Many thanks to all who responded to my plea for help with the Sawyer Co. page problem. I think the problem has been fixed, but will know for sure by this evening. I'm not sure what OS she is using, but I haven't had that problem since I was running Windows 3.1. I thought I had a virus when it happened to me, until I was taught how to "clear my cache". These new fangled 32 bit programs sure have made life a little easier (and the pages a little cleaner loading too!) Anyway, thanks for all your advice, opinions and help. You all are a great bunch to work with. No wonder I enjoy the Wednesday night chats so much! Hope to see you all there tomorrow night. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

Nance, I bet her browser isn't set up for frames. R/S MAK ===== ===== TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/TheStorm MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Hi All, Tomorrow evening is the 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 Hope to see as many of you there as possible! Tina

Hello fellow CC's, I received a message this afternoon from someone who has tried to view the Sawyer Co. WIGenWeb page, but has not been able to. I don't know the reason why this person can't get the page to load right. This is the only complaint that I've had on this page. Would someone mind checking it out to see if it loads up correctly for you or not? I've checked it with both Netscape 4.7 and IE 5.0 and can't re-create the problem. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wisawyer/ Thanks for any help or advice you can give me. Oh, here is a copy of the complaint so you will know what this person was experiencing (she's using IE) : Dear Nance, Your WebSite for Sawyer Co. looks good when I first enter, but as I scroll it gets smeary and I cannot find or click on any of the links. I was able to print out a good portion of each page (the right side was cut off) and it looks like you have a lot there, but cannot access any of it because of whatever is happening when I try to scroll to the side or down. Hope this can be fixed. I had relatives in Sawyer Co. during the first part of 1900 and hope to find more info. None of the other Web pages I have gone to have done this. Thanks for your help. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net

This happens to me at work when I have been to 1 too many webpages and my memory is getting thin --i.e., time for a reboot. I think if you have him reboot and try again that he won't have the problem again. I've never been able to recreate the problem at home (although I definitely know when it is time for a reboot) but it happens to me all too frequently at work. I'm not sure what the combination is that creates it. you can simply close the browser and try again, but it is still an indication of confiscated memory, and a reboot is best. Kelly > Hello fellow CC's, > > I received a message this afternoon from someone who has tried to view > the Sawyer Co. WIGenWeb page, but has not been able to. I don't know > the reason why this person can't get the page to load right....

Hi Nance, I have loaded it and zoomed from one end to the other, I also tried zooming while it was loading and I don't have any problems at all. I am only guessing, but I have to wonder what system she is using or if perhaps she has a virus. I have a friend who only on select websites, not all of them, but they would look like someone tossed water on paint. Other websites were fine and when she discovered she had a virus and took care of it, her problem with the certain websites went away. It seemed the ones with more graphics did this to her, but I don't see that you have a big bunch of graphics on your site. Sorry I couldn't be of more help, All, I had a wonderful response to my question about the National Home and the Wisconsin Veterans Home. The National Home is located in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Vets home is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. For those of you who mentioned it was near Sheboygan, just for future reference, it isn't located near Sheboygan. I have Sheboygan & Calumet County and really had to start thinking twice as to what the insane asylun was called before it was torn down way back when. Again I thank all who responded and helped, it is neat to see how many people are willing to help out, Debie At 09:36 PM 2/21/00 -0800, you wrote: >Hello fellow CC's, > >I received a message this afternoon from someone who has tried to view >the Sawyer Co. WIGenWeb page, but has not been able to. I don't know >the reason why this person can't get the page to load right. This is >the only complaint that I've had on this page. Would someone mind >checking it out to see if it loads up correctly for you or not? I've >checked it with both Netscape 4.7 and IE 5.0 and can't re-create the >problem. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wisawyer/ Thanks for >any help or advice you can give me. > >Oh, here is a copy of the complaint so you will know what this person >was experiencing (she's using IE) : > >Dear Nance, > >Your WebSite for Sawyer Co. looks good when I first enter, but as I >scroll it gets smeary and I cannot find or click on any of the >links. I was able to print out a good portion of each page (the right >side was cut off) and it looks like you have a lot there, but >cannot access any of it because of whatever is happening when I try to >scroll to the side or down. > >Hope this can be fixed. I had relatives in Sawyer Co. during the first >part of 1900 and hope to find more info. > >None of the other Web pages I have gone to have done this. > >Thanks for your help. > > >-- >Nance >mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Ashland County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.usgennet.org/~ahwiashl/index.html > > >

