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fvgs logoThe Fox Valley Genealogical Society (FVGS) of Wisconsin is a non-profit organization formed for the purpose of exchanging and sharing information, collecting and preserving resource materials, and promoting genealogical research. Covering Outagamie County, Wisconsin and the Fox Valley's surrounding communities, which include, Menasha and Neenah.

 If you have a genealogical question or a question regarding where to go for research please use this site's discussion forum (see tab above).

 For announcements that need to go out before a meeting see the NEWS page. Looking for a certain surname? Use the SEARCH box on the left where is says "Search this wiki". It couldn't be any easier. Looking for databases? Check out the Wiki pages in the box on the left where you can find cemetery readings, plat map indexes, obituaries indexes, state census indexes and lots more.

Now, thanks to the world of 'WEB 2.0', we can invite our members and researchers, with connections to the Fox Valley, to add photos, indexes, stories, or resources in an easy and uncomplicated way, our goal is to facilitate collaboration and sharing between researchers and members.

We recommend that anyone interested in research in the Fox Valley join our wiki. Once you have created your username and password all you have to do is sign in whenever you visit and there magically appears on the page options for adding, deleting, changing, etc. pages and text. All you have to do is go to the page you want to edit, click on the easy edit button and start typing. The other benefit to joining is getting emails letting you know when changes have been made to the site and what they were. Please, explore!


Local Historical Society Site Links-
Outagamie County Historical Society
Area Research Center (ARC) Links-
Green Bay ARC
Oshkosh ARC

Surrounding Counties And Their GenWeb Site Links-
Brown GenWeb
Calumet GenWeb
Outagamie GenWeb
Shawano GenWeb
Waupaca GenWeb
Winnebago GenWeb



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skymaiden2002 Pics on Fox Valley memory site 0 Sep 19 2008, 11:38 PM EDT by skymaiden2002
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I would like to say thanks just to be able to see these pictures. Appleton's mayor in 1862-64 William Johnson is the brother of my gggrandfather, James Penrose Johnson. He died in the CA goldfields, 1850 and little is known about the family except what is published about William.
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fvgsmember Site administrator 0 Dec 28 2007, 1:58 PM EST by fvgsmember
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Welcome to the FVGS wiki. Discussions are welcome as are comments.
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