I'm doing research on my daughter's paternal ancestors, and have come to Dodge County (figuratively, not literally) in my research. My daughter's great-great-grandmother was "Jennie" THORPE (Jennie may have been short for Jeanette), she was born 16 Dec 1871 in Dodge County, Wisconsin. Her parents were Franklin THORPE & Julia BROOKS who were married in Dodge County on 17 Sep 1864. In the 1870 Census they are in Ward 3 of Beaver Dam: Frank THORP (age marked over) Day Laborer b. Canada Julia 24yrs b. New York Cornelia 11yrs. b. WI (apparently from a first Cordelia 11yrs. b. WI marriage by Franklin) Permelia 9yrs. b. WI (ditto) Willie 5yrs. b. WI Phillena 2yrs. b. WI In the 1880 Census they are in Dist. 3, Ward 1 of Beaver Dam: F. THORP 45yrs. Mason b. Canada (parents b: England) Julia 34yrs. b. New York (parents b: Canada/Vermont) Willie 15yrs. b. WI Anna 12yrs. b. WI Jani 7yrs. b. WI Rosi 4yrs. b. WI Charli 1 1/2yrs. b. WI Varny 6/12yrs. b. in Nov b. WI Anna BROOKS 20yrs. b. WI parents b: Canada/New York(sister-in-law) I believe I found Julia in the 1900 Census in Exelsior, WI: James WILSON b. May 1848 m. 4yrs b. MI pa.NY/NY Julia b. Apr 1842 b. NY pa.VT/VT Lee (son) b. Oct 1878 b. WI pa.MI/WI Louis THORP (step-son) b. Nov 1878 b. WI pa.Canada/NY I was unable to find Julia in the 1860 Census, but I did find her in the 1850 Census in Beaver Dam: Levi BROOKS 40yrs. b. VT Nancy 32yrs. b. VT Samuel 10yrs. b. VT Julia 5yrs. b. NY Sumner 2yrs. b. NY (male) I have been unable to find anything on Franklin before the marriage in 1864. I hope this sounds familiar to someone out there in America! ~~Bren I am now on MySpace! You can hear me sing at: www.myspace.com/brendahebert and my personal space is at www.myspace.com/brenhebert. Drop by and say hi! --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

Stan B. You mentioned that some of your ancestors lived in Lomira, WI. I was at the Dodge County Courthouse in Juneau yesterday and looked for Lueck's before 1885 in the birth and death records. Lomira is in Dodge County. The Courthouse burned down in 1875 so there were only 10 years of records before 1885. I found the following 2 Lueck birth's. Lueck, Mary born 1 Aug 1882 in the Township of Calamas (this could be the city of Columbus); her father was Joseph Lueck born in Poland; her mother was Anna Malock born in Milwaukee; the record is in Vol. G page 596 Lueck, Celia born on 27 Oct 1884; the parents are the same as Mary above; in Vol. G page 597 There were no Lueck deaths between 1875 and 1885. Bill H. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

I need help on my father's maternal line. Here is what I have: Wilhelm Lueck, his wife Henriette Bell , with children Charles and Augusta Anna, arrived at Castle Garden, Manhattan, New York, on 02 Dec 1871, from Prussia, Germany, on the ship Franklin. They went to Lomira, WI, where daughter Lizzie was born in Feb 1874. They moved to Alban Twp., Grant Co., SD, in 1883. Wilhelm was born Feb 1874 in Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany. Henriette was born Abt.1836 in Prussia, Germany. Son Charles was born in Nov 1858, in Germany, and Augusta was born 05 Jan 1869 in Nuenberg, [Kreis Soldin,] Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany. That is the information I have through 1883. I would like to know if all four were born in the same place, or where? I also desire complete birth/confirmation dates for all four, and marriage place and date for Wilhelm and Henriette, and any other available information. Does anyone have a suggestion as to whom I should contact in Germany for more information? Thank you, Stan B. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Happily, Mary (from our list) got the book. I think she's got plans to donate it to the genealogical society. So, I'm grateful that any of us researchers can see it soon. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: widodge-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:widodge-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PpsychoSal@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:30 PM To: widodge-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIDODGE] Fwd: Dodge Co. scrap book on ebay well, better to sell it than to toss it in the trash as 'who would want all that old stuff anyway'..... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WIDODGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

well, better to sell it than to toss it in the trash as 'who would want all that old stuff anyway'.....