Nance- I checked your site also and don't have any trouble viewing it. Don't know what the trouble is for the other person, but I didn't have any trouble. Paula WaupacaCC >From: Nance Sampson <nsampson@spacestar.net> >To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WIGEN-L] Web page help >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:36:07 -0800 > >Hello fellow CC's, > >I received a message this afternoon from someone who has tried to view >the Sawyer Co. WIGenWeb page, but has not been able to. I don't know >the reason why this person can't get the page to load right. This is >the only complaint that I've had on this page. Would someone mind >checking it out to see if it loads up correctly for you or not? I've >checked it with both Netscape 4.7 and IE 5.0 and can't re-create the >problem. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wisawyer/ Thanks for >any help or advice you can give me. > >Oh, here is a copy of the complaint so you will know what this person >was experiencing (she's using IE) : > >Dear Nance, > >Your WebSite for Sawyer Co. looks good when I first enter, but as I >scroll it gets smeary and I cannot find or click on any of the >links. I was able to print out a good portion of each page (the right >side was cut off) and it looks like you have a lot there, but >cannot access any of it because of whatever is happening when I try to >scroll to the side or down. > >Hope this can be fixed. I had relatives in Sawyer Co. during the first >part of 1900 and hope to find more info. > >None of the other Web pages I have gone to have done this. > >Thanks for your help. > > >-- >Nance >mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net > > > >==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Ashland County WIGenWeb Project Pages >http://www.usgennet.org/~ahwiashl/index.html > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Robin, I think this is, indeed, the original post about re-typing data, and getting data via text files off *very old* computers. ;-) I didn't get the message until today either, but obviously some people got it right away! Must be an Internet routing thing. (?) I don't usually have this problem thru Rootsweb, altho sometimes my sister answers e-mails from our other sibs before I see the first question. ;-) I think one of the people who answered in the first place knew that the fiche had been created from computer data in the 1980s. The question (about that) was whether someone could use the original tape/disks to recreate the data file. Dawn put that question to rest when she answered that the WSHS webmaster had told her that the original computer file had been thrown away by the Vital Records dept. Looks to me like this volunteer would like to get the microfilm of the original marriage records, and create a new file, at least for Oconto Co. She feels, as do I, that the fiche has too many errors. It's a valuable resource -- but I've found a lot of stuff on the microfilm that doesn't show up, at all, on the fiche. If I only used the Pre-1907 Indexes, I'd have very few relatives from Wisconsin. And one of my lines moved there in 1853! Marsha Robin Hoff Kaspar wrote: > > I'm soooo confused. Is this the original post about retyping data that was > originally typed in the 1980's? I read this list in list mode and the > replies post before the originals. Does anyone else get them this way? > > Anyway I don't see in this message where there is any mention of the data > from the fiche being transferred to computer in the 1980's. Am I just > getting half of it? > > I can't answer the question, I'm just trying to follow the thread LOL > > Robin Hoff Kaspar > Volunteer host, Grant County, Wisconsin WIGenweb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant > > -----Original Message----- > From: WIGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com > [mailto:WIGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of zorblitz > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 1:34 PM > To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WIGEN-L] Help needed from you. > > Hello All, > > I received this letter yesterday, and would really like some input on > the many pertainent and complicated questions asked here, as I am no > expert. I believe that this is of general interest and use to most on > this list and I would like to give the best reply possible, because we > all know that " a motivated volunteer is a terrible thing to waste". > Thank you so much! Rita - Oconto CC > Hi! > > I was excited to see that someone else looked at those crazy pre-1907 > marriage fiche too! > > This may sound like a stupid question and I suppose that I could hunt > down the right "older" person at the Historical Society, but the > information on the fiche was generated by a computer in the 1980s???. > Where is that data now? Why would someone have to retype that in. I > kind of figure it has to be on some old mainframe on the UW Madison > campus and has not been touched in years, but is on a big tape at the > Historical Society that they would have to load on some machine. The > computer people should then be able to export it to a text file that > could be read by a word processor and loaded to the various webs. > What do you know about this? > > Now, I personally have a problem with the information on the fiche AND > since you are "in charge" of Oconto Co. maybe you could help me with > one of my crazy ideas! It appears that some of my relatives are not > listed in the index, but when I go to the actual rolls of film, they > are there and the film is quite readable. What I would like to > o ---- and I'm not too sure how fast I could do it -- or where to > start, would be to create a database of the information found on the > records from the 2 rolls of Oconto Co. Marriage Licenses (pre-1907). > > 1. Do you have copies of the rolls that UW GB has that I could > borrow? > 2. If not, do you know who does? > 3. Are copies available for sale? > 4. Do you know who might have a film reader that I might > borrow/rent during spring break? (March 17-25) > > Getting the film to Oshkosh is my first priority. I would like to > work starting in March, preferably at home, but I could always take my > laptop computer with me to the public library or create paper forms > (ugh). > > I found all sorts of information on the actual licenses that helped me > trace spouses and other information on women's married and maiden > names. If it were in a database, it could be sorted by church, > minister, dates, birthplaces, as well as searched by names..... > parents, bridesmaids, etc. > > So, what do you think? Can you help???? > > Kathy

