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_________________________ Local History & Miscellaneous Books
At The Graveside
Waupaca
_________________________ ________________________ Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Langlade and Shawano By Chicago; J. H. Beers & Co. 1895 1110 pages; ports. 28 cm. NOTE: Includes index at the end of roll. Biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settler families. FHL#0982242 item 2, FHL#1000805 item 1, Microfilm (negative) Madison, Wisconsin Historical Society Library, 1966 1 roll 35mm Biographies from this book have been placed on the Waupaca County Message Board. _________________________ Index to Names in the Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties.. By J. H.
Beers & Company Chicago, 1895 Indexed by Bailey, Stuges W., Mrs. The Early Foundations and Development of Waupaca County, Wisconsin by Paul D. Plowman Pub: Waupaca? Wis s.n. 19? 11 pages; 22cm. "For the benefit of the Little Schoolhouse Museum" Includes bibliographical references. Historical Society Library Pamphlet 92-478 Fisher-Fallgatter Mill Records Records of a flour mill founded in 1894 and closed in 1969. Case file unprocessed accessions M79-281; Records, 1930-1969 most of which are routine and related to the billing, invoicing and shipping operations of the mill. Qty 9.0 c.f. (9 record center cartons); MAD 3/38/H2-5 M79-478. Materials from a study of the mill done by Polly Athan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Included is Athan's report on this mill's history, a legal description of land holdings, a 1934 inventory, an appraisal and tape-recorded interviews done by Athan with Don Fallgatter, Evan Durant and Evan Johnson on the mill. Qty. 0.2 c.f. (1 package added to carton of 8 of M79-281) and 4 cassette tape recordings; MAD icon (4 tape recordings); MAD 3/38/H4 (1 package) Format 9.2 c.f. and 4 tape recordings
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Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State Street,
Madison, WI 53706 A Four County Guide to the National Register of Historic Places by Lee Newcomer Published: Oshkosh, WI L. Newcomer, 1981 51 pages; ill. 21 cm. Guide to the National Register of Historic Places in Fond du Lac County, Outagamie County, Waupaca County and Winnebago County. ___________________________ Fremont-Wolf River Area History Pub. Fremont, WI; Fremont, WI Area Bi-Centennial Book Committee, 1978; (Fond du Lac, WI; Badger Freund Printing Company) 270 pages; ill.; 28 cm __________________________ From Sawmills to Villages: the Early History of Big Falls by Caroline, Leopolis & Pell and Buckbee, Granite City, Hunting & Split Rock/ edited by Robert McDevitt Pub. by Marion, WI Marion Advertiser, 1992 330 pages; ill.; maps; 28cm Includes bibliographical references. _________________________ From The Indian Land by Malcolm Rosholt The first Norwegians (mostly from Telemark) came to Waupaca County in the 1850's. Thor Helgeson, an itinerant teacher, wrote a book called Fra Indianernes Lande about this area. It was translated by Malcolm Rosholt. It was printed by Krause Publications in Iola and copyrighted by the Iola Historical Society. If your interested in Waupaca County History and even more so the history of the Iola area during the lumbering era then this book has been called a bible by some. The first printing went so fast, a second printing has been done by the Iola Historical Society. It may be purchased by sending a request and with payment to: Iola Historical Society, P.O. Box 412, Iola, WI 54945 The book is $30.00 plus $3.00 shipping. __________________________ From the Indian Land First-Hand Account of Central Wisconsin Pioneer Life Translated by Malcolm Leviatt Roshold 1907- Pub. Iola, WI Krause Publications, c1985 348 pages, ill.; maps, ports.; 29 cm. Based on the author's translations of Fra Indianernes Land complied by Thor Helgeson, Includes index __________________________ From The Indian Land by Malcolm Leviatt Roshold 1907- Pub Iola, WI; Iola Herald 1965-1972 4 v. Ill.; 42 cm. A series of weekly articles in the Iola Herald based in part on Thor Helgeson's Fra Indianernes Lande published in 1915 in the Norwegian language. SC UW-Stevens Point Government Pub. +F587.W3 R6 _________________________ The Genealogical Research Guide to Waupaca County 2002 Edition Published by the Waupaca Area Genealogical Society Maps, churches, cemeteries, libraries, funeral homes, and an amount of other listings with genealogical research in Waupaca County. This book was revised and updated from the 1998 Edition and published September 2002. T __________________________
Ghosts Towns of
