Forest County, Wisconsin:
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Projects

• Forest County WIGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Forest County, Wisconsin      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Forest County, Wisconsin Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Florence County, WI  to the northeast
• Iron County, MI  to the north
• Langlade County, WI  to the southwest
• Marinette County, WI  to the east
• Oconto County, WI  to the southeast
• Oneida County, WI  to the west
• Vilas County, WI  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Forest Co, Wisconsin, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Forest County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries

• Forest County  Wisconsin Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Forest County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Forest County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Forest County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (20)

Ethnic

• Forest County Potawatomi 

History

• Forest County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Forest County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Wisconsin Genealogy and WI County History Resources  WI Roots.org
• Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles  Forest County     (Source: Wisconsin Historical Society)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Argonne 
  • Armstrong Creek 
  • Cavour 
  • Crandon 
  • Hiles 
  • Laona 
  • Wabeno 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Crandon, WI Opera House Fire, Feb 1912      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Florence, Fond Du Lac and Forest County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Forest County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Forest County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Ashland Area Research Center Network  Historical records for Ashland, Bayfield, Forest, Iron, Oneida, Price, Sawyer, Vilas, and Washburn Counties
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Forest County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Lumberjack Steam Train Museum & Blacksmith Shop  Laona, Wisconsin
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Forest County, Wisconsin     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Forest County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Forest County, WI Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WIFOREST-L Forest County genealogy

  • WIFOREST-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WIFOREST-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WIFOREST-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (13)

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Forest County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

  • Soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses casualties for WWI  Forest County     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Forest County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Forest County, Wisconsin  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Forest County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Forest County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Forest County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Forest County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Forest County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Historical Crandon Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical Laona Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Forest County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from Wisconsin      (Source: USGenWeb Wisconsin Archives)
• Wisconsin--Forest County--Alvin.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Wisconsin--Forest County--Nelma.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Wisconsin--Forest County.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Societies

• Forest County Historical and Genealogical Society      (Source: Directory of Wisconsin Local Historical Societies)
• Forest County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname

• Kyle Family History  includes Haney
• Marie Thompson      (Source: Ancestor Genealogy Photo Archive)
• Samuel David Thompson      (Source: Ancestor Genealogy Photo Archive)
• Biography of Abraham Van Zile  The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912     (Source: Google Books)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Forest County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Forest County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Lumberjack Steam Train  Laona, Wisconsin
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Forest County, Wisconsin     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Forest County Birth Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Forest County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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