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.
Map of Turville Point
1906
Topographical map of Turville Point and lands to the South to Nine Springs Creek.
Geological Map of Part of West End of Lake Superior
1911
This 1911 map of the geology of northern Wisconsin between Superior and Hurley was published by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey in Fredrik Turville Thwaites' Sandstones of the W...
Pleistocene Geology of the Door Peninsula, Wisconsin
1961
Along with geology and drumlins, this map shows bays, lakes, and roads. Relief is shown by contours; depths are shown by isolines. An explanation of colors and symbols is included at upper left.
Topographic Map of the Turville Estate : Sec. 25, Madison
1906
This map is pen-and-ink on paper. The relief is shown by contours and spot heights. "5’ contours." Includes area table.
