Helpful Links

Area Schools and Colleges

• Brillion Public Schools
• Fox Valley Technical College
• Hilbert Schools
• Holy Family Catholic School
• Lakeshore Technical College
• Lawrence University
• Manitowoc Lutheran
• Manitowoc Roncolli
• NE Wisconsin Technical College
• Reedsville Schools
• Silver Lake College
• St. Norbert College
• Trinity Lutheran Church and School
• UW Center- Manitowoc
• UW Center-Fox Cities
• UW-Green Bay
• UW-Oshkosh

Assistance

• Penny Pinchers
• Small Business Administration A variety of grants.
• Government Grants Portal allows searches of grants

College Funding

• Fast Web Need money for college? Try the Internet's largest free scholarship search.
• FAFSA on the Web Apply for financial aid on the web.

Employment and Careers

• Job seeker website
• Appleton Oshkosh Help Wanted
• Career Builder
• Career One-Stop
• Employment Wizard
• GlassDoor
• Indeed - Brillion Area
• Job Center of Wisconsin
• Manitowoc County Job Center
• Monster.com
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Wisconsin Job Net
• Wisconsin Drivers Test

Genealogy

If you are interested in searching your family history, try one of these web sites.

• Calumet County Genealogy Web Site
• Cyndi's List This site lists and links you to a wide variety of genealogy sites. If it's not on Cyndi's List it probably doesn't exist!
• Daughters of the American Revolution
• Ellis Island On-Line
• Family Search The website of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. Obtain all sorts of genealogical information including records from foreign countries.
• Government Land Office Bureau of Land Management
• Manitowoc Genealogy and Local History
• Nat'l Archives & Records Administration
• Sons of the American Revolution
• USGenWeb Volunteer genealogy project, includes some family histories.
• Vital Records Contains addresses and information on finding and sending for vital records.
• Wisconsin State Historical Society Link to the genealogical resources of the State Historical Society.

Government

• Calumet County
• Brown County
• Manitowoc County
• Outagamie County
• United States Government Portal to search all federal government agencies. Obtain government forms and information. Link allows searches by subject.
• White House Visit the official website of the White House. Link up with your president.
• Winnebago County
• Wisconsin Government Wisconsin link to all state agencies. This link allows you to search by subject. Apply for licenses, find lottery results, solve consumer problems, or travel around the state. This site also contains The Wisconsin Statutes and pending legislative bills. This is the link to elected officials.

Health and Wellness

• Clinical Trials Provides updates on federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
• Healthfinder Gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Medicare Government site devoted to Medicare.
• Medline Plus National Library of medicine's Online health source.
• Prevention Magazine Prevention Magazine's official web site.
• Quackwatch Site looks at health related frauds, myths, fads and fallacies. Maintained by a nonprofit corporation.

Libraries

• Appleton Public Library
• Brown County Public Library
• Chilton Public Library
• Internet Public Library
• Kiel Public Library
• Lester Public Library Two Rivers
• Manitowoc-Calumet Library System
• Manitowoc Public Library
• New Holstein Public Library
• Wisconsin State Law Library This website is a great starting point for finding information of a legal nature. This site is highly recommended for consumer legal information and access to the law.

Search Engines

These allow you to search a variety of terms on the Internet.

• Ask
• Dogpile
• Google
• Yahoo

Solar Energy Resources

Solar in Wisconsin – http://www.letsgosolar.com/solar-panels/wisconsin/

Residential Solar Panels – http://www.letsgosolar.com/solar-panels/home-and-residential/

Affordable Solar Panels – http://www.letsgosolar.com/solar-panels/rankings/affordable/

Taxes

• Internal Revenue Service IRS agency web site. Find and download those tax forms. File your taxes electronically. Have questions answered online.
• Wisconsin Department of Revenue Wisconsin income tax site. Find and download state forms. File electronically. Have tax questions answered.

Telephone Directories

Telephone books and web sites are often outdated as soon as they are published. People move or change telephones. On line directories are not routinely updated and it is suggested that you try more than one website to compare information on individuals. Telephone directories do not list unlisted telephone numbers or cell phone numbers. Start with tthe AtoZ database found on the Library home page.

Telephone numbers can be obtained online through a number of different websites. Here are a few of the online sites available:

• AnyWho
• The Ultimates
• Switchboard
• WhitePages.com
• Yellowpages and Smartpages.com