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E-MAIL SERVICES

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ENVIRONMENT

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Chemical Scorecard (Environmental Defense Fund)
Find out who are the polluters in your community, learn about the health effects of a particular hazardous chemical. Includes information on regulatory controls and taking action.
Endangered Species Home Page, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Information on endangered and threatened species.
EnviroLink
Environmental news, a green marketplace, animal rights information, green living, and links to other sites
Environmental News Network
Environmental news, including natural disasters
Environmental Protection Agency's site for kids, teachers, citizens 
Locate pollution sources in your community, visit the kids' Explorers Club to learn about the environment, find information for class reports, etc. 
Green Parties of North America
Find out what Green Politics is all about and find your local Greens
Greenpeace International
Homepage of this well-known environmental group. Searchable site.
Head Lice Management 
Information from the University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension. 
Living On Earth (NPR program)
Transcripts of the NPR program "Living on Earth", featuring a broad range of fascinating environmental stories.
Sierra Club
Home page of the Sierra Club environmental group includes information about the issues with which the group is concerned.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Projects & programs, laws & regulations, publications, etc. of the EPA
Wisconsin Recycling Markets Directory 
Search by material type or company name to find recycling markets. 

 

FUN SITES

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Roadside America

Bozo Criminal of the Day

How Stuff Works!

Find-A-Grave By State: Wisconsin
What do Allen Ludden, Joseph McCarthy, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ed Gein have in common? They were all buried in Wisconsin. Travelers with unusual sightseeing tastes will enjoy this website.

 


GENEALOGY

American Family Immigration History Center
Search for passengers who came to America through Ellis Island and the Port of New York.
Ancestry Library Edition
Contains over two billion names and provides access to federal census information, the U.K. & Ireland census collection, immigration lists, military records, and charts and forms that can be printed. (Not available from home--you must use this database at Internet terminals located at public libraries in Waukesha County)
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
Huge list of sites. Links are annotated.
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
This Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints site has 400 million names.
Genealogy "How-To" Guide
Provides step-by-step instructions for locating different types of family information and includes a free online family tree maker. 
Genealogy Libraries
List of links to genealogy libraries which have web sites.
HeritageQuest Online
Census data, family records, and local histories. This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials and more.  You will need your PHPL or CAFÉ library card number to access this site.
Library of Congress local history & genealogy
The Library of Congress has one of the world's best collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local history publications.
Lines and Lineage (Surnames)
Search for surnames and also to see if someone else is researching the same family.
National Archives and Records Administration
This is the federal agency which oversees the management of all federal records.
National Genealogical Society
Useful links include information about Soundex and GNIS, the Geographic Names Information System.
Ships' Passenger Lists Index by Year
Ships which sailed from 1492 to 1882.
The USGenWeb Project
Volunteer project to provide websites for genealogical research in every county and state in the U.S.
Vital Records Information - United States
Where to obtain vital records from each state, territory, and county of the U.S., plus links to sites with information on foreign vital records.
Wisconsin Genealogy Resources at the State Historical Society 
The Society possesses one of the largest genealogical collections in the country, now over 4 million items. The collection is not limited to Wisconsin history and genealogy. 
 
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