Adams County Addresses for Genealogy Research Family History Roots

Adams County Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 576
Adams, WI 53910
(608) 339-6997
e-mail Chamber of Commerce

Adams County Economic Development
P.O. Box 236
Friendship, WI 53934
(608) 339-6945
e-mail Economic Development Office

Adams County Courthouse
P.O. Box 219
Friendship, WI 53934-0219
(608) 339-4206

Adams County Historical Society
507 Main Street P.O. Box 264
Friendship, WI 53934
608-339-7732
Open for tours of the McGowan House Sunday afternoons, 1 - 4pm from May 11 through October. Open by appointment only Nov-April. Please send SASE with correspondence.

Adams County Office for Vital Records
Register of Deeds P.O. Box 278
Friendship, WI 53934
(608) 339-4206

Adams County Public Library
P.O. Box 850, 101 South Main St
Adams, WI 53910
608-339-4250
Open M-Wed 9 - 7, 1 - 7 Thursdays, 9 - 5 Friday and 10 - 2 Saturday.
Holds some Adams County newspapers on microfilm.
Adams County Press 1865 - 1918
Adams County Times 1914-present
Friendship Reporter 1910 - 1943

Roseberry's Funeral Home and Crematory
512 Main Street
Friendship, WI 53934
e-mail Roseberry's
Please send SASE with correspondence.

Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 5106
Madison, WI 53705-0106
WSGS web site

State Historical Society of Wisconsin
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
608-264-6460

Wisconsin Adoption Registry
ICARE Wisconsin Adoptees & Birth Family Resources
Adoption Network for Birth Parents, Adoptees and Parents

Wisconsin Land Records--Pre-1908 Patents
Wisconsin Pre-1908 Land Records Database from the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office

Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society
6100 W. Mequon Rd.
Mequon, WI 53092-1951

Wisconsin State Vital Records Office
Vital Records
1 West Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53707
608) 266-1939 or (608) 266-9622
Wisconsin Vital Records Office
Information about Wisconsin Vital Records
Wisconsin Register of Deeds
Important: When name and county of event are known, county offices provide faster service than requesting a state-wide search for an ancestor's vital record and name.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Area Research Center (ARC)
Location
Learning Resources Center
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Phone 715/346-2586
Usual Hours
Monday-Friday 8:00-noon & 1:15-4:30pm, Tues & Thurs 8 - noon (no afternoon hours) Patrons should call ahead to verify hours for a day/week due to a small staff
Phone 715/346-2586 or E-Mail

The ARC is a cooperative project of the University and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to preserve historical records in a nine-county region. These counties are: Adams, Juneau, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood.

University students and faculty, genealogists, local-history writers, and other researchers are encouraged to use the Center.
Holdings
More than 250 series of county and local public records including tax and assessment rolls, rural school district records, some probate records, county board proceedings and justice dockets. Also in the holdings are naturalization records for Adams, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara and Wood counties; pre-1907 birth, death and marriage registrations for these counties; state and federal population censuses; and genealogical files (98 boxes with card index) for residents of Wausau, compiled at the time of the Wausau Centennial (1939).

The ARC holds over 50 collections of papers and records produced by private organizations and individuals.

  • records(1900-1955) of the Wisconsin Cranberry Sales Company, Wisconsin Rapids
  • papers (1857-1860) of Burton Millard, a Wausau millwright
  • records (1854-1946) of the East Lemonweir (Juneau County) Lutheran Church
  • tape-recorded interviews by Malcom Rosholt.

Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a database of all WI Civil War Veterans

Other Interesting Genealogy Links
Cyndi's List, over 84,000 genealogy links and
Cyndi's List, Wisconsin links
Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Family History Library Catalog and Information
10,000 Year Calendar
WI Local History Network
Law Dictionary
Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
Old Medical Terms
Old Money Conversions
Old Occupations
Do-It-Yourself Replacement Tombstone

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History of the GenWeb

In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. This lead to the US GENWEB of which Wisconsin is a part.Volunteers are needed who are willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of county web pages. If you are interested in adopting a Wisconsin County, please contact Tina Vickery Tina Vickery or MAK