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Subject: [OHHAMILT] Draper Papers/Manuscripts
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 19:10:53 EST

I am sending this to several county lists, so I apologize if some of you are
getting your email list cluttered up with multiple messages.

Visit this site...http://arcat.library.wisc.edu/....for the Wisconsin
Historical Society's archive catalogue. I searched by title for Draper
Manuscripts and also did the guided keyword search using Draper in the first
box and paper? in the second one, then search. The latter gave me a lot more
information to choose from than the first one and included all the first
listings anyway.

The actual manuscripts and collections are not online and probably never will
be in our lifetime. You will soon see why as the amount of material is
staggering. It appears you can order microfilm through interlibrary loan via
your local library. I wouldn't have time to look at one if I ordered it now,
but if someone does, I wish they would let me know how it worked and what
they thought of it.

You will find many, many names actually listed...ie in each section a list of
names and topics is included, basically like an index so you can get an idea
if this is a section you would be interested in seeing in detail. In many
instances, it actually says that genealogy information is included for a
particular family. This has to be a gold mine of information for some of you
who had ancestors in the Northwest territory in the mid to late 1700's and
early to mid 1800's. I recognize names on some of the lists that I have seen
requests for information on through these county mailing lists, so check it
out.

Susan in Milwaukee

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