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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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Elderly Horse Thief By all accounts, Charles J. Agrelius (1831-1915) was quite a charmer. The son of a Swedish clergymen, Agrelius settled in southwestern Wisconsin about the time the Civil War broke out, and served with a cavalry unit in Kansas. After the war, he returned to Wisconsin and set up shop in Mount Vernon, Dane Co., as a harness maker --...
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Wisconsin Magazine of History
The Winter 2008-2009 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History features articles on Liberace, UW-Extension cooking schools, and the relocation of the Brotherton Tribe to Territorial Wisconsin. |
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Society's Second in Command Calls it a Career
