Trace Your Roots From the Sheboygan Shore to the Wasau Woods

The Wisconsin research guide in the April 2005 Family Tree Magazine gives readers the advice, resources and tools they need to discover Badger State ancestors.
(PRWEB) February 13, 2005 -- You can find ancestors who lived in the Badger State using Wisconsin?s rich genealogical resources, according to Family Tree Magazine, America?s best-selling family history magazine.



A user-friendly four-page guide in the April 2005 Family Tree Magazine outlines how to find a variety of Wisconsin historical records, including censuses, land claims, miltary service records birth and death certificates and more. A resource section points you to genealogical and historical Web sites, books and organizations; and offers at-a-glance state facts, a history timeline and tourism information. Rick Crume, author of the guide as well as the how-to book Plugging Into Your Past (Family Tree Books, $19.99), recommends top on- and offline sources such as the Wisconsin Historical Society, Milwaukee Public Library and the Wisconsin GenWeb Project.

The Wisconsin guide is part of Family Tree Magazine?s new State Research Guides series, which covers two states per issue in a special pull-out section. The April 2005 edition, available Feb. 22 on newsstands and at www.familytreemagazine.com, also contains an article on Louisiana research. Tennessee and Connecticut are next in the series.

Family Tree Magazine, America?s largest-circulation genealogy magazine, helps readers discover, preserve and celebrate their family history. By reaching out to a broad consumer audience and making genealogy accessible even to beginners, the bimonthly Family Tree Magazine shares the excitement of family history and shows readers where to find (and how to use) valuable resources. Its companion line of Family Tree Books offers such best-selling titles as Unpuzzling Your Past by Emily Anne Croom and Organizing Your Family History Search by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. Visit www.familytreemagazine.com for more information.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, F W employs 1,000 worldwide in offices in Devon, England; Boston; Denver; New York City; Savannah, Ga. and Iola, Wis. The company?s products target hobbyists and enthusiasts in categories such as writing, fine art, genealogy, crafts, antiques, collectibles, coins, stamps and the outdoors. F W published nearly 60 magazines and has an equally deep book-publishing program across 15 imprints in complementary special interest fields. The company owns and operates conferences and book clubs in the United States and the UK.

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