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An important [[Wisconsin Genealogy|Wisconsin]] collection with biographical information about early settlers, traders, missionaries, etc., is: | An important [[Wisconsin Genealogy|Wisconsin]] collection with biographical information about early settlers, traders, missionaries, etc., is: | ||
*Draper, Lyman Copeland. ''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.'' 24 vols. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1855–. (Family History Library {{ | *Draper, Lyman Copeland. ''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.'' 24 vols. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1855–. (Family History Library {{FSC|629105|title-id|disp=book 977.5 B4wc}}; films beginning with {{FSC|629105|title-id|disp=924580}}.) Volume 21 is an index to volumes 1–20. These volumes discuss various aspects of the early history of Wisconsin. | ||
An interesting collection of biographical information about persons involved in circuses between 1793 and the present is at: | An interesting collection of biographical information about persons involved in circuses between 1793 and the present is at: | ||
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The Family History Library has collected biographical works on subjects such as soldiers, lawyers, women, and prominent citizens and pioneers of various regions of the state. Useful biographical encyclopedias include: | The Family History Library has collected biographical works on subjects such as soldiers, lawyers, women, and prominent citizens and pioneers of various regions of the state. Useful biographical encyclopedias include: | ||
*''United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men: Wisconsin Volume.'' Chicago, Illinois: American Biographical Pub., 1877. (Family History Library film {{ | *''United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men: Wisconsin Volume.'' Chicago, Illinois: American Biographical Pub., 1877. (Family History Library film {{FSC|174895|title-id|disp=1000800}} item 3; fiche {{FSC|6051214|film|disp=6051214}}.) An index is included. | ||
*''Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography''. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society, 1960. {{ | *''Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography''. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society, 1960. {{FSC|977.5 D3w|disp=(Family History Library book 977.5 D3w.) }}The biographies are in alphabetical order. | ||
*Nelke, David I. ''Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery''. . . . Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1895. (Family History Library book {{ | *Nelke, David I. ''Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery''. . . . Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1895. (Family History Library book {{FSC|977.5 D3n|disp=977.5 D3n}}; film {{FSC|1036216|film|disp=1036216}}.) An index is included. | ||
*Usher, Ellis B. ''Wisconsin: Its Story and Biography, 1848-1913.'' 8 vols. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1914. (Family History Library book {{ | *Usher, Ellis B. ''Wisconsin: Its Story and Biography, 1848-1913.'' 8 vols. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1914. (Family History Library book {{FSC|977.5 H2u|disp=977.5 H2u}}; films {{FSC|1036685|film|disp=1036685-86}}.) Volume one has an index to the persons for whom there are biographical sketches in volumes 1–8. | ||
*Waterstreet, Darlene E. ''Biography Index to the Wisconsin Blue Books''. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Badger Infosearch, 1974. (Family History Library book {{ | *Waterstreet, Darlene E. ''Biography Index to the Wisconsin Blue Books''. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Badger Infosearch, 1974. (Family History Library book {{FSC|977.5 N2b|disp=977.5 N2b}} index.) This indexes the Wisconsin Blue Books, which list 5,000 prominent persons who lived during the period 1870–1973. The Blue Books have biographical information. | ||
== Further Reading == | == Further Reading == | ||
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