I'm soooo confused. Is this the original post about retyping data that was originally typed in the 1980's? I read this list in list mode and the replies post before the originals. Does anyone else get them this way? Anyway I don't see in this message where there is any mention of the data from the fiche being transferred to computer in the 1980's. Am I just getting half of it? I can't answer the question, I'm just trying to follow the thread LOL Robin Hoff Kaspar Volunteer host, Grant County, Wisconsin WIGenweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigrant -----Original Message----- From: WIGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:WIGEN-L-request@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of zorblitz Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 1:34 PM To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WIGEN-L] Help needed from you. Hello All, I received this letter yesterday, and would really like some input on the many pertainent and complicated questions asked here, as I am no expert. I believe that this is of general interest and use to most on this list and I would like to give the best reply possible, because we all know that " a motivated volunteer is a terrible thing to waste". Thank you so much! Rita - Oconto CC Hi! I was excited to see that someone else looked at those crazy pre-1907 marriage fiche too! This may sound like a stupid question and I suppose that I could hunt down the right "older" person at the Historical Society, but the information on the fiche was generated by a computer in the 1980s???. Where is that data now? Why would someone have to retype that in. I kind of figure it has to be on some old mainframe on the UW Madison campus and has not been touched in years, but is on a big tape at the Historical Society that they would have to load on some machine. The computer people should then be able to export it to a text file that could be read by a word processor and loaded to the various webs. What do you know about this? Now, I personally have a problem with the information on the fiche AND since you are "in charge" of Oconto Co. maybe you could help me with one of my crazy ideas! It appears that some of my relatives are not listed in the index, but when I go to the actual rolls of film, they are there and the film is quite readable. What I would like to o ---- and I'm not too sure how fast I could do it -- or where to start, would be to create a database of the information found on the records from the 2 rolls of Oconto Co. Marriage Licenses (pre-1907). 1. Do you have copies of the rolls that UW GB has that I could borrow? 2. If not, do you know who does? 3. Are copies available for sale? 4. Do you know who might have a film reader that I might borrow/rent during spring break? (March 17-25) Getting the film to Oshkosh is my first priority. I would like to work starting in March, preferably at home, but I could always take my laptop computer with me to the public library or create paper forms (ugh). I found all sorts of information on the actual licenses that helped me trace spouses and other information on women's married and maiden names. If it were in a database, it could be sorted by church, minister, dates, birthplaces, as well as searched by names..... parents, bridesmaids, etc. So, what do you think? Can you help???? Kathy ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== Visit the Chippewa County WIGenWeb Project Pages http://users.rootsweb.com/~wichippe/chippewa.htm

