Ancestry has more problems then just the marriages being wrong. I have brought it to their attention, but it appears they will do nothing to let the researcher know of it and in the end, it is going to confuse alot of people. The problem is with the birth indexes for Sheboygan & St. Croix Counties. When the state placed them on microfiche, an error was made and all of Sheboygan's births were listed as St. Croix county and vice versa. It is known at the state and also at the state library. Evidently Ancestry didn't know, so I wrote to them, explained the whole thing, told them they could contact Wisconsin Dept. of Vital records to confirm or check my website which has all of the births from the county level. I received no response. I then located a phone number for Ancestry and called them to explain to a real person. The response I received was and I quote "Well, that is what genealogy is all about". I didn't expect them to change the county names on all entries, but I did expect and still do feel a letter should be posted on their website explaining this to their researchers. I have already had one researcher come to Sheboygan looking for a surname that was found under Ancestry's births that should have been looking in St. Croix. There will be no telling how many people end up confused in the long run. Debie

The very early dates for Wisconsin, i.e. 1803, 1822, etc are to designate dates that are unknown, just that they are in the 1800's as opposed to the 1900's. They also used 99 for the unknown days. Shari Milks, Manitowoc

> Just a reminder-the WI Pre-1907 Marriage Index does not include all > counties. A warning about the accuracy of the Ancestry.com index: I looked up some known relatives today just for the fun of it, and ALL the dates were incorrect for those married between 1900 and 1906 (5 or 6 from my line). Instead of 1903, they listed 1803, etc. Highly unlikely there would be records for Wisconsin that early (statehood came in 1848) and highly misleading for someone who might not know better! Looks like someone slipped and mistyped all those 9s as 8s.

Will be gone a couple of days over the holiday so will post the weekly up-date a day ahead of time. 14 more bios added to the Biography Page (Thanks Maria and Patti)for a total of 248 bios now on-line. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WaupacaBios 10 more cemeteries with 83 headstone photos were added to the Cemetery Page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/Cemmisc/waupcem.htm Hope you all have a safe and wonderful weekend!! Paula WaupacaCC http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Just a reminder-the WI Pre-1907 Marriage Index does not include all counties. This index includes the counties Adams thru Price. The Ancestry.Com site does list what microfilms you can find the indexes for Racine thru Wood on. The index address at Ancestry.Com http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4997.htm Hope you find your ancestors there. Paula WaupacaCC http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

The dates of some of the marriages are wrong, but ancestry is working on correcting them. Shelley

Thanks Dawn and I have passed this along to other lists. Paula WaupacaCC >From: ENDOS@aol.com >Reply-To: WIWOOD-L@rootsweb.com >To: WIWOOD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WIWOOD] Free BDM pre1907 Wisconsin Residents >Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 00:29:44 EDT > > <A HREF="http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/genealogy/order/index.html">Wisconsin >Genealogical Record Search</A> >Look what I stumbled across tonight. >Free birth, death, marriages and census lookups by the STATE HISTORICAL >SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN. >This offer is free to Wisconsin residents or to someone with membership. >Happy hunting. > >Warmest regards, >Dawn >Endos@aol.com > >Remember me in the family tree >My name, my days, my strife; >Then I'll ride upon the wings of time >And live an endless life. > >Goetsch > > >==== WIWOOD Mailing List ==== >Visit Wood County WI at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/> or >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/WLHN/WoodCoWI/ >WIWOOD-L Listowner: Marcia Ann KUEHL <makkuehl@yahoo.com> > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Oh yeah, pre 1907 marriage index was posted on ancestry.com on the 30th. Free for 10 days. Melissa _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

The complete listing for all cemeteries and links for Fond du Lac county can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemindex2.htm The following cemeteries are recent additions to this list Rauch Cemetery, town of Ashford http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/rauchcem.htm St Martin's Catholic Cemetery, town of Ashford http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/st_martins_ashford.htm New Prospect Cemetery, town of Auburn http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/newprospect_auburn_cemetery.htm Byron Cemetery, town of Byron http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/twn_byron_cem.htm St James Catholic Cemetery, town of Eden http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/st_james_eden_cemetery.htm Rohlf Cemetery, town of Eden http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/rohlf_eden_cemetery.htm North Eldorado Cemetery, town of Eldorado http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/eld_northeldorado.html Pier cemetery, town of Fond du Lac http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/fdl_pier.html Olmstead Cemetery, town of Fond du Lac http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/fdl_olmstead.html Forest Cemetery, town of Forest http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/forest.html St. Johannes Cemetery, town of Forest http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/twn_forest_cem.htm Anderson Cemetery, towm of Eldorado http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/twn_forest_cem.htm Mitchell Cemetery, town of Osceola http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/osceola_mitchellcem.htm Waucousta Cemetery, town of Osceola http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifonddu/resources/cemeteries/waucousta.html Tracy Reinhardt Fond du Lac Co

