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An important [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] collection with biographical information about early settlers, traders, missionaries, etc., is: | An important [[Portal:Wisconsin|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 977.5 | *Draper, Lyman Copeland. ''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.'' 24 vols. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1855–. (Family History Library 977.5 B4wc; films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=629105&disp=Collections+of+the+State+Historical+Soci%20%20&columns=*,0,0 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 | *''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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=174895&disp=The+United+States+biographical+dictionar%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1000800] item 3; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6051214 6051214].) An index is included. | ||
*''Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography''. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society, 1960. (Family History Library book 977.5 D3w.) The biographies are in alphabetical order. | *''Dictionary of Wisconsin Biography''. Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society, 1960. (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 977.5 D3n; film 1036216.) An index is included. | *Nelke, David I. ''Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery''. . . . Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Co., 1895. (Family History Library book 977.5 D3n; film 1036216.) An index is included. | ||