Waupaca County __________________________ History of a Social Club, De Danskes Hjern (The Dane Home) by Marnie Indestad Local history essay, undated History of a social club, DeDanskes Hjem (The Dane Home), Waupaca, WI, organized in 1877; prepared sometime after 1920 by Indestad from information furnished by William J. Bendixen State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 815 State Street, Madison, WI 53706 MAD 4/14/SC2641: Call No SC2641; Format 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) FHL#1888803 item 16 ___________________________ History of the Townships, Waupaca County by Esther Dunlavy 1975 Microfilm reproduction of original published; New London, WI, 16 pages, ill. FHL#1888801 item 6 __________________________ History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin by Joseph Wakefield Published by D. L. Stinchfield, 1890 Waupaca, WI 219 pages; front. (port) 18 cm. FHL#1036211 item 4 _________________________ Standard History of Waupaca County, Vol I & II by John Ware 1917 Biographies from this book have been placed on the Waupaca County Message Board. __________________________ Little Wolf River Country: An Early History of the Area by Eleanor V. Cooney Editor, Barbara A Dumke Photography Michael J. Cooney, Map; Edward Loss Published c1976 pages, ill. 21 cm _________________________ Obituaries from Shawano and Waupaca Counties Complied by Arnold and Amanda Braatz Scrapbook collection of obituaries, marriages, births and newspaper articles, mostly from southern Shawano and northern Waupaca Counties, indexes for some years 1946-1982 FHL#1035961 _________________________ Our Heritage: A Bicentennial Project Sponsored by Waupaca Lions Club; complied by Heritage Committee; edited by Rosemary Freiberger and John Holman Includes leaf indexes FHL$1888804 item 2 __________________________ The Old Road by Jeanie Wilcox 119 pages Mostly biographical, but includes some information about family members. Microfilm of typescript at the Waupaca County Historical Society, Royalton FHL$1888803 item 14 _________________________ Parfreyville Methodist Church Centennial 1856-1956 Dayton, WI: The Church, 1956 23 leaves; 28 cm Historical Society Library Pamphlet 93-566 _________________________ A Photo Album of the Past: Pioneer Scenes and Portraits from Central Wisconsin by Malcolm and Margaret Rosholt Published: Rosholt, WI Rosholt House c1977 192 pages; ill.; 23 X 31 cm NOTE: The 1977 ed. is Vol. II of a Photo Album of the Past ________________________ The Pioneers of Little Wolf Township by Evelyn M. Wegener c 1975 Including historical records of events from 1848-1973; includes index; 148 pages, ill FHL#1888804 item 1 ________________________ Poems and Memories by Jeanie Wilcox This records found under Waupaca County History Microfilm of typescript is at the Waupaca County Historical Society, Royalton FHL#1888803 item 15 ________________________ Ye Brown Book Souvenir of Waupaca County Complied by Orrin A. Rice, 1925 16 pages, ill. FHL #1888801 ______________________ A Brief History of Waupaca County Teachers College by Kenneth G. Renning, 1966 45 leaves; 28 cm + 7 plans Seminar papers-Wisconsin State University at La Crosse-1966 Accompanied by architectural plans of building proposed in 1924 but never built. Bibliography; leaves 35-37 WR UW-La Crosse WS66 Re ______________________ Wisconsin Semi-Centennial Souvenir Edition of the Waupaca Post Pub./Date: Waupaca WI M. Kirk, 1995 Complied by Sidney J. Huntley Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, WI 43 pages; ill;, ports. 28cm Reprint. Originally published: Waupaca, WI Waupaca Post, 1898 _______________________ Photographs, undated Central Wisconsin College Minutes, 1893-1932 An album of photographs made by (Commandant?? Leo M. Jackson of most of the buildings at King, WI prior to about 1959. An identifying key is included which indicates that many of the buildings were razed in the mid to late 1960s. Unprocessed Accessions 1994/027 Album including 160 black and white 4X5 photographs. Qty: 0.2 c.f. (1 volume in an archive box) MAD Icon Minutes, 1893-1920, of the Board of Directors of the Lutheran school. Founded as the Scandinavia Academy in 1891. This collection is available only on microfilm. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State Street. Madison, WI 53706 MAD 1V/Mss Box 100; Call No. Micro 335; Format 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) ________________________ St. Luke's Lutheran Church Big Falls, WI
Church Records 1899-1999 by Sara Tischauser _________________________ St. John's Lutheran Church Funeral
Records 1887-1997 ________________________ The History of Marion Part 1 The Early Years by Kathy Adams, Stacy Dewhurst, Kurt Klingbell, Carolyn Mielke, Murray Papendorf, Tricia Tank and Robert McDevitt ______________________ Rural Schools of Waupaca County-Waupaca County
Historical Society ______________________ Wisconsin Biographical Index - Complied by Cheryl Janke 1999 This is a wonderful index. This is an index of 124 Wisconsin sources and is easily used. You can check for your ancestors name and if your ancestor is in any of the 124 sources, this index will tell you which book and on which page to find the information about your ancestor. A few of the sources indexed in this book are: History of Dunn County, Wisconsin, 1925; Standard History of Sauk County, Vol. II by Harry Ellswroth Cole, 1918; Southeastern Wisconsin: A History of Old Milwaukee County, Vol. III, 1932; Memoirs of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 1907; Men of Progress, Wisconsin by Andrew J. Aikens and Lewis A. Proctor, 1897 and many more. _______________________
Published by the Clintonville Harvest Festival, Incorporated 1955
This book gives a lot of history of Clintonville, including the areas of churches, schools, businesses and it's people. The book also includes photos.
