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Genealogy @Alice Baker Library
Books:
Alice Baker Library owns a number of how-to-do-it books on genealogy. Our main historical reference volumes are:
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The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880.
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The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879.
The History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881.
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The History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1882.
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The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880.
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Haight, Theron W, Ed. Memoirs of Waukesha County. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Association, 1907.
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Peck, George W, Ed. Cyclopedia of Wisconsin, Vol. 1. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Association, 1906.
These books may be used in the library. Staff is happy to make copies of pages. We also have a file containing source material on area history and a file of selected area obituaries.
Online databases:
Ancestry is accessible only within the library.
HeritageQuest is accessible from any PC with a valid card from any Waukesha Federated Library System library. For access outside the library, click here.
Eagle Historical Society
217 Main Street
Eagle, WI 53119
Ph: 262-594-8961
Hours: Wednesday—4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday—9:00 a.m. to noon or by appointment.
www.eaglehistoricalsociety.org/
curator@eaglehistoricalsociety.org
The Eagle Historical Society owns a great deal of materials of interest
to genealogists.
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Eagle Quill—1898 to 1950. Staff will do lookups.
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Local business history.
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Photos of Eagle places and people.
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Local obituaries (digitizing is in process)
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Waukesha Freeman obit index 1859-1920.
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Prairie Farmers Home Directory, 1928.
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Directory of Waukesha County.
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Waukesha County Portrait and Biographical
Record.
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Plat maps and books—Waukesha and surrounding counties.
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Village and Town government records.
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Eagle news columns from Mukwonago Chief.
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Extensive historic files on Eagle families.
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Selected family genealogies,
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Local weddings and military service information.
Other area resources for genealogists:
East Troy Area Historical Society
P.O. Box 722
2106 Church Street
East Troy WI 53120
Mukwonago Historical Society
103 Main Street
PO Box 392
Mukwonago WI, 53149
Phone: 262-363-6413
Mukwonago Public Library
300 Washington Avenue
Mukwonago WI 53149
262-363-6411
Palmyra Historical Society
112 N. 3rd Street
Palmyra WI 53156
414-495-4245
Open Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Walworth County Historical Society
9 E Rockwell
Box 273
Elkhorn WI 53121
262-723-4246
Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum
101 West Main Street
Waukesha WI 53186
262-521-2859
Waukesha County Register of Deeds
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday
515 West Moreland Boulevard
Waukesha WI 53188-2428
262-548-7863
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street
Madison WI 53706
608-264-6400
Waukesha Public Library
321 Wisconsin Avenue
Waukesha WI 53186
262-524-3680
Area Cemetery Contact Information:
Jericho Cemetery
Hwy. E
Rick Harthun--262-594-5169
Melendy’s Prairie Cemetery
Hwy. ZZ
Richard Peardon--262-495-4402
North Prairie Cemetery
Hwy. 59
Joan Linde--262-392-2723
Oak Grove Cemetery
near Old World Wisconsin, Hwy. 67
Rick Harthun--262-594-5169
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Hwy. 67
Peter Jones--262-470-4855
Ottawa Cemetery
Hwy. 67
Scott Maule--262-965-4821
St. Theresa Cemetery
Hwy. 67
Church Office--262-594-5200
Area church contact information:
Eagle United Methodist Church
305 East Main Street
Box 26
Eagle WI 53119
262-594-2111
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