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general questions...
General questions - we get stuff like:
I have this old widget that was made by XYZ Company in Wisconsin in the 1920s. I can't find the company. Are they still around? Do they go by another name? Do they still make these Widgets?
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When I was growing up in Wisconsin there was a Drive-In off of Hwy 16 just east of Oconomowoc. The Kiltie, I think. Is it still there?
I can't begin to describe all of the kinds of questions that might come up. We just got one the other day from a student who had to write a report on one of the Counties in Wisconsin. We referred her to the County page.
Quite frankly, we're trying to save some work answering emails from our Contact Us page with these kinds of questions. We don't have the resources to be a Library 'Ready Reference' for Wisconsin. Further, when messages/questions are posted for public consumption we're more likely to get more and better answers. Plus we'll be able to share the information with everyone...even someone doing a search engine search for that kind of information.
Regards,
Keith
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