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==Brief History== | ==Brief History== | ||
The following important events in the history of [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] affected political jurisdictions, family movements, and record keeping. | The following important events in the history of [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] affected political jurisdictions, family movements, and record keeping. | ||
''' 1634''' [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring01_risjord.pdf Jean Nicolet], emissary of Gov. Samuel de Champlain of New France, landed at Red Banks on the shore of Green Bay | |||
'''1690–1820:''' Roman Catholic missionaries established the mission of [http://www.mackinacparks.com/history/index.aspx?l=0,1,4,32,41,46 St. Ignace de Michilimackinac], at Mackinac (now Michigan). The mission was the center for traders going to and from what is now Wisconsin. For records of baptisms, marriages, and burials, see the [[Wisconsin Church Records|Church Records]] page. | '''1690–1820:''' Roman Catholic missionaries established the mission of [http://www.mackinacparks.com/history/index.aspx?l=0,1,4,32,41,46 St. Ignace de Michilimackinac], at Mackinac (now Michigan). The mission was the center for traders going to and from what is now Wisconsin. For records of baptisms, marriages, and burials, see the [[Wisconsin Church Records|Church Records]] page. | ||