Hi All, Just wanted to let you all know I'm behind getting these bios to those who requested bios for a particular surname in the old WI county histories (1881). (visit to doctor and tests I hadn't planned on...) These volumes are NOT indexed, so I'm indexing, and should be done with this by Mon at the latest. Working from an index will ensure I don't miss entries for surnames that are requested, and make it possible for me to open this up to anyone who wants a lookup in these old biographies. I will eventually be putting all these bios on the GenExchange pages, so it doesn't matter which ones I upload first. Thus a lookup is no extra work at all; it just changes the order in which the bios are posted. Ask away if you have a surname request, and I'll enter those first. What a deal, eh? I suggest doing a search every now and then in the bios on the State page by using the search engine on the WI biography page, as this will pick up your surname within the text of other bios whose headings are different from the given surname. I will be entering bios until they're all gone (which should probably take until September!), so check back now and again. When the index is done, I'll start searching for the surnames I've gotten requests for already, and entering those bios first. I'll post to this list as bios of different surnames are uploaded, for example, the first post will be "KELLOGGs loaded." If you know your ancestor is in Kenosha, Racine, Dodge or Lafayette County, all the bios for those counties are posted (as are those for Waupaca, on Paula's page). Hope you find something useful! If anyone wants to request a surname lookup for any bio in the old WI county histories (1881), please mention "Bio Request" in the subject line. You don't have to know the county, but if you do, please include that information as well if you have a specific request. Best regards, Cathy Kubly State Coordinator, WIGenExchange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WIGenExchange (select desired county or record type) http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=wi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help Keep Genealogy Free For Online Genealogists http://www.genexchange.org/volunteers.cfm#cc