WHAT'S NEW -updated daily (well almost) Information If You Are Coming To Manitowoc County For Research Helpful Information How to Use this Site. Please read. Name Translations First Names and Surnames and what they mean. Manitowoc County Surname Registry List of Contributors  Would contributors please update their addresses? 2 Manitowoc Hall of Fame  People who have gone above and beyond in contributing to this site. A short history of Germany to help you find the area you need. SITE SEARCH ENGINE LOOKUP VOLUNTEERS If you find who you are looking for, and still have a question, please ask. Check back often as new information is added to the site daily. Shari Milks Webmaster and Chief Cook and Bottle Washer for the site. Kent and Beverly are now co-webmasters with me. Kent will maintain the NEWS section and as he learns more about the site and coding, he'll take on more of it. Beverly will maintain the first half of the cemeteries, real estate transfers and the births. Can't believe my good fortune! These volunteers will do lookups: When requesting information, please be as specific as you can in your inquiry. I can always use more volunteers for lookups or helping with the files if anyone wants to offer. NOTE: Please do not ask for an obit giving only a year. this is asking the volunteer to look through hundreds of newspapers to find an obit. Lisa She will do obit lookups in news archives that are online. Not all have been put online yet. Mary Lou For Civil war queries Sue She will take tombstone photos. Karen She will do lookups at courthouse and library Need a volunteer for this space. Someone want to fill this blank space? Kent For Civil war queries These volunteers and past volunteers have added tons of information to this site, and I'm very grateful to them for their generosity. The Two Rivers Lester Library is paying for the server space for this site. If anyone would like to donate to help defray the cost, you can send it to: Two Rivers Lester Library 1001 Adams St. Two Rivers, WI 54241 Let them know it's for the 2manitowoc.com site. They will continue to keep it online when I am no longer able to work on it. Notice: For people who use information from this site for their family trees and want to put a source down, please use 2manitowoc.com for the source because from time to time I have to split files and that may change the address you put with the information. You could put 2manitowoc.com and then name the general section you found what you needed..such as marriages, cemetery number/name, glass negatives, etc.   DEATHS Newspaper articles can be ordered through the Interlibrary Loan program. CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS/OBITUARIES List of Cemeteries by Township, with transcriptions. Obituaries are linked to the person's name and tombstone photos have a separate link as do photos of a person. Note: Until cemeteries were established, many early settlers buried their dead in the forests and just anywhere in the fields. MASTER LIST OF SURNAMES IN CEMETERIES I have numbered the cemeteries, and beside each surname you will find a series of numbers that correspond with the cemeteries. This should save you having to look through every one to find the name you're looking for, as the surname will be only be found in the cemetery or cemeteries with those numbers. [ A ][ B ][ C ][ D ][ E ][ F ][ G ][ H ][ I ][ J ][ K ][ L ][ M ] [ N ][ O ][ P ][ Q ][ R ][ S ][ T ][ U ][ V ][ W ][ X-Y ][ Z ] OBITUARIES There are enough obituaries linked in the cems, that this section isn't needed any more. So we decided to remove it as it is redundant and a huge waste of server space. CEMETERY X Burials Not found in Township Cemetery listing [ A-B ] [ C ] [ D-F ]  [ G ]   [ H-I ]   [ J ]  [ K ]   [ L ]  [ M ]   [ N-Q ]  [ R ]  [ S ]   [ T-Z ] CREMATIONS - NO CEMETERY NAMED No way to determine final disposition of ashes PRE-1907 DEATH INDEX by DATE According to Date: (Note: 1851-1859 includes unknown dates) (Important note: The notations in the remarks portion of the pages are suggestions only. They are put there to help researchers but please do the research to verify the suggestions.)   [1851-1859]   [1860-1869]   [1870-1873]   [1874-1876]   [1877-1878]   [1879]   [1880-1881]   [1882]   [1883-1884]   [1885-1886]   [1887]   [1888]   [1889]   [1890]   [1891]   [1892]   [1893]   [1894]   [1895]   [1896]   [1897]   [1898]   [1899]   [1900]   [1901]   [1902]   [1903]   [1904]   [1905]   [1906]   [1907] PRE-1907 DEATH INDEX by SURNAME Combined Courthouse and Microfiche: (Important note: The notations in the remarks portion of the pages are suggestions only. They are put there to help researchers but please do the research to verify the suggestions.) [ A ]   [ B ]   [ BEC ]   [ BJ ]   [ BRE ]   [ C ]   [ D ]   [ DI ]   [ E ]   [ F ]   [ G ]   [ GO ]   [ H ]   [ HE ]   [ HI ]   [ I ] [ J ]   [ K ]   [ KI ]   [ KO ]   [ KR ]   [ L ]   [ LI ]   [ M ]   [ MC ]   [ MI ]   [ N ]   [ O ]   [ P ]   [ PF ]   [ Q ] [ R ]   [ RH ]   [ S ]   [ SCHI ]   [ SCHN ]   [ SCO ]   [ SO ]   [ STE ]   [ T ]   [ U ]   [ V ]   [ W ]   [ WH ]   [ Y ]   [ Z ] 1850 and 1870 Census Mortality List Death and Burials from First German Evangelical Lutheran Church 1856-1874 Death and Burials from St. John's Lutheran Church Newton 1851-1991 Deaths from St. Peter St. Paul Church, Kiel People Who Died in Manitowoc County and are Buried Elsewhere People Who Died Elsewhere and Were Buried There and Had Relatives in Manitowoc County Centenarians  People who lived to be 100 years or older What the county and state charge for copies of records A researcher just sent this information in about where you can get copies of records: Pre-1907 births, marriages, and deaths for Manitowoc County can also be ordered through the Green Bay Area Research Center at the Cofrin Library, UWGB, for $5 -- as opposed to the $20 you'd have to pay at the courthouse or through the vital records bureau. The link to the request forms is: Cofrin Library request forms Translations of Common Foreign Words found on Tombstones MARRIAGES AND BIRTHS Newspaper articles can be ordered through the Interlibrary Loan program. Divorce/court records are kept at the Cofrin Library in Green Bay. The link is on the Special Links page MARRIAGES/FAMILIES IN MANITOWOC COUNTY Includes Newspaper Articles and Links to Biographies [ A ] [ AN ] [ B ] [ BE ] [ Bem ] [ BI ] [ BO ] [ BR ] [ BU ] [ C ] [ CI ] [ D ] [ DO ] [ E ] [ EL ] [ F ] [ FL ] [ G ] [ GI ] [ GR ] [ GROL ] [ H ] [ HAM ] [ HE ] [ HI ] [ HOM ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ KE ] [ KJ ] [ KO ] [ KR ] [ KU ] [ L ] [ LE ] [ LI ] [ LO ] [ M ] [ MAR ] [ MC ] [ MI ] [ MR ] [ N ] [ NEU ] [ O ] [ P ] [ PE ] [ PI ] [ Q ] [ R ] [ RE ] [ RH ] [ ROH ] [ S ] [ SCHM ] [ SCHR ] [SCHU ] [ SCHW ] [ SH ] [ SN ] [ SQ ] [ STI ] [ T ] [ TI ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ WE ] [ WI ] [ WIN ] [ Y ] [ Z ] BIOGRAPHIES [ A ][ B ][ Be ][ Bo ][ Bu ] [ C ][ D ][ E ] [ F ][ G ][ Gr ] [ H ][ He ][ Hi ] [ I ][ J ][ K ] [ Ke ][ Kj ][ Kr ] [ L ][ Li ][ M ] [ Mc ][ Mi ][ N ] [ O ][ P ][ Pi ] [ R ][ Rh ][ S ] [ Schm ][ Schr ] [ Schu ][ Se ][ Sh ] [ Smi ][ Sn ][ St ] [ T ][ U ][ V ] [ W ][ Wi ][ Y ] [ Z ] Cross Index for Wives in the Marriages What the county and state charge for copies of records The True marriage bill was passed by the assembly yesterday and with the Governor's signature, the bill will become a law. It requires that a license must be obtained five days before the marriage ceremony is performed. Boys, get a move on yourself if you desire to "fool" the legislators and escape the fee. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Manitowoc, Wis. Saturday, April 1, 1899 P.4 Parents should remember the duty which the law imposes on them in regard to the registering of births that occur in their families. The law limits the time in which to perform this duty to thirty days. Frequent notices of this requirement have been given through the city press, and it is hoped that in the future it will be universally observed. Manitowoc Daily Herald, Manitowoc, Wis. Thursday, May 25, 1899 P.2 Pre-1907 Birth Index from microfiche Births Announced in newspapers The dates are the dates of the newspaper. Some have the birth date also. Pre-1907 Delayed Births (births registered 365 days or more after birth) Pre-1907 Marriage Index from microfiche Pre-1907 Marriage Index Volume A Sorted by Sequence Numbers Pre-1907 Marriage Index