This Dodge Co. scrap book on ebay looked really interesting. I wish stuff like this would get donated to historical societies, rather than get sold from place to place. But maybe the historical society already has all of the articles? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230040550530&ssPageName= ADME:B:EF:US:2> &item=230040550530&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:2 Kathy

(This message is being posted to numerous mailing lists. Please excuse the duplication if you receive it more than once.) The University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac campus will be the site of the upcoming Wisconsin State Genealogical Society 2006 Fall Seminar, "Crossroads at the Foot of the Lake" on Saturday, October 14th. The hosts will be the Fond du Lac County Genealogical Society. Along with the usual array of great vendors offering genealogy-related items for sale, the featured speaker will be nationally-known genealogical speaker, educator, researcher and writer, Paula Stuart-Warren, CGSM. Paula is a former officer of the Association of Professional Genealogists and serves on its Professional Management Conference committee. She served for six years on the board of the Minnesota Genealogical Society, and has served on program committees for the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society. She is a member of the FGS Long Range Conference Planning Committee and was National Publicity Chair for the 2006 FGS Conference in Boston. Paula will be delivering four lectures: * Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking How many genealogists have heard that great-grandpa traversed this nation as he worked for the railroad? For which railroad did he work? Where did it run? Are there railroad records still extant which may tell us something about his ancestry or where he later went? This lecture addresses these questions. Visuals and references demonstrate the wealth of historical materials available all across the U.S. When this lecture is over you will know where to turn to find out more about the railroad, its records, and how to determine current day access to the records. * Twentieth & Twenty-First Century Research Are you stumped by missing or split families, unindexed censuses, city dwellers, lack of extended family, or often-mobile families? As we now move forward in the 21st century do you need information on the more recent generation? Do you have living relatives to find? Some researchers have neglected the more current relatives thinking there aren't as many resources to use. After this session you will be prepared to find some information on those who lived or were born in the 20th century. Sure, there are fewer censuses, but the many other records that are available will help you. As the years passed by some records became more standardized. More courthouses regularly created indexes. To these we add today's explosion of online catalogs, indexes, and finding aids. Research is research, no matter the time period. Some things remain constant and some records do contain more information and may be indexed. Whether you are researching in the 18th, 19th, 20th, or 21st century you still need to link the generations by proving relationships, checking out the relatives, putting people in specific places and verifying names, dates, and places. Finding a living relative with information to share or finding out more about a relative you knew is rewarding research. * Organizing Your Genealogical Materials How tall are the stacks of your genealogical materials and in how many rooms are your papers and books stored? Is it time you made sense of your materials, organized them so they can be found, and determined what is important to keep handy? How should you store your important materials? Just starting your research? Why not organize sensibly from the beginning? This session will help you deal with these questions, and also provide easy tips to help keep you on top of your organization. We'll even discuss some "lazy day" methods to keep you on top of your filing. * A Baker's Dozen of Simple Ways to Write Your Family History Any one can write! Learn ways to get your family history in print without a lot of strain. It's not as daunting a task as you might think. A "baker's dozen" of ways to work on this over time and ideas to get your greater family involved will be shared. You may find that you are already doing some of these but hadn't realized you were actually getting family history into print! Some of the ideas lend themselves to scrapbooking techniques. Including family health history information is an important part of the process; what you share in print may aid a family member some day. Sharing and preserving the family stories, both the joyous times and the tough times, can enhance your understanding of yourself and the greater family. Visuals will demonstrate the "Baker's Dozen" and a handout will point you to further ideas and help in both print and online formats. As a special pre-conference event, WSGS Past President and NGS Board Member, Jack Brissee, will present, Looking for Ourselves -- A Workshop for Beginning Genealogists, on Friday afternoon, October 13th, from 1:00-4:00 PM. Registration for this workshop will be limited to thirty attendees, so be sure to sign up early! The UW-Fond du Lac campus is located at 400 University Drive on the northeastern corner of the city of Fond du Lac. For campus maps and driving directions, see http://www.fdl.uwc.edu/campus_map.html. For further information about the Seminar and registration materials, please visit the WSGS Website at http://www.wsgs.org/semdetls.htm, or contact: Wisconsin State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 5106 Madison, WI 53705-0106 wsgs@chorus.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mary Rieder East Central District Representative (Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, and Washington Counties) Wisconsin State Genealogical Society mrieder@wi.rr.com

