. states and territories. Click on Related Links for a list of adoption resources, investigative services, and foreign vital records sites.
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Wisconsin Genealogy (USGenWeb)
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Here is a great page for seeing what is on the Web regarding Wisconsin genealogical resources. Click on County List and go to Milwaukee County for a list of local resources.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Genealogy Page
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More than just Wisconsin history and genealogy, the library and archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society (located in Madison, WI) also contain family and local histories, census material, vital, church and immigration records, and newspapers from all over North America, with more than 4 million items in the genealogy collection. The organization was formerly called the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW).
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Wisconsin Historical Society Online Genealogical Research Service
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Order copies of pre-1907 Wisconsin birth, marriage, and death records here. Before submitting an order, please have your email address and valid credit card ready, and review Terms of Service, which explains Wisconsin Historical Society fees, delivery time, and so forth. Over the next few months, the Society expects to add Civil War service records, obituaries, and biographical sketches to the menu of sources which can be searched by request over the Web.
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Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
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By the end of 2001, the Wisconsin Historical Society will have placed online 16,000 articles onpeople and places in Wisconsin. The material comes from newspaper articles found in scrapbooks available in the WHS Archives. The years cover 1860-1940.
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Wisconsin Name Index
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Obituaries, personal sketches, and other short biographies of Wisconsinites are indexed in this resource from the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Society will provide full-text copies from the sources cited for a fee. Many of the sources cited for the obituary or sketch may be available at the Milwaukee Public Library.
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Wisconsin Vital Records
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This Genealogy Research page from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) includes an informative chart outlining which vital records (Birth, Death, Marriage, or Divorce) are available for each Wisconsin county and links to pages with mailing address and fee information. Printable application forms are found by clicking on this Wisconsin Vital Records link.
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WorldGenWeb (International Genealogy)
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This site divides the world into regions, which are divided up by countries, and each country is divided into individual provinces, states, or counties (terms vary depending on locale). There is an Alphabetical Index of Countries and a keyword search for quick searching the over-400 Project Websites.
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