| Wisconsin STate Genealogical Society |
Portage County
Area Research Center (ARC):
Location: UW - Stevens Point, 900 Reserve Street, Room 520 ALB, Stevens Point, WI 54481-1962
Website: https://www.uwsp.edu/library/archives/Pages/default.aspx
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.
FindAGrave Portage County, Wisconsin Cemeteries
Portage County Cemetery Locator
Family History Centers & FamilySearch Affiliates:
Portage County Public Library, Stevens Point, FamilySearch Affiliate Library - 1001 Main St., Stevens Point, WI 54481, https://www.pocolibrary.org/genealogy-and-history
Historical Societies:
Almond Historical Society - https://almondhistory.wordpress.com/
Portage County Historical Society - http://www.pchswi.org/
Libraries:
Lettie W. Jensen Library - Amherst - https://www.lwjlibrary.info/
Portage County Public Library - Branches in Almond, Plover, Rosholt, Stevens Point - https://www.pocolibrary.org/
Links:
Cyndi's List - https://www.cyndislist.com/us/wi/counties/portage/
FamilySearch Wiki - https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Portage_County,_Wisconsin_Genealogy
Historic Map Work - 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
PBS Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Stevens Point - https://pbswisconsin.org/watch/wisconsin-hometown-stories/wisconsin-hometown-stories-stevens-point-zv6gyg/
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories - https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/MadisonLocHist
- History of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Collection - https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/UWSPAbout
- Our County, Our Story; Portage County, Wisconsin (1959) - https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?id=WI.RosholtPort
- South Central Wisconsin Local Histories - https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SCLocalHists
Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collections
- Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/6854/rec/4
- Portage County Maps and Atlases - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/search/searchterm/polk%20county
- A Standard History of Portage County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/38166/rec/1
- Stevens Point Wisconsin City Directory 1937 : Containing an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms and Private Citizens; A Householder's Street and Avenue Guide; Rural Route Directory; City and County Officers and a Complete Classified Business Directory and Buyers Guide - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/71539/rec/2
Resources:
Index to the History of Northern Wisconsin 1881
Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (1981)
Index to Names in the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade & Shawano 1895
Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (1980)
Index to Names in A Standard History of Portage County, Wisconsin 1919
Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (1980)