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America's Obituaries & Death Notices
The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices. Extensive editorial review of all newspaper sections ensures thorough selection of obituaries for easy access. An easy-to-use interface allows searching by name, date range, or text such as institutional name, social affiliation(s), geographic location(s), philanthropic activities, etc.
This resource is paid for by the Menasha Public Library.

HeritageQuest Online
Find ancestors and relatives in the complete set of US Federal Census Records from 1790-1930 and find information on people and places described in over 25,000 family and local histories.
Help available for this resource: searching and printing tips and training webinars
This resource is paid for by Winnefox Library System with funding from Wisconsin library system aids.

NewspaperARCHIVE
Search over 14.4 million newspaper pages dating back as far as the 1700s for over 400 cities and towns to research genealogy, history, culture, or any newsworthy event.
Help available for this resource: usage tips:
This resource is made available to you as part of BadgerLink, which is a project of the Department of Public Instruction’s Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning for the citizens of Wisconsin.  Funding is provided through the Public Service Commission Universal Service Fund.

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Oshkosh Public Library Online City Directories
Several of these online directories include coverage of Winnebago County areas including Menasha, Neenah, Omro and Winneconne!

Castle Garden
Search over 10 million names of immigrants who arrived in New York before Ellis Island opened in 1892.

Census Records from FamilySearch
Search the 1880 United States Census, the 1881 British Isles Census, or the 1881 Canadian Census. Or search them all at once!

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Almost a quarter million categorized and cross-referenced links on genealogy. Several search interfaces are offered and the best genealogy sources on the Web are linked! the first stop on the Web for most family researchers.

Ellis Island
Access to archival information available at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum including ship passenger lists or manifests, passenger records, and ship information for the more than 22 million passengers and ship's crew members who entered the United States through Ellis Island between 1892-1924.

Find a Grave
Information about "Where everybody who was anybody is buried..." Includes photos. It's searchable by name, location, birth dates and death dates, and "claim to fame."

Linkpendium: Winnebago Couty, Wisconsin
An extensive collection of links specific to your county to help you with your genealogy and family history searches.

Naturalization Records Index
This index contains naturalization records dating between the 1840s and 1970s held at the UW Oshkosh Archives and Area Research Center. This index includes records for the following court systems:
- Dodge Circuit Court (only declarations at this time)
- Green Lake Circuit Court
- Marquette Circuit Court
- Oshkosh Municipal Court
- Winnebago Circuit Court

Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Stephen P. Morse's "One Step" Social Security Death Index (SSDI) search allows you to search the database via multiple search engines (Ancestry, FamilySearch, RootsWeb and more) that allow different types of search options. Be sure to check out his One-Step Portal for On-Line Genealogy too!

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