Hello, The ancestors I am trying to find moved throughout the four or five countys by Eau Claire. At times they were in Chippewa, Dunn, Barron, Rusk, and/or Jackson, as well as Eau Claire. To clarify a little, they weren't nomads, but there are many adult siblings and cousins, who all came from the Ottawa County area of Quebec in the 1860's and 1870's, and settled around that area. How can I search the area the most effectively. You are the only one with a mailing list , but nobody in Eau Claire has heard of the Murphys, Mc Donnells or Dunnigans. I see that Dunn County has a Genealogy Society. Do you know if the other countys do? I am planning todrive over to do some research, and would like to find places that would help me find where these folk lived, worked, and who their families were- maybe where they died. Can you give me some ideas? Nance, I have to tell you how much I have come to enjoy your daily glimpses of history. Even though I don't know the people, it is easy to imagine my ancestors doing similiar things, as it's the era and culture they lived in. Thank you, Nancy Baldwin