Rita, Ah ha! The original! I just got this Monday AM -- even tho it's dated Saturday. ??? I have had the same experience as this person. I understood this was a WPA project. No? Anyway, the microfilm of the marriage data is available thru the LDS FHC. I don't know if it might be possible to get the microfilm from WSHS Library & sent to her local library, but then again, maybe? I *know* she can order thru her local FHC, for a cost of only $3.50 per film. Since it takes about 3 weeks to come in, she should probably order now to have it available for her Spring break. She can look up the film numbers at: http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchcatalog.asp Marsha (Temp) Iron Co. zorblitz wrote: > > Hello All, > > I received this letter yesterday, and would really like some input on > the many pertainent and complicated questions asked here, as I am no > expert. I believe that this is of general interest and use to most on > this list and I would like to give the best reply possible, because we > all know that " a motivated volunteer is a terrible thing to waste". > Thank you so much! Rita - Oconto CC > Hi! > > I was excited to see that someone else looked at those crazy pre-1907 > marriage fiche too! > > This may sound like a stupid question and I suppose that I could hunt > down the right "older" person at the Historical Society, but the > information on the fiche was generated by a computer in the 1980s???. > Where is that data now? Why would someone have to retype that in. I > kind of figure it has to be on some old mainframe on the UW Madison > campus and has not been touched in years, but is on a big tape at the > Historical Society that they would have to load on some machine. The > computer people should then be able to export it to a text file that > could be read by a word processor and loaded to the various webs. > What do you know about this? > > Now, I personally have a problem with the information on the fiche AND > since you are "in charge" of Oconto Co. maybe you could help me with > one of my crazy ideas! It appears that some of my relatives are not > listed in the index, but when I go to the actual rolls of film, they > are there and the film is quite readable. What I would like to > o ---- and I'm not too sure how fast I could do it -- or where to > start, would be to create a database of the information found on the > records from the 2 rolls of Oconto Co. Marriage Licenses (pre-1907). > > 1. Do you have copies of the rolls that UW GB has that I could > borrow? > 2. If not, do you know who does? > 3. Are copies available for sale? > 4. Do you know who might have a film reader that I might > borrow/rent during spring break? (March 17-25) > > Getting the film to Oshkosh is my first priority. I would like to > work starting in March, preferably at home, but I could always take my > laptop computer with me to the public library or create paper forms > (ugh). > > I found all sorts of information on the actual licenses that helped me > trace spouses and other information on women's married and maiden > names. If it were in a database, it could be sorted by church, > minister, dates, birthplaces, as well as searched by names..... > parents, bridesmaids, etc. > > So, what do you think? Can you help???? > > Kathy

