Military Records Kewaunee County, Wisconsin


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Many thanks to Gayle and Martha for their diligence, expertise and service to the WIGenWeb.

As stated above, I do not live in Wisconsin, but I am an excellent online researcher and will answer questions and help with basic research queries, I will not do 'indepth' research for you, but will endevour to point out less obvious resources.


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 Old Kewaunee Files ~ Research Resources ~ Maps  ~ USGenWeb® Archives
Vital Record Resources ~ Naturalization Records ~ Obituaries ~ Photos

Maritime History ~ Biographies ~ CemeteriesMilitary ~ Family Search: Historical Images and Film




History ~ Military ~ Family Search: Historical Images and Film
There are a lot of History Books available for Kewaunee County and Northeast Wisconsin,
A list along with some indexes can be found on the 'Lookups' Site

History of Brown, Door and Kewaunee Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago, J H Beers Co, 1895
Biographical Index is Here
Read Online or Download

History of Northern Wisconsin Chicago, The Western Historical Company 1881
Biographical Index for Kewaunee County
Read Online or Download

Another source of historical information may be found in Passenger Lists.
Family Search's Catalog has a comprehensive list of information on Passenger Lists
Please use this link


So, if you could not find someone in a Census Record, you might check Passenger Lists to see if they were traveling.
The Ship Transcriber's Guild has Ship Manifest Records.

Passport Applications also provide Historical as well as Vital data: FS Catalog Resources

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An Honor Roll:
Containing a Pictorial Record of the Gallant and Courageous Men from Kewaunee Co., WI, USA who served in the Great War
1917 ~ 1918 ~ 1919
Compiles and Edited by:
Harry H Heidmann & Lester C Heidmann
Printed and Published by the
Algoma Printing Company,
Algoma, WI, 1920
The Index is Here ~ The Book is Here

Military Information in the FS Catalog
  United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866
Images of records from the United States Provost Marshal during the Civil War. The Provost Marshal served as military police for the Union Army. Records in this collection deal with deserters, Confederate spies, civilians suspected of disloyalty, civilian passage through military zones, etc. The records are in Record Group 109 located in the National Archives. This collection corresponds to NARA publication M345: Union Provost Marshals’ File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians.
Here for the actual images: Each Alpha Range is linked to a Film
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There is a lot of information about the many Wars that have been fought both in the US and abroad.
It is not my intention to list them all, but there is a lot of interesting data that was created for and because of them.
The Wisconsin Historical Society has a nice collection of War data.
The National Archives has a listing of WWII Casualties
There was one file for Civil War Dead found in the old Kewaunee Files.
1890 Veteran's Schedule / 2nd Version
Nebraska, G A R Burial Records: 1861 - 1948
Montana Military Records: 1904 - 1918
Miscellaneous Military Data [Compilation of Databases]
Soldiers of the Great War: Wisconsin
Iowa,World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries,1947-1959

US, WWI Draft Registration Cards: 1917-1918: Explanation and Links
and
US, WWII Draft Registration Cards:: 1940-1947: Explanation and Links

Search the
DAR ~GAR ~ SAR

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Family Search has an extensive collection of film for 1861-1865
"Adjutant General's Office. Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in
organizations from the state of Wisconsin (1861-1865)."
To access the film, Log into FS, Search Catalog, Type in Wisconsin, Military, then 'Online',
then scroll down to 'Military Records, 1861-1865'

United States military records, 1824-1956
Official army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army for the years
1861, '62, '63, '64, '65

Books: Available for Download Family Search
Roster of Wisconsin volunteers, war of the rebellion, 1861-1865
The Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Wisconsin Women in the War Between the States
Soldiers' and citizens' album of biographical record, containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty of the Union : also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war, and a history of the Grand army of the republic, 1888
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WIGenWeb State Coordinator:  Marcia Ann Kuehl      

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