Washington County Libraries
- Germantown Community Library
N112W16957 Mequon Road
Germantown, WI 53022
(262) 253-7760
- Hartford Public Library
115 North Main Street
Hartford, WI 53027-1596
(262) 673-8240
E-mail: hpl@hartfordlibrary.org
Hartford History Room: http://www.hartfordlibrary.org/localhist.htm The Hartford History Room is part of the Hartford Public Library and is staffed primarily by individual volunteers and not by a specific historical or genealogical society. There are no fees for using the History Room other than for copies and/or postage. History Room Resources include:
- Church & cemetery records
- Family files
- Obituaries
- Business, building & organization histories
- Newspapers & plat books
- Postcards & photographs
- Washington and Dodge County naturalizations indexes
- Dodge County Pioneer obituaries (many translated to English)
- Dodge County indexes and plat indexes
- Township history books
- War records
- General & German research aids
- German maps prior to 1890
- Germans to America CD’s
- Surname exchange
- Ship lists and photo books of ships Ports of entry—
- CD’s “Kit” house information & books
- Fiche & books of pre-1907 Wis. Vital Records
- Online research databases
- Microfilm of naturalization indexes and census records for Washington and Dodge counties and
- Hartford newspapers
The Hartford History Room is open the 1st and 3rd Thursdays, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the other Thursdays. Appointments are available on other days by request. The History Room is located in the Public Library, 2nd Floor of the City Hall. The mailing address is 115 N. Main St., Hartford, WI 53027. The web site is www.HartfordLibrary.org/localhist.htm and the e-mail address is historyroom@mwfls.org
- Kewaskum Public Library
206 First Street
Kewaskum, WI 53040
(262) 626-4312
E-mail: kewaskum@mwfls.org
Genealogy Links: http://www.kewaskum.lib.wi.us/weblinks.html#genealogy
- Slinger Community Library
220 Slinger Road
Slinger, WI 53086
(262) 644-6171
E-mail: jeinwalt@mwfls.org
- University of Wisconsin - Washington County Library
400 University Drive
West Bend, WI 53095
(262) 335-5206
E-mail: askref@uwc.edu
- West Bend Community Memorial Library
630 Poplar Street
West Bend, WI 53095
(262) 335-5152
E-mail: libref@west-bendlibrary.org
Genealogical Resources: http://www.west-bendlibrary.org/wbgen.htm