Genealogy and some Wisconsin History


This page contains information about my family's genealogy

and some history of Wisconsin.

Genealogy:

🔹 My Family Tree - The Wiegand/Schmeler Families - contains over 5700 people


🔹 Quest for My Past - How I got this far and those who helped

General William Selby Harney:

🔹 A Brief Biography - America's forgotten General


🔹 My Family's Relationship - How my family is related to the General


🔹 The Harney House - Help restore this piece of American History


🔹 Harney Memorabilia - A few items I've found relating to the General

Life and Times of the People of Wisconsin:

🔹 Life in Wisconsin for Luxembourgers


🔹 Winter's Journey - 1843 - Taken for the journal of Increase Lapham


🔹 Language of the Woods - Now you too can speak like a lumberjack!


🔹 Slang and plain talk of the Woods - Stories and sayings of lumbermen

The History of Wisconsin:

🔹 Population growth in Wisconsin during the 1800's


🔹 The History of Wisconsin's State Seal


🔹 Civil War Draft Riots in Port Washington - One of the first Draft Riots in the US


🔹 Listing of the Draft Rioters - Including their sentences