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This project is part of the State of Wisconsin Portal. About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Wisconsin. You can add profiles for: People born in Wisconsin. People who lived in Wisconsin. People who died in Wisconsin When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit. If you h...
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that competes in the National Football League (NFL). They are members of the league's North division of the National Football Conference (NFC). Green Bay is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, organized and starting play in 1919. It is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dunn County, Wisconsin. Official Website Dunn county was founded in 1854 from Chippewa County and organized in 1857. It is named for Charles Dunn, the territory's first chief justice. Adjacent Counties Barron County Chippewa County Eau Claire County St. Croix County Polk County Pepin County Pierce County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. Official Website Originally, in 1848 it was named La Pointe County, Wisconsin . After Douglas and Ashland Counties were split off from the original La Pointe County, the remainder was renamed Bayfield County on April 12, 1866. Bayfield County is home to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa , a br...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Douglas County, Wisconsin. Official Website Douglas County, named after Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, was established on February 8, 1854, from the larger La Pointe County, Wisconsin, and the City of Superior was immediately selected as the county seat. A portion of the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation is located within Dougla...
Please add people who were born, lived or died in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Official Website The Potowatomi inhabited the area that would become Kenosha County for centuries prior to the acquisition of the area in 1833. The city of Kenosha was founded in 1835, and Kenosha County was formed in 1850. Adjacent Counties Allegan County, Michigan Racine County Lake County, Illinois McHe...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Marquette County, Wisconsin. Official Website The county was created in 1836 from the Wisconsin Territory and organized in 1848 and was named in honor of Father Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit explorer, who passed through this region in 1673. Adjacent Counties Green Lake County Columbia County Adams County Waushara C...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ozaukee, Wisconsin. Official Website The county was established in 1853 and its name comes from the Ojibwe name for the Sauk people. It probably means "people living at the mouth of a river." Adjacent Counties Oceana County, Michigan Sheboygan County Muskegon County, Michigan Milwaukee County Waukesha County Washington...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Oneida County, Wisconsin. Official Website Oneida County was formed in 1887 and was named after the indigenous Oneida tribe, one of the five nations of the Iroquois. Adjacent Counties Forest County Vilas County Langlade County Lincoln County Price County Cities & Towns Cassian Crescent Enterprise Hazelhurst ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lincoln County, Wisconsin. Official Website The county was created in 1875 and named after President Abraham Lincoln. Adjacent Counties Langlade County Oneida County Marathon County Taylor County Price County Cities, Towns & Communities Birch | Birch | Bradley | Bundy | Clifford (part) | Corning | Doering | Dudley | ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. Official Website Outagamie County was created in 1851 and organized in 1852. "Outagamie," a French transliteration of the Anishinaabe term for the Meskwaki (Fox) Indians, meant "dwellers of other shore" or "dwellers on the other side of the stream," referring to their historic habitation along the St. La...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Price County, Wisconsin. Official Website Price County was created on March 3, 1879, when Wisconsin Governor William E. Smith signed legislation creating the county. The county was later organized in 1882. William T. Price (1824–1886), for whom Price County was named, was President of Wisconsin Senate and an early logger in Price Co...
Brief History The Menominee Indian Tribe’s rich culture, history, and residency in the area now known as the State of Wisconsin, and parts of the States of Michigan and Illinois, dates back 10,000 years. At the start of the Treaty Era in the early 1800’s, the Menominee occupied a land base estimated at 10 million acres; however, through a series of seven treaties entered into with the United St...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Brown County, Wisconsin. Official Website Brown County is one of Wisconsin's two original counties, along with Crawford County. It originally spanned the entire eastern half of the state when formed by the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1818. It was named for Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown , a military leader during the War of 1812 . ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Forest County, Wisconsin. Official Website Forest County was created by the Wisconsin State Legislature in 1885 and was named for the forests contained within its limits. Adjacent Counties Florence County Marinette County Iron County, Michigan Oconto County Vilas County Langlade County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Florence County, Wisconsin. Official Website Florence County was founded in 1882 and takes its name from the Florence Mining Company. Adjacent Counties Dickinson County, Michigan Marinette County Iron County, Michigan Forest County Towns & Communities Aurora Commonwealth Fence Fern Florence (County Seat) He...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Washburn County, Wisconsin. Official Website The county was created in 1883 and was named for Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn. Adjacent Counties Douglas County Bayfield County Sawyer County Rusk County Barron County Burnett County Cities, Villages, Towns & Communities Baronett | Bashaw | Bass Lake | Beaver Brook |...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ashland County, Wisconsin. Official Website Ashland County was formed in 1860 and was named in honor of the Lexington estate of Kentucky statesman Henry Clay . Adjacent Counties Iron County Price County Sawyer County Gogebic County, Michigan
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Iron County, Wisconsin. Iron County was created in 1893 and was named for the valuable iron ore found within its borders. Adjacent Counties Ashland County Gogebic County, Michigan Vilas County Price County Cities & Towns Anderson Carey Gurney Hurley (County Seat) Kimball Knight Mercer Montreal Oma Pe...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Green County, Wisconsin. Official website The county was created in 1837 from the Wisconsin Territory. It is named for General Nathanael Greene, who commanded the Southern Campaign in the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties Dane County Iowa County Rock County Lafayette County Stephenson County, Illinois Winn...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Grant County, Wisconsin. Official Website Grant County was created as part of Wisconsin Territory in 1837. It was named after an Indian trader; his first name, origins, and eventual fate are all unknown. Grant County, Wisconsin is the extreme southwesternmost county of Wisconsin and is adjacent to Jo Daviess County, Illinois which...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Official Website The county was created in the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 and later organized in 1844. Fond du Lac is French for "bottom of the lake", so given because of the county's location at the southern shore of Lake Winnebago. Adjacent Counties Calumet County Dodge County Washington Co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Door County, Wisconsin. Official Website Door County's name came from Porte des Morts ("Death's Door"), the passage between the tip of Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The name "Death's Door" came from Native American tales, heard by early French explorers and published in greatly embellished form by Hjalmar Holand, described a...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Barron County, Wisconsin. Official Website The county was created in 1859 as Dallas County (named after Vice President George M. Dallas ), with the county seat located at Barron. It was renamed Barron County on March 4, 1869. The county took the name Barron in honor of Wisconsin lawyer and politician Henry D. Barron , who served as ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Official Website The county was created in 1836 prior to Wisconsin's statehood and organized in 1848. It takes its name from a small river within its boundaries. The origin of this Indian word is variously given. The first constituent, "manito," is conceded by all to be the Indian word for spirit, or mys...