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Wisconsin Genealogy Index
We've been adding and updating records for the last several months. If you haven't used this index to more than 2,500,000 Wisconsin birth, marriage and death certificates recently, have another look. You'll also find listings for more than 150,000 obituaries and biographical sketches.
Museum Online Collections
Nearly 4,000 artifacts are available for viewing online. Categories include paintings, dolls, quilts, moccasins, samplers, children's clothing, ceramic art and objects chosen as Curators' Favorites. In addition, the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database features 19th and early 20th century material culture artifacts from the collections of local historical societies around the state.
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The First BrewersIf you're interested in our new book about the Milwaukee Braves, you might also want to read about the minor league Milwaukee Brewers, the hometown favorites from 1902-1952. They started when a group of Midwestern players, unhappy with the National and American Leagues, set up their own "American Association." They played in a bizarre, rectangular wooden park at Chambers and...
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
The Spring 2009 issue features articles on Theta Mead, a rural public heath nurse in the early 1900s; the 1899 baseball game played by Milwaukee officials and State of Wisconsin politicos to raise money for victims of the horrific New Richmond tornado; and the Wisconsin plywood industry's role in World War II aviation. |
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