MANITOWOC RESOURCESGravestone cleaning and/or raising company Located in Chilton, Wisconsin Today's Herald Times Reporter onlineManitowoc Co. Visitor's Information Bureau online Lodging info for Man. Co. Search Land Records Seachable Database including pictures of the actual signed documents Wisconsin State Historical Society Put Manitowoc in the search engine then click on what interests you. A page will come up that tells where those records are kept.
WISCONSIN RESOURCESSearch Land Records Seachable Database including pictures of the actual signed documentsOnline History Stories Wisconsin Historical Society has local history stories from newspaper clippings online Wisconsin Historical Society The main page of the Wisconsin Historical Society with links to what they have online. Wisconsin Pioneer Experience Belgian-American Research Collection Family Search Organization Adoption Record Information: To Help Obtain Adoption Records More Information on Obtaining Adoption Records Fee Schedules
RESOURCES FOR OTHER STATES/ENTIRE USNew York City site A helpful site to get you started in genealogy, sent in by a group of children in Colorado DirectoryGenealogy.com Genealogy directory, provide genus information and resources. USGenWeb ProjectUSGenWeb Archives Archives Global Search Resources Boards for all States 1870 Michigan Census Online Searchable Index and Images. Search Land Records Seachable Database including pictures of the actual signed documents A searchable IL Statewide Death Index, 1916 - 1950 The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from April 1636 to October 1776" It's free to see. You'll need Adobe Acrobat in order to read it. Illinois State Marriage Index 1763-1900 Biographies of Ship Captains from the Great Lakes Ports
RESOURCES FOR OTHER COUNTRIES/IMMIGRATIONOntario Birth RegistrationsTranscriptions of Ontario Birth Registrations covering the period 1869 to 1905, most Ontario counties and districts. Daily postings are highlighted at the top of this page. Civil registration began in Ontario on July 1, 1869, the early births were not always registered. Prior to 1869 you would need to check church records. Check the Archives of Ontario website for more on parish registers. Ellis Island Millions of Ellis Island records will be going online here. French-Canadian Gen. Books Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Norwegian Immigrant ships"> Hamburg Passenger List - 1872 FreeBMD Details of over 10 million English and Welsh births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1900 are now available for free on the Internet Federation of East European Family History Societies Has a variety of databases. Translations Here is a link to a German-English online translation page St. Catherines Transcriptions Post-1837 birth, marriage and death records in England and Wales Nice site with lots of information "If you have ancestors from Valdres, Norway, it's possible to go back many generations from the Valdres immigrants to Manitowoc back in Norway. Skien Genealogical site I received this from Norway from Jan Christensen. "The Gjerpen Cemetery is online here in Norway. My genealogical society has started a project of transcribing all the cemeteries in the district and we have come quite far with this work, so you'll find it all here on my web-page Michael Kurz This came from Austria, from Michael Kurz. "I'm writing my master thesis about the emigration from Salzkammergut to the U.S. in the 19th century, and am tracing emigrants from my home region. Between 1851 and 1880, about 400 people emigrated. I have information on some of these families I would like to share. Some of the surnames are: Pilz, Reisenauer, Reisenbichler, Spiegel, and Hofer. Please contact me him for more information. A Database of all the Norwegians in the 1880 census Articles to help you understand Norwegian research A list of most of the people who left by ship from Hamburg in 1872 This gentleman has links to help you with research in Germany Atlas des Deutschen Reichs [Atlas of the German Empire] by Ludwig Ravenstein (Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1883), put on by the University of Wisconsin. A database of Prussian place names Including both German and Polish place names.
Norwegian Databases
This looks like a great site with a lot of databases. Some instructions in
English some in Norwegian. Most of the site is in Norwegian. Worth a try.
MILITARY RESOURCESSearchable Civil War rosters for WisconsinManitowoc County Civil War Roundtable A new site just starting up. The Civil War Lady She does lookups on many states rosters. Lists The government has put the casualties from the Korean war and the Vietnam war online, listed by state then by county Patriot Lookup Service The DAR will search their database of proven Revolutionary patriots free of charge. Andersonville Prison site He will do lookups and take pictures. Some services have a fee involved. He also has links to a database put on by the Macon County Chamber of Commerce. World War II Database Click on "War Dead" then "World War II" then "listing of WWII database" click on "UNIT" then enter the unit if you have it. You also can search by name at this site.
GREAT LAKES SHIPPING AND DISASTERSWisconsin Great Lakes Shipwrecks There is a link to a database listing newspaper articles about the shipwrecks that can be ordered through an interlibrary loan.Great Lakes Ship Files - formerly the Runge Collection A searchable database with records that can be ordered for a fee. Maritime Wisconsin Newspaper Database
GENERAL/ALL INCLUSIVECyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet Great Resource!Genealogy Portal A lot of great references about genealogy for your genealogy research Church Addresses A site that lists church addresses around the US and Canada. LDS Online The LDS is putting genealogy information online. It's a must visit. Downward Bound Help finding your ancestors of Great Lakes shipping Past Connections A site dedicated to finding family memoribilia Genealogy For Kids A site dedicated to building a family tree with kids (Thank you ISAAC for sharing this link with me!) Creating Family History Videos A site with tips from preparing for filming to finalizing your family history video (Thank you LILY for sharing this link with me!) Using AI for Genealogical Research (Thank you BEN for sharing this link with me!) Irish American Immigration History A site with multiple resources for understanding the history of Irish immigration. (Thank you BEN for sharing this link with me!) Researching Your Family History from Ships Passenger Lists A site with multiple resources for searching ships passenger lists. (Thank you BEN for sharing this link with me!) Census lookups by state done for free Site for free lookups of all kinds Cemeteries around the World A link to cemeteries online all over the net. Links to US Libraries A Guide to Researching the History of a House Links to online resourses and public records for the history of your home Map Resource Geographic Nameserver If you don't know where the town your looking for is, try this site and you should be able to find it. Satellite maps This is a link to a zoomable satellite map which covers most of the United States and Europe. You can even see the houses and roads, etc. For those of you who want to see what the area looked like that your ancestors lived in, it's worth a visit. It has a search engine to input the name of the town, etc. Lotsa Maps The 1895 United States Atlas is online. If you're having trouble finding a town or county, check this out. *********** Modern Woodmen of America life insurance records are available to help verify information and can help you continue in the right direction on your family research. Now, you can contact the MWA corporate librarian to check death benefit claim records 1884 - 1946 via e-mail: |