Volume B sorted by year NEWS ITEMS FROM THE OLD NEWSPAPERS NEWS (People) [ A ] [ B ] [ BO ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I - J ] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [ N - O ] [ P - Q ] [ R ] [ S ] [ SI ] [ T ] [ U - V ] [ W ] [ Y - Z ] The funny, the sad, the good, the bad....and the downright ugly. I decided to combine news about people into alphabetical order here except the births from the newspapers and the military pensions which will be linked to in the military section, and most anniversaries which will be in the marriage pages. ARTICLES WITH MANY SURNAMES BRIDGES, PIERS AND LIGHTHOUSES BUSINESS GROWTH CHURCH NEWS CITY AND COUNTY BUILDINGS CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT DECISIONS COUNTY ROADS AND STREET DEVELOPMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS LIFE IN THE 1800s LIFE IN THE EARLY 1900s These accounts will be newspaper accounts that I can't categorize, but will give you the feel of life in Manitowoc county in the 1800s and the early 1900s. ORGANIZATIONS NEWS POLICE DEPARTMENT NEWS POST OFFICE NEWS LISTS OF LETTERS AT POST OFFICE Letters at the Post Office for people to pick up were listed in the newspaper. RAILROAD IN MANITOWOC CO. NEWS REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS - from newspapers [A - C] [D - F] [ G ] [ H ] [I - J] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [N - Q] [ R ] [ S ] [ T ] [W - Z] Jan. 18, 1838 – The territory approves an act entitled “An Act for Applying and Collecting County Revenue”. It seems, by this act, a person could obtain ownership of a piece of property if that person paid the unpaid property tax for that property. There then seemed to be a long succession of people who obtained Lot 1 of Section 14 by the means of paying the unpaid tax. (from Bob Domagalski) SCHOOL NEWS SHIPPING DISASTERS IN MANITOWOC COUNTY List of Newspapers Published court notices of Wills, Foreclosures, Bankruptcies, Etc. Today's Herald Times Reporter online -Great Place to watch for current obits. CALENDARS 1847 - 1910 RESIDENTS FEDERAL AND STATE CENSUSES Women will be obliged to give their correct age in the coming census. The new law says: "Women who refuse to tell their ages or indulge in inaccurate statements thereof, as well as all other persons refusing to reply to questions or making false statements, shall, on conviction be fined one hundred dollars." Manitowoc Daily Herald, Manitowoc, Wis. Saturday, May 27, 1899 P.2 1821 Voters List 1822 State Census 1829 Petition List done (Brown County) 1836 State done (Brown County) 1837 State done 1840 Federal done 1842 State done 1850 Federal done 1855 State census page images 1860 Federal done 1870 Federal done 1875 State census page images 1880 Federal done 1885 State 1890 Veterans Schedule done What happened to the 1890 Census? 1891 Reedsville Census 1892 Kiel Census 1895 Veterans Census done 1895 State Census Census 1900 Federal Census 1905 State census 1906 St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Kiel WI census 1910 Federal Census Now going online 1920 Federal Census INDEX TO MANITOWOC COURT RECORDS 1849-1905 Probate records dating back to 1850 are at the Manitowoc County Courthouse. It costs $4 per name for them to search for someone. $1 per page for copies. No cost to search in person, copies still $1 per page. Some records are on microfilm. If you need those printed they have to be sent over to the Manitowoc library so you will not get the copies that day (if you're doing this in person). Cofrin library in GB (area research center) also has Manty probate records. They will also pull them for a fee. Here is what they told me in an email: We do have Manitowoc probate records that date from 1869. We do not have the actual index, it is still at the Manitowoc Probate Office. You may either contact them directly or send us the request via our website, Cofrin Library and we can call them. We need the name you are looking for and a case file number should you call them yourself. (all from researcher) Numbers are included in this index. [ A ] [ B ] [ BE ] [ BL ] [ BR ] [ BRI ] [ C ] [ CL ] [ D ] [ Do ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ KO ] [ L ] [ M ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ Q ] [ R ] [ S ] [ SI ][ T ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ X-Y-Z ] DECLARATION OF INTENT (Immigration Records) [A-B][C] [D] [E-G] [H-J] [K] [L-N] [O-R] [S] [T-U] [W-Z] SETTLERS TO MANITOWOC, COUNTY IN 1800'S (partial list) [ A ][ B ][ C ][ D ] [ E ][ F ][ G ][ H ] [ I ][ J ][ K ][ L ] [ M ] [ N ][ O ][ P ] [ Q ][ R ][ S ][ T ] [ U ][ V ][ W ][ Y ] [ Z ] DIRECTORIES AND INDICES Businesses in Manitowoc County before 1868 Manitowoc City/County Directories online 1868-1920 Edwards' Manitowoc Directory for 1868-1869 1870 Tax Roll of the Village Of Two Rivers 1875-76 Manitowoc City Directory 1901-1902 Residents of Manitowoc County     [ A-I ][ J-L ][ M-R ][ S-Z ] 1901-1902 Residents of the City of Two Rivers Early Settlers, People and Family Farms in Shoto, Town of Two Rivers 1901-1902 Residents of Kiel Members of Oschwald Colony at St. Nazianz 1855-1856 1905 Zorn's (mail) Rural Routes Directory Zorn's Directory of the City and County of Manitowoc 1915-1916 1921 Manitowoc County Patron Directory Advertisers St. Casimir School Class 1879-1880 Newton, WI Prisoners at State Prison 1870 First German Evangelical Lutheran Church Jubilee Book 1855-1905 There are many names all the way through this book.     Photos from the Jubilee Book Teachers, Leaders all with names.     Photos from the Jubilee Book Bands and Choirs all with names. Ancestors Some Early Wisconsin Pioneers From the District of Saarburg, Prussia Transcribed by Eugene P. Schmitt 28 Jan 2000 from the German book published at Freudenburg, Germany in 1996, the piece is in German, and thanks to Peter Bruns a translation has been put with it. Defunct Manitowoc County Corporations 1848 - 1945 People Sent to Asylums Persons in the Orphanage   MILITARY RECORDS-Those Who Served Our Country CIVIL WAR Dennis Moore's Civil War Roster Manitowoc County Civil War Round Table A great site for Civil War veterans history Civil War Company Rosters From "History of Manitowoc County" Wisconsin Civil War Regiment Index (Includes link to list of battles fought) Wisconsin Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients List of Pensioners on the Roll 1883 Also now includes announcements of pensions awarded from the old newspapers. Link to the Manitowoc County Civil War Roundtable site Manitowoc Soldiers & Sailors Regimental Reunion Roster, 1880 1890 Veterans Schedule SPANISH AMERICAN WAR [ A - L ] SPANISH AMERICAN WAR [ M - Z ] VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I [Army [A - L] ] [Army [M - Z] ] [Marine Corps] [Navy and Coast Guard A-L] [Navy and Coast Guard M-Z] [Nurses] WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS [ A ] [ B ] [ BO ] [ C-D ] VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II World War II [A - G] [H - L] World War II [M - Z] Purple Heart Recipients from WW II a site dedicated to WWII Veterans KOREAN WAR [ A - L ] KOREAN WAR [ M - Z ] VIETNAM [ A - L ] VIETNAM [ M - Z ] Vietnam virtual wall Find anyone who is on the Vietnam memorial LAND OWNERSHIP/AREA HISTORY Photos of Early Manitowoc County Businesses Land Patents for Manitowoc County Land Records for Eaton Township Current Manitowoc County Map 1878 County Map Plat Maps For 1872, 1878 and 1893 Index for plat maps: [Cato][Centerville][Cooperstown][Eaton] [Franklin][Gibson][Kossuth] [Liberty][Manitowoc][Manitowoc Rapids][Maple Grove][Meeme] [Mishicot][Newton][Rockland][Schleswig][Two Creeks][Two Rivers] Town and Village Histories and Maps Manitowoc County Chronology 1674-1911 Town(ship) Histories Church Histories Catholic Churches: Record Start Dates School Histories Asylums and County Homes For The Less Fortunate Century Farms List of Wisconsin towns and the county they are in from an 1895 map. Wisconsin Pre-1908 Homestead & Cash Entry Patents from the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office Demolition of the Washington High School in Two Rivers Photo  Photo  Photo  Photo  Photo  Photo  Photo  Photo  Photo  Photo  Photo Poem Two Creeks Ledgers GROUP PHOTOS WITH NAMES The photos in this section are from the Wentorf collection at the Lester Library in Two Rivers, unless otherwise noted. Sports Teams Music Bands and Orchestras Lake House 1911 