General Information
Wisconsin Name Index
The Wisconsin Name Index (WNI) is a searchable index of names found in various collections in the Library. These include:
- About 150 county and local histories
- Dozens of professional directories and biographical encyclopedias
- More than 60 scrapbooks containing 30,000 obituaries from the “Wisconsin Necrology” scrapbooks
- Selected articles from Wisconsin magazines and newspapers
Most items were published from 1870-1970.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing the Wisconsin Name Index
The WNI is searchable on the Society's website. The materials found in the index are not comprehensive of all materials on our shelves.
Hamlin Garland Homestead
1950
Text on reverse: "Hamlin Garland Homestead. West Salem, Wisconsin. Purchased by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Hamlin Garland in 1893 for his parents, the homestead provided a study for writing and...
Hamlin Garland (1860-1940) Historic Marker
Hwy. 16, 1 mi. NE of West Salem
Garland at West Salem Family Home
circa 1920-1929
Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabel Garland.
