From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Mar 30 13:58:03 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2UKw3jb006218; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:58:03 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2UKw3Gh025340 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:58:03 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2UIQlFI029878 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:26:47 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2UIQl9Q029877 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:26:47 -0500 Received: from bw-10.mtpinos.com (bw-10.mtpinos.com [63.173.235.138]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2UHXdFI029726 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:33:39 -0500 Received: from bw-10.mtpinos.com (bw-10.mtpinos.com [127.0.0.1]) by bw-10.mtpinos.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2UK4tW7006254 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:04:55 -0800 Received: (from karen@localhost) by bw-10.mtpinos.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id k2UK4t3Z006252 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:04:55 -0800 Received: from askin-67.linkpendium.com (askin-67.linkpendium.com [63.173.235.67]) by bw-10.mtpinos.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2UK4eW7006245 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:04:40 -0800 Received: by askin-67.linkpendium.com (Postfix, from userid 503) id 5FA6924B14F; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:04:41 -0800 (PST) X-Original-To: karen@mtpinos.com Delivered-To: karen@mtpinos.com Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by askin-67.linkpendium.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14DE424B149 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:04:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2UK4Q7d017520 for ROOTS-admin@lists5.rootsweb.com; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:04:26 -0700 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:04:26 -0700 X-From_: mamclimans@whs.wisc.edu Thu Mar 30 13:04:25 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2UK4Pjb017501 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:04:25 -0700 Received: from whs.wisc.edu (whs.wisc.edu [144.92.129.136]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2UK4PxY031521 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:04:25 -0700 Received: from shsw-MTA by whs.wisc.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:04:33 -0600 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.4 Old-Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:04:11 -0600 From: "Melissa McLimans" To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k2UK4Pjb017501 X-Diagnostic: Already on the subscriber list X-Diagnostic: 3976 mamclimans@whs.wisc.edu 32760 mamclimans@whs.wisc.edu X-Envelope-To: ROOTS-L-request Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Death Records Added to Wisconsin Vital Records Index Hello All, Last month the Wisconsin Historical Society introduced our new Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index, which can be found at www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords. We began the index with nearly 1 million birth records and are excited to announce the addition of nearly 400,000 Wisconsin death records. The new death index, like its companion, began as a 1970s microfiche publication. The Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee generously provided funds to convert them to electronic form, so now genealogists have free public access to a comprehensive pre-1907 index to Wisconsin births and deaths. Marriages, for all Wisconsin counties, are up next. You can discover ancestors by individual name, by browsing by county and year, or by exact date. Births and deaths can both be searched at the same time and then viewed separately, if desired. State law prohibits publication on the Web of original birth or death certificates, so when you discover someone about whom you want more details, you can order a paper copy of the complete certificate from the Society online. Most are delivered within two weeks, and Society members receive a 10-percent discount on each order. Or, you can use the index as a research tool that points you to the birth and death records that you need. Vital records are not the only genealogical source available on the Society Web site. To learn more about what we have online check out our genealogy page at www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy. Hope you enjoy the new additions. Melissa McLimans