Lafayette County Genealogy Society
WELCOME TO THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY GENEALOGY WEBSITE
The Lafayette County Genealogy Society is a nonprofit organization and an affiliate of the Wisconsin State
Genealogical Society. The Society was formed in 1984 to assist others in their genealogical pursuits and to
keep its members informed on genealogical dara available to them through area, regional and national resources.
All meetings are open to the public.
Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month--except January, July, August and December--at
7 P.M. at the Centenary United Methodist Church, 226 W. Church St., Shullsburg, WI unless notified otherwise.
Elections are conducted at the March meeting.
Board of Directors:
Chairperson and Editor: Janice Ronnerud - janiceronnerud@hotmail.com
Vice-Chairperson and Program: Karen Reese - dkreese@tds.net
Secretary and Publicity: Betty Williams - bcwms@mhtc.net
Treasurer and Pioneer Cerificates: Mae Mullen Smith - smith.a.j@worldnet.att.net
Surname: John W. Hicks - jhicks@wisc.edu
Board
Dorothy Beckwith - dabeck@mhtc.net
John W. Hicks - jhicks@wisc.edu
Sue Hillison - stevensuzymeghan@tds.net
Carol McDanial - cjmcd_98@yahoo.com
Jim Ronnerud - swtsales@mhtc.net
Newsletter:
Our quarterly newsletter, Ancestral Diggin's is indexed in the PERiodical Souce Index published by the Allen
County Public Library Foundation.
Queries are free to members.
Send all queries (typed if possible) to:
Janice Ronnerud Editor, Ancestral Diggin's
POB 193
Darlington, WI 53530
LCGS mailing Address:
Lafayette County Genealogical Society
POB 183
Darlington, WI 53530
Membership Dues:
Our membership year goes from April 1 to March 31 of the following year. Fees are $7.00 for single membership
and $10.00 for Family/Other/Foreign memberships.
Send Memberships Dues to:
Lafayette County Genealogy Society
% Mae Smith
1863 W. Laurel Street
Freeport, IL 61032
Individual $7.00, Foreign/Other $10.00. (Circle One)
Name ________________________________________________________________________
Street / P.O. Box ________________________________________________________________
City ____________________________ State __________________ Zip ___________________
If you wish to have your membership card sent to you, please enclose an SAE with your dues payment.
All payments must be in U.S. funds. Thank you.
ADDRESS CHANGE:
If you are planning to move (or have recently moved), please send us a change-of--address notice. When a
newsleter is returned to us undelivered - which is not uncommon - we must pay an extra 63 cents before we
can forward it to the correct address. Thank you!
PUBLICATIONS:
Probate Index-Earliest Records thru 1997 $17.00 Plus $4.00 s/h.
Marriage Index (2 Vol set-Brides and Grooms Books) $25.00 Plus $4.00 s/h.
Combined Plat Book (Indexed) 1874, 1895 and 1916 $50.00 Plus $6.00 s/h
RESEARCH SOURCES IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY
Lafayette County Courthouse
626 Main Street
Darlington, WI 53530-1397
(608)776-2153
Office Hours: Mon. - Fri., 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
No advanced registration required.
Six searchers allowed at one time.
No time limit on appointments.
No place provided for oversized bags and valuables.
Two free staff-assisted searches provided per appointment.
Earliest registration dates: birth: 1860; death: 1877; marriage: 1847.
Clerk of Circuit Court: Room 306
Phone: (608)776-4832
Register of Deeds: Room 200
Phone: (608)776-4838
Register in Probate: Room 302
Phone: (608)776-4811
Lafayette County Historical Society Museum
525 Main Street
Darlington, WI 53530
Hours: 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. - 7 days a week
Johnson Public Library
131 E. Catherine Street
Darlington, WI 53530
Hours: Mon., Wed., Thurs 1:30 - 8:30
Hours: Tues. 1:30 - 5:30
Hours: Fri. 10:00 - 5:00
Hours: Sat. 8:30 - 12:30
Finding Your Ancestor In Lafayette County
Submitted by Karen Reese
First write all known facts about the family you are researching. When using printed sources, be sure to use the
index, if available.
