Libraries

2010-02-19 11:09:44 By: Anita the Archivist

Diocese of La Crosse
Chancery Office/Archives
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 4004
Location: 3710 East Ave. S.
La Crosse, WI 54602-4004
Phone: (608) 788-7700
Web Address: www.dioceseoflacrosse.com (under Offices & Ministries select Archives)
Email: raltmann@dioceseoflacrosse.com

La Crosse County Library (Bangor)
John Bosshard Memorial Library
1720 Henry Johns Blvd.
Bangor, WI 54614
(608) 486-4408
Web Address: www.lacrossecountylibrary.com
Email: bangorlibrary@lacrossecounty.org
Hours: Monday & Wednesday 10:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m., Tuesday & Thursday 3:00 p.m.--6:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m.--1:00 p.m.

Newspapers published in La Crosse County 

La Crosse -- La Crosse Tribune, most recent four months

West Salem -- Coulee News, most recent six months

Newspapers published in Monroe County

Sparta -- Monroe County Democrat, most recent four months

Sparta -- Sparta Herald, most recent four months
 

Yearbooks 

Bangor High School "Echo," 1987, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004

La Crosse County Library
Town of Campbell Library
Campbell Town Hall
2219 Bainbridge
La Crosse, WI 54603
Phone: (608) 783-0052
Web Address: www.lacrossecountylibrary.com
Email: cambelllibrary@lacrossecounty.org
Hours: Monday & Wednesday 1:00 p.m.--5:00 p.m., Tuesday 2:00 p.m.--6:00 p.m., Thursday 3:00 p.m.--8:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m.--2:00 p.m.

Newspapers published in La Crosse County 

La Crosse -- La Crosse Tribune, most current two weeks

 
Other Materials

Clippings on Goyette & Jolivette families
Some township history

La Crosse County Library
Holmen Area Library
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 539
Location: 103 State St.
Holmen, WI 54636
Phone: (608) 526-4198
Web Address: www.lacrossecountylibrary.com
Email: holmenlibrary@lacrossecounty.org
Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 10:00 a.m.--8:00 p.m., Tuesday 1:00 p.m.--8:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m.--5:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m.--2:00 p.m.

City & County Directories

La Crosse City Directories: 1917, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1937-38, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1950-51, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961-present.

La Crosse County Directories include 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1979, 1984; La Crosse Farm & Village Directory, 1917; La Crosse County Farm Directory 1940; Cole Directory of La Crosse County 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997; and the 1997 Polk Cross Reference Directory for the Coulee Region, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Newspapers published in La Crosse County 

Holmen -- Holmen Courier, 1979-present

Newspaper Indexes

Clipping files of Holmen history, Holmen churches, Maple Shade School and the Engstad family

Yearbooks 

Holmen High School "Viking," 1985-1989

La Crosse County Library
Onalaska Public Library
741 Oak Ave. S.
Onalaska, WI 54650
(608) 781-9568
Web Address: www.lacrossecountylibrary.com
Email: onalaskalibrary@lacrossecounty.org

La Crosse County Library (West Salem)
Hazel Brown Leicht Memorial Library
201 Neshonoc Rd.
West Salem, WI 54669-1328
Phone: (608) 786-1505
Web Address: www.lacrossecountylibrary.com
Email: aldahl.sharon@lacrossecounty.org
Hours: Monday & Wednesday 10:00 a.m.--9:00 p.m., Tuesday & Thursday 1:00 p.m.--9:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m.--6:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m.--3:00 p.m.

Newspapers published in La Crosse County

West Salem -- Coulee News, 1997-present

West Salem -- La Crosse County Countryman, 1973-1996

Yearbooks 

West Salem High School "Neshonoc," 1955-1991 (missing 1957 and 1964), 2003, 2004, 2006-2008

La Crosse Public Library Archives
800 Main Street
La Crosse, WI 54601-4122
(608) 789-7136
Email: archives@lacrosselibrary.org
Web page with collection information: www.lacrosselibrary.org/genealogy/

Onalaska Family History Center
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
701 Well St.
Onalaska, WI 54650
Phone: (608) 783-3619
Web Address: www.familysearch.org
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.--12:00 p.m.; Wednesday 6:00 p.m.—9:00 p.m.

The main web page is: www.familysearch.org.  Any Mormon Church material on microfilm/microfiche may be loaned to the Onalaska Family History Center by the main Salt Lake City headquarters for a fee.

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 their online catalog for all of the book holdings: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/. They have among their cataloged book collection such items as village, town, city and counties history, for places throughout Wisconsin. The Wisconiana collection of printed materials totals over 6,000 volumes.

City & County Directories

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

County Histories & Biographical Sketches

You can search their online catalog for all of their book holdings: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/.  Among the cataloged book collection are items such as village, town, city and counties history, for places throughout Wisconsin. The Wisconiana collection of printed materials totals over 6,000 volumes.  Specificially, they have county histories for La Crosse Co., 1881, 1892, 1907.
 

Newspapers published in La Crosse County

Microfilmed newspapers published in the city of La Crosse from 1853-present are located in the microfilm area of the newspaper area on the first floor of Murphy Library. They will also be found in the library catalog.

La Crosse -- Chronicle, 1879-1906

La Crosse -- Daily Liberal Democrat, 1872-1878

La Crosse -- Daily Republican, 1859-1860; 1866-1870

La Crosse -- Democrat, 1853-1854; 1861-1868

La Crosse -- La Crosse Tribune, 1904-present

La Crosse -- Republican & Leader, 1871-1903

Onalaska -- La Crosse County Record/Record Times, 1885-1969

Manuscripts & Public Records Collections

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

Manuscripts
The La Crosse ARC has 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 La Crosse County
Register in probate, record of wills, 1866-1910
Register in probate, record of deeds, 1851-1886
Probate case files, 1851-1876
Grantor/Grantee (land records) indexes, 1851-1857
Naturalization records, 1846-1955
Tax & assessment rolls, 1853-1950 (intermittent)*
La Crosse city tax rolls & assessment, 1857-1918
Circuit Court:
  Record volumes, 1896-1965
  Minute books, 1862-1974
  Court commissioners dockets, 1916-1926

*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

Approximately 500 maps and other county plat books are at the La Crosse ARC. You can search their online catalog for plat book holdings: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/. Ask them about individual map holdings.  Holdings for La Crosse County include 1906-present, also plat maps 1874 & 1890.

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

Yearbooks

You can search our online catalog for all of our book holdings: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/. We have some school yearbooks, including a complete set of La Crosse State Teacher's College (later called La Crosse State Normal School and now called University of Wisconsin-La Crosse).

Viterbo University
Archives
Todd Wehr Memorial Library
815 Ninth St. S.
La Crosse, WI 54601-9902
Phone: (608) 796-3262
Web Address: http://www.viterbo.edu/library3.aspx?id=11948
Email: jhhinck@viterbo.edu
Hours call for an appointment

Materials

Student directories, 1972-present
Alumni directories
Scrapbooks, 1948-present

Yearbooks

Viterbo University “Imprints”, "Cameo"1970-1992 (1991 missing)