Turning Classes 1883 - girls and ladies Ladies Aid Society St. Wenceslaus Society 1890-1900 Members of Zion Lutheran church ca.1915  Louis Corners, Schleswig twp. Mishicot Businessmen 1891 Liquor Dealers Association Kiel graduating class 1891 St. Peter and Paul Choir 1894 Freier Sangerbund Singing Society, 1895 Saengerbund picnic July 1902 - Sons of Herman Children: Klingholz, Maier, Schuette, Gray, Rahr, Fechter, Buerstatte Groups of people from Kiel area Manitowoc 8th grade graduation Two Rivers Seniors 1936 [A - L] [M - Z] Lincoln High, Manitowoc Seniors 1927 [A - L] [M - Z] Lincoln High, Manitowoc Seniors 1929 [A - L] [M - Z] ORGANIZATIONS Masons 1856-1956 MARITIME Shipwrecks off Manitowoc County Ships built in Manitowoc and Two Rivers Ship Captains of the Great Lakes Captain's Certificates -The originals are in the Carus Collection at the Maritime Museum in Manitowoc. MISCELLANEOUS Family Histories on the Web The Following Four Sets of Pictures Belong with the Hacker Family History in the Family Histories Pages. These Families Are All Related. The Links to the Photos Have Been Put On The Main Page For Ease of Use. Hacker Family Pictures Keune Family Pictures Kruger/Krueger Family Pictures Strothoff Family Pictures Family Histories in the Manitowoc Public Library Index to "Early Manitowoc History" by John Harmon A compilation of articles written by John Harmon for the Herald Times Reporter Unidentified Pictures Interview with Nelson LeClair Surnames: Allie, Bunker, Dahm, Gagnon, Gates, Gauthier, Geimer, Glesner Harrington, Johannes, Kahlenberg, Kochoroski, Kummerow, LaFond, Lonzo, Mann, Monka, Niquette, Pilon, Schroeder, Simonis, Smith Vaudreuil, Zander. "Early Days in Two Rivers Wisconsin" by Arthur Lohman 1909 Surnames: Albee, Albers, Aldrich, Allee, Allen, Allie, Alonzo, Arndt, Arnolds, Baetz, Barry, Beal, Berger, Boldus, Bolls, Boutin, Bovrardy, Brazil, Bunker, Burdicke, Burns, Canfield, Cayo, Chase, Cheney, Clark, Cooper, Crane, Decker, Dusold, Eberts, Edwards, Eggers, Eigeldinger, Fay, Fisher, Franks, Gagnon, Gasgo, Glass, Hall, Hallauer, Hamilton, Hamlet, Harvey, Hempke, Henry, Honey, House, Hurst, Hyat, Jackson, Jennison, Johannes, Johnson, Jones, Katoose, Kaufman, Kessman, Kingsland, Knapp, Kuehn, Lawe, Leabinger, Leard, Lemere, Levenhagen, Lindstedt, Lohman, Longrine, Lord, Lynn, Mann, Martin, Mattoon, McMellen, Meade, Medbury, Metcalf, Mexico(Chief), Millis, Newcomb, Niquette, Ollendorf, Page, Pendleton, Phillips, Pierpont, Pilon, Pratt, Quatoose, Rankin, Richardson, Rife, Roberts, Russell, Saubert, Schrade, Schroeder, Scott, Seaman, Shepard, Shram, Siegel, Simonds, "Sixty", Smith, Smoke, Suettinger, Sutherland, Sym, Taylor, Thwaites, Van Valkenburg, Vansaw, Vieau, Waggoner, Wells, Wheeler, Whitcomb, Wilson, Winkelmiller, Woods, Young RALPH G. PLUMB - "A History of Manitowoc County - 1904  (Transcribed by Jan) GHOST PARISHES AND CEMETERIES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY Index to the surnames of lay-people and clergy By Sister Terasita Kittel, O.S.F. and Marcie Baer, 1982 With permission of the Man. Co. Hist. Soc. GLASS NEGATIVE PHOTOS Also links to Calumet co. cemeteries of New Holstein and St. Anna More of the Glass Negative collection JUST PLAIN FUN STUFF for your amusement and enjoyment. BORDERING COUNTY WEBSITES SHEBOYGAN CALUMET KEWAUNEE BROWN ELLEN'S SITES, MILWAUKEE, WAUKESHA, WASHINGTON COUNTIES: THEY CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THIS ADDRESS She used to help me with my site..that Ellen. Ellen's counties LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES "Manitowoc-skogen"/Robert Bjerke Important research on Norwegians in Manitowoc county. Manitowoc County Historical Society Manitowoc Library This link will take you to the directories, photos, newspaper indices and much more online. Special Links to help with your research [NOTE: There are errors in this ad..the author of the books is Bob Domagalski; the streets book is only 800 pages long; the phone number given is 920 area code; the books combined have over 1,000 photos.] The proceeds from these books are to help establish a St. Nazianz Area Historical Museum in St. Nazianz. This many people have enjoyed this site since Dec. 23, 1997.