At 05:03 PM 2/14/99 -0500, Kristen Eberlein <kristeneberlein@mindspring.com> wrote: ... >I couldn't find ANY listings for the town of Herman in either the >first or second filming of the 1870 Federal Census. Does anyone >know what the story is? ... Kristen has apparently got an answer to her specific question. But for the benefit of others who are having trouble finding certain towns in Shawano County, here is some information I found today: As Kristen noted in her message to the list earlier today, the Shawano County towns listed in the 1870 census are as follows: Angelica, Belle Plain, Grant, Heartland (correct spelling is apparently Hartland), Kishina (correct spelling is apparently Keshena), Pella, Richmond, Shawano, Washington, and Waukechen (correct spelling is apparently Waukechon). The reason only these towns were listed is because they were to only towns which existed at the time of the 1870 census. There are seventeen townships which were created after the time of the 1870 census (shown with the year of their creation and the town from which they were created): Almon (about 1872, from Seneca) Aniwa (1885, from Hutchins) Bartelme (1912, from Almon) Birnamwood (1883, from Wittenberg) Fairbanks (1878, from Seneca) Germania (1886, from Fairbanks) Green Valley (about 1872, from Angelica and Washington) Herman (1871, from Richmond) Hutchins (created as Hutchinson in 1878, from Almon; name changed to Hutchins in 1880) Lessor (late 1870, probably from either Waukechon or Hartland) Maple Grove (mid-1870, from Angelica) Morris (1881, from Seneca) Navarino (1874, from Waukechon; briefly called Mayville) Red Springs (1911, from Herman) Seneca (1871, from Richmond) Wescott (1901, from Waukechon and Richmond) Wittenberg (1880, from Seneca and Almon) Keshena and Shawano no longer exist; Keshena "disappeared" between 1870 and 1875, while Shawano (originally named Shawanaw) was split off to become parts of Richmond, Washington and Waukechon in 1877. The Town of Langlade existed as part of Shawano County between 1881 and 1883, being a part of other counties before and after that time. The Town of Matteson existed between 1856 and 1860, then made part of Waupaca County. The Town of Milltown existed from 1879 to 1880; it was called Norwood between 1880 and 1881, then made part of Langlade County. The Town of Rolling was created from Norwood in 1880, then made part of Langlade County in 1881. The Town of How was created in 1875 from Green Valley, then made part of Oconto County in 1879. Beware: I double-checked the dates I listed above, but there may still be errors in them. Rollie