Free Searchable Online
Databases
And other resources searchable from home.
BadgerLink
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BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction (DPI),
Division for Libraries, Technology, and
Community Learning to provide access
to quality online information resources
for Wisconsin residents in cooperation
with the state's public, school, academic,
and special libraries and Internet Service
Providers.
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These services are provided by the
Department of Public Instruction with
funding through the Public Service
Commission, Universal Service Fund.
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It provides access to full text magazines,
newspapers and reference resources,
literature, and other information.
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New information is added frequently.
How Do I Access BadgerLink?
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Available from home, the work place and at all
Wisconsin libraries at http://www.badgerlink.net
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Or directly reach the genealogy resource page at
http://www.badgerlink.net/genealogists
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Wisconsin resident authentication is done by IP address
identification. If your IP address is not recognized you
will get this message.
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as a Wisconsin resident (why not?). Please fill out our
technical support request form to notify us of your
difficulty. While we investigate, log in with your
Wisconsin library card or BadgerLink student login
and we'll get you right back to your search.
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You then need to Log in using your Library card.
BadgerLink Resources
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BadgerBites, are one to four minute
YouTube tutorials.
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The BadgerLatté, BadgerLunch, and
BadgerBrunch are webinar series
explores BadgerLink’s rich collection
of information tools. Each session
covers one resource, database, or
interface.
http://badgerlink.net/help/training
this page has links to the training
videos, webinars, and documentation.
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If you have questions about using
BadgerLink that aren't answered, Ask
a Librarian.
NewspaperARCHIVE.com
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is the world's largest online
newspaper archive. Featuring
billions of articles from historical
newspapers around the U.S. and the
world,
Discover fascinating news in archived
newspapers hundreds of years old including obituaries, birth
announcements, sports articles,
comics, and more – to fill in the life
stories you are interested in.
All of the historical newspapers are
full-page and fully searchable - try
exploring and discover your history
today!
Enter a name search.
Then choose a state or country.
Your may need to narrow your
search.
If You Receive To Many Results
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Fill in the Refine
Keywords.
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Narrow results by
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All of the words
Exact phrase
At least one of the
words
Without all of the
words
Dates
Location
Not all newspapers
are available.
Dropdown buttons
offer choices.
Results Will Be in PDF Format
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You then can save them.
Or Print them.
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Note: this choice prints a
small page.
It is better to enlarge the
article.
Then use the snap shot tool,
the select tool, or highlight
over the article and paste
into a Word document
before you print or save it.
Examples of Articles That I Found
1935 Dad won
Wheelbarrow
race @ I.O.O.F
Picnic
May 1937
Father is
promoted
9/27/1937
Father
admitted to
Hospital
9/29/1937
Dad’s Obit
Available Newspapers
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Currently you can find
newspapers from:
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Canada
China
Germany
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
South Africa
United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands
France
United States
For Foreign Papers Use
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The papers are in PDF
format.
Use the select tool to do
copy and paste.
Paste the article into
Google Translate.
In the left side box use the
language that the article is
written in and then click
on translate into English.
Heritage Quest on Line
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Offers six separate genealogy
resources.
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Search Census
Search Books
Search PERSI
Search Revolutionary War
Search Freedman’s Bank
Search U.S. Serial Set
Search Census & Search Books
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In search census, find ancestors
in the complete set of U.S.
census images 1790 – 1940.
Including name indexes for many
years.
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In search books, you will find
information on people and
places described in over 28,000
family local histories.
Search PERSI and the Revolutionary War
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On search PERSI you will find
information about people and
places from this index of over 2.3
million genealogy & local history
articles.
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Search the Revolutionary War,
has selected Revolutionary War
Era Pension 7 bounty-land
warrant application files.
Search Freedman’s Bank or the U.S. Serial Set
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Search for individuals in the
Freeman’s Bank (1865 – 1874)
which was founded to serve
African Americans.
The U.S. Serial Set lets you search
the Memorials, Petitions, and
Private Relief Actions of the U.S.
Congress in the LexisNexis U.S.
Serial Set.
History Reference Center
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Full-text reference books,
encyclopedias and nonfiction books, history
periodicals, historical
documents, and
biographies, as well as
historical images, and
historical video.
U.S. History.
World History.
Military & Government Collection
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Current news pertaining
to all branches of the
military and government,
through a collection of
periodicals and academic
journals.
Enter your search terms
and search for articles.
Newspaper Source Plus
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Full-text newspapers,
television and radio
news transcripts.
Years covered 1985 to
current date.
Search for obituaries.
Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site
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Provides access to daily
and weekly newspapers
in Wisconsin, starting in
2005 to the present,
with an embargo delay
of 90 days.
Each newspaper
addition is available
cover to cover in
a searchable PDF.
This service is not
available through IP
address authentication
like other BadgerLink
resources but is
available in libraries or
by logging in with your
library card.