Printed sources to use:
1. HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, WISCONSIN 1881, Western Historical Co.
2. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE COUNTIES OF ROCK, GREEN, GRANT
IOWA AND LAFAYETTE, WISCONSIN. J.H. Beers & Co. 1901
3. Centennial books.
4. Cenus records (federal and state).
5. Plat books.
6. Newspapers: will find obituaries, local news items, publishing of probate, or outstanding bills, anniversaries,
marriages, family reunions, births.
7. Family books.
8. Civil records - birth, marraige, death, probate.
9. Church records: christening, marriage, burial, membership.
10. Land and property records.
11. Military records.
12. Passenger and ship lists.
13. Naturalization records.
14. Other records: Ex: tax, assement, school, social.
Oral history & Pictures
1. Oldest living relative.
2. Old neighbors.
After collecting all of the above, use what information you have gathered and prove the facts.
Use the bibliography or the citation of a book for additional sources.
Make check list of what is needed.
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM AT THE JOHNSON PUBLIC LIBRARY
131 E. Catherine Street
Darlington, WI 53530
Reel # Newspaper Date Range
ARGYLE
1 - Argyle Agenda 1991 - 1996
7 - 42 Argyle Atlas Dec 16, 1884 - May 2, 1969
Jan 1998 - Dec 1999
BELMONT
43 Belmont Bee Mar 1, 1894 - Aug 22, 1901
(missing 1895, 1896, 1897)
44 Belmont Gazette Oct 25, 1836 - Apr 12, 1837
49 - 56 Belmont Success June 18, 1903 - 1923
Oct 14, 1943 - 1961
BENTON
57 - 85 Benton Advocate Sep 12, 1901 - Mar 27, 1909
85A - 85D Benton Mining Times Dec 6, 1894 - Dec 28, 1900
BLANCHARDVILLE
86 -123 Blanchardville Blade Jan 10, 1896 - Apr 1969
124 - 142 Blanchardville Blade / Atlas May 1969 - Dec 1995
CUBA CITY
144 - 158 Cuba City News Herald Sep 21, 1894 - Oct 6, 1899
Jan 19 - Feb 9 - Sep 21, 1900
Jan 2, 1914 - Dec 31, 1953
159 - 172 Cuba City Tri County Press 1958 - Jun 26, Jun 26, 1974
DARLINGTON
173 - 263B Darlington Republican Journal Feb 4, 1871 - Dec 31, 1998
264 - 300 Darlington Democrat Oct 18, 1883 - 1946
301 - 312 Darlington Lafayette County News 1947 - Mar 27, 1975
313 -319 Lafayette County Democrat Nov 1, 1865 - Dec 13, 1882
319A - 323 Democrat & Register Nov 12, 1885 - Jun 28, 1894
324 Semi-Monthly Poultry
& Republican Farmer Sep 10, 1901 - Oct 30, 1912
MINERAL POINT
326 -344 National Democrat Sep 1866 - May 29, 1919
Democrat Tribune
Iowa County Democrat
345 Democrat Apr 11 - Dec 19, 1845
SHULLSBURG
353 - 395 Pick & Gad Apr 17, 1884 - Sep 30, 1965
396 The Telegraph Mar 3, 1849 - Nov 17, 1849
397 Lafayette County Herald Nov 29, 1855
Apr 10, 1856 - Dec 25, 1857
398 Free Press Sep 22, 1881
Mar 3, 1882 - Apr 11, 1884
399 - 406 Southwestern Local 1859 - Nov 28, 1902
SOUTH WAYNE
407 -427 The Homestead Feb 16, 1905 - 1956
428 - 427 WISCONSIN MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
This page contains information on Lafayette County, Wisconsin Cemeteries.
The sponsor is Lafayette County Genealogy Society.
Contents.
Lafayette County Cemeteries
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Last Updated on Dec 1, 2006 by jwhicks53705