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Irishfest
is honored to announce the addition to the genealogy venue of the
La Crosse Light Guard
Company B, Second Wisconsin Civil War Reenactors
Members of Company B will be assisting Irishfest with Civil War History and Genealogy. Wilson Colwell was born in Pennsylvania in 1827 to Alexander Colwell of County Derry, Ireland and Margaret Henry of Pennsylvania. Margaret's parents were Scots who immigrated to America from County Armagh, Ireland. Colwell was the sixth mayor of La Crosse in 1861 when the call came out for volunteers to join the Union Army. The local men who joined him became the members of Company B, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. These men were so fierce on the battlefield they earned the name "Iron Brigade".
Watch this website for all the Company B events and appearances in the cultural village area of Irishfest.
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Members
of Company B reenactors
at Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse |
Company B, also
known as the La Crosse Light Guard, website
http://www.lacrosselightguard.com
Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry website
http://www.secondwi.com
The goal of the Irishfest La Crosse Genealogy venue is to promote the careful study of Irish genealogy and heritage. Our emphasis is on Ireland, but we will include others of Celtic descent. If your heritage is of some other country, you will not be turned away. Visit us at Irishfest-La Crosse!
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Some
of those visiting Irishfest-La Crosse's
genealogy area engaging in on-line research |
The genealogy area includes
six wireless internet terminals (laptops provided compliments of Best
Buy and the Geek Squad, internet service provided compliments of CenturyLink)
and volunteers to assist you. The La Crosse Area Genealogical Society
will help you get started if you are new to genealogy, the La Crosse Public
Library Archives provides access to library resources on the net and at
the local Library, and volunteers from the local LDS Family History Center
will be available to provide assistance locating genealogical records.
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Featured Irish Families
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| Previous featured families include 2008 Ed and Sally Sullivan (left) and 2007 Phil and Barb Quillin (right) | 2009
featured family Jim and Deb Kroner |
If
you are just beginning to learn about your roots, we recommend starting
out by recording what you already know on:
- a Pedigree Chart ( xls
| pdf )
- a Family Group Sheet ( xls
| pdf )
- a Research Checklist ( doc
| pdf )
Genealogy will be open from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM each day
| Irishfest-La Crosse Genealogy Support Groups |
| Three volunteer support groups assist Irishfest at the genealogy venue. Links to their sites are below. All three provide expert advice to researchers. These volunteers organizations will provide guidance to assist you as you search for your family roots. |
| La
Crosse Area Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~wilacgs |
| Helpful links to La Crosse County and some surrounding county resources. |
| La
Crosse Public Library Archives http://www.lacrosselibrary.org/archives/index.htm |
| Book catalog as well as obituaries and cemetery indexes for La Crosse County. |
| Family History Center,
Onalaska http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp |
| 701 Well St Onalaska, La Crosse , Wisconsin , United States Phone: 608-783-3619 Hours: T-Sat 9am-12pm; Wed,6-9 pm; Closed: the week of a Holiday , two weeks for Christmas and New Years The Family History Center is maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and is a branch of the Family History Center in Salt Lake City , UT. The main web site, contains a wealth of research information either on line or available for use at the local history center. Recently, 23 million new Irish civil registration records have been added to the Family Search Pilot website. |
| Other Resources for Irish Genealogy |
| Gen Web http://www.irelandgenweb.com |
| Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk |
| Fianna http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna |
| Public Record Office,
Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk |
| General Register Office,
Republic of Ireland http://www.groireland.ie |
| National Records Office
of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie |
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The
companies listed below have donated time and services to the
genealogy venue. Please support those who have supported Irishfest |
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