Easy Access to Ancestor Records in Wisconsin - Area Research Centers Sunday, July 26, 2009

A great resource, when I don't find records listed in the WHS - Wisconsin Genealogy Index, is the network of Area Research Centers housing the local and genealogical histories of Wisconsin. The particular ARC that I have used most to date is located at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay and is part of the Cofrin Library. Records in this database include:

	Births, Deaths and Marriages	Citizenship	Court Case Files	Probate	Land Records (Deeds & Mortgages)	Tax & Assessment Rolls
Brown	ca. 1823-1907	1829-1984	1823-1939	1821-1906	1820-1902	1859-1980

Manitowoc

ca. 1823-1907

1848-1955

1849-1943

1864-1959

Abstract of Title 1835-1889

Sparse Holdings

Oconto	ca. 1823-1907	1857-1952	1857-1923	1857-1923	No Holdings	1853-1970
Outagamie	ca. 1823-1907	1852-1963	1852-1981	1853-1923	No Holdings	1855-1980

The ARC has citizenship records for the following counties:
Brown County 1829-1984 with an on-line index available.

Here is a list of records I have requested to date:

• Kluge, Christoph probate records - none found 8/2009
  
• Kluge, Christoph naturalization certificate
• Kluge, Christoph declaration of intent
• Gamache, Antoine death certificate
• van der Donk, Cornelius Henry (1st) birth certificate
• Ziegler, Fred C. declaration of intent
• Ziegler, Fred C. naturalization certificate
• Ziegler, Fred C. probate records - none found 8/2009
  

Here is a list of records to be requested in the future:

• Appleton, Mary Ann probate records
• Kluge, Carl Julius and August Kluge probate records - 3 files 8/2009 (need to get copy)
  
• Ridgeway, John probate records
• Moravian Church, Freedom, WI books (for Kluges)
  
• Dobler, Johann (John) death certificate
• Dobler, Anna death certificate
• Kluge, Christiane Dobler death certificate
  
• van der Donk, Jacobus citizenship records (didn't find in on-line index)
  
• Berns, James citizenship records (arrival 1865 Oct, filing 1866 Nov 06)
• Fred C. Ziegler's run for public office and the results
  

Here are the forms to request records.

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