Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society WSOCS was organized in 1971 to record the information inscribed on cemetery headstones before they became obliterated and unreadable. A number of members and friends of the  Wisconsin State Genealogical Society  banded together to begin compiling the information on the head stones of as many Wisconsin Cemeteries as possible. They met and decided to incorporate under the laws of the State of Wisconsin as the Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society, Inc. The structure of the organization is set up similar to that of the Genealogical Society and the Wisconsin Council for Local History into Regions and then by Counties. Each Region has a Regional Director and each County is assigned a County Coordinator answering to the Regional Director. Over 4,000 Wisconsin Cemeteries have been complied. These records reside in the WSOCS Archives: Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society 6100 W. Mequon Road Mequon, WI  53092-1951 WSOCS Membership: Send your name, address and check for $10.00 to the address above.  Membership is for a period of one year.   Members receive a subscription to "INSCRIPTIONS", the Newsletter of the WSOCS and one Search Request of the archives each quarter.  New members may join by mail or in person at the WSOCS Archives on Thursdays. Archives: The WSOCS Archives are open for member use every Thursday (except holidays): Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society 6100 W. Mequon Road Mequon, WI  53092-1951 Thursday morning 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Thursday afternoon 2:00 p.m. -  5:00 p.m. New members may join by mail or in person at the WSOCS Archives on Thursdays. Search the Archives: Searches are conducted for one surname per query for members of WSOCS. Four queries per year (1 each quarter). If you are not a member send your name, address and dues with your Search Request.  If you mail in a Search Request you must include a Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope (SASE) with a mailed Search Request.  For each Search Request please include: Name of the individual (one surname per query) County of burial Cemetery and the Township in which it is located.* * If the name of the cemetery or the Township is unknown provide any clues you have to help to determine the location such as identifying names of a nearby City or Village.  To assist in the search provide additional information, such as religious affiliation and location of where subject lived.. Mail the Search Request with a SASE to the address above. Current members may send a Search Request by e-mail to: RFelber@wi.rr.com.   The Archivist will provide the information he finds either to your Email address or in the SASE that was enclosed with your Search Request. WSOCS Officers: President             Mrs. Beverly Silldorff (262) 242-3290 12116 North Briarhill Road Mequon, WI  53097-2602 Vice President Don Goniu Telephone Street City, State, Zip Secretary Bev Hetzel Telephone Street City, State, Zip Treasurer     Donald Silldorff (262) 242-3290 12116 North Briarhill Road Mequon, WI  53097-2602 Editor Dan Buckman Telephone Street City, State, Zip Archivist Robert J. Felber (414) 355-6252 8724 West Magnolia Street Milwaukee, WI 53224-4024 WSOCS Links: Ancestry.com Family Search Footnote.com US GenWeb — Wisconsin GenWeb Wisconsin Historical Society Wisconsin Lineage Links World Vital Records © 2004-2008 WSOCS October 9, 2008 - DrG