| Wisconsin STate Genealogical Society |
Buffalo County
Area Research Center (ARC):
Location: UW-Eau Claire Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, 103 Garfield Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701
Website: https://library.uwec.edu/archives/genealogy-resources/
Cemeteries:
Directions: To obtain a copy of any of the cemeteries listed, please follow the steps below. Please make checks payable to "WSGS". Please note: These transcriptions are not complete and were copied during various years before about 1990, so will not have more recent graves in them.
1. Enclose $2.00 US for postage and $0.50 per page.
2. Include the county and exact name of each cemetery you wish to order copies of.
3. Include your email address in case we have a question about your order.
4. Mail your request to: WSGS Inscriptions, P. O. Box 5106, Madison, WI 53705-0106.
Lyster Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery
Upper Lyster Lutheran Church Cemetery
FindAGrave Buffalo County, Wisconsin Cemeteries
Family History Centers & FamilySearch Affiliates:
Buffalo County Historical Society, FamilySearch Affiliate, 407 South 2nd Street, Alma, WI 54610-9715, https://www.bchs.us/
Historical Societies:
Alma Historical Society - http://www.almahistory.info/
Buffalo County Historical Society - https://www.bchs.us/
Fountain City Area Historical Society - https://www.facebook.com/FountainCityAreaHistoricalSociety/
Mondovi Area Historical Society - https://www.facebook.com/MondoviAreaHistoricalSociety/
Libraries:
Alma Public Library - http://www.almalibrary.org/
Mondovi Public Library - https://altoonapubliclibrary.org/
Links:
Cyndi's List - https://www.cyndislist.com/us/wi/counties/buffalo/
ECHO - Exploring Cultural History Online - https://www.wrlsweb.org/echo/
FamilySearch Wiki - https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Buffalo_County,_Wisconsin_Genealogy
Historic Map Works - Plat Maps
History of Northern Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development, and Resources; An Extensive Sketch of Its Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages, Their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories; Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; Views of County Seats, etc. (1881) - https://archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west
University of Wisconsin Digital Collection
- "Mark Twain" riverboat leaving the locks at Alma on the Mississippi River, August 7, 1947 - https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/FLFDFUK7NZEND8N
- Sharp curve and narrow bridge on highway 35, just north of Fountain City, July 1928 - https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HOBRUZJJWEJO28C
Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collections
- Alma, County Seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin (1880) (Bird's eye view map) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/79/rec/2
- Alma 1910 (Sanborn map) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/3224/rec/8
- Atlas and Farm Directory with Complete Survey in Township Plats of Buffalo County, Wisconsin: Containing Plats of all Townships with Owners' Names, also Maps of the State, United States and World, also an Outline of the County Showing Location of Townships, Villages, Roads, Schools, Churches, Railroads, Streams, etc. (1914) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/22388/rec/14
- Fountain City 1904 (Sanborn map) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/5148/rec/9
- Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin. Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with accompanying Biographies of each; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of the Counties, with Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and Leading Families (1892) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/36385
- Fountain City 1910 (Sanborn map) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/5151/rec/10
- History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin (1919) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/27658/rec/2
- History of Buffalo County, Wisconsin (1888) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/53857/rec/4
- Mondovi 1909 (Sanborn map) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/8120/rec/6
- Plat of Mount Hope Cemetery, Modena, Buffalo County, Wisconsin (ca 1900) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/14337/rec/3
- Standard Atlas of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, Wisconsin: Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities and Townships of the County (1896) - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/23440/rec/16
Resources:
Index to Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau & Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin, 1892, Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (1982)
Index to the History of Buffalo & Pepin Counties, Wisconsin 1919
Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (1980)
Index to the History of Northern Wisconsin 1881
Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (1981)