Found in Wisconsin
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Online collections index used to
search for and link into digitized
books, photographs, videos and
other resources available on the
websites of libraries, historical
societies and museums statewide.
Click on the http link to get to the
site with the information.
http://fiw.dpi.wi.gov/
Then click on Browse Resources.
244 Genealogy resources are listed.
Browse Resources Lists
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I chose the Withee link.
The resources for Withee
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Withee Oral History
Interviews Get very up close
and personal with some
people in Withee! Oral
History interviews from over
30 citizens of Withee
recorded for the Withee
Public Library. Some
interviews were done a few
decades ago.
Here I found an Interview
with Arnold Rasmusen, who
was my step-father’s brother.
Recollection Wisconsin
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http://recollectionwisconsin.org/
recollectionwisconsin.org is a place
to discover and share your Wisconsin
story.
This website provides Wisconsin
residents and audiences worldwide
with free access to a growing set of
historical resources from the
collections of libraries, archives,
museums and historical societies
across the state.
But this site is a place for more than
just viewing digital resources.You’re
also invited to contribute your own
memories, images, knowledge and
thoughts.
Browse Collections by Category
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I chose city directories
and received 12 different
cities.
Under yearbook there
were 18 entries.
Platt books, histories, post
cards, and many more
subjects are available.
1927 New Glarus High School
graduating class
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The New Glarus year book
collection had 12 photos of
the graduating classes.
It lists the names of the
students in the photo.
A great resource for a photo
of your ancestor when they
were young.
A Quick Visit To
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For Genealogist
http://www.badgerlink.net/genealogists
USA Sites
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RootsWeb: check out world connect
and RootsWeb Surname
List/RSL (Surname Listings)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
USGenWeb:
http://www.usgwarchives.net
FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/
American History & Genealogy
Projects (AHGP) http://www.ahgp.org/
American Local History Network
http://www.alhn.org/
German & Prussian Sites
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German Genealogy Group
http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/
www.gig-wi.com/
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Links to Prussian Sites
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman
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Germany Genealogy Links
http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/germany/
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Max Kade Institute for German-American
Studies http://mki.wisc.edu
German Originality
http://germanoriginality.com/heritage/genealogy_links.php
England & Ireland
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Irish Genealogy Society
of Wisconsin
http://www.igswonline.com/
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United Kingdom &
Ireland
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/
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British Interest
(Genealogy) group of
Wisconsin & Illinois
www.bigwill.org/
Danish Sites
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Danish Embassy “Tracing your DANISH ancestors”
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http://www.ambwashington.um.dk/
http://usa.um.dk/en/about-denmark/tracing-your-danishancestors/
The Society for Danish Genealogy http://www.genealogi.dk/
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The Danish Emigration Archives
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http://www.emiarch.dk/home.php3
Danish Demographic Database
Danish church and census records on line
Norway
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Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names Searchable
online database.
http://www.dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_form.html
Norwegian Genealogy
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/
The Norwegian American Genealogical Center and
Naeseth Library http://www.nagcnl.org/
Digitalarkivet Online: searchable databases from the
National Archives of Norway and the University of
Bergen.
http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?lang=eng
Swedish Sites
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Swedish American Institute
http://www.americanswedishinst.org/
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Embassy
http://www.swedenabroad.se/Page____14345.
aspx
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Swedish Church Records: (now part of
Ancestry) http://www.genline.com (You can use
these records for free at the Family History Center.)
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The Swedish American Historical Society
of Wisconsin http://sahswi.org/
European Ethnic Group Sites
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French- http://www.afgs.org
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Polish- http://www.pgsa.org
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Czech and Slovakhttp://www.csagsi.org/
Eastern Europeanhttp://www.feefhs.org
Special Ethnic Cultural Sites
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Jewish Ancestry/Databases
 http://www.jewishgen.org/
 http://www.ajhs.org
Gesher Galicia is an American
non-profit organization
dedicated to genealogical and
historical research in the former
Austro-Hungarian Empire
province of Galicia.
http://www.geshergalicia.org/
African-Spanish-Native American Sites
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Spanish American sites can be found
using Cyndi’s List.
http://www.cyndislist.com/spain/
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African American site.
http://afrigeneas.com
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Native American site.
http://www.accessgenealogy.com./native/
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African American Lives
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/analyzing.html
Selected International Sites
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Central Europe Roots
http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eceneurgw/
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Sweden
http://www.rootsweb.com/~swewgw/
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Denmark on Line Genealogy Society.
http://www.slaegtogdata.dk/
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Digital Archives (DA) are based on original sources
(protocols and documents) in the National and
Regional State Archives of Norway.
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebMeta.exe?spraak=e
Don’t Forget to
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Check out Cyndi’s List
http://www.cyndislist.com/
Use Google
http://www.goolge.com
Visit your library to use
Ancestry Library Edition to
point you to where you can
find records.
Presentation presented by
Patricia Skubis June 2014.