A while back someone on this list gave an address where you can buy the Pre-1907 WI Birth, Death, etc. fiche. Could you please repost that address. Also, if you can't get the fiche through the Area Research Center at Polk Library in Oshkosh, there is a Family History Library out on Highway 21 that may have them. Paula Waupaca CC ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Rita, I will answer the questions in the "volunteer's" letter as I am able: First, the "Pre-1907" indexes were created by the State Vital Records office in Madison, not the WPA which was active back in the 30s-early 40s. The indexes were computer-generated and funding ran out before they could finish the marriage index. That is why it only covers Adams to part of Racine Cos. Yes, the indexes are chock full of errors and omissions, but as you all know, they are still very useful. I have asked the "where is the computer file" question of Paul Hedges, current webmaster of the State Historical Society. The question was asked in the context of the Society's consideration to post the marriage indexes currently being compiled for the "missed" counties of Racine through Wood on their web site. He said, very chagrined, that the Society had looked into using the computer files and learned that they had been thrown out by the State Vital Records office. A great pity. Now, as to Oconto Co. reels. First, if the volunteer is in Oshkosh, they can go to the Area Research Center of the SHSW at UW-Oshkosh, Forrest R. Polk Library, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901 (920) 424-0828. Oconto Co. is not within this ARC's territory, but records from Oconto (which are housed at the UW-Green Bay ARC) can be transferred to Oshkosh within a week or two. They will have film readers the volunteer can use. The Green Bay ARC, (920) 465-2539, should have copies of the Oconto marriage films. They may only have one set though, so a phone call to find out if they will loan them to Oshkosh would be wise. The transfer should be requested early enough to be delivered before Spring Break. All the ARCs pretty much shut down during breaks since most are on UW campuses. I am not familiar with any way to purchase copies of WI vital records films. I am fairly certain this would be illegal. The State Historical Society in Madison has copies of the Oconto films, but they are not available through interlibrary loan and are also not loaned to the ARCs. Also, as someone already mentioned, these films are available via the Family History Centers. The GSU did the original filming and so has copies. Last, I would suggest the volunteer contact Judy Vezzetti <vezzetti@facstaff.wisc.edu>. She is spear-heading the marriage indexing project for the "missing" counties. I know her ultimate goal is to "fix" the available Pre-1907 marriage indexes as well. I'm sure the volunteer would be interested in learning the format that Judy has been using (very complete). Best of luck! Dawn M. Knauft, CGRS Coordinator, Dane Co. WiGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~widane WiSearch, Professional Genealogical Research http://www.wisearch.net >From: zorblitz@mindspring.com (zorblitz) >To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com >Hello All, > >I received this letter yesterday, and would really like some input on >the many pertainent and complicated questions asked here, as I am no >expert. I believe that this is of general interest and use to most on >this list and I would like to give the best reply possible, because we >all know that " a motivated volunteer is a terrible thing to waste". >Thank you so much! Rita - Oconto CC >Hi! > >I was excited to see that someone else looked at those crazy pre-1907 >marriage fiche too! > >This may sound like a stupid question and I suppose that I could hunt >down the right "older" person at the Historical Society, but the >information on the fiche was generated by a computer in the 1980s???. >Where is that data now? Why would someone have to retype that in. I >kind of figure it has to be on some old mainframe on the UW Madison >campus and has not been touched in years, but is on a big tape at the >Historical Society that they would have to load on some machine. The >computer people should then be able to export it to a text file that >could be read by a word processor and loaded to the various webs. >What do you know about this? > > >Now, I personally have a problem with the information on the fiche AND >since you are "in charge" of Oconto Co. maybe you could help me with >one of my crazy ideas! It appears that some of my relatives are not >listed in the index, but when I go to the actual rolls of film, they >are there and the film is quite readable. What I would like to >o ---- and I'm not too sure how fast I could do it -- or where to >start, would be to create a database of the information found on the >records from the 2 rolls of Oconto Co. Marriage Licenses (pre-1907). > >1. Do you have copies of the rolls that UW GB has that I could >borrow? >2. If not, do you know who does? >3. Are copies available for sale? >4. Do you know who might have a film reader that I might >borrow/rent during spring break? (March 17-25) > > >Getting the film to Oshkosh is my first priority. I would like to >work starting in March, preferably at home, but I could always take my >laptop computer with me to the public library or create paper forms >(ugh). > >I found all sorts of information on the actual licenses that helped me >trace spouses and other information on women's married and maiden >names. If it were in a database, it could be sorted by church, >minister, dates, birthplaces, as well as searched by names..... >parents, bridesmaids, etc. > >So, what do you think? Can you help???? > >Kathy

On the good side, however, it is likely anything typed on a computer in 1984 can be retrieved through DOS as the simplest of text. I'm trying to think back to the year... my first computer was the TRS 80 (I think that was it), and if the data could actually be retrieved (the questionable part), it should be readable in DOS by using the "type" or "edit" command. I think that computer had the 8" floppies. My next computer... TI 99/A by Texas Instruments read all the data onto cassette tapes, which I still have. Until only about 3 months ago, I was the official 5 1/4" floppy disk reader in our office because I still had the drive. Fortunately... I finally got my new computer too, and am still figuring out why I need 2 CDROM drives. I must have missed the original post :/ Kelly > -----Original Message----- > From: MAK [mailto:makkuehl@yahoo.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 12:13 PM > To: WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WIGEN-L] why retype the list??? > > > For re-typing in information, if done on a computer in the early 1980s or > prior, then it might have been keypunched in. Personal computers weren't > readily available, until about 1984. And it was a 8088 processor > with 5 1/2 > inch floppies. Not only would the computer storage disk be out > of date, but > all the software it was probably written in. > > THINK ABOUT IT... Kinda like asking why we can't get the Black > and White TV > programs before the color TV was on the market, about the early > 1960s! (grin) > R/S MAK > > ===== > ===== > TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/TheStorm > MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" > ===== > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Ashland County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.usgennet.org/~ahwiashl/index.html >

