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Vernon County Historical Society
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 444
Location: 410 South Center
Viroqua, WI 54665
Phone: (608) 637-7396
Web Address: www.frontiernet.net/~vcmuseum
Email: vcmuseum@frontiernet.net
Hours: mid-May to mid-September: Tuesday-Sunday noon-4
p.m.
mid-September to mid-May: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday noon-4 p.m.
Also open by appointment
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
Cemetery Indexes (Vernon County)
Census Materials
County Histories & Biographical Sketches
Local Newspapers
Vernon County
Manuscripts & Public Record Collections
Newspaper Indexes
Obituaries & Other Genealogical
Indexes
Plat Maps & Books
Vital Records Indexes
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| BOOKS & OTHER
PUBLISHED MATERIALS |
Genealogy & other biographical files
and books (family histories)
High school annuals
High school histories, pictures and newspaper clippings
Norwegian county history books and other history books, including: Luster,
Ardal, Vik, Luster and lots more
Church histories, pictures, directories and newspaper clippings
Civil and other wars (soldier rosters, war history, etc.)
History and genealogy about other states, including Iowa & Minnesota
Many more helpful books about Wisconsin history and family history than
can be listed here!
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CEMETERY
INDEXES (Vernon County)
Cemetery file of Vernon County (complete) of stones read up
through 2001; index cards by surname
Cemeteries of Vernon Co. (location, history and picture only)
Cemetery stones read and filed by townships up to 1975
Hillsboro Area Cemeteries by B. Kretche
Viola and Czech National Cemetery by David Thompson
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COUNTY
HISTORIES & BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
We have many county and town histories, including
materials for:
Crawford, Dane, Dunn, Green, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, La Fayette, Milwaukee,
Monroe, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Portage, Richland, Sauk and Winnebago counties,
Wisconsin.
Settlers in Vernon County by 1850
1884 Vernon Co. History Book (indexed)
1907 Vernon Co. History/Memoirs of Vernon Co. (indexed)
1994 Vernon Co., Wisconsin Heritage (indexed)
Coon Prairie and Coon Valley history books
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| County |
Dates |
Can
Copy? |
| Wisconsin--Federal
Census Vernon County |
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 |
yes |
| Wisconsin--State
Census Vernon County |
1855, 1875, 1885, 1895 |
yes |
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LOCAL
NEWSPAPERS -- Published in Vernon County
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of Publication & Titles |
Dates |
Format |
Can Copy? |
De Soto
Chronicle
Republican
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1886-1899
1870-1872 |
microfilm
microfilm
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yes
yes
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LaFarge
LaFarge Epitaph
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1898-1914 |
microfilm
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yes
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Viroqua
Vernon Co. Broadcaster
Vernon Co. Censor
Vernon Co. Leader
Vernon Co. Northwestern Times
Viroqua Expositor
Viroqua Republican |
1933-1936;
1944-1995
1865-1876;
1879-1885;
1890-1943;
1954-1955
1882-1889;
1894-1896;
1918-1919
1856-1865
1859;
1861-1863
1897-1911 |
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm |
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes |
Westby
Westby Times |
various
1917-1919 |
paper
microfilm
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yes
yes
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MANUSCRIPTS & PUBLIC
RECORDS COLLECTIONS
picture file
Henthorn Undertaker records (Viola) (index cards)
over 200 scrapbooks in order by year
Viola City Hall (index cards)
Church Records
Bad Axe Lutheran Church
membership, 1883-1983
minutes, 1869-1960
Coon Valley Pontoppidan
membership, 1879-1889
De Soto Lutheran Church
membership, 1896-1977
Freeman Lutheran Church
membership, 1904-1977
Northwest Prairie Lutheran Church
membership, 1878-1900; 1878-1983
minutes, 1879-1972
Southwest Prairie Lutheran Church
membership, 1874-1983
West Prairie Hauge Lutheran Church
minutes, 1859-1910
West Prairie Lutheran Church
membership, 1858-1883
minutes, 1881
Westby Coon Prairie Lutheran Church
membership, 1851-1900
minutes, 1853-1900 |
NEWSPAPER
INDEXES
Births, Deaths, Marriages and other Genealogical
Gleanings from Newspapers for Crawford, Vernon and Richland Counties,
WI, 1873-1910 by Vernon D. Erickson (book)
Genealogical Gleanings from Early Newspapers for ... Crawford County,
WI, 1897-1902 by Vernon D. Erickson (book)
Lutheran Messenger (index cards)
Extractions of genealogical information from many newspapers covering different
time periods and subjects. Contact us for more specific information. |
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| County |
Dates |
| Crawford
County |
1878 (indexed), 1901-02, 1930 |
| Monroe
County |
1915, 1977, 1980, 1983 |
| Vernon
County |
1878 (indexed), 1896 (indexed), 1915, 1931, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1965,
1966-67, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1986-87, 1988, 2001
atlas & pictorial: 1967, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983,
1988, 1992
we also have Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of Viroqua 1911, 1922, 1933 |
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| VITAL
RECORDS INDEXES |
The following indexes are on microfiche
and were produced by the State Bureau of Vital Statistics:
Index to Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1984
Index to Wisconsin Divorces, 1965-1984
Index to Wisconsin Deaths, 1959-1967, 1969-1970, 1979-1984
Crawford Co. births records (eariliest to 1907)
Crawford Co. marriages (now part of Vernon Co.)
Early marriage & death records of Vernon Co.
Birth records, 1860-1877
Early Vernon Co. death records
Membership, baptisms, marriages, deaths -- Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
Crawford, Grant, Monroe, Vernon Counties, 1877-1920
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