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Sure-fire Methods to Wisconsin Genealogy Success - Wisconsin Genealogy: Using WIGENWEB

April 7th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

Wisconsin became the nation’s 30th state in 1848. It was formed with land that originally belonged to Michigan. Many northern Europeans began immigrating here in the late 1800s. Some were Scandinavians and Germans. More than a dozen Native American tribes lived here prior to the immigration of the northern Europeans.

Five Million Inhabitants

As you probably know, especially if you come from Wisconsin, which is also referred to, as the “Badger State” is the twenty-sixth ranked state in terms of its size and also has a population of over five million people. Listen closely. For those who are interested in learning more about Wisconsin genealogy, the WIGENWEB project is an important resource and it is made up of many genealogists who provide free information to the public at large.

County Websites

Other places to visit to find out more about Wisconsin genealogy are the County Websites where you can learn about your ancestors who resided there and in case you are not sure of where your ancestors lived, you could use tools included in their Maps & Gazetteers section. Also, WIGENWEB also has an Unknown County Query Board that you can tap if you are not sure of the county where your ancestors came from and their Wisconsin Rootsweb Message Boards is another tool to help you out with your Wisconsin genealogy search.

WIGENWEB

WIGENWEB provides Wisconsin genealogy information pertaining to all counties in the state from collected databases as well as other information resources including genealogical societies, maps, posted queries as well as many other tools and aids. The best place to begin your search for Wisconsin genealogy is the Guide to Wisconsin Genealogy, wherein are contained a good perspective of general resources that you could use, and once you are conversant with such resources, you could then check out WIGENWEB Archives that holds voluminous information that will prove very useful to you.

Robert Bickham’s Twenty-Six Tips

It’s always a good idea to take some time and study how you are going to do the Wisconsin genealogy research to find out where you came from. There are numerous websites on the World Wide Web (also known as the Internet) that contain Wisconsin Genealogy information. Go right to the source in Wisconsin and do birthparents Searches, Bible and church records, Adoption, and Biographies of Wisconsin citizens. Check out the website at Genealogy.com. There are many articles there on how to conduct a genealogy research project. Last, but not least read about Robert Bickham’s twenty-six steps for doing genealogy research. Remember, as Robert Bickham says, “What you discover today, you will be remembered for tomorrow“.