Wisconsin Genealogy Resources
Digital Collections
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BadgerLink. Digtial Content Database.
- Central
Wisconsin Digital Project.
Central Wisconsin Digital Project (CWDP) is a consortium of
libraries, historical societies, genealogical societies and
museums committed to preserving and disseminating the history of
Marathon and Lincoln Counties through the digitization of
original sources and artifacts and their subsequent publication
on the internet.
- Marquette
University Digital Collections.
- Milwaukee
Public Library Digital Collections.
- Oshkosh
Public Library Digital Collections.
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Portal Wisconsin Digital Link. Tour
exhibitions, sculpture gardens and more. Listen to music and
poetry, and watch clips of interviews and special programs.
- State of
Wisconsin Collection.
Brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary
and secondary materials: writings about the State of Wisconsin
and unique or valuable materials that relate to its history and
ongoing development.
The collection includes published material as well as
archival materials. The materials were digitized from a variety
of formats including books, manuscripts, sound recordings,
photographs, maps and other resources deemed important to the
study and teaching of the State of Wisconsin.
Materials in the Collection:
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Ada James papers and correspondence (1915-1918)
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Appleton Public Library Local History Collection
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Barneveld Local History Collection
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Belgian-American Research Collection
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Big Streets in a Little City - Downtown Street Scenes in
Kiel, 1860-1980
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Brittingham Family Lantern Slide Collection
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Bunny Berigan, Fox Lake's Own
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Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Oconto and Shawano Counties:
Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps & High School
Yearbooks
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Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk
Counties: Local History Collections
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Early Fond du Lac County People and Places
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Evansville, Wisconsin Digitization Project
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Fond du Lac and Green Lake County Atlases, Directories, and
Histories
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Great Lakes Maritime History Project
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Historic Fort Atkinson
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Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and
Early Madison City Directories
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A History of Agriculture in Wisconsin
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History of Wisconsin Agriculture and Rural Life
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The Home Front: Manitowoc County in World War II
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Images of Lake Geneva
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Janesville's Past
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The Ku Klux Klan in Northwestern Wisconsin, circa 1915-1950
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Kenosha County History: Images and Texts, 1830s-1940s
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Libraries and Schools in Marathon and Lincoln Counties
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Life and Industry in Two Rivers: Photos and Catalogs
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Log book of Preston Reynolds
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Madison Metropolitan School District Reports
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Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association Reports and
Related Materials
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Manitowoc Local History Collection
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Marathon County Local History
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Maps and Atlases of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, and the
Upper Mississippi River
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Marinette County Local History
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Menasha Local History Collection
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Neenah Public Library Local History Collection
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Opening the Doors: Wisconsin Mental Health Heritage
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Oshkosh, Omro, and Winnebago County, Wisconsin - Atlases and
Histories
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Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin
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The Reminiscences of Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919) —
Wisconsin pioneer and civic leader
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Sheboygan County Historical Documents
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Schleisingerville to Slinger 125 Years
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The
Story of Madison (Thwaites, Reuben Gold)
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Taylor Brothers Photographs
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Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and
Letters
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Walworth County Plat Map of 1857
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Waterford Area Local History
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Waukesha County History 1870-1920
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A Williams Bay Treasure: "Bay Leaves," 1933-1940
- Wisconsin Academy Review
1954-1989 |
1995-2000
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Wisconsin Blue Books
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Wisconsin Cranberry School Proceedings
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Wisconsin Goes to War: Our Civil War Experience
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Wisconsin Local Histories
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Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
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The Wisconsin State Capitol Historic Structure Report
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Wisconsin Traditions of Social Care
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World War II Veterans of Mount Horeb
- University of Wisconsin -- Digital Collections. They
are loosely organized into collections that span a range of
subjects including art, ecology, literature, history, music,
natural resources, science, social sciences, the State of
Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin. Digital resources
include text-based materials such as books, journal series, and
manuscript collections; photographic images; slides; maps;
prints; posters; audio; and video.
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University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.
Since its foundation in early 2000, the UWDCC has worked
collaboratively with UW System faculty, staff, and librarians to
create and provide access to digital resources that support the
teaching and research needs of the UW community, uniquely
document the university and State of Wisconsin, and provide
access to rare or fragile items of broad research value. The
UWDCC has also partnered with cultural heritage institutions and
public libraries throughout Wisconsin to create digital
resources.
Resources within the collections are free and publicly
accessible online. They are loosely organized into collections
that span a range of subjects including art, ecology,
literature, history, music, natural resources, science, social
sciences, the State of Wisconsin, and the University of
Wisconsin. Digital resources include text-based materials such
as books, journal series, and manuscript collections;
photographic images; slides; maps; prints; posters; audio; and
video.
- University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee Libraries. Digital Collections.
The Digital Collections at the UWM Libraries include over 32,000
photographic images, maps, and books drawn from the collections
of the American Geographical Society Library, the Archives,
Special Collections, and the Curriculum Library.
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University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Archives and Area Research
Center Digital Collections.
- University
of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Library Digital Collections.
Digital Collections, Indexes and Exhibits Created by the UWSP
Library, Archives, and the Museum of Natural History.
- Wisconsin
Digital Archive.
Was established in 2004 as part of the Wisconsin Document
Depository Program to begin identifying a means to insure that
content on state agency websites could continue to be available
in the future and to provide a way for state agencies to
continue to fulfill their statutory obligation to participate in
the Wisconsin Document Depository Program with electronic
formats.
- Wisconsin
Historical Images. Browse historical images from the 19th
and 20th centuries. Find pictures of people and places or
purchase reproductions.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collections. More
than 100,000 pages from the Society’s books, manuscripts,
newspapers, photographs, and other primary sources are available
here.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Online Collections.