Grant County, Wisconsin
This Site is part of the WIGenWeb and The USGenWeb®Hello,

Grant County is available for adoption. Please contact the State or Assistant State Coordinator for Information

Many Thanks to Robin and her Contributors for their care and concern over the years.



 Table Of Contents
 "What's New" ~ Old Grant County Files ~ Lookups ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ USGenWeb® Archives
 Vital Record Resources ~ Naturalization Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Odds
History ~ Military ~ Family Search: Historical Images and Film

 Grant  County Neighbors:
Crawford ~ Iowa ~ Richland ~ Lafayette, Wisconsin
Clayton ~ Dubuque, Iowa
Jo Daviess, Illinois
Cities, Towns, Villages of Grant County: Wiki Linked pdf

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"What's New" ~ Old Grant County Files ~ Lookups ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ USGenWeb® Archives

"What's New"
Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves
 Here is the Index for Grant County
Here is the Index for all of Wisconsin
Here is the Index for the United States
Here is an index for Countries of the World

Note:
Many of the Obituaries might be found using Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection
which is available in many local Public Libraries.
Check your local Library under 'Resources' - Access requires a Library Card

Free Digital Newspaprs: Chronicling America ~ Update
There is a wealth of Family History and Information that can be found in old Newspapers.
Chronicling America has a large collection of Newspapers for Grant County and Wisconsin in general.
Here are two fully searchable and linked pdf's which will give you an idea of the years available.
Please Use These Links: Part 1 ~ Part 2
Here is a sample of the types of Articles that may be found.
Please Use This Link for Chronicling America

Update on Old RootsWeb Cemetery Files
I was able to find the Headstone Images that go along with the Index.
Here is the Reformatted Index:
Cemetery Listing with Names, Dates of Death
List of Contributors and Photographers
Bud Engelhardt ~ Deb Peterson
Jan Pace ~ Jim Remy  ~ John Dvorak
Roxanne Munns ~ Robin Hoff Kaspar ~ Susan Smith
Headstone Inages are Here: Alpha Directories

A Really Cool Cemetery Search for Wisconsin
Please Use This Link

Family Search "Collections"
There is a wealth of Family and Historical information contained on the FamilySearch WebSite.
It can be overwhelming to try and figure out where to start.
So, I have created concentrated categories of databases which are accessible via linked pdf files.
Cemeteries, Etc
Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves

Church Records
Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]

Legal Documents and Resources
Court, Estate, Probate Records

Migration - Naturalization - Travel
Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports

Military
Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]

Odds and Ends
Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home

Vital Records
Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records

In addition to the compiled 'Collections' I put together a set of Resources for Wisconsin "Only"
Please use this Link

New Resources for the "Refurbished Grant County" portion of the WIGenWeb
and
'Reformatted Old Grant Files'

Obituaries
Source: Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank]
This Linked Index has Obituaries and News Articles from the "Wisconsin State Journal"
The Time Frames and Cities used as Search Parameters
Bocobel: Sep 2003 - 2020 ~ Cuba City: 2003 - Feb 2023
Fennimore: 2003 - 7 May 2023 ~ Lancaster: 1989 - 5 Feb 2023
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"From the old Grant County Files"
There were quite a few interesting resources found in the old Grant Files
They have been reformatted into searchable pdf files, many of which have links to other data
All of the information is "As Is"
Marriage Index, Miscellaneous Dates, Some Transcriptions
Funeral Cards ~ Cemetery Listing with Names, Dates of Death
Obituaries: Index and Transcriptions
Towns, Settlements, Post Office Locations and Dates
List of Local Churches
Chapter IV: History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881
Transcriptions of each Section which lays out the organization of the County
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 and...
 There were a lot of Wisconsin folk who came to California
Many of them rest in our local Cemeteries. This link will take you to an index gleaned from F~A-G.
This is a link to Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960. It includes burial locations in California.
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and... 'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK

Free Archival Digital Newspapers
Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives
Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection
Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free]
This a great Site: Elephind: Search the World's Historical Archives [Newspapers]
SWNEWS4U On-line South-western Wisconsin Online Obituaries with photos
Iowa Digital Newspapers [Some Free]
Illinois Digital Newspapers [Some Free]

California Digital Newspapers
This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers,
A Search using 'Wisconsin, died, dead gives these results - Use this Link
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 Maps
Getty Geographical Thesaurus ~ Historical Maps ~ Perry Castaneda
Historical Maps[WI] ~ Historic Topo's ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Historic Map Works ~ Genealogical
Bureau of Land Management~ Wisconsin Mining ~ USGS Maps
Railroad Maps: 1828-1900 ~ Sanborn Fire Maps: Library of Congress
Wisconsin Plat Maps
and more...
Plat Maps: Historic Map Works "Residential Genealogy'
Atlas of Grant County, 1877, Warner & Foote
Plat Book,Grant County 1895, C. M. Foote
Grant County 1913 Landowners Directory, Rand McNally and Company
Illustrated Atlas: Wisconsin, Grant County 1918, Geo. A. Ogle and Co., 1918
Plat Book & Farmer's Directory, Grant County 1956, Farm Plat Book Publishing Co.
Wisconsin, Grant County 1990, Farm and Home Publishers, LTD, 1990
Grant County 1990, Title Atlas Company
Grant County 1991, Farm and Home Publishers, LTD
Grant County 1993, Farm and Home Publishers, LTD
Grant County 1995, Farm and Home Publishers, LTD
Grant County 1996, Farm and Home Publishers, LTD
Grant County 2004, Farm and Home Publishers, LTD
Original Land Survey Website
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Miscellaneous Resources & Queries
Grant County USGenWeb®  Archives
The above link will take you directly to the web files for the Grant County portion of the USGenWeb®

Karrmann Library, Plattville. Grant, WI

Below is the mail list for Grant County: Queries may be posted to the Mail List
Please use this email link to subscribe



"The Fine Print"
Grant County Coordinator:
WIGenWeb State Coordinator: Tina Vickery
WIGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator: Marcia Ann Kuehl
Online Continuously since 1997~ The WIGenWeb Team. All rights reserved.
Copyright of submitted items belongs to those responsible for their authorship or creation unless otherwise assigned.
Site Updated: 2 December 2023
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