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.
Frederic K. Conover
1878
Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederic King Conover (d. 1919), of Madison, Wisconsin, as a member of the class of 1878 of the University of Wisconsin.
Frederic March Shoveling Snow
1920
Winter scene with Frederic March as a young man in a coat and hat, outdoors shoveling snow.