A Civic Century: Clintonville's New Generation 1955-1986 Compiled by Jeff Everson - 1986
$25.00 plus $4.00 for shipping and handling The Blue and the Gray $25.00 plus $4.00 for shipping and handling $25.00 plus $4.00 for shipping and handling On the Field of Battle $25.00 plus $4.00 for shipping and handling Bloody Battlefields $25.00 plus $4.00 for shipping and handling NAVARINO: Timber Trails and Tales by The Navarino History Committee
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Land Atlas & Plat Book, Waupaca County, Wisconsin By Rockford Map Publishers, Rockford, IL, 1986 Cadastral maps of townships, sponsored by Waupaca County 4-H Leaders Association, Waupaca, WI; Includes index FHL #6088721 _______________________ Official County Plat Book and Farmers' Directory of Waupaca County, Wisconsin Published Mankato, MN; Farm Plat Book Publishing Company-19? 56 pages; maps; 28 cm. _______________________ Plat Book of Waupaca County, Wisconsin C. M. Foote & W. S. Brown , 1889 56 pages Drawn from actual surveys and the county records; indicates property owners FHL #1888804 item 3 _______________________ Standard Atlas of Waupaca County, Wisconsin By Geo. A. Ogle & Company c1923 Including a plat book of the villages, cities, and townships of the county.
Family Histories Ager, Waldemar 1869-1941 Papers, 1931-1966 Papers of a Norwegian-American editor and writer, including records, 1916-1932, a committee former to raise a monument t Colonel Hans C Heg, who commanded the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, and a roster of that regiment; a manuscript copy of Thor Helgeson's Fra Indianernes Lande. on Norwegian settlement in Waupaca County, Wisconsin and miscellaneous clippings and correspondence, largely in Norwegian. Register State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 MAD 4/39/B3; Call No. Mss 106; Format -.2 c.f. (1 archives box) ___________________________ Baker, Jeremiah b 1825? Papers 1856-1874 Copies of twelve letters written by Jeremiah Baker, a settler in Fremont WI and in Eau Clair, WI in which he writes of his activities and surroundings, and of his Civil War service in the 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; and letters from the donor providing genealogical information. Baker was also known as R. James Baker and Rinaldo J. Baker. This collection is owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 This collection is at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Area Research Center, Stevens Point, WI 54481 Stevens Point SC 18; format 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) ___________________________ Boe, John J. and Nielsen, Harald Papers, 1886-1900 Letters and papers of John J. Boe and Harald Nielsen, whose relationship is not clear but who were Norwegian-Americans living in Wisconsin. Primarily letter in Norwegian both from Norway and from other Norwegians in the US, the collection concerns family life in Norway and immigrant life in Wisconsin. Also present are papers from Boe's attendance at the Scandinavian Academy (Scandinavia, WI), a biographical sketch of Civil War soldier N.E. Boe and largely unidentified photographs. Register. This collection is owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 Except for the photographs, this collection is at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Area Research Center, Oshkosh, WI 54901 Photographs: MAD Icon/Lot 3923; Call No. Lot 3923 Oshkosh Mss CB 4120; Format 0.4 c.f. (1 archive box) and photographs. _________________________ Brown, I. M. Notebook, ca 1898 Notebook of a New London, WI physician, pertaining to infant care Located at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 MAD 3/26/F5-6; Call No. Wis Mss 14PB/16; Format 0.1 c.f. (1 volume) _________________________ Butterfield, William Miscellany, 1856-1858 Miscellaneous papers concerning William Butterfield, a native of Maine and resident of Northport, WI, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, including a copy of an excerpt from his memoirs, a plan of the village of Northport, quit-claims deeds and warranty deeds. