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Readstown Public Library
129 West Wisconsin Ave
Readstown, WI 54652
Phone: (608) 629-5465

Email: readslib@yahoo.com
Hours:  Monday-Friday 1-6 p.m.
Located in: Vernon 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
County & Town Histories & Biographical Sketches
Local Newspapers
      Vernon County
Manuscripts & Public Record Collections
Plat Maps & Books
 
BOOKS & OTHER PUBLISHED MATERIALS
"Births, Deaths Marriages & Other Genealogical Gleanings from Newspapers for Crawford, Vernon & Richland Counties, Wis., 1873-1910"
"Genealogical Events from Newspapers for Crawford, Vernon & Grant Counties, 1870-1901"
" Genealogical Gleanings from Early Newspapers for Resdients in and Near Crawford County, Wis., 1897-1902"
" The MacFarland-Carters of Vernon County, Wisconsin"
"History of the Truax Family"
" Wisconsin -- Its Counties, Townships & Villages (1994)"
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COUNTY & TOWN HISTORIES & BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
History of Vernon County (1884)
Vernon County Heritage book (1994)
The First 100 Years -- History of Soldiers Grove (1964)
History of Viola (1957)
Kickapoo Pearls -- A Collection of Kickapoo History & Folkways (1979)
Viroqua Centennial, 1846-1946
Gays Mills Sesquicentennial Souvenir booklet, 1848-1998
The Memorable Kickapoo Valley
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LOCAL NEWSPAPERS -- Published in Vernon County
Place of Publication & Titles Dates Format Can Copy?
Readstown
   Readstown Herald
   Readstown Special

1959-1973
1897-1906

microfilm
microfilm

yes
yes
Viola
   Viola Leaf Tobacco News

1906

microfilm

yes
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MANUSCRIPTS & PUBLIC RECORDS COLLECTIONS
Carter Family letters (includes Civil War correspondence of Charles Carter)
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PLAT MAPS & BOOKS
County Dates
Richland County 1999
Vernon County 1967, 1992, 1995-1996
Last Updated: June 2008
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