<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body id="compText"><font color="#ff0000"><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Great job, Helen!</font></font></font><div><font color="#ff0000"><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><font size="4"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Since I am from Wisconsin, there are a few other websites that might be of interest. There was a pod of Lublinites - including both sides of my family - the settled in Oconto County. There is a great Rootsweb website for Oconto County with a lot of information. Many of these folks moved to the adjoining counties - Brown, Shawano (pronounced Shaw-no) specifically - or into Door County or to the Lake Michigan Counties all the way down to Milwaukee. </font></font></font><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: large; ">Our historical society here in Madison is also excellent. (Might be a great place for a future convention....hint, hint!)</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div><font color="#ff0000" size="4">You will also find excellent cemetery information for Oconto, Marinette and Shawano counties. They are in the process of documenting and photographing all cemeteries/graves. Here is the website information for that....</font><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">http://www.wicemeteries.com/cem_search2.php</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large; ">Until the snow gets too deep, they will keep photographing and documenting. I have personally spoken to the genealogy societies for Oconto County and the Bay Area (Green Bay - go Pack!)</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large; ">I live in Verona - just outside of Madison. If there is anything I can do to help with anyone's genealogy, please don't hesitate to ask. So many of you have always been there to help me out and I would be willing to reciprocate. </span></div><div><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">http://www.wicemeteries.com/cem_search2.php</span></div><div><font><font><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wioconto/</span></font></font></div><div><font><font><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">http://www.bayareagenealogicalsociety.org/</span></font></font></div><div><font><font><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wimarine/</span></font></font></div><div><font><font><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></font></font></div><div><font><font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Happy hunting everyone! And Happy Holidays, too!</span></font></font></div><div><font><font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></font></font></div><div><font><font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Beth Burke</span></font></font></div><div><font><font color="#ff0000"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Verona, Wi</span></font></font></div><div><font><font><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></font></font>-----Original Message-----<br>>From: Helen Gillespie <gilleh23@gmail.com><br>>Sent: Dec 12, 2013 7:45 AM<br>>To: SGGEE <ger-poland-volhynia@sggee.org><br>>Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Germans in Wisconsin website<br>><br>>I have no connections to Wisconsin as far as I know - but thought this site<br>>would be interest to those who do.<br>><br>>There's a blogspot/website through the U. of Wisconsin that deals with<br>>German immigration.<br>><br>> http://maxkade.blogspot.ca/<br>><br>>Near the bottom is a link to a 1940 map showing German ethnicity in the<br>>state.<br>>And a great illustration of immigration to the US between 1820 and 1985<br>>under Graphic Representation of Germans in America<br>><br>>Some great other blogs - some humorous ones too.<br>><br>>Interesting link to German dialicts in the US - might help some folks sort<br>>theirs out.....<br>><br>>However I had a problem with some of the other links - but did find the<br>>updated ones:<br>><br>>http://mki.wisc.edu/ The Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies<br>>at UWisconsin - there's a genealogy link<br>><br>>http://csumc.wisc.edu/ the Centre for the Study of Upper Midwestern<br>>Culture<br>>Also at UWisconsin which has some German material - music. It's not clear<br>>whether some of this Germans from Russia are from Black Sea or Wolhynia<br>>-and some are from Switzerland - but browsing might get some interesting<br>>background info. I had fun browsing the German-Wisconsin bread virtual<br>>exhibition. Not much genealogy, but there is the cultural aspect to round<br>>out your research.<br>><br>><br>>Helen Gillespie<br>>_______________________________________________<br>>Ger-Poland-Volhynia site list<br>>Ger-Poland-Volhynia@sggee.org<br>>https://www.sggee.org/mailman/listinfo/ger-poland-volhynia<br></ger-poland-volhynia@sggee.org></gilleh23@gmail.com></div></body>