Richland County History Room
Richland Center, Wisconsin
Links
Cemeteries
Compiled by Dave Thompson and lists burials of nearly all of the known cemeteries in Richland County, WI. This site is currently being updated to include tombstone photographs.
Searchable database along with a map of the cemetery. Maintained by the city of Richland Center.
History
Tim Stowell's Richland County, WI page
http://www.usgenweb.info/wirichland/
Transcribed by Tim Stowell, the complete 1884 and 1906 Histories of Richland County, Wisconsin. This is where you can join the Richland County Email List. A transcription of the 1850 and 1855 Richland County, WI censuses can be found here. Many other items of interest.
Wisconsin County Histories
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wch/
The Wisconsin Historical Society has scanned county histories, including Richland County and they are available online. Just choose Richland in the drop down box under "Find Books about a County". You will be take to a page listing both the 1884 and 1906 Histories of Richland County, Wisconsin.
Recollection Wisconsin
http://recollectionwisconsin.org/
The Richland County History Room is currently working with Recollection Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin - Richland to get our pictures online.
Maps
http://richlandhistory.org/maps.htm
Newspaper Index
http://richlandhistory.org/newspaperindex.htm
Compiled by Margaret Jordan and covering Richland Center, Wisconsin newspapers from 1855-1900. To order copies of newspaper articles listed, please send a message to:
richlandhistory@gmail.com
or
Richland County History Room
Brewer Public Library
325 North Central Avenue
Richland Center, WI 53581
Include for each article:
name of the newspaper
date of the newspaper
page and column of the article
name of the person listed in the article
your postal address
For newspaper article requests from the
online index, please put the articles in order by newspaper and then by date. This makes it quicker for us to find the articles. We will charge you a standardized fee of $2.25 per article plus postage. ($1 for the copy off of the microfilm plus $1.25 which is 5 minutes of time to locate it.)
Obituaries
http://www.davidbrentthompson.com/RO-Obit/RO-Obit.html
Index compiled by Dave Thompson and includes an index to obituaries from the Richland Observer covering 1930 to present.