Volunteers | Vital Records | Books | Census

Please remember that the following people are strictly volunteers who donate their energy to the cause of helping geneaologists research there ancestors. As such, they may get many requests it may take some time to service your request. Please use them wisely, and be courteous! (The Management)

**Kind Folks Willing to Do Lookups in Brown County**
Volunteer	Location	Willing to perform:
Bev Nohr		I have my husband's grandmother's scrapbook. It contains many obits and wedding announcements for people around the DePere, Lark, Morrison, etc. I have the obits indexed ( Bev Nohr's Index ).
Linda Tutt	Green Bay	Lookups in the Green Bay Library 805 South Jackson St. Green Bay, WI 54301
Vickie Young		In charge of the morgue for Brown County Publishing, Vickie is placing all new obituarys received on line at: "http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~twigs/newiobits"(click here to go there)
Sharon Haen	Southern Brown County	I am available to do cemetery look-ups in southern Brown County...very southern, almost to Calumet County.
Paula Griepentrog	Brown County	I am a professional genealogist specializing in Wisconsin local history and genealogical research. I accept requests that range from simple document retrieval to intensive, on-site research. I am able to assist you with all aspects of your family and local history research. For current fees and additional information, please contact Paula at http://www.lakeshoregenealogy.com or [email protected]
Barbara Ray	Green Bay West High School	1925 yearbook "Snapshots" for Green Bay West High. It has many pictures, poems and articles and advertising pages at the back. I would be happy to do lookups.

Vital Records

Records

Write to:

Birth Records, from 1846

Pre 1907- Birth & Death Records

Marriage Records, from 1821

Death Records, from 1834

Brown County, Register of Deeds
P.O. Box 23600
Green Bay, WI 54301-3600

Phone: (920) 448-4000

Order On-line from the
Wisconsin Historical Society

Division & Circuit Court
Records from 1825

Brown County, Clerk of Circuit Court
P.O. Box 23600
Green Bay, WI 54301-3600

Phone: (920) 448-4000

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Books

The following table contains the Titles, Authors, and a Description of reference books in which the listed volunteer is willing to do look-ups. If you think they might be able to help you in your research, please feel free to contact them using the mailto: address -- but, remember they are doing this on their own time -- so be patient! Make sure you put "Look-ups" in the Subject line of the e-mail.

Title	Author	Description	Mailto:
17200 Belges Devenus Americains 1620-1920	Marcel Lacourt	17200 Belgians Become Americans 1620-1920	Paul Theys
1836 Territorial Census	State Historical Society of WI	Book - Vol XIII ,1836 Territorial Census for Brown County, WI - lists head of household & number in family.	Lori Schiltz
A Glimpse Into the Past	Pauline LaFrombois	A History of the Town of Scott (lists early settlers) ( INDEX )	BalzaRM
Brabancons au Nouveau Monde	Jean Ducat	Brabancons in the New World	Paul Theys
Farewell to the Homeland	Sylvia Hall	European Immigration to N.E. Wisconsin 1840 to 1900 ( INDEX )	BalzaRM
From Grez-Doiceau to Wisconsin	Defnet, Ducat, Eggerickx and Poulain	Immigration for the Grez-Doiceau area of Belgium to Wisconsin.	Paul Theys
German Birthplaces of Green Bay Area Immigrants	Ellen Piehl	Transcriptions from Protestant Brown County Chruch Registers. Indexed by surname and place name.	Ellen Piehl
History of New Frankin - From Pioneer Days to the Present Time	N.D. Diedrich & J.B. Gehl	Written for the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of St. Kilian Parish in 1926: Includes parish roster	Carl Listle
On Good Ground	Fr.Scott Vandehey	Genealogy and history of an area of the Netherlands - home of the Vandehei's	Dave Schlickbernd
Our Marchant Relatives	Jeanne and Les Rentmeester	Marchant Family History	Paul Theys
The History of the Belgian Settlements in Door, Kewaunee and Brown Counties	Math S. Tlachac	10 articles from a series in the Algoma Record-Herald ( INDEX )	BalzaRM
Swiss In Wisconsin	Frederick Hale	History of Swiss Immigration to Wis. ( INDEX )	BalzaRM
Wooden Shoes West	Fr. Scott Vandehey	The story of the voyage from the Netherlands circa 1848 Includes particular ships, with passenger lists. Extensive genealogies and photographs	Dave Schlickbernd
150 Years of Local Life	A committee from villages of Nil-St-Vincent, Tourinnes-St-Lambert and Walhain St. Paul	The history of the three Belgian villages now combined as Walhain Belgium (1830 - 1980). ( Person Index )	BalzaRM

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Census

The state and territorial censuses taken in Wisconsin and the information each contains are listed below:

Territorial
- 1836 Name and family head; number of males over 21; number of males under 21; number of females over 21; number of females under 21.
- 1838 Name of family head; number of white males; number of white females; number of free males of color; number of free females of color. Portions of this census are missing.
- 1842 Name of family head; number of white males; number of white females; number of free males of color; number of free females of color.
- 1846 Name of family head; number of white males; number of white females; number of free males of color; number of free females of color. Portions of this census are missing.
- 1847 Name of family head; number of white males; number of white females; number of free males of color; number of free females of color. Portions of this census are missing.

State
- 1855 Name of family head; number of white males; number of white females; number of colored males; number of colored females; number of deaf, dumb, bind or insane; number of individuals of foreign birth.
- 1865 Name of family head; number of males and females in racial categories. All counties destroyed except Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan.
- 1875 Name of family head; number of white males; number of white females; number of colored males; number of colored females; number of deaf, dumb, bind or insane.
- 1885 Name of family head; number of white males; number of white females; number of colored males; number of colored females; number born in each of the following countries: U.S., Great Britain, Ireland, france, British America, Scandinavia, Holland, all other countries. Also special enumeration of "Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War". Each veteran was asked his name; rank; company; and regiment; state from which he served; and his post office address.
- 1895 Name of family head; number of white males; number of white females; number of colored males; number of colored females; number born in each of the following countries: U.S., Great Britain, Ireland, france, British America, Scandinavia, Holland, all other countries. Also special enumeration of "Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War". Each veteran was asked his name; rank; company; and regiment; state from which he served; and his post office address.
- 1905 Name of each person; relationship to head of household; color or race; sex; age at last birthday; marital status; place of birth (state or country); place of birth of parents (state or country); occupation for all 14 or over; number of months employed; whether home or farm is owned or rented. Also a special enumeration of "Soldiers and Sailors of the Late War". Each veteran was asked his name; rank; company; and regiment; state from which he served; and his post office address.

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If you have reference material for which you would volunteer to do look-ups, please e-mail Dick Balza, and include the Title, Author, and Description along with the e-mail address at which you can be reached.

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