Farnsworth Public Library: Genealogy

Microfilm–Newspapers	Microfilm–Census Reports
Microfilm–Muster Rolls	Cemeteries–Partial Listings
City Directories	Oconto Telephone Directories (Oconto, Oconto Falls, Abrams)
Oconto County Plat Books	Oconto High School Yearbooks (1910 –2007)
Newspaper Clippings (Oconto County Reporter)	Helpful Genealogical Internet Sites

"Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors."
— Dr. Edward Salk

— Microfilm (Newspapers) —

– Pioneer (June 1859–October 27, 1865)
– Lumberman (August 16, 1864–December 29, 1917) (not all issues on microfilm)
– Oconto County Enterprise (Sept. 15, 1898–1918) (not all issues on microfilm)
– Oconto County Reporter (1871–December, 1994)
– Herald (Oconto) (January 6, 1899–July 13, 1900)
– Herald (Oconto Falls) (July 20, 1900–December 27, 1901)
– Herald (Oconto Falls) (January 4, 1902–July 18, 1902) (at beginning of reel with Oconto Falls Herald)
– Oconto Falls Herald (July 25, 1902–March 19, 1912)
– Union Farmer Herald (March 28, 1912–April 28, 1916)
– Farmer Herald (May 5, 1916–May 21, 1920)
– Oconto Falls Herald (May 28, 1920–December 27, 1951)
– Oconto County Times Herald (January 3, 1952–Dec. 25, 1952)
– Gillett Times (January 6, 1927–1951) (no August-December 1930, no 1942)

— Microfilm (Census Reports) —
	– State Census: 1855, 1875, 1895, 1905 – Federal Census: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 – Veterans Census: 1890

— Microfilm (Muster Rolls) —
	Register of Enlistments in US Army Infantry – 1864–1865 A-K – 1869–1870 A-O – 4th Infantry US Army (1876–1879)

— Cemeteries (Partial Listing) —

– Brookside Cemetery
– Catholic Cemetery (Oconto, WI)
– Chase Cemetery
– Chase Catholic Cemetery
– Evergreen Cemetery (Oconto, WI)
– Garden of Hope Cemetery (Swede Town Road)
– Grosse Private Cemetery (Little Suamico, WI)
– Lindsay Family Private Cemetery (Oconto, WI)
– Little Suamico Cemetery
– Pleasant Hill Cemetery & Mt. Olive Lutheran Cemetery (tombstone transcriptions)
– St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery (Oconto, WI)
– Stiles Catholic Cemetery (Town of Stiles)

— City Directories —
	– 1914: City of Oconto, Oconto Falls, Gillett, Lena, Suring, Abrams (business firms & private citizens) – 1962, 1975, 1976-77, 1979,1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989,1991-92, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999

— Oconto Telephone Directories —
	– Oconto, Oconto Falls, Abrams: 1928, 1929, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960

— Oconto County Plat Books —
	– 1905, 1912, 1938, 1958, 1967, 1978, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1992, 2001 (non-circulating)

— Looseleaf Newspaper Clippings —
	From the Oconto County Reporter: – Oconto Centennial/Tricentennial Information – Copper Culture Indians – Farnsworth Public Library – Early Oconto Residents – Historic Oconto (by Kay Stewart) – Historic Oconto County – Oconto Businesses and Industries – Oconto County Cemeteries (partial listings) – Oconto Churches – Oconto Early City News – Oconto County Early Towns (A-M)(M-Z) – Oconto's Military Effort – Reflections (by Diane Nichols)

— Oconto High School Yearbooks —
	– 1910–2007 (missing some years)

— PLEASE NOTE —
*Our library does not have any records of birth, marriage, or death*

— Helpful Genealogical Internet Sites —

OCONTO COUNTY	GENERAL
Deaths Recorded in Newspapers–in old Oconto County	Ancestry.com–discover your family story
Historic Schools–City of Oconto schools	Build Your Family Tree
Cemeteries of Oconto County–Oconto Co. Gen. Soc.	Cemetery Junction–United States cemeteries
Deaths–Oconto County deaths	Census Finder–directory of free census records
Genealogy and Family History–Oconto County Home Site	Death Indexes–searchable online death indexes
Oconto County Historical Society–Beyer Home Museum, etc	Cyndi's List–gateway site to thousands of webpages
Oconto County Genealogical Society Home Page	Ellis Island Passenger Lists–1892 to mid 1920s
UWGB Cofrin Library–local history & genealogy	FamilySearch–LDS Church databases
Oconto County Reporter Obituaries Index (1995 - present)	Federation of East European Family History Societies
RootsWeb–search family & local history	French Canadian/Acadian Genealogy of Wisconsin Site
Wisconsin Area Research Centers–state & county resources	National Archives and Records Administration
Wisconsin Historical Society–valuable info (fee based)	Official Federal Land Patent Records Site
Brown County Central Library–local history & genealogy	US GenWeb project–links to sites by state & county
UW-Green Bay Area Research Center–documents the history of Northeastern Wisconsin; records by county, court records, citizenship records, ancestry library	ProQuest–Ancestry Library Edition
UW-Green Bay Search & Copy Request Forms–birth record request form, death record request form, marriage records request form, divorce records request form, citizenship records request form, probate record request form, census record request form	HeritageQuest Online–search census, books, PERSI, Revolutionary War, Freedman's Bank, U.S. Serial Set
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections–collection of historic materials includes plat books and atlases providing accessibility to early information about Northeastern Wisconsin, specifically Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Shawano counties.	Family History Centers–Family History Centers are branch facilities of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Centers provide access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors.

"Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

— Oconto County Land Records & Plat Maps Online —

1878 Oconto County & City Atlas	1871 City of Oconto Plat Drawing–highly detailed
1898 Oconto County Plat Map	1895 Atlas Map–Oconto County
1905 Oconto County Plat Book	Township Maps–main
1912 Oconto County Plat Book	Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records
1913 Geological & Natural History Oconto County Plat Book	Land Records Management–archive of documents/maps
1946 Oconto County Plat Book	TerraServer–aerial photos & satellite images
1960 Oconto County Plat Book	Property Descriptions–real estate