Genealogy

Ancestry Library Edition

Available in-library only.

Genealogy, family trees and family history records online.

Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers

Including the Winneconne News.

Access to Wisconsin Newspaper Association's daily and weekly member-newspapers from 2005 to present (with a 60 day embargo).

HeritageQuest Online

Census records 1790-1930, family and local histories, Freedman's Bank and more.

NewspaperARCHIVE

Currently experiencing a vendor outage.

Access to newspaper titles (now covering all 50 states!) dating back as far as the 1800s, with search results presented in original format/context.

Newspapers.com Library Edition - World Collection

Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s-2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.

Oshkosh City Directories

Discover historic Oshkosh's prominent people and local businesses. Each directory contains surnames, businesses, street directories and more. Some years include county coverage. Digitization funding came from an Alberta Kimball Foundation grant.

Recollection Wisconsin

Sharing our Stories. Exploring our Past. Discover photos, maps, books, artifacts, oral histories and more from dozens of Wisconsin communities.

University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Digitized letters, diaries, reminiscences, speeches, photographs, oral history tapes, manuscripts and maps.

Winnefox Digital Collections

Digitized newspapers, yearbooks, photos, city directories, family histories, local history books, postcards, and scrapbooks covering local history around the five county Winnefox area in Wisconsin.

Winnefox Vital Records

Search vital records as reported in newspapers in 5 Wisconsin counties: Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago

Wisconsin Historical Society Family History Records

1820-1907 birth, marriage & death records (& more!) made available for free through the Ancestry / Wisconsin Historical Society partnership.