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State Research Guide: Wisconsin

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Where can you get great cheese and beer, be a subject of a progressive state government and seriously up your chances of meeting a German-American? Wisconsin, of course. The area’s first Europeans actually were French fur traders who trapped the Green Bay area in the 1700s. Lead miners from the South came in the 1820s, View Website VIP Subscription

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A contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, Rick Crume specializes in online research, genealogy software, DNA testing and British genealogy.

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