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''[[United States|United States]] | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Wisconsin History'' | ||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Effective family history research requires some understanding of the historical events that affected your family and the records about them. Learning about wars, governments, laws, migrations, and religious trends can help you understand political boundaries, family movements, and settlement patterns. | Effective family history research requires some understanding of the historical events that affected your family and the records about them. Learning about wars, governments, laws, migrations, and religious trends can help you understand political boundaries, family movements, and settlement patterns. | ||
State, county, and local histories often contain biographical sketches of local citizens, including important genealogical information. This may be one of the best sources of information for some families | State, county, and local histories often contain biographical sketches of local citizens, including important genealogical information. This may be one of the best sources of information for some families | ||
=== Historical Content === | === Historical Content === | ||
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Native Americans were the main inhabitants of Wisconsin prior to the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-012/ Black Hawk War in 1832]. By 1850 the Indian's had ceded most of their lands to the federal government. <ref>Bieder, Robert Eugene; ''Native American communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960: a study of tradition and change''. Edition: illustrated, Published by Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1995. ISBN 0299145247, 9780299145248. 288 pages. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31295153 Worldcat], Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=KaO2BKs12sAC Google Books.] </ref>For more information about the Native Americans in Wisconsin, see the [[Indians of Wisconsin|Indians of Wisconsin]] page. European immigrants settled the vacated Indian lands growing the European population from 11,000 in 1836 to 305,00 by 1850. These settlers were from Europe with a some from the East coast. One-third of the State's population was foreign-born by 1850. <ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-018/?action=more_essay 19th Century Immigration] Wisconsin Historical Society. </ref>[[Image:Jean Nicolet.jpg|thumb|350px]]. | Native Americans were the main inhabitants of Wisconsin prior to the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-012/ Black Hawk War in 1832]. By 1850 the Indian's had ceded most of their lands to the federal government. <ref>Bieder, Robert Eugene; ''Native American communities in Wisconsin, 1600-1960: a study of tradition and change''. Edition: illustrated, Published by Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1995. ISBN 0299145247, 9780299145248. 288 pages. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31295153 Worldcat], Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=KaO2BKs12sAC Google Books.] </ref>For more information about the Native Americans in Wisconsin, see the [[Indians of Wisconsin|Indians of Wisconsin]] page. European immigrants settled the vacated Indian lands growing the European population from 11,000 in 1836 to 305,00 by 1850. These settlers were from Europe with a some from the East coast. One-third of the State's population was foreign-born by 1850. <ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-018/?action=more_essay 19th Century Immigration] Wisconsin Historical Society. </ref>[[Image:Jean Nicolet.jpg|thumb|350px|Jean Nicolet.jpg]]. | ||
== Time line == | == Time line == | ||
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'''1829, 1833, 1837, & 1842: '''Land ceded by the [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/chippewa/chippewahist.htm Chippewa], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/wisconsin/index.htm Ottawa and Potamoni Indian Tribes] | '''1829, 1833, 1837, & 1842: '''Land ceded by the [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/chippewa/chippewahist.htm Chippewa], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/wisconsin/index.htm Ottawa and Potamoni Indian Tribes] | ||
'''1829, 1832, & 1837: '''Land ceded by the Winnebago Indians [[Image:Wisconsinterritory.PNG|thumb|right|300px]] '''1830s: '''Heavy settlement began along the Lake Michigan shoreline at the sites of present-day Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha. The Michigan 1830 census lists of residents of what is now Wisconsin. | '''1829, 1832, & 1837: '''Land ceded by the Winnebago Indians [[Image:Wisconsinterritory.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Wisconsinterritory.PNG]] '''1830s: '''Heavy settlement began along the Lake Michigan shoreline at the sites of present-day Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha. The Michigan 1830 census lists of residents of what is now Wisconsin. | ||
'''1831: '''[http://www.menominee-nsn.gov/ Menominee Indians] ceded land to the [http://www.jefflindsay.com/Oneida.shtml Oneida Indians] (1836 & 1848) | '''1831: '''[http://www.menominee-nsn.gov/ Menominee Indians] ceded land to the [http://www.jefflindsay.com/Oneida.shtml Oneida Indians] (1836 & 1848) | ||
