Well in WI, we had very good cows and they never strayed into other areas! LOL Seriously, I would think that they would, but, I have never seen anything like that. MI has registered log marks, so I would think that WI had some such thing for cows and logs. Wonder if you could get that from the WI Department of Agriculture??? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina S. Vickery" <[email protected]> > Hi all, > > Tonight, a page was shared with me. It got me to > thinking ... You all know that is dangerous, > especially given my penchant for cows <VBG> ! > > but.. does the State of WI have records similar to > what this page presents? > > "During the 19th Century and early 20th Century, many > farmers let their cattle graze in unfenced areas. > Branding was used to identify the owners of the > cattle" > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~msissaq2/cattle.html > > Tina > > > ==== WIGEN Mailing List ==== > Celebrate Wisconsin! > Visit the Vilas County WIGenWeb Project Pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wivilas/ > >