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Area
Research Center University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Debra Anderson 920-465-2539 |
Naturalization papers from
Shawano county;
History of the county and Northeastern WI; Some school censuses, population censues; (Note: A file card index of Shawano naturalization papers kept at the Area Research Center in Green Bay is also kept at the Shawano Latter Day Saints Family History Center.) |
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Tigerton
Branch Library
Birch Street P O Box 166 Tigerton WI 54486-0166 Tel 715-535-2194 Fax 715-535-2666 Peggy Slicer, Librarian |
Open Hours:
Wednesday, Thursday 10:00 - 6:00 p.m. Friday 2:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday 2:00 -5:00 p.m. |
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Birnamwood
Branch Library
337 S. Main Birnamwood WI 54414-9259 Tel 715-449-3120 Karen Dickman, Librarian |
Library Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 2-8 p.m. Saturday 9-12 p.m.
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Bonduel Community Archives
108 S. First St. P. O. Box 205 Bonduel, WI 54107 715-758-2687 |
Currently open on Wednesday 9-5 &
Saturday 9-4
Serving: Advance, Bonduel, Briarton, Cecil, Landstad, Navarino, Slab City, Zachow and surrounding areas. Some information from brochure:
Notable references at the archives: Many cemetery listings and church records from the area. Has many of the local newspapers of the Bonduel Times from 1909. (Note: the Bonduel Public Library has the Bonduel Times on microfilm.) Family history resources include: a collection of obituaries and wedding announcements from the present newspapers and copies of family scrapbooks submitted to the archives. News clippings are sorted and filed by family name. The archives is collecting photographs of the area's first settlers and their families. |
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Bonduel
Branch Library
117 1/2 W. Green Bay P O Box 687 Bonduel WI 54107-0687 Tel 715-758-2267 Fax 715-758-6841 Carol Luepke, Librarian |
Winter Hours:
Monday, Wednesday 3-7 Tuesday, Thursday 9-2 & 5:30-7 Saturday 9-12 Summer Hours:
Local newspaper on microfilm. |
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Shawano City - County Public
Library
128 S Sawyer St Shawano, WI 54166 715-526-3829 Their web page can be accessed at this address www.nfls.lib.wi.us/sha/. From here you can enter Newcat which is their card catalog. They have access to quite a few libraries and if you can't find an item in their system we can order from outside the system. HOURS:
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This Library
has a reference room called the Wisconsin Room. It has a collection of
newspapers on microfilm along with books and pamphlets regarding the county's
history. And we have a new "Kindred Spirit" there, working at the
library -- Mikki emailed me the
following information:
Thanks, Mikki, for updating our site! Mikki also says that she is able to do LIMITED look-ups in reference books, etc. at the library. Let's not overwhelm our latest "kindred spirit" -- please limit your requests to one per email and also be specific as to what you want looked-up and in which book...and Mom's Rule #1 applies here! (Always say thank-you!) |
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Menominee Tribal County Library
Keshena, WI 54135 715-799-5212 |
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Tigerton Village Hall
221 Birch Street Tigerton, WI 54486 715-535-2194 |
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Shawano County Courthouse
Register of Deeds 311 N Main Shawano, WI 54166 715-524-2129 |
Vital records housed. Note this courthouse has the pre-1907 original birth, marriage, and death records. Notable fact: some vital records were never recorded at the courthouse, but were recorded at the Shawano City Hall. | ||||||||||||||
City of Shawano
Clerk-Treasurer 213 E Green Bay St Shawano, WI 54166 715-526-6138 |
Note: A complete index of the records contained at City Hall is also available at the Shawano Latter Day Saints Family History Center. | ||||||||||||||
Shawano County Historical Society
Heritage Park Museum 724 N. Franklin Street (North end) Shawano, WI 54166 Phone (715) 526-3536 Tours: June to September 1,
For special tours contact:
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Visit Heritage Park Museum and relive the "good ole days." The six buildings of the museum compound and their exhibits bring to life the history of immigrants, lumberjacks and early farmers who settled this area of Wisconsin. Sunset Island, located in the Shawano Lake Outlet Channel, adjacent to Heritage Park, has a shelter and picnic tables. Tours begin at the Registration Center which has displays of children's pictures, depicting the fashions worn by children of early pioneer families, and a collection of early Main Street pictures. Tours continue through the vintage John Kast home of 1871, to view its late 19th century furnishings; a One-Room Country School; a restored pioneer log cabin; a dairy building with Shawano County cheese-making equipment; and, across the lane, a stone building with collections of turn-of-the-century hardware, logging and maple syrup equipment plus other vintage items. | ||||||||||||||
Stockbridge-Munsee Historical Library,
Museum of the Mohican Nation N8510 Moh He Con Nuck Road Bowler, WI 54416 715-793-4270 |
The "People From Where the Waters Are Never Still" have an illustrious history. The museum offers archives for study and research. The collection is arranged by era and is the most complete collection of information about the Mohican People. Located four miles east of Bowler. Open Monday - Friday, 8-4:30. | ||||||||||||||
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
910 E Zinger Ave Shawano, WI 54166 715-526-2946 Summer Hours Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9-4 FHC Director:
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Excellent reference collection of local
Shawano County ancestors research information. File card indexes of: Federal
Census records thru 1910; Vital records housed at Shawano City
Hall; Naturalization papers housed at Green Bay Area Research Center; Some
vital records housed at Shawano County Courthouse; Cemetery inscriptions
from local cemeteries. An almost complete collection of obituary
clippings from local Shawano newspaper. Book library of local history reference
books. Also has a file cabinet of local ancestors family group sheets,
and donated family histories.
PHONE: 715-526-2946 DURING OPEN HOURS OR 715-526-3490 FOR INFORMATION |
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Diocese of Green Bay
1910 South Webster Ave. P.O. Box 23066 Green Bay, Wi. 54305-3066 920-435-4406 ext. 8186 Fax 920-435-1330.
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Catholic church records for
Northeastern Wisconsin are on micro-fiche. There are also books
and genealogies in a small library attached to the archive.
In an email from Kris, I was told they have hired a new archivist and are
filling back research requests. They will again be open for researchers
to schedule appointments.
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Wittenberg Area Historical Society and Museum
Former St. Paul Lutheran Church Parochial School Wittenberg, WI 54499 |
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Wittenberg
Branch Library
803 Cherry Street P O Box 295 Wittenberg WI 54499-0295 Tel 715-253-2936 Arlene Newcomb, Librarian |
Library Hours:
Monday-Thursday 2-7 Friday 10-5 Saturday 9-12 |
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Mattoon-Hutchins
Library
311 Slate Av P O Box 266 Mattoon WI 54450-0266 Tel 715-489-3333 Joyce Reichert, Librarian |
Open Hours:
Tuesday, Thursday 10-5 Wednesday 2-6 |
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Tigerton Area Historical Society
Corner of Swanke & Chestnut Streets, Tigerton Open June-Sept, 3rd Sunday of the month; Memorial Day Sunday, and July 4th weekend Sunday. Also open Lumberjack Days, Sat & Sun, 1-5pm; for special town events; and by request for civic and cultural groups. |
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Eland Area Historical Society
P.O. Box 27 Eland, WI, 54427 Phone: (715) 253-6040 |
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Marion Area Historical Society
P.O. Box 321 Marion, WI, 54950 Contact Bruce Hofman (715) 754-2118 Open May-Sept, 2 Sundays each month, 1-4pm.
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Pulaski Area Historical Society
129 West Pulaski Street P. O. Box 944 Pulaski, WI, 54162 Phone: (920) 822-5856, (920) 822-5189
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