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 MAD 4/14/SC 459; Call No. SC 459; Format 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) ________________________ Calkins, Blanche Janda Family History, undated Brief history by Blanche Calkins Janda of the George H. Calkins family, Waupaca County, WI, including information on social activities and on the pure spring water near Sunset Lake where the family moved in 1880. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706; MAD 4/14/SC1351; Call No. SC 1351; Format 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) _________________________ Calkins, Emerson Rood 1842-1919 Family papers, 1862-1983 Reminiscences of Calkins' service in the 8th Wisconsin Light Artillery, 1862-1863, including description of camp life and army maneuvers in Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee, including the battles of Perryville, Chaplin Hills and Murfreesboro,; reminiscences of his wife, Sabra Thompson Calkins of her childhood in Waupaca, Wisconsin, especially of her school experiences; clippings' family correspondence; and a short genealogy. This collection is available only on microfilm. Register. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 MAD 1V/Mss Box 627; Call No. Micro 994; Format 1 reel of microfilm __________________________ Chapin, James M. 1833-1898 Diaries, 1864-1880 Typewritten copy of diaries, November 12, 1864-August 29, 1865, with notes for 1868 and 1871, and September 6, 1878-March 26, 1880., kept by Chapin, a Waupaca County, Wisconsin farmer, chronicling the day-to-day activities of a pioneer family and including references to prices of products and clothing. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 MAD 4/14/SC 124; Call No. SC 124; Format 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) _________________________ Clarke, Willis Peck 1842-ca1920 Papers, 1826-1926 Papers of a lieutenant of Co. K, 13th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, including his correspondence, 1861-1865, describing camp life, campaign travel and minor engagements in Tennessee and Alabama; a scrapbook containing certificates, muster rolls, special orders, and other military documents, and clippings from Southern newspapers, 1864, the first issue of The Wisconsin Volunteer, 1862, a program for Union prisoners' celebration on July 4, 1862, at Salisbury, NC and an authorization to Enos W. Peeck to raise a New Jersey militia company, 1862. Also includes descriptions of Waupaca, Wisconsin, Veterans' Home and of life at the Molokai, Hawaii, Leper Colony in 1915. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 MAD 4/15/SC-O 13; 1 box; MAD 4/39/C3; Call No. Mss 114 Sc-O 13; Format 0.6 c.f. (1 archive box and 1 volume) _________________________ Dean, Selma Madsen 1894-1993 Scrapbook, ca 1850-1993 Scrapbook compiled by Selma Dean containing photographs, clippings, and memorabilia concerning the Dean and Madsen families of Scandinavia, WI. Also included are a brief reminiscence by Dean about her early life in the Norwegian American community in central Wisconsin, her education, and work as a school teacher, and several letters from her son, Robert, a career Air Force officer, containing his views on the Cold War in 1953 and observations after his arrival in Vietnam in 1967. Available only on microfilm. This collection is owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706. This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Area Research Center, Stevens Point, WI 54481 The microfilm is also available in Madison. MAD 1V/Mss Box 1047; Call No. Micro 2026 Stevens Point Micro 28; Format 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) _______________________ by Dorothy Baldwin _______________________
The History of the Glocke-Drath family by Margrit Hamilton Lees ________________________
Christian Hanson, 1820-1895 : from Gjerpen to Iola __________________ The
Hellestad House: A New Beginning for an Old Homestead This book contains a family
tree, a timeline, map of the Telemark region in Norway where the
Olson/Skorgen/Jorgens?Hellestad families came from. Also included a
map outlining Scandinavia, WI and surrounding farms.
