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Manitowoc County
 Genealogical Resources

Archives, Libraries and Museums

Area Research Center
Family History Center
  • Family History Library Holdings
     
  • Manitowoc Wisconsin
    4105 Michigan Ave
    Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
    Phone: 920-682-0442
    Hours: W 12noon-4pm & 6pm-9pm; F 10am-2pm
Libraries
Museums

Bibliography

Biographies, Family Histories, and Names

Cemeteries

Census Records and Indexes

Court Records

Deaths and Obituaries

Directories

Ethnic Groups

Forums, Mailing Lists, and Message Boards

History

  • The Home Front: Manitowoc County in World War II

  • Manitowoc Local History Collection

  • Plumb, Ralph G. A History of Manitowoc County. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1999.

  • Ten Star Youth Productions of Manitowoc County. Manitowoc County Past & Present, Devil's River. [Manitowoc, Wis.]: Ten Star Youth Productions of Manitowoc County, 1984. A tour by Robert Lyman, now owner of the old Rock Grist Mill at Devil's River. To restore the old grist mill, the log house and barn on the property has been the goal of the Lyman family. Now registered at the National Registry of historical sites, you can see how our ancestors lived and worked as a millwright and the machinery they used in the 1800's.

Land Records

Maps, Gazetteers, and Atlases

  • Bjerke, Robert A. Manitowoc County 1893 Plat Book Index: An Index to the Personal Names in the Manitowoc County Sections of C.M. Goote's Plat Book of Manitowoc and Calumet Counties, Wisconsin. Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Manitowoc County Genealogical Society, 1991.

  • Bjerke, Robert A. Manitowoc County Plat Book Index: An Index to the Personal Names in G.V. Nash's an Illustrated Historical Atlas of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Manitowoc, 1878). Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Manitowoc County Genealogical Society, 1992.

  • Sanborn Map Company. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, Wisconsin. Pelham, New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1884?-1951?

Military Records

Miscellaneous Materials

Naturalization Records

Newspapers and Periodicals

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

Projects

Researchers

Societies

Towns and Cities

Transportation, Business and Industry

Vital Records

  • Cole's Early Manitowoc County Marriages Before 1870. Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Richard N. Cole.

  • Manitowoc County Declarations of Intent 1848-1929. Manitowoc, Wisconsin: The Society, 1992.

Web Sources