Hello! The Oconto County Sesquicentennial excitement continues for the month of Feb: For all the specific postings of old family news, obituaries galore (thanks especially to Ron Renquin), marriages, birth and deaths and direct page links please see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/newest.htm Mary Beth (Noonan) Jensen - our lookup specialist, now has an archives of the early area family questions and answers from the past. This is a wonderful resource! Also new to this page is a rough draft of the George & Richard Hall book "Bicentennial Recollection of Oconto County", it had not index but contains hundreds of family names so this is an important addition, Check out your surnames at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/lookups.htm There are several very fine new Family Pages contributed by researchers for the names DONOVAN, MARTIN, BIRR, STECKER, LESSOR, PRICE, HEIDELWORTH, DAVIS, PHELAN, AND COVEAU (with alternative spellings on most), and many old family photos are shared for your help and enjoyment: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/fampg.htm Interesting new entries for the Women of Oconto County Page include PAULINE LaBUDDA and THERESA FLATLEY: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/OCWomen.htm BUT THE MOST EXCITING this month, is the finding of a very old box of abandoned county newspaper clippings (1883 into the 1960's), from an attic in an old Oconto Falls home. Richard LaBrosse is feverishly editing, copying and sending each item to the site and some of the articles are already posted, with all the rest to come as soon as possible. This is several hundred entries which represent much of county family genealogy and history.! What a treasure, both the box and Richard's help! Our very best to you. Please enjoy! Rita