Are there male Carley's in the Dodge County area willing to participate in the Carley DNA project at <http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com> http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com? There were two Carley families in the Dodge County area, one from Ireland and the other is of the lineage of early New York and New England Carley's. There are two Carley projects on this database, one our New Englander's and one for other countries. We need descendants of this New England line to help untangle the American Carley project. Those of the Irish line could join on the other one. Thanks for your consideration. Billye D. Cleveland Jackson Descendant of Cynthia Carley Cleveland

Does anyone know whether the listing for burials in St. Bartholomew's Cemetery is online anywhere? I'm trying to find out how many people named HAUPERT, NEISIUS, TREIL (or Triel), and NEISIUS could be buried there. Thanks. Kathy Campbell Jacksonville, FL

Hello All, A few years ago I found an old photo album in an antique store in Virginia and it had names written identifying most of the pictures. So I bought it because I thought it would be fun to track down the family and return their families pictures. I know I would have died and went to heaven if someone had done that for me! :) Anyway I think I tracked down someone in the family and scanned the pictures to see if they really belonged to him. Well he kind of said...Whatever...and just wasn't interested in having them. (Ugh!) So I put the album away thinking I would work on it again when I had a bit more time and now three years have gone by and I just found it again! So I thought I would send an email out to this list with the surnames to see if anyone can help me link the pictures with the family. They seemed to be mostly from Hustiford and Ashippun (St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church). *Gottlieb Margelofsky and wife - tin type picture (he's buried in St. John's- dates are from 8 Nov 1824 - 24 Jun 1894) *William Margelofsky *John Stafeil and wife Wilhelmina Wagoner (from Ixonia and Watertown, Jefferson Co.) *William Stafeil *Pagenkopf (picture of a couple - no first names) *Carl Wilke *Martha Borchardt Then there are quite a few pictures idenified only with the last name F. There are pictures of Mr. and Mrs. and there seems to have been four or five children in the family: Charlie Minna William another girl Fred and maybe a Herman, although he doesn't look like the rest so perhaps he's not related. Anyway if any of this sounds familiar to anyone, please do let me know. I would sure appreciate it. Thanks, Amy

Dear Dodge list, Has anyone heard of an old church in the LeRoy area? My great-grandfather was a pastor for the little church there - but I can't seem to find out if it exists. I have tried googling but there are so many hits because of the name "Leroy". Here is a description of it from an old article from the Mayville News: "The Baptist church was located one mile west of LeRoy on the Northeast corner of the cross road. The LeRoy area Lutherans tried to cut down on mileage with horses at that time. People from Smuts Point found the distance important so they, Lutherans, took over the Baptist church...The church only had a front entrance...The church property had a barn and stable." Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. I gather it was within a horse ride distance of Mayville, because my great-grandfather rode his horse to hold evening Sunday services in LeRoy. Thank you. Sincerely, Katherine Bellingham, WA

Hello everyone! First time posting...long time lurker. I am working on the LaSage family from Fox Lake, WI. Looking to see if anyone else may be researching also, or anything of interest you would ike to share. Antoine LaSage (otherwise known as 'Anthony Sage') Born About June 1830 Wolf River, Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada Died About 18 March 1920 Fox Lake, Dodge,WI Brother is thought to be Nansuese ('Nelson') LaSage Wife: Alvira Lucinda Atwood Married: 3 November 1855 Columbus, Columbia, WI Had 11 children; : Nelson Frank Amelia Edward Joseph Ida Fred George Harriet Cora Emma Look forward to hearing from anyone! Enjoy the day. Amber Genett Wisconsin

