Search below for stories about ships, lighthouses, sailors and anything else about life on Lake Michigan. The database contains references to articles from the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record (June 12, 1873 to Jan. 7, 1927), the Door County Advocate (Nov. 8, 1861 to Dec. 22, 1949), and the Manitowoc Pilot (June 14, 1859 to Dec. 28, 1899). The results will direct you to the date and page in these newspapers where the article can be found.
Microfilm copies of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, Algoma Public Library in Algoma. Microfilm copies of the Door County Advocate are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, the Door County Public Library in Sturgeon Bay, and the Brown County Library in Green Bay. Microfilm of the Manitowoc Pilot are available at the Manitowoc County Historical Society, the Manitowoc Public Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.
Check with your local library about obtaining the microfilm via interlibrary loan.
| Newspaper | Object | Name | Date | Page | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1891-11-19 | 3 | Bound south with a load of shingles from Sturgeon Bay, came in to await favorable winds. She cleared on Tuesday. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1892-03-31 | 3 | One of vessels wintered here. She is receiving a new front to her cabin. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1892-05-19 | 3 | In with part of a cargo of shingles for C. L. Fellows from Foscoro. She finished her cargo with shingles for S. L. Hall. | ||
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1892-05-26 | 3 | The Wm. Finch is in port awaiting favorable winds to sail south. She loaded here at H. Gericke's with shingles for Zastrow & Sandermann. | ||
| Door County Advocate | Schooner | Wm. Finch | 1896-04-11 | 5 | Being fitted out | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Wm. Finch | 1888-11-08 | 3 | The scow Wm. Finch cleared from this port on Tuesday with a hold full of cord wood and a deck load of lumber, for Milwaukee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Wm. Finch | 1888-05-24 | 3 | Scow Wm. Finch was in port on Saturday and cleared for Lily Bay, to take on a load of slabs for Port Washington. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Wm. Finch | 1888-05-10 | 3 | On first trip, caught in the gale off Sheboygan, splitting his mainsail and carrying away his main boom. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Scow | Wm. Finch | 1889-04-11 | 3 | The scow Wm. Finch and schooner Industry arrived Monday morning on their 1st return trip from Milwaukee. Both brought freight. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Wm. Finch | 1889-07-25 | 3 | The Wm. Finch loaded at Clay Banks on Saturday, with lumber for Henry Geier, to Milwaukee. |
This database is a cooperative effort of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The project is spearheaded by WUAA member Russel Leitz, who helped develop a framework for the database and painstakingly combed through 54 years of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record, 87 years of the Door County Advocate and 40 years of the Manitowoc Pilot for maritime news. The more than 50,000 references are the fruit of his labor alone.