Portage Genealogy (in Columbia County, WI)
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Portage Birth Records
1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry 
1808-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index Ancestry
1808-1920 Wisconsin Birth Index MyHeritage
Columbia County (Wis.) registration of births, ca. 1872-1907 FamilySearch Library
Wisconsin, Birth Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services
Portage Cemetery Records
Bach Henderson Family Cemetery Interment
Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery Find a Grave
Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery Interment
Cole-Fuller Cemetery Interment
Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave
Henion Cemetery Find a Grave
Henion Cemetery Interment
Jerrison Cemetery Find a Grave
Jerrison Cemetery Interment
McDonald Cemetery (Crawford Cemetery) Interment
Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave
Oak Grove Cemetery Interment
Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery Find a Grave
Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery Interment
Pacific Cemetery Find a Grave
Rubin Guenther Cemetery Interment
Saint John the Baptist Episcopal Columbarium Find a Grave
Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Michaels Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave
Shanks Cemetery Find a Grave
Shanks Cemetery Interment
Silver Lake Cemetery Find a Grave
Silver Lake Cemetery Interment
Spicer Cemetery Find a Grave
Spicer Cemetery Interment
St. John the Baptist Columbarium Interment
St. Mary's Cemetery Interment
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Interment
Welsh Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Welsh Pioneer Cemetery Interment
Zastrow Cemetery Find a Grave
Portage 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
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Portage Church Records
Portage City Directories
Portage City Directory 1917 MyHeritage
Portage, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Portage Death Records
1808-1909 Wisconsin Death Index MyHeritage
1959-2004 Wisconsin Death Records Ancestry
Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997 Ancestry
Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 Ancestry
Wisconsin, Death Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services
Portage Histories and Genealogies
Portage : a sesquicentennial history FamilySearch Library
Portage Immigration Records
Columbia County (Wis.) naturalization records, 1845-1955 FamilySearch Library
US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Columbia County, WI) MyHeritage
Wisconsin, Federal Naturalization Records, 1848-1992 Ancestry
Portage Land Records
Columbia County Wisconsin land records, 1828-1937, 1828-1926 FamilySearch Library
Portage Map Records
Bird's eye view map of the city of Portage, Columbia Co., Wisconsin 1868. Library of Congress
Portage, 1868 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, April 1889 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, August 1894 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, December 1918 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, January 1885 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, January 1910 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, May 1901 Library of Congress
Portage 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
Portage Newspapers and Obituaries
Daily Register 01/07/2004 to Current Genealogy Bank
Daily Register 1982-2023 Newspapers.com
Independent 1855-1857 Newspapers.com
Portage Daily Democrat 1886-1912 Newspapers.com
Portage Daily Register 1886-1919 Newspapers.com
Portage Daily Register 1960-1982 Newspapers.com
Portage Daily Register and Democrat 1937-1960 Newspapers.com
Portage Daily Register-Democrat 1933-1937 Newspapers.com
Portage Democrat 1892-1892 Newspapers.com
Portage Register-Democrat 1919-1920 Newspapers.com
Portage Weekly Democrat 1892-1894 Newspapers.com
Register-Democrat 1920-1933 Newspapers.com
Wisconsin Dells Events 02/26/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank
Wisconsin State Register 1861-1911 Newspapers.com
Wisconsin State Register 1931-1942 Newspapers.com
Offline Newspapers for PortageAccording 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. Badger State. (Portage City [I.E. Portage], Columbia County, Wis.) 1853-1859 Columbia County Wecker. (Portage, Wis.) 1874-1906 Daily Register. (Portage, Wis.) 1982-Current Herald-Advertiser. (Portage, Wis.) 1888-1894 Independent. (Portage, Columbia County, Wis.) 1855-1857 Northern Republic. (Portage City [I.E. Portage], Columbia County, Wis.) 1851-1840s Portage Advertiser. (Portage, Wis.) 1885-1888 Portage City Record. (Portage, Columbia County, Wis.) 1857-1861 Portage Daily Democrat. (Portage, Wis.) 1886-1919 Portage Daily Register and Democrat. (Portage, Wis.) 1937-1960 Portage Daily Register-Democrat. (Portage, Wis.) 1932-1937 Portage Daily Register. (Portage, Wis.) 1886-1919 Portage Daily Register. (Portage, Wis.) 1960-1982 Portage Democrat. (Portage, Wis.) 1877-1892 Portage Register-Democrat. (Portage, Wis.) 1919-1920 Portage Weekly Democrat. (Portage, Wis.) 1892-1919 Register-Democrat. (Portage, Wis.) 1920-1932 Republic. (Portage City [I.E. Portage], Wis.) 1840s-1854 Western Advance. (Portage, Columbia County, Wis.) 1873-1879 Wisconsin State Register and Portage Weekly Democrat. (Portage, Columbia County, Wis.) 1919-1920 Wisconsin State Register. (Portage, Columbia County, Wis.) 1861-1919 Wisconsin State Register. (Portage, Columbia County, Wis.) 1921-1946 |
Portage School Records
Columbia County (Wis.) naturalization records, 1845-1955 FamilySearch Library
Columbia County Wisconsin land records, 1828-1937, 1828-1926 FamilySearch Library
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