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'''1861– 1865:''' Over 90,000 men from Wisconsin served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War. | '''1861– 1865:''' Over 90,000 men from Wisconsin served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War. | ||
You can learn about the pre-statehood era of Wisconsin in the many published volumes of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Two good sources are the Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and the Northwest, Illinois, and Michigan, and Wisconsin Territorial Papers. Indexes to the territorial papers are in: | You can learn about the pre-statehood era of Wisconsin in the many published volumes of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Two good sources are the Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and the Northwest, Illinois, and Michigan, and Wisconsin Territorial Papers. Indexes to the territorial papers are in: | ||
''The Territorial Papers of the United States''. 28 vols. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+N2udt 973 N2udt]; films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=42234&disp=The+territorial+papers+of+the+United+Sta++ 1421059].) Volume 26 is at the Family History Library. Volumes 27 and 28 cover Wisconsin Territorial papers 1836–1848. The Family History Library does not have volumes 27 and 28. | ''The Territorial Papers of the United States''. 28 vols. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+N2udt 973 N2udt]; films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=42234&disp=The+territorial+papers+of+the+United+Sta++ 1421059].) Volume 26 is at the Family History Library. Volumes 27 and 28 cover Wisconsin Territorial papers 1836–1848. The Family History Library does not have volumes 27 and 28. | ||
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A source for early Wisconsin historical information for the 1690s to the 1860s is: | A source for early Wisconsin historical information for the 1690s to the 1860s is: | ||
Draper, Lyman Copeland, ed. ''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.'' | Draper, Lyman Copeland, ed. ''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whc/index.aspx?area=about Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin].'' 21 vols. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1855–1915. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=629105&disp=Collections+of+the+State+Historical+Soci%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 B2wc] also digital copy; films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=629105&disp=Collections+of+the+State+Historical+Soci++ 924580–590] .) The papers collected in this work mainly focus on the history of Wisconsin prior to statehood. For example, volume 19 has extensive information about persons engaged in the fur trade, 1778–1817. | ||
A source with excellent bibliographies concerning the early French traders and Indian records is: | A source with excellent bibliographies concerning the early French traders and Indian records is: | ||