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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 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.
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| 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. | |
| Lisa She will do obit lookups that are online. Not all have been put online yet. | Mary Lou For Civil war queries |
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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.
| CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTIONS |
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-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. |
| MASTER LIST OF SURNAMES IN CEMETERIES |
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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.
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| 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]
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| 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.)
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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
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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
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 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. CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT DECISIONS COUNTY ROADS AND STREET DEVELOPMENT
LIFE IN THE 1800s WHERE DID THEY GO/PEOPLE WHO MOVED AWAY
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS from newspapers
LISTS OF LETTERS AT POST OFFICE |
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 1860 Federal done 1870 Federal done 1880 Federal done |
What happened to the 1890 Census? 1895 Veterans Census done 1906 St. Peter and St. Paul Church, Kiel WI census
1910 Federal Census |
DIRECTORIES AND INDICES
| 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 buck 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). For anything past 1933 you can search online at
Online records 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. |
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| DECLARATION OF INTENT (Immigration Records) |
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| SETTLERS TO MANITOWOC, COUNTY IN 1800'S (partial list) |
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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
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
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) 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. Link to the Manitowoc County Civil War Roundtable site Manitowoc Soldiers & Sailors Regimental Reunion Roster, 1880 |
| VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I |
| [Army] [Marine Corps] [Navy and Coast Guard] [Nurses]
WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS |
| VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II |
| World War II Purple Heart Recipients from WW II a site dedicated to WWII Veterans |
Turning Classes 1883 - girls and ladies
St. Wenceslaus Society 1890-1900
Members of Zion Lutheran church ca.1915 Louis Corners, Schleswig twp.
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
[ Articles from Man. Chronicle ]
[ Articles from Man. Tribune ]
Published court notices of Wills, Foreclosures, Bankruptcies, Etc.
Today's Herald Times Reporter online -Great Place to watch for current obits.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