For re-typing in information, if done on a computer in the early 1980s or prior, then it might have been keypunched in. Personal computers weren't readily available, until about 1984. And it was a 8088 processor with 5 1/2 inch floppies. Not only would the computer storage disk be out of date, but all the software it was probably written in. THINK ABOUT IT... Kinda like asking why we can't get the Black and White TV programs before the color TV was on the market, about the early 1960s! (grin) R/S MAK ===== ===== TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/TheStorm MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about the military homes and locations. It is great to see everyone so willing to help another CC. Hope you all have a great weekend, Debie

The big veteran's home in Wisconsin is at King, in Waupaca County. ----- Original Message ----- From: Debie & Joe <sebring@excel.net> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:26 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Military Home Question > Hi all, > I am hoping someone on this list can help me out. I am in the middle of a > project and within the listing are alot of civil war vets who are listed as > residing in the "National Home" and some listed as residing in the > "Wisconsin Veterans Home". Does anyone have any idea where these two places > are located and perhaps in what county, if the National one is even in our > state? > > Thanks in advance, > > Debie > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Calumet County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wicalume/ > >

Hello All, I received this letter yesterday, and would really like some input on the many pertainent and complicated questions asked here, as I am no expert. I believe that this is of general interest and use to most on this list and I would like to give the best reply possible, because we all know that " a motivated volunteer is a terrible thing to waste". Thank you so much! Rita - Oconto CC Hi! I was excited to see that someone else looked at those crazy pre-1907 marriage fiche too! This may sound like a stupid question and I suppose that I could hunt down the right "older" person at the Historical Society, but the information on the fiche was generated by a computer in the 1980s???. Where is that data now? Why would someone have to retype that in. I kind of figure it has to be on some old mainframe on the UW Madison campus and has not been touched in years, but is on a big tape at the Historical Society that they would have to load on some machine. The computer people should then be able to export it to a text file that could be read by a word processor and loaded to the various webs. What do you know about this? Now, I personally have a problem with the information on the fiche AND since you are "in charge" of Oconto Co. maybe you could help me with one of my crazy ideas! It appears that some of my relatives are not listed in the index, but when I go to the actual rolls of film, they are there and the film is quite readable. What I would like to o ---- and I'm not too sure how fast I could do it -- or where to start, would be to create a database of the information found on the records from the 2 rolls of Oconto Co. Marriage Licenses (pre-1907). 1. Do you have copies of the rolls that UW GB has that I could borrow? 2. If not, do you know who does? 3. Are copies available for sale? 4. Do you know who might have a film reader that I might borrow/rent during spring break? (March 17-25) Getting the film to Oshkosh is my first priority. I would like to work starting in March, preferably at home, but I could always take my laptop computer with me to the public library or create paper forms (ugh). I found all sorts of information on the actual licenses that helped me trace spouses and other information on women's married and maiden names. If it were in a database, it could be sorted by church, minister, dates, birthplaces, as well as searched by names..... parents, bridesmaids, etc. So, what do you think? Can you help???? Kathy

If you go to the city hall, they can give you a complete print out of who is buried there. If you give them the name Collins they can print that out and it will tell each Collins buried there. We did this for my husband's family and found more relatives then we were looking for. Paula WaupacaCC ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi Debie, The Wisconsin home is located in King, WI. If I remember correctly, this is up the eastern coast line of WI near Sheboygan. 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: Debie & Joe <sebring@excel.net> To: <WIGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:26 PM Subject: [WIGEN-L] Military Home Question > Hi all, > I am hoping someone on this list can help me out. I am in the middle of a > project and within the listing are alot of civil war vets who are listed as > residing in the "National Home" and some listed as residing in the > "Wisconsin Veterans Home". Does anyone have any idea where these two places > are located and perhaps in what county, if the National one is even in our > state? > > Thanks in advance, > > Debie > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Calumet County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wicalume/ > >

Hello Everyone- The Waupaca County Historical Society is gathering information about all 130 old rural schools in the county. Photographs, graduation lists, school board records & minutes, and personal recollections are being sought from the former students and teachers. These materials will be considered for a possible inclusion in a forthcoming book. If you have historical information or other related items, or would like to contribute you personal recollections, please contact Donald Hanson at (920) 244-7564 or Joan Paulsen at (715) 823-4995. Don's mailing list is N7625 Swamp Road, Manawa, WI 54929 Thanks you. Paula WaupacaCC ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com