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. GENEALOGY SCAMS ON THE INTERNET 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. Ellen Now is Webmaster for Waukesha county and has a site for Milwaukee which keeps her very busy and doesn't have time to help anymore. 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. Shannon Mary Lou For Civil war queries Bever Will look up obituaries only Need a volunteer for this space. 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 will be paying for the server space for this site starting this year. 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 -List of Cemeteries by Township, with transcriptions. Obituaries are linked to some first names and tombstone photos linked to the surnames. Note: Until cemeteries were established, many early settlers buried their dead in the forests and just anywhere in the fields. OBITUARIES  - Obituaries are also linked to in the cemeteries. [ A ] [ AL ]  [ AM ]  [ AR ] [ AS ]  [ B ]  [ BAR ] [ BARTH ]  [ BE ]  [ BED ] [ BER ]  [ BERO ] [ BI ]  [ BL ] [ BO ]  [ BON ] [ BR ]  [ BRAT ] [ BRE ]  [ BRI ] [ BRU ]  [ BU ] [ BUN ]  [ BURM ]  [ C ] [ CH ]  [ CHRISTEL ] [ CHRISTEN ]  [ CI ] [ CO ]  [ CR ]  [ D ] [ DAU ]  [ DEE ] [ DEN ]  [ DI ] [ DO ]  [ DR ] [ DU ]  [ DUF ]  [ E ] [ ED ]  [ EL ] [ EN ]  [ F ] [ FE ]  [ FI ] [ FL ]  [ FRE ] [ FRI ]  [ G ] [ GARL ]  [ GE ] [ GEN ]  [ GI ]  [ GO ] [ GOR ]  [ GRE ] [ GRO ]  [ GU ] [ H ]  [ HAM ] [ HAP ]  [ HAS ]  [ HE ] [ HEINR ]  [ HEM ] [ HER ]  [ HI ] [ HO ]  [ HOLS ]  [ HR ] [ I ]  [ J ] [ JAG ]  [ JE ] [ JO ]  [ JON ] [ K ]  [ KAL ]  [ KAR ] [ KAT ]  [ KE ]  [ KI ] [ KIP ]  [ KL ] [ KLE ]  [ KLEM ] [ KLU ]  [ KO ] [ KOE ]  [ KOH ] [ KOR ]  [ KR ] [ KRE ]  [ KRO ]  [ KU ] [ KUJ ]  [ L ]  [ LAN ] [ LAU ]  [ LE ]  [ LEO ] [ LI ]  [ LINDH ]  [ LO ] [ LU ]  [ LUL ]  [ M ] [ MAI ]  [ MAR ]  [ MAS ] [ MAU ]  [ MC ] [ MEI ]  [ MEL ] [ MES ]  [ MEYER ] [ MI ]  [ MILLER ] [ MILLF ]  [ MO ] [ MOS ]  [ MU ]  [ MUELLER ] [ MUEN ]  [ N ] [ NE ]  [ NET ]  [ NI ] [ NIN ]  [ O ]  [ OL ] [ OR ]  [ P ]  [ PE ] [ PET ]  [ PI ]  [ PL ] [ PR ]  [ Q ]  [ R ] [ RAH ]  [ RAQ ]  [ RE ] [ REIF ]  [ REIS ]  [ RH ] [ RO ]  [ ROEM ] [ ROS ]  [ RU ] [ S ]  [ SAS ]  [ SCHALL ] [ SCHI ]  [ SCHM ] [ SCHMID ]  [ SCHMITT ]  [ SCHN ] [ SCHNELL ]  [ SCHO ] [ SCHR ]  [ SCHU ] [ SCHUL ]  [ SCHW ] [ SCO ]  [ SH ] [ SI ]  [ SIG ] [ SL ]  [ SMO ] [ SP ]  [ ST ] [ STE ]  [ STEI ]  [ STI ] [ STR ]  [ STU ] [ T ]  [ TH ] [ TI ]  [ TR ] [ U ]  [ V ] [ VOG ]  [ VOL ]  [ W ] [ WAH ]  [ WAN ]  [ WE ] [ WEL ]  [ WER ] [ WH ]  [ WILL ] [ WIR ]  [ Y ] [ Z ]  [ ZE ] [ ZI ] Cemetery X   Burials Not found in Township Cemetery listing What the county and state charge for copies of records Translations of Common Foreign Words found on Tombstones 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 ] 1850 and 1870 Census Mortality List Pre-1907 Death Index 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 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 ] 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 Back to top   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 ] [ BI ] [ BR ] [ BU ] [ C ] [ CI ] [ D ] [ DO ] [ E ] [ F ] [ FL ] [ G ] [ GI ] [ GR ] [ H ] [ HAM ] [ HE ] [ HI ] [ HOM ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ KE ] [ KJ ] [ KO ] [ KR ] [ KU ] [ L ] [ LE ] [ LI ] [ LO ] [ M ] [ MAR ] [ MC ] [ MI ] [ MR ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ PI ] [ Q ] [ R ] [ RE ] [ RH ] [ ROH ] [ S ] [ SCHM ] [ SCHR ] [SCHU ] [ SCHW ] [ SH ] [ SN ] [ STI ] [ T ] [ TI ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ WE ] [ WI ] [ WIN ] [ Y ][ Z ] Cross Index for Wives in the Marriages What the county and state charge for copies of records Pre-1907 Birth Index from microfiche Births Announced in newspapers 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 Back to top   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 ] NEWS ITEMS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS I decided to combine all of the categories into alphabetical order here except the births from the newspapers which are pretty much done and the military pensions which will be linked to in the military section, and the anniversaries which will be in the marriage pages. DISASTERS IN MANITOWOC COUNTY Back to top CALENDARS 1847 - 1910 Back to top   RESIDENTS FEDERAL AND STATE CENSUSES 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 I have it now! Thank you Mr. Johnson! 1920 Federal Census DIRECTORIES AND INDEXES Index to Manitowoc Court Records 1849-1905 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 ] 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 - These are all merged into the Marriage files. 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 Back to top   MILITARY RECORDS-Those Who Served Our Country Civil War Dennis Moore's Civil War Roster Civil War Company Rosters From "History of Manitowoc County" Wisconsin Civil War Regiment Index (Includes link to list of battles fought) Civil War Co. F 15th Wis. Vol. Infantry Wisconsin Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients Civil War Draftees from the Manitowoc Pilot List of Pensioners on the Roll 1883 Also now includes announcements of pensions awarded from the old newspapers. Manitowoc Soldiers & Sailors Regimental Reunion Roster, 1880 1890 Veterans Schedule Spanish American War Veterans of World War I [Army] [Marine Corps] [Navy and Coast Guard] [Nurses] World War I Draft Registration Cards [ A ] [ B ] [ BO ] [ C-D ] World War II Purple Heart Recipients from WW II a site dedicated to WWII Veterans Korean War Vietnam Back to top   LAND OWNERSHIP/AREA HISTORY Photos of Early Manitowoc County Businesses Land Patents for Manitowoc County Land Records for Eaton Township Real Estate Transfers to 1907 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 Back to top 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 Back to top ORGANIZATIONS Masons 1856-1956 Back to top NEWSPAPER INDEX Pre-1900 Articles Main Index List of Newspapers [ Lakeshore Times ] [ Articles from Man. Chronicle ] [ Articles from Man. Pilot ] [ Articles from Man. Tribune ] Lists of Letters at Post Office Letters at the Post Office for people to pick up were listed in the newspaper. Published court notices of Wills, Foreclosures, Bankruptcies, Etc. Today's Herald Times Reporter online -Great Place to watch for current obits. Back to top   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. Back to top 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) 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. Back to top BORDERING COUNTY WEBSITES SHEBOYGAN CALUMET KEWAUNEE BROWN Back to top LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES "Manitowoc-skogen"/Robert Bjerke Important research on Norwegians in Manitowoc county. Manitowoc County Historical Society Manitowoc Library The Manitowoc Library is putting directories, photos, newspaper indices and much more online. [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. Back to top This many people have enjoyed this site since Dec. 23, 1997.