Historical Societies

2010-02-19 11:10:26 By: Anita the Archivist

Monroe County Local History Room
200 West Main St.
Sparta, WI 54656-2141
Phone: (608) 269-8680 or (608) 372-8680
Web Site: http://www.monroecountyhistory.org/
Email: MCLHR@centurytel.net
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.--4:30 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m., first Thursday of the month 9:00 a.m.—9:00 p.m.

Books & Other Published Materials

Family history files and books and a complete set of Family Search IGI and catalog

Cemetery Indexes (Monroe County)

Cemetery card file for Monroe County

Census Materials

Federal -- Wisconsin (Monroe County), 1850, 1860*, 1870*, 1880*, 1900*, 1910, 1920, 1930 *denotes printed index for Monroe County
State -- Wisconsin (Monroe County), 1855, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905* *denotes printed index

City & County Directories

Sparta phone books

County Histories & Biographical Sketches

Books on the history of Monroe County and its villages and cities

Newspapers published in Monroe County

Cashton -- Cashton Record, 1900-1985
Kendall -- Kendall Keystone-Tribune, 1904-1985
Norwalk -- Norwalk Star-Star Herald News, 1907-1957
Sparta -- Monroe County Democrat, 1859, 1862-1871, 1863-1985 (some issues missing)
Sparta -- Sparta Herald, 1861-1862; 1869-1985 
Tomah -- Tomah Journal, 1867-1985 (some issues missing)
Tomah -- Tomah Monitor-Herald, 1894-1985

Manuscripts & Public Records Collection

Complete index of early county and 6th Judicial Circuit Court records (no criminal!)

Plat Maps & Books

Monroe County, 1877, 1897, 1915

Yearbooks

Sparta High School "Spartan," not complete set
Tomah High School "Hamots," not complete set