Local History

The Neenah Public Library can assist you with your genealogical and local history research.

  • Winnefox Vital Records

    Search vital records as reported in newspapers in 5 Wisconsin counties: Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago

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  • Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers

    Including the Neenah News and the New North B2B. – Access to Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s daily and weekly member-newspapers from 2005 to present (with a 60 day embargo).

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  • Winnefox Digital Collections

    Digitized newspapers, yearbooks, photos, city directories, family histories, local history books, postcards, and scrapbooks covering local history around the five county Winnefox area in Wisconsin.

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  • Wisconsin Historical Society Family History Records

    1820-1907 birth, marriage & death records (& more!) made available for free through the Ancestry / Wisconsin Historical Society partnership.

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  • University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

    Digitized letters, diaries, reminiscences, speeches, photographs, oral history tapes, manuscripts and maps.

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  • Recollection Wisconsin

    Sharing our Stories. Exploring our Past. Discover photos, maps, books, artifacts, oral histories and more from dozens of Wisconsin communities.

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  • UWDC: Oshkosh, Omro, and Winnebago County, Wisconsin Collection

    19th Century atlases, plat maps, photographs and histories.

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  • UWDC: Neenah Public Library Local History Collection

    Local histories, city directories, plat maps & photographs covering primarily from the early 1800’s to the 1950’s.

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  • 1900, 1905
  • 1910, 1914
  • 1920, 1924, 1928
  • 1931, 1934, 1937
  • 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948
  • 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959
  • 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969
  • 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979
  • 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
  • 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • 200, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 to Current
  • 1840 Winnebago County
  • 1850 Winnebago County
  • 1860 Winnebago County
  • 1870 Winnebago County
  • 1880 Winnebago County
  • 1900 Winnebago County
  • 1910 Winnebago County
  • 1920 Winnebago County
  • 1930 Winnebago County
  • Menasha Conservator
    • May 14, 1856-March 17, 1860
  • Weekly Manufacturer
    • June 6, 1861-July 24, 1862
  • Island City Times
    • October 22, 1863-January 15, 1870
  • Winnebago County Press
    • January 22, 1870-December 30, 1871
  • Neenah Gazette
    • December 23, 1871-September 4, 1880
    • February 19, 1881-July 22, 1882
  • Neenah City News
    • October 16, 1875-January 29, 1876
  • Neenah City Times
    • February 5, 1876-December 29, 1883
    • June 28, 1884-December 6, 1884
  • Neenah Daily Times
    • August 8, 1882-December 30, 1882
    • July 2, 1883-December 31, 1883
    • June 28, 1884-December 16, 1884
    • January 1, 1885-May 17, 1919
  • Twin Cities News
    • February 11, 1895-May 14, 1895
  • Neenah News Times
    • May 19, 1919-December 31, 1943
  • The Daily News Times
    • January 2, 1944-December 31, 1949
  • Twin Cities News Records
    • January 1950-May 1984
  • Post Crescent
    • 1950-Current
  • Neenah Citizen
    • March 3, 1995-Current