Manitowoc-skogen
The Organization of the Book
The order of the biographical articles is alphabetical following this pattern:
first, by the first letter of the given name; second, by the surname (usually the
patronymic); and third, by the entire given name. Similar names are alphabetized
together; for example, Anders, Andreas, Endre, and Andrew, are all alphabetized
as Anders.
Each article includes as many of the following sections (in this order) as are
available or applicable:
1. The name of the individual, usually in the standard Norwegian three part
form given name, patronymic, farm name although the farm name appears only
if there is evidence that it was used in the United States. Any alternative name
that commonly occurs appears in parentheses; this will usually be an
americanization which is different from the Norwegian form in an unpredictable
way.
2. The names of the individual's parents.
3. Cross references to brothers and sisters if they have their own articles and the
parents do not.
4. Date and place of birth and of death.
5. Biographical information of various sorts regarding occupation, residence, date
of immigration, Civil War service, etc. Dates of residence refer to earliest and
latest appearance in records (usually the census), and rarely signify that the
individual came to the location in the first year and left in the second. Information
is provided which will help ascertain when the individual came to Manitowoc
County. Civil War service is mentioned because of the wealth of personal and
genealogical information which is often to be found in service and pension files.
6. Date and place of marriage, with the spouse's name and the same information
on the spouse as enumerated in nos. 1 to 5 above; this for each marriage.
7. Children with birth date, as well as death and marriage information for
children who don't have their own articles.
8. References to published accounts and photographs.