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December 2003 Highlights

Find More Ancestors Online

Finding your ancestors online, particularly if they were public servants, just got easier with the addition of more than 12,000 leads to Wisconsin political figures in the Wisconsin Name Index. This brings the number of records available online to 125,000....
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Posted December 30, 2003

Top 10 Wisconsin History Stories of 2003

From the rumble of tens of thousands of Harley-Davidson motorcycles all over Wisconsin to the launch of a Web site, American Journeys, which made history of its own by providing worldwide online access to firsthand accounts of American exploration,...
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Posted December 29, 2003

Sky High Online Exhibit: Centennial of Aviation

Celebrate the centennial of the Wright Brothers' first flight on December 17, 1903 by visiting "Sky High," an online exhibit of photographs and graphics drawn from the picture collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society....
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Posted December 17, 2003

Welcome to the New WHS Website

You could call it the website that took 200 years to build. Or maybe just five. But our new design and organization has gone live....
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Posted December 15, 2003

Governor Jim Doyle Signs AB328, Improves Outlook for Historic Sites

Gov. Jim Doyle signed Assembly Bill 328 on Wednesday, December 3, legislation that provides the Wisconsin Historical Society with greater flexibility to work with private-sector partners to support the educational mission of the Society's statewide network of historic sites. The...
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Posted December 12, 2003

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