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Monroe County Local History Room Library
200 West Main St.
Sparta, WI 54656-2141
Phone: (608) 269-8680 or (608) 372-8680

Hours:  Monday-Wednesday & Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Thursday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Email: MCLHR@centurytel.net

Web Site: http://www.monroecountyhistory.org/
Located in: Monroe County, Wisconsin

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Local History & Genealogy Materials Available Include the Following Types of Material. Click on a heading for more specific information about that subject.

Books & Published Material
Cemetery Indexes (Monroe County)
Census Materials
City & County Directories
County Histories & Biographical Sketches
Local Newspapers
      Monroe County
Manuscripts & Public Record Collections
Plat Maps & Books
Vital Records Indexes
Yearbooks
 
BOOKS & OTHER PUBLISHED MATERIALS
family history files and books
complete set of Family Search IGI and catalog
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CEMETERY INDEXES (Monroe County)
Cemetery card file for Monroe County

CENSUS

County Dates Can Copy?
Wisconsin--Federal Census
   Monroe County
1850, 1860*, 1870*, 1880*, 1900*, 1910, 1920, 1930
* denotes printed index for Monroe Co.
yes
Wisconsin--State Census
   Monroe County
1855, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905*
* denotes index
yes

COUNTY HISTORIES & BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Books on history of Monroe County and its villages & cities

CITY & COUNTY DIRECTORIES

Sparta phone books

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LOCAL NEWSPAPERS -- Published in Buffalo County
Place of Publication & Titles Dates Format Can Copy?

Cashton
   Cashton Record

1900-1985 microfilm
 
yes
 
yes

Kendall
   Kendall Keystone - Tribune Keystone

1904-1985 microfilm yes
Norwalk
   Norwalk Star - Star Herald News
1907-1957 microfilm yes

Sparta
   Monroe Co. Democrat
     (some issues missing)

   Sparta Herald


1859
1862-1871
1863-1985
1861-1862
1869-1985

microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm


yes
yes
yes
yes
yes

 

Tomah
   Tomah Journal
     (some issues missing)
   Tomah Monitor-Herald

1867-1985

1894-1985

microfilm

microfilm


yes

yes

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MANUSCRIPTS & PUBLIC RECORDS COLLECTIONS
Complete index of early county and 6th Judicial Circuit Courth records (no criminal!)
PLAT MAPS & BOOKS
County Dates
Monroe County 1877, 1897, 1915
Yearbooks
Place & School Year Published
Sparta, Monroe Co., WI
   High School "Spartan"
not complete set
Tomah, Monroe Co., WI
   High School "Hamots"
not complete set
Last updated: April 2002

 

 


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