----- Original Message ----- From: WIDODGE-D-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:WIDODGE-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: WIDODGE-D@rootsweb.com<mailto:WIDODGE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 3:00 AM Subject: WIDODGE-D Digest V06 #18

The Wild Rose Historical Society presents the 1905 Wild Rose Robbery Reenactment on Saturday, July 29th at 10:30 AM. It is a story about how four robbers came in on the train, robbed the post office and attempted to rob the bank. They walked out of town in the dark after the early morning robbery. A small posse found their trail and later a posse of 38 found them again in the late afternoon. There was a shoot out and one robber was killed and 2 wounded, the fourth robber surrendered after trying to escape. There is a connection to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and an unknown dead robber with no proper name. If you are related to any posse member we would especially love for you to attend. This is a list of the posse; Frank Clark. Jack Berens, Johnny Protheroe, Irving R. Nash, D.O. Jones, Rob Stevenson, Jeff Sage, Thomas H. Davis, John Roberts, Albert Lowe, Lewis Protheroe, Theodore Woodward, Will Hughes, Al Fero, James Roberts, Elmer Funk, Oscar Holt, Fred Sage, Dr. David Jones, James Kelley, Ed Lowe, Clint Darling, Charley Darling, Henry Galbrilski, Arnold J. Hotz, Undersheriff Dignan, Thos. Hart, Gomer Jones, Richard T. Davis, Jonnie Colligan, Rob Owens, Lewis Radloff, Harry Persons, Harry Protheroe, Fred Clark, Richard R. Davis, Prof. Olson, and Arthur Stoddard. If you would like to be a posse member or part of the crowd at the train station contact me off list for guidelines on what to wear panderso@charter.net . Those in the reenactment need to be at the site at 9:30 AM. Wild Rose is located on Highway 22 between Wautoma and Waupaca. If you take Highway 39 you can take the Plainfield exit if you are coming from the north then go through Plainfield and take Highway 73 to Wautoma and Highway 22 south to Wild Rose. If you are on Highway 39 and coming from the south, take the Coloma exit and follow Highway 21 to Highway 22 in Wautoma and go north on Highway 22 to Wild Rose. The performance will take place at the end of River St. across from the Oakhill Cemetery. The robber with no real name is buried outside of Oakhill Cemetery. We will have directions to the grave if you want to pay your respects. There will be signs pointing the way. River street goes South off from Main Street which is also Highway 22 so it is not difficult to find. There will be parking available but we suggest you bring your own chairs. The area is a little rugged so we discourage sandals and open toed shoes. The performance area is in a field lined with big trees so that ! spectators should be in the shade for the performance. There will be refreshments for sale. A good will offering will be taken. In the afternoon you may wish to tour the Wild Rose Historical Society Museum which is located on Main Street across from the Pioneer Pub. The museum consists of the Elisha Stewart House, a barn and blacksmith shop, carriage horse, general store, weaving room, a one room school, pioneer hall, drug store, smoke house and gift shop. The museum also has some archival material as well as old photographs. There is a plaque on the grounds in honor of William Knights who was one the founders of the Gideons. Mr. Knights is the one who suggested the name Gideons. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. The museum is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1 to 3 PM but if you are there by 3:00 PM you can still take the tour. Pam Anderson

The Wild Rose Historical Society Museum is open for the season on Wednesdays and Saturdays through the summer. The last day of the season is September 2nd, the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. The museum is located on Highway 22 which is also Main Street in Wild Rose. It is located across the street from the Pioneer Pub. The museum consists of the Elisha Stewart House, a barn and blacksmith shop, carriage horse, general store, weaving room, a one room school, pioneer hall , drug store, smoke house and gift shop. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for children. The museum is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1 to 3 PM but if you are there by 3:00 PM you can still take the tour. The tour varies from 30 minutes to an hour depending on your interests and if you ask questions. This website gives a more detailed idea of what you will see: http://www.1wisconsin.com/wildrose/Museum/museum.htm The museum also has some archival material as well as old photographs. This addr! ess has old pictures of Wild Rose: http://www.1wisconsin.com/wildrose/History/default.htm. We have many more pictures than are on the website. We also have a plaque in honor of William Knights who was one the founders of the Gideons. Mr. Knights is the one who suggested the name Gideons. Pam Anderson