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'''1840s:''' Many families arrived from Germany and New York. [http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume25/vol25_9.htm Norwegians begin settling] in large numbers in Koshkonong area. | '''1840s:''' Many families arrived from Germany and New York. [http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume25/vol25_9.htm Norwegians begin settling] in large numbers in Koshkonong area. | ||
'''1848:''' Wisconsin, with its present boundaries, [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/subtopic.asp?tid=3 became a state]. This is a beginning of a large German immigration into Wisconsin. [[Image:S.S. Christopher Columbus.jpg|thumb|right|350px]] '''1861– 1865:''' 96,000 men from Wisconsin served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War, 12,216 die in the conflict. [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_CWhistories.asp Civil War Histories] are kept by the [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_CWhistories.asp Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs]. | '''1848:''' Wisconsin, with its present boundaries, [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/subtopic.asp?tid=3 became a state]. This is a beginning of a large German immigration into Wisconsin. [[Image:S.S. Christopher Columbus.jpg|thumb|right|350px|S.S. Christopher Columbus.jpg]] '''1861– 1865:''' 96,000 men from Wisconsin served in the Union armed forces during the Civil War, 12,216 die in the conflict. [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_CWhistories.asp Civil War Histories] are kept by the [http://museum.dva.state.wi.us/Res_CWhistories.asp Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs]. | ||
'''1851:''' [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-017/?action=more_essay First railroad opens], linking Milwaukee and Waukesha. | '''1851:''' [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-017/?action=more_essay First railroad opens], linking Milwaukee and Waukesha. | ||
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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: | ||
*''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whc/index.aspx?area=about Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin]'' <ref>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 {{FHL|629105|title-id|disp=977.5 B2wc}}&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; also digital copy; films {{FHL|629105|title-id|disp=924580–590}} .) </ref> | *''[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whc/index.aspx?area=about Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin]'' <ref>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 {{FHL|629105|title-id|disp=977.5 B2wc}}&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; also digital copy; films {{FHL|629105|title-id|disp=924580–590}} .) </ref> | ||
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: | ||
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Especially useful sources for studying the history of Wisconsin are: | Especially useful sources for studying the history of Wisconsin are: | ||
*''Wisconsin: Its History and Its People, 1634-1924'' <ref>Quaife, Milo Milton. ''Wisconsin: Its History and Its People, 1634-1924''. 4 vols. Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1924. (Family History Library book {{FHL|181129|title-id|disp=977.5 H2q}}; film {{FHL|181129|title-id|disp=1036176}}; fiche {{FHL|181129|title-id|disp=6046726}}.) </ref><ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3388744&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worldcat] </ref>Snippet view available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Mq0CAAAAMAAJ&q=Wisconsin:+Its+History+and+Its+People,+1634-1924.&dq=Wisconsin:+Its+History+and+Its+People,+1634-1924.&ei=POa6SbqOLYjMlQTx0tzYAg&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 Google Books] | *''Wisconsin: Its History and Its People, 1634-1924'' <ref>Quaife, Milo Milton. ''Wisconsin: Its History and Its People, 1634-1924''. 4 vols. Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1924. (Family History Library book {{FHL|181129|title-id|disp=977.5 H2q}}; film {{FHL|181129|title-id|disp=1036176}}; fiche {{FHL|181129|title-id|disp=6046726}}.) </ref><ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3388744&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Worldcat] </ref>Snippet view available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=Mq0CAAAAMAAJ&q=Wisconsin:+Its+History+and+Its+People,+1634-1924.&dq=Wisconsin:+Its+History+and+Its+People,+1634-1924.&ei=POa6SbqOLYjMlQTx0tzYAg&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 Google Books] | ||
*''History of Wisconsin'' <ref>''History of Wisconsin''. Vols. 1–3, 5–6. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society, 1973–1988. (Family History Library book {{FHL|181483|title-id|disp=977.5 H2sa}}.) Volume 4 is in preparation. </ref> | *''History of Wisconsin'' <ref>''History of Wisconsin''. Vols. 1–3, 5–6. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society, 1973–1988. (Family History Library book {{FHL|181483|title-id|disp=977.5 H2sa}}.) Volume 4 is in preparation. </ref> | ||