Monroe County Local History Room & Museum

News at MCLHR

History of Camp McCoy’s WWII Expansion, 7pm Thursday, May 11
Ryan Howell, Garrison Archaeologist and Historian, Fort McCoy, WI -US Army Installation, will present on the history of the 1942 expansion of what was then Camp McCoy from the pre-WWII 9,000 acres of “Old South Post” to the modern installation of 60,000 acres...
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MCHS Spring Craft Show March 11 - in Sparta!
The Monroe County Historical Society (MCHS) is hopping back over to Sparta for their 94th Annual Spring Art/Crafts and Country Gift Show, to be held Saturday March 11, 2023 from 8:30am - 3:30pm...
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Online Indexes and Databases

Several Local History Room indexes and research aids are available to you through this website by clicking HERE,
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Family Research Library

The Local History Room research library is an essential resource to the genealogist and local historian.
A wide variety of information is available on Monroe County,
its towns, cities, villages, and people.

Resources available to library patrons include:

Cemetery Files & Index
Birth, Death, & Marriage Indexes
County and Circuit Court Records
School Records
Church Records
Plat Maps from 1877-present
Probate Index
Naturalization Records
Federal Census: 1850-1930
State Census: 1836-1905
Family Research Files
Compiled Family Histories
Sparta Newspaper Index
Tomah Newspaper Index
Monroe County Newspapers on Microfilm
WWI Draft Registration Data
Civil War Veteran Records
City Directories: 1897-present
High School Yearbooks
Tax Rolls
Manuscript Collections
Thousands of Photographs
And much more!

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