I was told that I can't send and attachment with a rootsweb account. That makes sense, so I will try to identify the people in the pictures, and send them to each person indiviually. Please let me know which ones you want and I will try to get them out to you. I have to do them this coming week, so if I don't hear from you right away, you will probably have to wait until mid September to get a copy of them. Photo # 1 - is very hard to read, but it looks something like Kate Middlen or Madden. It is probably taken when she was in her 30's or 40's. Photo # 2 - is a newborn baby picture of Walter Stafford. Photo # 3 - is of Nellie Madden, probably in her 20's or 30's Photo # 4 - Mr. Kellogg probably in his 40's It is identified as being taken by E G Kellogg, but I would guess it probably was the man who owned the studio. Photo # 5 - Mrs. Kellogg Photo # 6 - Kate and Ella Holenbeck. The Kate the last name may only be close to what the actual name is since it is so hard to read. Photo # 7 - Looks kind of like Maggie Holiday Photo # 8 - is Alford Stuart dressed in what looks kind of like a Civil War suit Photo # 9 - is Cornelia Stuart probably in her 20's Photo #10 - is stuck in a page with a name of Carrie Hoffman. It is a tin type and may just be stuck in there because it fell from where it orginally was. It doesn't fit like the other pictures. Photo # 11 - is Mary Huntley Turner probably in her 20's. Photo # 12 - is Arnold Stafford probably in his early 20's. Photo # 13 - is Mary Stafford probably in her early 20's. Photo # 14 - is Manda Bordman at about 12 years of age. Photo # 15 - Carrie Severson, probably from her 30's Photo # 16 - William Peal or something like that. It is a tin type that is not the size of others and may be in the wrong place. Under the picture is written. Junie, I love my old friend. He is probably in his 40's. Photo # 17 - Mrs. Kellogg. I suppose the wife of the Photographer. Probably in her 30's all dressed up with a bonnett. Photo # 18 - it is impossible to make out the name under it. Photo # 19 - it is impossible to make out the name under it. Photo # 20 - is another tin type that may have fallen from a different page or booklet. No name. Photo # 21 - a very tiny picture of Jessie Stafford probably in her 20's. Photo # 22 - a small child, not identifable. Photo # 23 - Charlie Stanton, probably in his 20's. Photo # 24 - 2 small children, not identifiable Photo # 25 - Emma Severris or something like that. It is a girl about 7 or 8 years old. Photo # 26 - Elsha Severris - about 45 years old Photo # 26 is a duplicte of # 17. Photo # 27 - is another tin type of Emma Severris at about 10-12 years old. Photo # 28 - is Bella Stuart at about 5-6 years old. The first name is difficult to read. Photo # 29 - is of a mother and daughter by the names aren't readable. Photo # 30 - is a women in her 20's probably. She reminds me of Mary Todd Lincoln, the Presidents wife. Photo # 31 - Man about 35, name unreadable Page # 32 - has a card with the name Jennie Oliver. Jennie was a daughter of my g-grandpa Cochrane's sister, Elizabeth Cochrane Oliver. Elizabeth's husband, Herbert Oliver, grew up in Wisconsin. Photo 33 - Agnes Neal at about 45 years of age. Photo 34 - May be Agnes' husband but I can't make out the name. Photo 35 - Tom Chamberlain at about 2 years of age. Photo 36 is Ella Severris at about 8-9 years of age. Photo 37 - I am unable to make out anything. Photo 38 is Mr. Armstrong about 60 years of age. Photo 39 is Mrs. Armstrong about 55 years of age. Photo 40 is unidentifiable Hope this helps someone. I feel this album belonged to Jennie Oliver, the niece of my g-grandfather. Jennie was born in the late 1800's. Let me know how I can help you if you know any of these people. Jim Cochrane in NJ

