Genealogy
Research Tools
- Ancestry Library Edition
- census.gov
- Ellis Island Passenger Search
- Heritage Quest (provided by Badgerlink)
- History Reference Center (Badgerlink)
Full-text books, magazines, historical documents, biographies, and multimedia. Nearly 57,000 historical documents and 40,000 historical photos and maps. - Military and Government Collection (Badgerlink)
Nearly 300 full-text journals and magazines. - Recollection Wisconsin
Recollection Wisconsin brings together digital cultural heritage resources from Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums and historical societies and shares them with the world in partnership with the Digital Public Library of America.
Other Websites
(may require account creation)
- Cyndi’s List – categorized and cross-referenced list of links pointing to genealogical research sites online.
- RootsWeb – owned by Ancestry.com. Hosts many volunteer genealogy projects on the internet. Provides a mailing list, message board and free webspace to build your own genealogy webpages.
- Wisconsin Historical Society – Collects, preserves and makes available materials about the history of Wisconsin, the United States and North America.
- Library of Congress Chronicling America – Search America’s historic newspaper pages from 1789-1924 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
- Preservation Directory.com – online resource for historic preservation, building restoration and cultural resource management in the United States & Canada
Research Centers
- UW Madison Archives – Official repository for all UW-Madison, UW-System Administration, UW-Extension, and UW Colleges records appraised to have permanent or archival value.
- Area Research Center Network collections – The Wisconsin Historical Society and the University of Wisconsin (UW) System cooperate in a network of Area Research Centers (ARCs) located at UW campus libraries throughout the state and at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center.