Here is a listing of the activities of the some of the counties I've been working on for this week: Burnett County -- The following surnames were added to our Surname page this week: BABCOCK, BAILEY, GERUNG, and PARDUN -- all from the Danbury area in the early 1900's http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiburnet/surnames.htm This page was just developed at the beginning of August and these additions are very welcome. Barron County -- The History of the town of Barronett was added, complete with photos. This page is very information and photo intensive, so please be patient while it loads! http://www.rootsweb.com/~wibarron/barronetthistory.htm Sawyer County -- We also added surnames to this county's surname page this week, for NELSON, WALTER and WHITE, located in Hayward and Stone Lake areas. http://www.rootsweb.com/~wisawyer/sawyers.htm +++++++++++PLUS+++++++++++++ We had a VERY active archives week! Here is a listing of what has been uploaded: For Sawyer County -- Our very own Debbie Barrett, cc of Pierce County was kind enough to donate the pre-1907 Sawyer Co. Death Index to us! This is a treasure we are very happy to get and thank Debbie profusely for all her work! ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/sawyer/vitalrecords/deaths/pre1907d.txt For Barron County - Vic Gulickson, our biography man, sent us a couple more really good bios of people from the Oak Grove Township in Barron County, including: Owen McGEOUGH, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/mcgeoug1.txt Patrick McGEOUGH, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/barron/biographies/mcgeoug2.txt For Eau Claire County -- I got the bug this week to do some typing, so 26 more bios got added to this county's archives. They include: Gilbert E. Porter - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/porter.txt Nelson C. Chapman - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/chapman.txt Martin Daniels - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/daniels.txt Robert Tolles - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/tolles.txt R. B. Buel - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/buel.txt Dr. W. W. Allen - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/allen6.txt H. J. Hanson - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/hanson.txt S. B. Wilkins - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/wilkins.txt John Barron - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/barronj.txt Hon. Fayette Allen - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/allen7.txt G. W. Wilson - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/wilson.txt W. T. Dennison - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/dennison.txt Thomas Horan - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/horan.txt Charles Lehenthall - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/lehentha.txt Rodman Palmer - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/palmer.txt Rev. Robert Cobban - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/cobban.txt Capt. Daniel W. Heylman - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/heylman.txt Robert Felton - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/felton.txt Henry Shaw - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/shaw.txt Mary B. S. Brown - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/brown2.txt Mary Tabor Meggett - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/meggett.txt Mrs. Mary Ingram - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/ingram.txt Mrs. Ellen C. Vilas - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/vilas.txt Mrs. A. Congdon - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/congdon.txt Mrs. Mary F. Bowler - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/bowler.txt Mrs. George W. Mason - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/eauclaire/biographies/mason.txt I should mention that these biographies came from "The History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881". ++++++ Have a safe and happy holiday weekend, everyone! -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net