Looking for any info on the Nadolski family. Joseph immigrated about 1882. May have been in New hampshire before he came to Wisconsin. He was married to Mary Ann Wollerman. Had the following children: Clara b March 1887, Mary b Mar 1892, Josephine b Mar 1890, Harry(Hieronym) b Sept 1893, Ernst Joseph b. Oct 1896, Edward b. Oct 1897, Myron(Marion) b. Aug 1899, Blanche (Toots) b. 1901/00, Stella(My grandmother)b. 1904/03, and Elenora b. 1907/06. Can't find anything on Mary. The only thing I've found is the 1900 census where she's with the rest of her family in Beaver Dam. By 1910, Mary, Clara, and Josephine are not with the family. Thanks to Bill, who found my Nadolski's at the county seat, I have found some of the rest. I have that Josephine married William Schoenberger and had three children. According to an Aunt, Josephine stayed on the farm next to her in-laws, Her husband took their son to Lodi and changed his name! Bill found the marriage of Clara to Frank Voreck in 1910. I found the obit of Caroline Voreck. Have pieced together that Clara first married a Zink, but can't find anything on that. Frank's wife evidently died when or near when Caroline was born and was listed as a widower in the 1910 census, so Clara and Frank must have gotten married after the census. Can't find them in 1920. Don't know if Clara had children by Zink or not. Don't know if that marriage ended in divorce or death. Can't find Zink's first name. There were 4 girls listed as Caroline's sisters. Mary Wegner, Agnes Pankratz, Claire Voeck, and Sister Theophilus. Did find Clara, Frank and Claire buried at St. Patrick's Cem in Beaver Dam. Found Frank's 1st wife at St. Peter's. Have Harry married to Agnes Bashynski in 1935, children: Helen married to Lawence Adamzek. Haven't found him on 1930 census. I use Heritage Quest and it's not indexed for Wisconsin yet. Grrrr! Don't think Ernst Joseph married-found him buried by himself in Old Luthern/New Luthern cem. Edward married Magdelen Hammer and had Audrey(Robert Gulickson), Marie Helen(Richard Yelezyn)and William. Myron married Ruth Burroughs and had at least Myron. Rumor had it, he moved to California. Blanch married William Gieger, Stella married Alvin Fuerst, and Elenora married a Kuchara. If anyone knows of any descendants, sure would love to hear from them. My aunt Gay would love to especially hear from William(her cousin Billy) Sorry this is so long. If you know of any of the descendants, please feel free to pass on my e-mail address. Thanks, Michele

The attached picture is from an album of my gg-grandmother's that was taken in Beaver Dam, WI by E G Kellogg studio. There is a name written under the picture that is very faint. It looks like Kate Middlen or Meddin or somthing similar. Can anyone recognize this women? Jim Cochrane in NJ

Hello Shirley I have some KIEFER information from the courthouse in Juneau for you. The e-mail address I used last month no longer works, can you send me your new e-mail address. Bill __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

We at the Wisconsin Historical Society are so excited to announce the addition of marriage records to the Wisconsin Pre-1907 Vital Records Index located at www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. That's right; marriages can now be searched along with birth and death records. Plus, we have added counties previously unavailable in other online databases and the 1970s microfiche index. Now, you can look for marriages in counties Richland through Winnebago at the same time you search for marriages from the rest of the state. Marriages, dating between 1836 and September 30, 1907, are indexed by both the bride and groom names, wherever possible. Therefore, in most cases, there will be two entries for one marriage; one for the bride and one for the groom. There are some counties that were not indexed by bride's name, but our excellent volunteers are working to correct that as well. The new marriage index, like its companions, began as a 1970s microfiche publication. The Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee generously provided funds to convert them to electronic form, so now genealogists have free public access to information on more than a half a million marriages, 400,000 Wisconsin deaths, as well as more than 1 million births. Happy searching and let us know how everything works. There are bound to be some errors, but now that the index is in the digital age, fixing index problems is quite simple (unfortunately, fixing errors on the original records is still impossible!). Best wishes, Melissa McLimans Manager, Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service Wisconsin Historical Society