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University of Wisconsin-Madison Historical Alumni Directory
An alumni directory spanning class years 1849 to 1919 is now online
The Orphan Train:
Wisconsin Orphans - From the Files of the Children's Aid Society of New York
On July 25, 1856, a group of orphans left New York to Delavan and Sharon,
(Walworth County), WI, and Racine (Racine County), WI. For more information,
visit the "Orphan Train" web site.
A Wisconsin Heritage - featuring photos of vintage Wisconsin schoolhouses
Newspaper Resources in
Wisconsin - Wisconsin Local History Network
Wisconsin Historical
Society (formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin)
Wisconsin County Vital
Records
Legacy Wisconsin obituaries search
British Interest
Group of Wisconsin and Illinois
Wisconsin Sons of the American
Revolution
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Wisconsin Cemetery
Project
Some Pre-1907
WI Marriage Records
Cyndi's List -
Wisconsin Links
Condensed from the Spring 2002 issue of the Modern Woodmen Magazine.
Many of us have found Modern Woodmen mentioned in an obituary or have found "MWA" on a tombstone.
Modern Woodmen of America life insurance records are available to help verify information and can help you continue in the right direction on your family research. Now, you can contact the MWA corporate librarian to check death benefit claim records 1884 - 1946 via e-mail: glevis@modern-woodmen.org
Include your ancestor's name, date of death and place of residence if known, as well as your full contact information.
Death benefit claim records are a secondary source and typically provide
the following:
*Name of Insured
*Date of Certificate
*MWA Camp Number and Location
*Date of Death
*Cause of Death
*Occupation
Requests for information for deaths after 1946 may or may not be released, and will be reviewed to protect confidentiality of the living family members. Requests are answered in the order they are received and there is no fee for this service.
SOCIAL SECURITY HISTORY
By ARLENE HALE BRACHMAN, MCGS President
As printed in the MCGS newsletter
Many questions have come up as people refer to the Social Security Death
Index. The following Social Security program dates answer most of them: 14 Aug
1935 Social Security law passed. 1 Dec 1936 - First card issued.
1937-1939 - Approximately 35 million numbers assigned to workers who
qualified before 1 Jan 1937.
1951 - Coverage extended to domestic and farm workers, temporary federal
employees, the self-employed and residents of U.S. territories.
1955 - Americans working for U.S. companies abroad and self-employed farmers
covered.
1956 - Most self-employed professionals other than doctors covered.
1961 - SSNs required by IRS to identify taxpayers.
1965 - Medicare program enacted. Doctors covered.
1973 - SS numbers issued centrally. First three digits determined by zip code
of applicant's address.
1984 - All federal employees hired after 1 Jan and employees of non-profit
organizations covered.
FAMILY FINDINGS, 7:4, May 1997, quarterly newsletter, published by the Wisconsin Jewish Genealogical Society, 9280 N. Fairway Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53217.
Unfortunately there are people out there with fraudulent Genealogy web sites.
Before spending any large amounts of money for a subscription, check the web
sites below to see if the company has been reported to authorities as offering
services that they are collecting money for but are offered elsewhere for free.
These companies have been known to steal data off of free genealogy web sites
and sell it!
Cyndi's
List - Consumer Protection