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.
Baldwin convention of 1877 that named judge e. b. bundy for the circuit bench
Mar 22, 1914
Eau Claire Leader
March of progress sweeps away the old court house
Jun 28, 1917
Green Bay Gazette
New judge on circuit court bench today
May 01, 1925
Wisconsin State Journal
Petition for increasing the salaries of judges
1866 - 1869
Petitioners, members of the Grant County Bar, argue that if the salaries of Supreme Court judges are increased, then the salaries of Circuit Court judges should also be increased
