| Wisconsin STate Genealogical Society |
Rock County
Area Research Center (ARC):
Location: UW-Whitewater, 750 West Main Street Whitewater, WI 53190-1790
Website: https://www.uww.edu/library/archives
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 Rock County, Wisconsin Cemeteries
Family History Centers & FamilySearch Affiliates:
Beloit, Wisconsin Family History Center - 2535 Austin Place, Beloit, WI 53511-2326, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Beloit_Wisconsin_Family_History_Center
Hedberg Public Library, FamilySearch Affiliate Library - 316 S. Main Street, Janesville, WI 53545, https://hedbergpubliclibrary.org/community_local_history.html
Genealogical Societies:
German Interest Group - Wisconsin - https://gig-wi.com/
Rock County Genealogical Society - https://www.rcgswi.org/
Stateline Genealogy Club - https://statelinegenealogyclub.wordpress.com/
Libraries:
Beloit Public Library - https://beloitlibrary.org/
Clinton Public Library - https://www.als.lib.wi.us/CPL/
Edgerton Public Library - https://www.als.lib.wi.us/EPL/
Eager Free Public Library, Evansville - https://www.als.lib.wi.us/EFPL/
Hedberg Public Library, Janesville - https://hedbergpubliclibrary.org/
Orfordville Public Library - https://www.als.lib.wi.us/OPL/
UW-Whitewater Library - https://www.uww.edu/library
Links:
Cyndi's List - https://www.cyndislist.com/us/wi/counties/rock/
FamilySearch Wiki - https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Rock_County,_Wisconsin_Genealogy
PBS Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Janesville - https://pbswisconsin.org/watch/wisconsin-hometown-stories/wisconsin-hometown-stories-wisconsin-hometown-stories-janesville/
Historic Map Works - Plat Maps
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Beloit Local History Collection - https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ABeloitLocHist
- History of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Collection - https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AUWWAbout
- Janesville's Past - https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AJanesvillesPast
- Plat Book for Rock County, Wisconsin, 1891 - http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.PlatBookRockCo1891
Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collections
- Civil War Band Collection: 1st Brigade Band of Brodhead, Wisconsin - https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ABandBooks
- Evansville, Wisconsin Collection - https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AArrowheadLocHist
- The History of Rock County, Wisconsin, Containing a History of Rock County, Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, etc, An Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools, Societies, etc, etc. War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers, etc, etc, etc, etc. Also History of Wisconsin, Constitution of the United States and of Wisconsin, Condensed Abstract of Laws of Wisconsin, Miscellaneous, etc, etc. - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/32927/rec/1
- Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin : Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits and Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of the Presidents of the United States - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/16867/rec/2
- Rock County Maps and Atlases - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/search/searchterm/rock%20county
- Wright's Directory of Janesville for 1913 : Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Firms and Private Citizens, a Classified Business Directory, a Miscellaneous Directory of City and County Officers, Schools, Churches, Banks, Incorporated Institutions, Societies, etc., etc. - https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/72174/rec/3
Resources:
Index to 5,750 Names in the History of Rock County, Wisconsin, 1879
Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society 1969
Index to Commemorative Biographical Record of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa & Lafayette Counties, Wisconsin, 1901
Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society 1983
Index to Names in The Portrait & Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin, 1889
Reprinted by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (1980)
Index to Southeastern Wisconsin: A History of Old MIlwaukee County, 1932
Published by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (1984)