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The Wisconsin Historical Society has an extensive biography file created by the staff and volunteers. The biographies come from biographical sketches, local histories, and biographical compendia of the state that were published before 1940. The sketches are indexed in the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ Wisconsin Genealogy Index]. | The Wisconsin Historical Society has an extensive biography file created by the staff and volunteers. The biographies come from biographical sketches, local histories, and biographical compendia of the state that were published before 1940. The sketches are indexed in the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ Wisconsin Genealogy Index]. | ||
The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society has published every-name indexes to about fifty of | County histories also contain biographical information on selected residents. The Wisconsin Historical Society has published digitized versions of 80 county histories on its [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wch/ website]. The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society has published every-name indexes to about fifty of them. The Family History Library has purchased most of these. | ||
An important [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] collection with biographical information about early settlers, traders, missionaries, etc., is: | An important [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] collection with biographical information about early settlers, traders, missionaries, etc., is: | ||
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http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ | ||
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[[Category:Wisconsin|Biography]] | [[Category:Wisconsin|Biography]] | ||