Draper Manuscript Collection: Difference between revisions

:*[[Draper Manuscript Series Coverage Table]]  

:*''[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/56902-descriptive-list-of-manuscript-collections-of-the-state-historical-society-of-wisconsin-together-with-reports-on-other-collections-of-manuscript-material-for-american-history-in-adjacent-states?offset=1 Descriptive list] '' table of contents pages  

:*FamilySearch Catalog, {{FSC|218462|item|disp=Draper manuscript collection}}.

:1. '''Search by ancestor's name''' (including alternate spellings) for an ancestor in the indexes to:  

::a. Josephine L. Harper's '''''{{FSC|147518|item|disp=Guide}} ''''' Index section (pp. 239-309)  

::b. Josephine L. Harper's '''''{{FSC|147518|item|disp=Guide}} ''''' Pension applicants section (pp. 311-320)  

::c. Josephine L. Harper's '''''{{FSC|147518|item|disp=Guide}} ''''' Additional personal data section (pp. 321-418)  

::d. Reuben G. Thwaites' '''''[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/56902-descriptive-list-of-manuscript-collections-of-the-state-historical-society-of-wisconsin-together-with-reports-on-other-collections-of-manuscript-material-for-american-history-in-adjacent-states?offset=1 Descriptive list] ''''' Index (pp. 151-197; digital 165-211)  

::e. Barbara E. Wolfe's ''{{FSC|446497|item|disp=Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts}}''  

::f. Search for names of relatives, friends, and associates of your ancestor in the same indexes.  

:2. '''Search by place''' in  (a) Harper's '''''{{FSC|147518|item|disp=Guide}} ''''' Index (pp. 239-309), and (b) Thwaites' '''''[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/56902-descriptive-list-of-manuscript-collections-of-the-state-historical-society-of-wisconsin-together-with-reports-on-other-collections-of-manuscript-material-for-american-history-in-adjacent-states?offset=1 Descriptive list] ''''' Index for the place (town, county, state, or nearby river) where the ancestor resided.  

:3. '''Search by series.''' Use Josephine L. Harper's '''''{{FSC|147518|item|disp=Guide}} ''''' (especially Appendix IV) to determine in which Draper manuscript '''series''' the ancestor would most likely appear.  

::a. From the list of '''Related Publications''' below determine if any of the other titles cited serve as an additional partial index to the '''series''' where your ancestor may appear.  

::b. Then search the partial index to the appropriate '''series''' for your ancestor's name, relatives, associates, and residences.  

:4. If you '''''find ''''' an ancestor or residence in an index, look up the reference to that ancestor or residence in the manuscripts on the appropriate series microfilm.  

:5. If you '''''do not find ''''' an ancestor or residence in any of the indexes, browse the appropriate '''series''' anyway because the indexes may be incomplete.

:*Microfilms are available for viewing at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library].

:*For a pdf list of the many other libraries in the United States and Canada which have obtained copies of these Draper microfilms, [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/pdfs/la/DraperPDFs/Draper-Additional-Resources.pdf click here].

:'''''Note 1: ''''' The St. Louis County Library has photocopies of a set of Lyman C. Draper indexes in four big white binders. It is not clear if these are different from the list in Note 2 below. Presumably, the Wisconsin Historical Society has the originals of the St. Louis County Library indexes.<ref>[https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy/draper-manuscript-collection/indexes Indexes] in ''Guide to finding your ancestors in the Draper Manuscript Collection'' in St. Louis County Library (accessed 3 April 2024).</ref>  

:'''''Note 2: ''''' Lyman C. Draper himself indexed parts, but not all, of his own series.<ref>Barbara E. Wolfe, ''Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts'' (Logansport, Ind. : B.E. Wolfe, [19--]), 47.</ref> The extent and detail of these indexes is uncertain. See: