Sturm Memorial Library
Genealogy
130 North Bridge Street
Manawa, WI 54949
Phone: (920)596-2252
Fax: (920)596-2234
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HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com Library Edition are available for use in library. HeritageQuest may be accessed from your home computer. You will be asked for your library card number and PIN.

The Appleton Post-Crescent Obituary Index
A partial index to obituaries and death notices appearing in Appleton newspapers.
Ancestry.com
The Ancestry World Tree is made of family history files submitted by Ancestry.com visitors and is the largest collection of it's kind on the internet.
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
A computerized database courtesy of the National Park Service containing facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War. For more information on this ongoing project, check out their System Overview page.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.
Family History SourceGuide: Wisconsin
How-to guide for genealogical research in Wisconsin.
Family Search
Search Ancestral Files and the International Genealogical Index online courtesy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
GenealogySpot.com
GenealogySpot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best online genealogy resources for beginners and experts alike. From the site, quickly and easily find the best resources to perform ancestor searches by state, country, ethnicity and religion, browse historical records, access reference tools, locate lost family members, join genealogy communities and much more.
GenSearcher
All-in-One Genealogy Search Page which offers convenient, one-stop, on-line research with over 150 genealogy search engines and indices.
The Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room
A great list of resources!
Primary Sources
A massive collection of the literature and documents which were most relevant to the colonists' lives in America.
Social Security Death Index
Search over 60 million names in the Social Security Death Index.
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
The Society possesses one of the largest genealogical collections in the country, now over 4 million items.
Waupaca County USGenWeb
Great place to start your Waupaca County,WI research.
Waupaca County, WI Vital Records
What is available, Current Fees and Where to make your request
Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
Contains about 8,000 local newspaper articles published between 1860 and
1940 all around the state. These consist mainly of pioneer reminiscences, portraits of early institutions, and so forth, and all of them are easy to search by personal names and a variety of subject headings. More articles will be added at regular intervals through the end of this year.
Wisconsin Mailing Lists
Connect with people researching in the same area.


Family Histories In Our Collection:
Book of Remembrance (Fietzer, Fetzer, Fitzer, Fetzer family)
Author: Baldwin, Dorothy
The Baldwins of the past, the present, the future
Author: Baldwin, Dorothy
The Friedrich Wilhelm Much family : a family tree of the Muchs of Northern Waupaca County in Wisconsin
Author: Rahr, Mary
New Echoes From Old Escapades : a collection of reminisces and memories and history of the Zillmer Miller families of Dupont and Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Author: Miller, Delores Zillmer
Marquardt family : 100 years of history
Author: Freckmann, Sally Kauss
The Lust family history
Author: Miller, Russell
My Family
Author: Young, Marion R.
A Short History of the Families and Descendants of Ernest Zempel and Ida Pidde
Author: Handrich, William C.
Descendants of Karl Ludwig Schewe
Author: Allen, Betty Jahsman
Klingbeil : family history genealogy
Author: Miller, Delores Zillmer
The Shopodocks : a Potawatomi Indian story : a sesquicentennial project
Author: Miller, Delores Zillmer
Christian Hanson, 1820-1895 : from Gjerpen to Iola
Author: Paulson, Joan
The Schneiderwendt-Riske family history
Author: Glocke, Hilda Marie
The History of the Glocke-Drath family
Author: Glocke, Kenneth Arnold
Carl Raasch : his descendants in America
Author: Raasch, Robert LaVern
The Greely family : 1832 to 1982
Author: Lees, Margrit Hamilton
History of Peter P. Hershberger and Leah Hochstetler. Their ancestors and descendants from 1736 to 1970
Author: Hershberger, Leo Daniel
The O'Briens of Lebanon
Author: O'Brien, Gene; O'Brien, Ethyl; O'Brien, Florence


Selected Wisconsin and Local History Materials In Our Collection:
Manawa Advocate (local newspaper) on microfilm, 1895-1998
Microfilm reader/printer is available for use in library. Copies are $.10
Cemetery Records, "All Waupaca County cemeteries and burials between 1860-1980" 13 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Microfilm reader/printer is available for use in library. Copies are $.10 each.
Author: Guyant, Wayne and Guyant, Alta
Marriage Records 1903-1987 from St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Compiled by Tory Suehs
Confirmation Records 1903-1987 St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Compiled by Tory Suehs
Death/Burial Records 1903-1987 St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Compiled by Tory Suehs
Baptism Records 1899-1988 St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Compiled by Tory Suehs
Wisconsin Genealogical Research
Author: Herrick, Linda M.
Wisconsin Pre-1907 Birth and Death Index (microfiche)
Donated by the Waupaca Area Genealogical Society(WAGS), available for viewing in the library
Ogdensburg and the Town of St. Lawrence : history and memories
Author: Golla, Agnes M.
St. Paul's School, 1891-1991 (Manawa, WI)
Author: Craig, Pat
Chief Manawa and Manawa Brave
Author: Niven, Alice J.
The Pioneers of Little Wolf Township : including historical record of events from 1848-1973
Author: Wegener, Evelyn M.
Little Wolf Annual
(Manawa, WI) 1914-present
Stretching Waters : an historical guide to the Chain O' Lakes, Waupaca, Wisconsin
Author: Sturm, John, Jr.
"Ghost" Towns of Waupaca County
Author: Waupaca County Historical Society
Early History of Waupaca, Wis.
Author: Dewey, Freeman Dana
History of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran
Little Wolf River Country : an early history of the area
Author: Cooney, Eleanore V.
History of Waupaca county, Wisconsin
Author: Wakefield, J. (Josephus)
History of Waupaca County, Volumes I and II
Author: Ware, John
Wisconsin's Past and Present : a historical atlas
Author: Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild
A Genealogical Research Guide to Waupaca County
Author: Wollangk, Judy and The Waupaca Area Genealogical Society
Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin
Author: Herrick, Linda M and Uncapher, Wendy K.

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Last Update September 18, 2007