Libraries

2010-02-19 11:11:13 By: Anita the Archivist

Arcadia Public Library
406 E. Main St.
Arcadia, WI 54612
Phone: (608) 323-7505
Web Address: http://www.wrlsweb.org/arcadia
Email: rkdpubli@wrlsweb.org
Hours: Monday & Thursday 11:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. (winter only, closed on Saturdays Memorial Day-Labor Day)

Cemetery Indexes (Trempealeau County)

Cemetery lists up to 1981 for the following cemeteries:  Arcadia Public, Courtland, Williamsburg and St. Stanislaus.

Newspapers published in Trempealeau County

 Arcadia -- Arcadia News-Leader, 1981-present

Yearbooks

Arcadia -- High School, 1914-1915, 1917, 1919, 1923-24, 1929, 1939-1941, 1945-present

Blair-Preston Public Library
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 165
Location: 122 Urberg Ave.
Blair, WI 54616
Phone: (608) 989-2502
Web Address: http://www.wrlsweb.org/blairpreston.htm
Email: blairpl@wrlsweb.org
Hours: Monday--Tuesday 12:30 p.m.—7:00 p.m., Wednesday--Friday 12:30 p.m.—6:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

Books & Other Published Material

Booklet "Emigrant to America from VaalerI Solor, Norge"
Valer Bygdedok ved Professor Alex Bugge I and II
Blair-Preston Centennial Booklet, 1855-1955: This Our Beloved Valley
125th Anniversary of First Lutheran Church of Trempealeau Valley, Taylor, WI, 1857-1982
Centennial anniversary Services of Fagernes Lutheran Church, 1868-1968 (include a history)
History of French Creek Lutheran Church, Ettrick, WI, 1952
Index of marriages and deaths in the Blair Press, 1914-1985
Booklet "Emigrants from Solor (obituaries) taken from the Whitehall Times"
Booklet "Obituaries of Solor Emigrants taken from the Blair Press and Taylor Herald"

Newspapers published in Trempealeau County

 Blair -- Blair Press, 1914-1994, 1945-1998

Newspaper Indexes

Index of marriages and deaths in the Blair Press, 1914-1985
Booklet "Emigrants from Solor (obituaries) taken from the Whitehall Times"
Booklet "Obituaries of Solor Emigrants taken from the Blair Press and Taylor Herald"

Plat Maps & Books

Jackson County, 1931
Trempealeau County, 1901, 1930, 1964, 1984

Yearbooks

Blair High School "Cardinal,"1920, 1921, 1928, 1945-1989 (missing 1948, 1964, 1983-1985)
Blair-Taylor High School "Wildcat," 1990-present

Ettrick Public Library
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 147
Location: 15560 School St.
Ettrick, WI 54627
Phone: (608) 525-3408
Web Address: http://www.wrlsweb.org/ettrick
Email: ettrickpl@wrlsweb.org

Galesville Public Library
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 697
Location: 16787 S. Main St.
Galesville, WI 54630
Phone: (608) 582-2552
Email: galepubliclib@gmail.com
Hours: Monday & Friday 10:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m., Tuesday--Thursday 2:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Books & Other Published Materials

Reproduced historical photographs of Galesville
Newspapers from President Kennedy's assassination, Nov. 1963
Miscellaneous loose papers of the History of Trempealeau County

Cemetery Indexes (Trempealeau County)

Cemetery inscriptions from stones located in Trempealeau County

County Histories & Biographical Sketches

History of Trempealeau County, 1917
Galesville Centennial booklet, 1854-1954

Newspapers published in Trempealeau County

Galesville -- Galesville Independent, 1868-1879; 1874-1876; 1881; 1890-1898
Galesville -- Galesville Republican, 1980-present
Galesville -- Galesville Transcript, 1860; 1862; 1864

Newspaper & Genealogical Indexes

Obituaries, 1961-1969 and 1984-1990

Plat Maps & Books

Trempealeau County, 1901

Yearbooks

Galesville High School “Arrowhead,” 1914-1917, 1920, 1922-1923, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1938, 1943, 1952, 1958

Hauge Memorial Library
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 659
Location: 50655 Charles St.
Osseo, WI 54758
Phone: (715) 597-3444
Email: haugeml@triwest.net

Independence Public Library
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 99
Location: 23688 Adams St.
Independence, WI 54747
Phone: (715) 985-3616
Web Address: http://www.wrlsweb.org/independence
Email: indplbry@triwest.net
Hours: Monday 12:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday 12:00 p.m.—6:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.

