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The | The Wisconsin Historical Society has the second-largest collection of newspapers in the United States. Many, including all [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] newspapers, are on microfilm and can be loaned to public libraries through interlibrary loan. Newspapers produced by German and other ethnic groups are especially valuable for research about residents of the state. | ||
Newspaper articles published before 2000 are indexed in the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ Wisconsin Genealogy Index]. | Newspaper articles published before 2000 are indexed in the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ Wisconsin Genealogy Index]. | ||
From the state historical society, the Family History Library has obtained microfilms of 52 volumes of obituaries for 1846 to 1968 known as the ''Wisconsin Necrology'' (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=181627&disp=Wisconsin+necrology%2C+1846-1968++ 977684–91]). These are primarily from 1846–1944. There are 52 chronological volumes, and each volume has an index. The Milwaukee Public Library has a card index to the Milwaukee Sentinel for 1837–1890. It is also on microfilm at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. | From the state historical society, the Family History Library has obtained microfilms of 52 volumes of obituaries for 1846 to 1968 known as the ''Wisconsin Necrology'' (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=181627&disp=Wisconsin+necrology%2C+1846-1968++ 977684–91]). These are primarily from 1846–1944. There are 52 chronological volumes, and each volume has an index. The Milwaukee Public Library has a card index to the Milwaukee Sentinel for 1837–1890. It is also on microfilm at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. | ||
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*Bookstaff, Manning M. ''Index to Deaths Reported in "The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle," 1921–1961''. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: M. M. Bookstaff, 1994 (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=707211&disp=Index+to+deaths+reported+in+%22The+Wisco%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.595 B32b].) | *Bookstaff, Manning M. ''Index to Deaths Reported in "The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle," 1921–1961''. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: M. M. Bookstaff, 1994 (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=707211&disp=Index+to+deaths+reported+in+%22The+Wisco%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.595 B32b].) | ||
The | The Wisconsin Historical Society has indexed many of the obituaries in Wisconsin newspapers. There is a card for each person, and the cards are in their Subject Card Catalog. The library will check this card catalog for a name if you will send a self-addressed stamped envelope. Contact them at: | ||
Wisconsin Historical Society<br>816 State Street<br>Madison, WI 53706-1417<br>Internet: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ | |||
[[Category:Wisconsin]] | [[Category:Wisconsin]] | ||