Amherst Genealogy (in Portage County, WI)
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Amherst Birth Records
1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry 
1808-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index Ancestry
1808-1920 Wisconsin Birth Index MyHeritage
Portage County registration of births, ca. 1867-1907 FamilySearch Library
Record of births, 1905-1907. WorldCat
Wisconsin, Birth Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services
Amherst Cemetery Records
Amherst Cemetery Billion Graves
Bickel Cemetery Find a Grave
Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave
Kimball Cemetery Find a Grave
Lower Amherst Cemetery Find a Grave
Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave
Portage County Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint James Cemetery Find a Grave
St. Patricks Lanark Cemetery Billion Graves
Amherst Census Records
1855 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry
1875 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry
1885 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry
1895 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry
1905 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry
Federal Census of 1940, Amherst, Wisconsin LDS Genealogy
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Amherst Church Records
1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry
Peace church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry
Amherst Death Records
1808-1909 Wisconsin Death Index MyHeritage
1959-2004 Wisconsin Death Records Ancestry
Obituaries from the Stevens Point Daily Journal, 1955-July 1984 FamilySearch Library
Obituary Index, Stevens Point Journal, 1881-1952 FamilySearch Library
Record of deaths, 1906-1907. WorldCat
Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997 Ancestry
Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 Ancestry
Wisconsin, Death Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services
Amherst Immigration Records
Naturalization records, 1844-1956 FamilySearch Library
Some Portage County, Wisconsin, naturalization records, 1855-1918 FamilySearch Library
US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Portage County, WI) MyHeritage
Wisconsin, Federal Naturalization Records, 1848-1992 Ancestry
Amherst Map Records
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, May 1901 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, November 1894 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, September 1909 Library of Congress
Amherst Marriage Records
1808-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Index MyHeritage
1820-1907 Wisconsin Marriages Ancestry
1820-2004 Wisconsin Marriage Records Ancestry
Wisconsin, Marriage Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services
Amherst Newspapers and Obituaries
Obituaries from the Stevens Point Daily Journal, 1955-July 1984 FamilySearch Library
Obituary Index, Stevens Point Journal, 1881-1952 FamilySearch Library
Offline Newspapers for AmherstAccording to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers. Amherst Advertiser. (Amherst, Wis.) 1890-1890s Amherst Advocate. (Amherst, Wis.) 1893-1960s Tomorrow River Times. (Amherst, Wis.) 1975-Current |
Amherst School Records
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