Books & Other Published Material

Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Independence, Wisconsin: One Hundred Years, 1875-1975: A History and Parish Directory
Mortal Records of Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church (compiled by Daniel Halama, 1991)
The North Creek Book: Information taken from St. Michael the Archangel Church Records (compiled by Daniel Halama, 1989)
Polish Immigrants in Wisconsin (by Edmund Zawacki, 1984)
Many and Memorable: A History of the 110 Rural Schools of Trempealeau County
A Small Town Goes to War: A History of Independence, Wisconsin, and Its Veterans During World War II (2 volumes; by Michael Lyga, 2000)
The Hamlin School and Community, 1859-1960 (compiled by Florence Teeple Beals, 1973)
Parish of St. Michael the Archangel, North Creek, Wisconsin: 115 Years of History, 1873-1988
History of Northern Wisconsin (vol. 2): An Account of its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; Trempealeau County (Western Historical Co., 1881)
Various home published genealogies of local families

Census Materials

Federal -- Wisconsin, Village of Independence, 1880

County Histories & Biographical Sketches

100 Years of Independence, Wisconsin: Bicentennial Historical Album, 1876-1976
History of Trempealeau County (by Pierce, 1917)

Newspapers published in Trempealeau County

Arcadia -- Arcadia News-Leader, current month
Independence -- Independence News Wave, 1878-1996; 1991-present
Whitehall -- Whitehall Times, current month

Plat Maps & Books

Trempealeau County, 1983

Vital Records Indexes

Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1853-1907
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, Death Index, 1848-1907
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin Birth Index, 1848-1907
(all compiled by West Central Wisconsin Genealogy, 2000)

Yearbooks

Independence High School “Bugle” & “Indwiscon,” 1915-present

Shirley M. Wright Memorial Library
11455 Fremont St.
Trempealeau, WI 54661
Phone: (608) 534-6197
Web Address: http://www.wrlsweb.org/trempealeau
Email: ja.grant@wrlsweb.org

Strum Public Library
202 5th Ave. South
Strum, WI 54770
Phone: (715) 695-3601
Email: strumpl@wrlsweb.org

Books & Other Published Materials

A History of Strum & the Town of Unity
History of the Norseville School Community
History of the School Districts of Trempealeau County (1948)
Hamlin School & Community
Lilleaasen, Where it All Began
Story of a Lutheran People -- Strum, Wisconsin

Cemetery Indexes (Trempealeau County)

Cemetery inscriptions of Trempealeau County for the Towns of Albion, Chimney Rock, Hale, Sumner & Unity

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 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.

Cemetery Indexes

Trempealeau County cemetery index (book)

City & County Directories

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. Specifically the ARC has county histories for Trempealeau Co., 1892, 1917

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

Trempealeau County
Tax rolls, 1856-1930 (intermittent)*
Register of deeds, mortgage records, 1855-1884
Probate case files, 1855-1985
Circuit Court:
  Civil case files, ca. 1866-1910 (file numbers 1-1535; 15 cubic ft.)
  Criminal case files, ca. 1890-1910 (file numbers 1-229; 3 cubic ft.)
  Minute books, 1856-1912.

*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

The La Crosse ARC has approximately 500 maps and other county plat books. You can search our online catalog for plat book holdings: www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/.  Ask them about individual map holdings.  For Trempealeau County specifically, holdings include 1901-present, also a plat map 1877.

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