Hi all! Sorry for the late reminder. See everyone tonight! WIGenWeb Project Meetings Place: IRC server: irc.rootsweb.com (6667) Room: #USGW-WI Time: 9 PM EST Wednesdays http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/irc-chat.html Tina

Hi All, One French speaking area that I know of would be Prairie du Chien area in Crawford County. Thanks! Peggy Perry President, Iowa County Genealogical Society Visit us at: http://www.friendsnfamily.net/wiiowagensoc/index.html Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times For Obituaries from around the world - visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary County Coordinator for the Wisconsin GenWeb Program - Iowa County Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiowa Owner of the Iowa County Wisconsin Mailing list to subscribe <wiiowa-l-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe Co-Owner of the GenMsc mailing list to subscribe: <genmsc-l-request@rootsweb.com> message: subscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: Paula Vaughan <pajolova@hotmail.com> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [WIGEN-L] [Fwd: searching] > Nance- > > Maybe email the guy back and tell him you need further information to be > able to be of any assistance or to be able to give him any direction? > > > Paula > > > >From: Nance Sampson <nsampson@spacestar.net> > >To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [WIGEN-L] [Fwd: searching] > >Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 07:56:23 -0500 > > > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >--------------87650129560885BE12A26C26 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >Hi Friends, > > > >Either it's too early in the morning for my brain to work, or I just > >don't understand this email because I can find no clues in it. I don't > >know which county this fellow is referring to and, therefore, I don't > >know how to handle this. Anyone have any suggestions? > > > >-- > >Nance > >mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net > > > > > >--------------87650129560885BE12A26C26 > >Content-Type: message/rfc822 > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Content-Disposition: inline > > > >Return-Path: <paideia@bitstorm.net> > >Delivered-To: nsampson@spacestar.net > >Received: from www.bitstorm.net (mail.bitstorm.net [216.230.38.4]) > > by mail1.spacestar.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 723FFA76F > > for <nsampson@spacestar.net>; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 07:07:15 -0500 (CDT) > >Received: from bitstorm.net (digital40.pm3-12.orlando-fl.bitstorm.net > >[216.136.18.136]) > > by www.bitstorm.net (8.9.0/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA07966 > > for <nsampson@spacestar.net>; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:08:11 -0400 (EDT) > >Message-ID: <39A66205.3FB9F1D6@bitstorm.net> > >Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:09:42 -0400 > >From: paideia <paideia@bitstorm.net> > >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD47 (Win98; I) > >X-Accept-Language: en > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >To: nsampson@spacestar.net > >Subject: searching > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > > >I am trying to find FELIX PELOQUIN, who is mentionned in an obit of a > >brother, as being from WI. No mention of a city. The time span would be > >from1850 to 1940. > >Is there a central site? I am inclined to think he would have settled in > >an area where French speaking people congregated; he was born in QC > >province. > >Any help you can give will be readily appreciated. > > sincerely, > > Roland B.Peloquin > > > > > > > >--------------87650129560885BE12A26C26-- > > > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Florence County WIGenWeb Project Pages > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~wifloren > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Columbia County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wicolumb/wicolumb.htm >

