Adams County Addresses for Genealogy Research Family History Roots

Helpful Addresses and Links for Adams County Researchers

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
Jodi M. Helgeson

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. Reader-printer copies are 50-cents each. Will send copies
of obits already found on the Adams Co pages (send source title, date,
page if known, etc). Please send SASE with correspondence and donations
to the library are appreciated.

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 or e-mail

Index to Wisconsin Delayed and Affidavit Birth Registrations
Prior to 1 October 1907

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

Wisc. Historical Society's Pre-1907 Vital Records Research Service
Online Genealogical Research Service Request and Payment Form

This online service from the Wisconsin Historical Society (formerly the
State Historical Society of WI), allows researchers to request a search of
Wisconsin Pre-1907 birth, marriage and death records and pay with their
credit card since June 2001. Requests will be processed and mailed within
four weeks. Fees are $10.00 per request for Wisconsin residents and
Wisconsin Historical Society members, who already help underwrite our costs,
and $15.00 per request for all other researchers. Wisconsin state and local
sales taxes are automatically added to each order. First class shipping by
the U.S. Post Office is included in the prices above. Researchers can choose
Rush Service, which guarantees their request will leave the library within 7
working days, for an additional $25.00. Orders shipped to addresses outside
the U.S. are charged an additional $2.50. Researchers may have no more than
two orders pending in the system at any time.

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
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
Contact
Ruth Wachter-Nelson, UW-SP Archivist
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. Among them are 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;
and tape-recorded interviews by Malcom Rosholt.
Finding Aids
For ARC Holdings check the online ARCAT catalog
Guides for the Portage County Historical Society
collection, University records and smaller
archives collections are available at the Area
Research Center.

Network Transfer Provision
This feature makes available in Stevens Point one of the nation's richest collections.
Request for temporary transfer of collections from Madison or other ARC's should be made
to the head of the Stevens Point ARC.
Other Research Resources
Related collections available for use in conjunction with the ARC include: University archives;
the Portage County Historical Society's newspapers, books, maps, clippings, and other local
history sources; and extensive government documents and special collections. Archivists
at each Center answer written and telephone reference requests and help the public use the
network's resources. Archival collections usually located at the State Historical Society or
at one of the Centers may be transferred temporarily within the network to accommodate local
historians, genealogists, students, and other scholars throughout Wisconsin. Before their
initial visit, researchers are advised to write or call the appropriate repository since
some collections may be on loan and hours may vary.
Area Research Center-Archives Page

Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a database of all WI Civil War Veterans and
will do look-ups. Please send a small donation with your look-up request
and SASE to:

Wisconsin Veterans Museum
30 West Mifflin Street
Madison, WI 53703

Adams County Public Library P.O. Box 850, 101 South Main St Adams, WI 53910 608-339-4250

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Adams County Public Library

P.O. Box 850, 101 South Main St

Adams, WI 53910

608-339-4250