Could it be you're thinking of Palmyra, NY instead of WI? Thought I read somewhere, perhaps an email from another list, that Palmyra, NY was an LDS town. I'll try to find my source and let you know. Mary > Subject: [HANDCART-L] Palmyra, Wisconsin > Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:23:45 EDT > From: JCBrooks@aol.com > To: HANDCART-L@rootsweb.com > > In a message dated 8/10/98 12:27:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > CThomas717@aol.com writes: > > << > I do not know if Palmyra, Wisconsin was a Mormon community or not dought it. > But the Mormon church has been doing family history work for over 150 years. > there lib. would be a good place to look. They have Lib. all over the world. > >> > > Many of the Michigan and Wisconsin towns were founded by former residents of > New York...it seems to have been a natural migration pattern. While LDS think > of Palmyra as LDS because of our history there...it certainly was a town like > any other town in that people of all faiths and occupations lived there and > some moved on.