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| Explore local and county histories for Wisconsin, the U.S. and Canada, and find rich information on communities and prominent citizens from 1850-1920. |
| Learn about the procedures for handling publicly-owned or abandoned burial sites. |
| Explanation of the Records Retention Schedules and instructions on how to adopt them. |
| Wisconsin History Maker Award |
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| Read about the woman from Milwaukee's South Side who became Wisconsin's first African American secretary of state. |
| Wisconsin Citizen Petitions |
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| A Plot of Land Becomes a City |
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| Discover how Wisconsin went from a small part of a territory to a capital city. |
| Date: | 1922-01-30 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1923-08-19 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1899-02-26 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1930-10-01 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1929-11-17 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1921-10-02 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1924-11-29 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1933-04-21 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1935-01-20 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1935-03-17 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1934-10-18 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| Date: | 1917-10-05 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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