I found a resource (that is new to me) and thought I might share it with the lists. It is "Polk's Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory-1924-25" by R. L. Polk & Co. Publishers, 431 Howard Street, Detroit, WI Ii found this book at the Neenah Wisconsin Library. This is for the entire state of Wisconsin. It is set up like most city directories, but the listings are set up first alphabetical by City and then under each city it lists alphabeticaly all businesses from that city. In the back of the directory it lists all businesses by alpha. Found this interesting as it looks like it lists those who really didn't have a "business" building, but may have done a certain type of work on the side. I also was surprised to see the very small towns also listed. The listings also gives a info on the town/city itself. Found my husband's grandfather listed as an upholsterer. Paula WaupacaCC http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Sorry I missed the Wisconsin Chat last evening (Computer problems). I am sure you all had a chat without me. The computer "clich" is corrected and hope to see you there next Sunday night 9:00 p.m. EST. Have a great week! Paula _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Your Bayfield County News for this week is now on line.... We are very diversified this time - from sports to flying saucers!!! Please enjoy! >From John Griener: August 15, 1913 issue of the Bayfield County Journal.. >From Zoe Lappin: Bayfield County Journal - Memories Column of the Iron River Pioneer - December 8, 1938 Bayfield County Journal - Yesteryear Column of the Washburn Times - March 25, 1937. This past week bios from the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Great Lakes Region have been added to the Bayfield and Ashland sites. They include: Capt. Bernard Doherty, Hon, Sam. S. Fifield, Matthew S. Hosmer, M.D., Eugene F. Price, William B. Rea, William T. Rinehart, M.D., Byron Ripley, Vespasian Smith, M.D., and Col. Elmer E. Tennant. More to come next week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibayfie/contents.html Jan, Donna, John and Zoe Bayfield County

Just a reminder to stop in the Wisconsin Chat tonight at 9:00 EST. Invite your cousins, bring those addresses of the the new helpful sites you have found, let's help each other find those lost ancestors. http://huntsville.about.com/citiestowns/southeastus/huntsville/mpchat.htm Paula _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

It was a slower week for the counties that I cover this past week -- life was too busy! But here's what happened... Burnett County has a new cemetery added to it's pages, that being Viola Lake Cemetery. This information was contributed by Audrey Garlie, a member of the Burnett County Historical Society. We would also like to donate this to the USGenWeb's Tombstone project for Wisconsin too. (Tina :~) ) http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiburnet/viola.htm For Barron County a few things happened, such as: The History of City of Barron was put online, complete with photos. This history was donated by Linda Mott -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/barronhistory.htm New Family Histories for this week include: Henry W. Bringman family - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/henrywbringman.htm Bert Gallop family - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/bertgallop.htm August Gilson family - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/augustgilson.htm Chet Goodspeed family - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/chetgoodspeed.htm Lars Larson family -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/larslarson.htm These family histories are from the book "A Journey Through Barronett, 1878 - 1978" and are used with the permission of its three authors. My special thanks go to them! And there's many more family histories to go! (some have some great photos with them) On our Surname page, the Gathright/Gathwright surname was added, along with the link to the contributors website on her family research. That's it for this past week. I hope you all had a great week too. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

I'm sorry - I know this in not proper list material - but - some how I saw WI in it..... Please forgive me - I couldn't resist! :-))) http://myjokemail.com/chinese.jpg

16 Biographies were added this week. Is your ancestor one of them? http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/WaupacaBios 76 more photos were added to the Family and Folk Fotos page. Check to see if your ancestors are there. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/FamilyandFolk/WaupFolk.htm Wisconsin Veterans Home Memorial Cemetery photos have been added. There are 24 http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/KingCem/KingCem.htm Watch the Cemetery page in the next coming week as I will be posting photos from several other cemeteries. Have a great week and happy hunting!! Paula WaupacaCC http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/index.htm ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Sunday Chats: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm (subtract 1 hr. for Central Time, 2 hrs. for Mt.; 3 hours for Pacific Time) ALL DAY--Genealogy "Open House"--all states; any surname 5-7 pm Eastern--BERRYHILL surname chat (all states) 7 pm Eastern--All Surnames starting with A-J (any state) 8 pm Eastern--All Surnames starting K-Z (any state) 9 pm Eastern--WISCONSIN genealogy (all counties) 10 pm Eastern--VIRGINIA genealogy (all counties) See you there for the Wisconsin Chat!! Paula ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

My thanks to all of you for your help and advice on the Peloquin researcher. I did do some research before asking my question yesterday. By searching in the USGenWeb Archives, I did find some Peloquin families in the land records for Chippewa Co. And by searching through the pre-1907 Wisconsin Death Index on Ancestry.com, I found there were Peloquin's in other counties of the state, but none in any of the five counties that I covered. This is why I was so confused -- I couldn't figure out if he was trying to pinpoint one county, or what? I also had suspicions that he might have contacted other county coordinators too. Anyway, just wanted you all to know that I appreciate your help, and that I think it's great to have you all to lean on. Hopefully I can be of help to some of you in the future too. Have a super weekend everyone! -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net