Title: Wisconsin Pioneers and Century Farms
Inclusive Dates: 1948-1957

Call Number: Mss 908

Quantity: 5.6 c.f. (27 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Material, arranged by counties, consisting of genealogical forms, century farm records, articles, correspondence, related papers, cemetery records, and an index of Wisconsin's first settlers whose descendants still were living in the state in 1948. The Wisconsin Pioneers and Century Farms collection was compiled by Alice B. Parker, chair of the Wisconsin Centennial Committee on Century Families, with later additions from the Centennial Farm Certificate program conducted by the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture, 1952, 1954-1957.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00908

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	Material arranged alphabetically by counties Scope and Content Note: Consisting of genealogical forms, century farms records, articles, correspondence, and related papers.
Box   1	Adams - Columbia
Box   1a	Crawford - Dane (A-H)
Box   2	Dane (I-Z) - Dodge (A-L)
Box   3	Dodge (M-Z) - Fond du Lac
Box   4	Grant (A-G)
Box   4a	Grant (H-P)
Box   5	Grant (Q-Z) - Green
Box   6	Green Lake - Jefferson (A-P)
Box   7	Jefferson (Q-Z) - Juneau
Box   7a	Kenosha
Box   8	Kewaunee - Milwaukee
Box   9	Monroe - Racine (A-J)
Box   10	Racine (K-Z) - Rock (A-J)
Box   11	Rock (N-Z) - Shawano
Box   12	Sheboygan
Box   13	Walworth (A-D)
Box   14	Walworth (E-Z)
Box   15	Walworth articles, miscellany
Box   16	Washburn - Waukesha
Box   17	Waushara - Wood
Box   17	Miscellaneous articles, unidentified forms, etc. on Wisconsin and Wisconsin people, not identified by county
Box   18	Index of Wisconsin's first settlers whose Descendants were still living in the state in 1948 Note: Compiled by Mrs. Alice Bright Parker, Chairman of the Wisconsin Centennial Committee on Century Families. The names are listed alphabetically by counties. If the name is marked with a black dot, it means there is material to be found concerning the person. If a red dot, a century farm form is filed. An asterisk means the genealogy or article was too thick to be placed in the manuscript boxes, so it has been catalogued separately. The following were treated in that manner: Buttolph-Buttles family Dankoler, Harry: Uncle Harry's scrapbook Derricksons Knilans, Robert, descendants of, 1755-1948 Lund, Alice Dahlin, pioneer memories of Walkers of Waupun Webb and Chatterton genealogy
	Wisconsin Cemetery Records Scope and Content Note: Tombstone inscriptions in the state arranged according to county.
Box   19	Brown - Buffalo
Box   20	Calumet - Oconto
Box   21	Outagamie - Wood
Box   22	Records of the 1952 Centennial Farm Certificate program Note: Conducted by the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture; presented by Einar Hammer, December 3, 1952.
Box   23	Records of the 1954 Centennial Farm Certificate program Note: Conducted by the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture; presented by C.L. Jackson, September 3, 1954.
Box   24	Records of the 1955 Centennial Farm Certificate program Note: Conducted by the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture; presented by C.L. Jackson, September 2, 1955.
Box   24	Records of the 1956 Centennial Farm Certificate program Note: Conducted by the Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture; presented by C.L. Jackson, Head of Program, September 24, 1956.
Box   24	Records of the 1957 Centennial Farm Certificate program Note: Presented by C.L. Jackson, Head of Program, October 24, 1957.