This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: r_a_green Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.langlade/1334/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wisconsin Gazetteer Hunt, John Warren Beriah Brown, Madison, WI; 1853 This is a digitally reproduced version of the 1853 Wisconsin Gazetteer containing the names, location and advantages of counties, cities, towns, villages, post offices and settlements, together with a description of the lakes, water courses, prairies and public localities in the state of Wisconsin. Researchers interested in genealogy and or the history of mid 19th century Wisconsin places will find the vast amount of historical documentation in this book invaluable. The 256 page book on CD is alphabetically arranged and contains brief historical profiles of the cities, towns, villages and settlements of Wisconsin in 1853. Wisconsin places and place names, many of which no longer exist in contemporary literature or on current maps are identified and discussed in this excellent early Wisconsin resource. Documentation includes but is not limited to these Wisconsin place names: Adams County - Appleton - Baraboo - Beaver Dam - Beloit - Berlin - Black River Falls - Brown County - Buffalo County - Burnett County - Calumet County - Chilton Centre - Chippewa County - Chippewa Falls - Columbia County - Crawford County - Dane County - Dartford - Dodge County - Dodgeville - Door County - Dunn - Elkhorn - Fond du Lac - Fond du Lac County - Fort Atkinson - Fort Howard - Fox Lake - Friendship - Geneva - Grand Rapids - Grant County - Green Bay - Green County - Green Lake - Harrisville - Hartford - Hilbert - Horicon - Hudson - Iowa County - Jackson County - Janesville - Jefferson - Jefferson County - Juneau - Kenosha - Kenosha County - Kewaunee - Kewaunee County - Kilbourn City - LaCrosse - LaCrosse County - LaFayette County - Lancaster - Madison - Manitowoc - Manitowoc County - Marathon County - Marquette County - Menasha - Menomonie - Milwaukee - Milwaukee County - Mineral Point - Monroe - Montello - Necedah - Neenah - Oconomowoc - Oconto - Oconto County - Om! ro - Osceola - Oshkosh - Outagamie County - Oxford - Ozaukee County - Packwaukee - Palmyra - Pewaukee - Pierce County - Platteville - Plymouth - Polk County - Port Washington - Portage - Portage County - Prairie du Chien - Racine - Racine County - Richland County - Ripon - River Falls - Rock County - Sauk County - Shawano - Shawano County - Sheboygan - Sheboygan County - Sheboygan Falls - Shullsburg - St. Croix County - Stevens Point - Sturgeon Bay - Trempealeau - Two Rivers - Vernon - Walworth County - Washington County - Waterloo - Watertown - Waukesha -Waukesha County - Waupaca - Waupaca County - Waupun - Wausau - Waushara County - Wautoma - West Bend - Westfield - Whitewater - Winnebago County, Winneconne and many more! The Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the PDF images contained in this book; and is included free on each CD. The data has been created and configured using Adobe Acrobat for MS Windows (98, 98SE, XP, NT and 2000). The pages may be viewed in earlier versions of the software as well, and with current versions of the Adobe Reader on recent model Mac systems. Download reviews free here: http://home.comcast.net/~r_a_green/review.html ___________________________________________________________ Historical Atlas of Wisconsin 1878 The Atlas CD contains high resolution (400 dpi) scanned images of vintage 19th century maps that are presented in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). All of the 1878 Wisconsin county maps are included on this CD, as are 106 city and village plat maps from this period. Unlike many digital reproductions created from aged and worn originals, these scans are crisp, clean and completely legible throughout. The excerpt example maps of Grant County (274K) and the Village of Lancaster (245K) plat are representative of the content and image quality found on this Atlas CD. These may be viewed by following these links: Grant Co.: http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/wi_map/wi_county.html Lancaster: http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/wi_map/wi_city.html Each atlas includes the following 19th century features: * roads, railroads and canals * cities, towns and villages * post offices and government sites * one-room schoolhouses, churches and cemeteries * rivers, streams and ferries * race tracks, fair grounds and picnic groves * industrial sites, furnaces and mills * early homesteads and farms -and much, much more The Historical Atlas of Wisconsin may be an invaluable aid to Genealogists, Historians and researchers in search of 19th century Wisconsin places and place names. ___________________________________________________________ The Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the PDF images; and is included free on each CD. The data has been created and configured using Adobe Acrobat for MS Windows (98, 98SE, XP, NT and 2000). The pages may be viewed in earlier versions of the software as well, and with current versions of the Adobe Reader on recent model Mac systems. Reviews of more 19th century material may be downloaded free here: http://home.comcast.net/~r_a_green/review.html Best Regards, Rich Green Historic Archaeological Research www.har-indy.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.