Ryan, Carol Ward. Searching for your Wisconsin ancestors in the Wisconsin libraries. 2nd ed. Green Bay, Wis.: Ability Printing, 1988.
Call #: folio oF580 .R93 1988.
The following works by Victoria Wilson (Grawn, Mich.: Kinseeker Publications, 1987) include vital records locations, libraries, genealogical societies, historical societies and museums, newspapers, and books and pamphlets for each county in the region.
Atlas of historical county boundaries. Wisconsin. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997.
Call #: oG1201 .F7 A8 1993, Wis (2nd floor open shelf).
Historical atlas of Wisconsin: embracing complete state and county maps, city & village plats, together with separate state and county histories.... Milwaukee: Snyder, Van Vechten & Co., 1878.
Call #: oversize F90201.4
Holdings complete for 1840-1880. Published statewide indexes for 1840-1850. 1860 statewide index on CD-ROM. Soundex index for 1880. Mortality schedules index for 1850. All other years available on-line. All available on 2nd floor; ask at 2nd floor reference desk. State censuses: 1855 (call # microfilm 1240) 1875 (call #microfilm 1241) and 1905 (call # microfilm 435). See census holdings guide at 2nd floor reference desk for reel listing.
Be sure to consult both the card and computer catalogs for local histories, vital records, etc. under the subject heading of the county in which you are interested. Be sure to consult both the card and computer catalogs for local histories, vital records, etc. under the subject heading of the county in which you are interested. You may also wish to check the Family History Library Catalog as part of the FamilySearch Web site. Through a loan program with that library, microfilm can be ordered for use at the Newberry.
Dictionary of Wisconsin biography. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1960.
Call #: folio E4902 .978.
The following three indexes are published by the State of Wisconsin, Department of Health and Social Services. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin offers a search service for these records.
Some pioneer families of Wisconsin: an index. 2 volumes.
Call #: folio oF580 .P37.
A bicentennial project of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to index pioneer families arriving by 1850.
Wisconsin Name Index. An on-line index to obituaries, personal sketches, and other short biographies of Wisconsin people, maintained by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Wisconsin necrology index. 4 volumes. Ashland, WI: Northwest Library System, n.d.
Call #: folio oF580 .N65.
An index to the obituaries on file at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin divided into sections covering short spans of years from 1856- 1944.
Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790 -1907.
Call #: CD-ROM 15 (CD- ROM station near 2nd floor reference desk)
Roster of Wisconsin volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. 2 vol. Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co, State Printers, 1886.
Call #: oE537.3 1886 (2nd floor open shelf).
Includes annotations made by a previous owner with additional information and/or citations to other sources for some individuals.