Libraries

2010-02-10 11:10:03 By: Anita the Archivist

Black River Falls Public Library
Jackson County History Room
222 Fillmore St.
Black River Falls, WI 54615
Phone: (715) 284-4112
Web Address: http://www.blackriverfallslibrary.org
Email: m.woods@wrlsweb.org
Jackson County History Room at the Black River Falls Public Library
Hours: Monday 1:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m., Tuesday-Friday 1:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.

Books & Other Published Material

The Black River Falls Library's online catalog can be searched by clicking on this link. Other libraries are a part of WRLSWeb, so you will find other libraries' holdings as well. Our holdings are also available on WISCAT.

The Black River Falls Library has a large collection of family histories, local histories, as well as the complete 1996 International Genealogical Index (IGI) and the complete 1998 Family History Catalog from the Mormon Library.

Cemetery Indexes (Jackson County)

The Black River Falls Library has cemetery indexes for Jackson County, but these may not be copied.

Census Materials 

Federal Census -- Michigan, 1820-1830

Federal Census -- Wisconsin, 1840-1860

Federal Census -- Wisconsin (Jackson County only), 1870-1920

State Census -- Wisconsin (Jackson County only), 1855, 1860 (typewritten, 1905, includes Iowa Co.)

County Directories

 Jackson County directories, 1938, 1964

County Histories & Biographical Sketches

Clark & Jackson Counties, 1891
Jackson County Veteran (2 vols.)

 Manuscripts & Public Record Collections

Clark County -- Naturalization & citizenship records, 1857-1952

Jackson County

Land records: grantor index 1854-1901; grantee index 1854-1901;deeds 1854-1912
Naturalization & citizenship records, 1853-1941
Probate records/general index, 1860-1979

Newspapers & Genealogical Indexes

"Looking Back" series, 1990-present (published in Melrose Chronicle and Banner Journal)
Toddy Porath's biographical files
Toddy Porath's subject files

Melrose Chronicle and Banner Journal obituary index, 1953-present (will eventually go back to 1948)
Memorial card file & index

Newspapers published in Jackson County 

Alma Center -- Alma Center Herald, 1898-1899

Alma Center -- Alma Center News, 1906-1933

Black River Falls -- Badger State Journal, 1867-1926

Black River Falls -- Banner Journal, 1926-1997

Black River Falls -- Friday Evening Post, 1891-1895

Black River Falls -- Jackson County Journal, 1889-1926

Black River Falls -- Wisconsin Independent, 1872-1888

Melrose -- Melrose Chronicle, 1896-1999

Merrillan -- Wisconsin Leader, 1877-1929

Taylor -- Taylor Weekly Herald, 1920-1931

Newspapers published in other counties

Clark Co. -- Humbird -- Humbird Enterprise, 1904-1949

Eau Claire Co. -- Augusta -- Augusta Eagle, 1927

Eau Claire Co. -- Eau Claire County Herald, 1953-1958

Eau Claire Co. -- Fairchild -- Fairchild Observer, 1905-1918

Plat Maps & Books

State of Minnesota, 1874

Jackson Co., WI, 1914, 1930-1933, 1946, 1953, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1988.  the Black River Falls Library also has atlases of Jackson County for 1901, 1931, and a pictorial atlas, 1986

Vital Records Indexes

The following may not be copied:

Index to Jackson Co. deaths, 1876-1947
Index to Jackson Co. marriages, 1854-1946
Index to Jackson Co. births, 1876-1907

Yearbooks

Black River Falls High School "The Breeze," 1922-1924, 1926, 1935, 1937-present

Black River Falls High School Alumni, 1875-1950, 1875-1961, 1875-1980

Hixton High School, 1948, 1957, 1961

Melrose-Mindoro High School "Hoofprints," "Coulee Echoes," 1955-1959, 1963, 1966

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Special Collections & Area Research Center
Murphy Library
1631 Pine St.
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: (608) 785-8511
Web Address: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/Departments/archome.html
Email: specoll@uwlax.edu
Hours: Academic Year: Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m.
Summer Session & School Breaks: Call ahead It’s always good to call ahead to check open hours!
UW-La Crosse ARC covers the territory of Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau and Vernon Counties, Wisconsin

Books & Other Published Material

You can search our online catalog for all of our book holdings: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/. We have among our cataloged book collection such items as village, town, city and counties history, for places throughout Wisconsin. Our Wisconiana collection of printed materials totals over 6,000 volumes.

Census Materials

These are located in the microfilm area of the Government Documents Department in the basement of UW-La Crosse's Murphy Library. For hours, call (608) 785-8808 or check the library's web site at: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/.

City & County Directories

Extensive set of La Crosse city directories; also have business gazetteers for Wisconsin

County Histories & Biographical Sketches

You can search our online catalog for all of our book holdings: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/. We have among our cataloged book collection such items as village, town, city and counties history, for places throughout Wisconsin. Our Wisconiana collection of printed materials totals over 6,000 volumes.

Have county histories for Jackson Co., 1891, 1976
 

Manuscripts & Public Records Collections

Photographs
Our photographic place files include pictures for over 1,000 Wisconsin cities and villages, and we have a very comprehensive collection of La Crosse area photos that include individual people, organizations, businesses, etc. We also have one of largest steamboat and inland boat photo collections.

Manuscripts
We have over 300 linear feet of manuscript collections and over 450 feet of public records of possible value to genealogists. Examples include certain school districts; county court, clerk, tax sale and treasurer records; and papers of businesses, organizations, and individuals. Search Arcat for manuscript & public records for collections related to any manuscript or public record collection.

Public Records for Jackson County

Register in probate; index, 1869-1985
Naturalization records, 1853-1963
Tax rolls, 1857-1940, 1960-1975 (microfilm)
Circuit Court:
Criminal case files, 1877-1920.
 

*For county tax rolls, every year available is kept until circa 1900; then generally every fifth or tenth year after that is kept.

Plat Maps & Books

We have approximately 500 maps and other county plat books. You can search the online catalog for plat book holdings: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/. Ask about individual map holdings; holdings for Jackson County include 1900-present

Vital Records Indexes

The ARC has the following indexes on microfiche. These were produced by the State Bureau of Vital Statistics and are also available from the Wisconsin Historical Society online site www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy:

Index to Wisconsin Births, pre-1907
Index to Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907
Index to Wisconsin Deaths, pre-1907
Pre-1907 registers/certificates of Wisconsin births, marriages and deaths for Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau and Vernon counties on microfilm