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Their ancestors and descendants from 1736 to 1970 by Leo Daniel Hershberger
___________________________ Holman, Elizabeth Palmer Diaries, 1918-1921 Diaries kept by Holman, a farm woman who lived in the Town of Dayton, Waupaca County, WI, providing an overview of farm life, described are farm chores, housework, trips to town which included selling farm goods and buying merchandise, church attendance, social activities and interaction with neighbors and friends, finances, family health, transportation and conditions and activities relating to WWI. This collection is available only on microfilm. This collection is owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706. This collection is at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Area Research Center, Stevens Point, WI 54481 The film is also available in Madison. MAD 1V/Mss Box 825; Call No. Micro 2010; Stevens Point Micro 27; Format 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) ________________________ A Bit of Green in Lebanon (Hurley Family) The Hurley Family with related and allied lines Library of Congress 91-90119, CS71.H965 Copies in the Clintonville Library, New London Library and the Historical Society Library in Madison, WI. _________________________ by Delores Zillmer Miller
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Knoph, Thomas Account book, 1853-1855 Account book in Norwegian (on microfilm) with an English translation (on paper), kept by Thomas Knoph for his general store, the first in Scandinavia Township, Waupaca County, WI. The Norwegian original is available only microfilm. Negative produced and held by the Norwegian-American Historical Association, Northfield, MN State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 1 folder; MAD 4/14/SC 397; Micro 260 (1 reel): MAD 1V/Mss Box 86 Call No. Micro 260 SC 397; Format 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm) _______________________ Family Records of
Ludwig Krubsack (1820-1902) 1947 Edition by Russell Miller _____________________
Marquardt family : 100 years of history _______________________ Muchs of Northern Waupaca County in Wisconsin by Mary Rahr _______________________
The
O'Briens of Lebanon _____________________________ Pioneer Popes A history of the Plymouth Popes who descended from one Thomas Pope of Plymouth and Dartsmouth, Massachusetts; became pioneers in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Nebraska, 1627 to 1937 _______________________ by Robert LaVern Raasch _______________________ Descendants of Karl Ludwig Schewe
_______________________ The Schneiderwendt-Riske family
history ___________________ Schoepke and Raisler
families: Pioneers of Waupaca County, WI Decorah, IA Anundsen Pub., 1992, 435 pages Papers, 1848-1922 Papers of a Civil War veteran concerning his experiences in the Wisconsin 14th Infantry, regimental reunions, his genealogy, the history of Marion, WI and organizations there, and several family vacation trips. Unprocessed Accessions M86-041; Materials,, 1848-1922, including Civil War memories, an autobiography, photographs, genealogies, histories of Marion, WI and verses about Ramsdell's Civil War experiences. See box list with accession sheet. Qty 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box), MAD 3/38/U2 State Historical
Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706
Format 0.4 c.f. ________________________ The
Shopodocks : a Potawatomi Indian story : a sesquicentennial project
_____________________ Memoirs of Helene Plath Tonn 1867-1953 Memories and anecdotes of everyday life by Helene Plath Tonn, undated, recorded by her daughter, Erna, describing her youth in Montello, WI, visits to relatives in MN; moving to New London, WI after her marriage to Edward August Tonn who was involved in several businesses there; and in 1909 moving to Mena, Arkansas where they farmed for a number of years. Included are photocopied photographs and documents and an appendix containing genealogic charts and biographical sketches of Erna Tonn Kenkel and her brother August Edward Tonn. This collection is owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706 This collection is at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Area Research Center, Stevens Point, WI 54481 Call No. Stevens Point SC51; Format 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) _______________________ Vaughn, John M. Letters, 1857 Three letters from Vaughn, a farmer near Waupaca, WI, concerning problems of getting settled, purchase of land and prices of farm animals and products. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, 816 State St., Madison, WI 53706; MAD 4/14/SC2540; Call No. SC 2640; 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) _______________________ The Old Road By Jeanie Wilcox 1981 119 pages; ill., ports; 21 cm Wilcox family in Waupaca County _______________________ Rural on the Crystal by Norma Stromberg 1978 This book includes photos, family pedigree sheets, news articles of weddings, deaths, etc. Some of the surnames found in this book are: Potts, Ashmun, Stenson, Radley, Jensen, Barton, Barlow and many more. _______________________ A Short History of the Families and
Descendants of Ernest Zempel and Ida Pidde _______________________ New Echoes From Old Escapades : a
collection of reminisces and memories and history of the Zillmer Miller
families of Dupont and Marion, ________________________ If you would to contribute material to this site or other WIGenWeb Project sites, please contact Paula Vaughan, the County Coordinator of this site. Copyright Notice: All files on this site are copyrighted by their creator and/or contributor. They may be linked to but may not be reproduced on another site without specific permission from Paula Vaughan at pajolova@hotmail.com and/or their contributor. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which they are presented, the notes and comments, etc., are. It is however, quite permissable to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use ONLY.
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