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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 ~ Maps ~
USGenWeb® Archives
Vital Record Resources ~ Naturalization Records ~
Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Odds
History ~ Military ~
Resources
Grant County Neighbors:
Crawford ~ Iowa ~ Richland ~ Lafayette, Wisconsin
Clayton ~ Dubuque, Iowa
Jo Daviess, Illinois
Cities, Towns, Villages of Grant County: Wiki Linked pdf
Search Grant County

"What's New" ~ Old
Grant County Files ~ Maps ~
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.
Please Use This Link for Chronicling America
List of Contributors and Photographers Bud Engelhardt ~ Deb Peterson Jan
Pace ~ Jim Remy ~ John Dvorak Roxanne Munns ~ Robin Hoff Kaspar ~ Susan
Smith Headstone Images are Here:
Alpha Directories
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.
Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves
Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]
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
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
"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
and... 'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
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
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
Miscellaneous Resources
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
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"The Fine Print"
Grant County Coordinator:
WIGenWeb State Coordinator: Marcia Ann Kuehl
WIGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator:
Rebecca
Maloney
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.
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