Portage Genealogy (in Columbia County, WI)

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Portage Birth Records

1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

1808-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index Ancestry online

1808-1920 Wisconsin Birth Index MyHeritage online

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 online

Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery Interment online

Cole-Fuller Cemetery Interment online

Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Henion Cemetery Find a Grave online

Henion Cemetery Interment online

Jerrison Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jerrison Cemetery Interment online

McDonald Cemetery (Crawford Cemetery) Interment online

Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Cemetery Interment online

Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery Interment online

Pacific Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rubin Guenther Cemetery Interment online

Saint John the Baptist Episcopal Columbarium Find a Grave online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Michaels Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shanks Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shanks Cemetery Interment online

Silver Lake Cemetery Find a Grave online

Silver Lake Cemetery Interment online

Spicer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Spicer Cemetery Interment online

St. John the Baptist Columbarium Interment online

St. Mary's Cemetery Interment online

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Interment online

Welsh Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Welsh Pioneer Cemetery Interment online

Zastrow Cemetery Find a Grave online

Portage Census Records

1855 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1875 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1885 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1895 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1905 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Portage Church Records

1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Portage City Directories

Portage City Directory 1917 MyHeritage online

Portage, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Portage Death Records

1808-1909 Wisconsin Death Index MyHeritage online

1959-2004 Wisconsin Death Records Ancestry online

Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997 Ancestry online

Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 Ancestry online

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 online

Wisconsin, Federal Naturalization Records, 1848-1992 Ancestry online

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 online

Portage, 1868 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, April 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, August 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, December 1918 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, January 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, January 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, May 1901 Library of Congress online

Portage Marriage Records

1808-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Index MyHeritage online

1820-1907 Wisconsin Marriages Ancestry online

1820-2004 Wisconsin Marriage Records Ancestry online

Wisconsin, Marriage Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Portage Newspapers and Obituaries

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Daily Register 01/07/2004 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Daily Register 1982-2023 Newspapers.com online

Independent 1855-1857 Newspapers.com online

Portage Daily Democrat 1886-1912 Newspapers.com online

Portage Daily Register 1886-1919 Newspapers.com online

Portage Daily Register 1960-1982 Newspapers.com online

Portage Daily Register and Democrat 1937-1960 Newspapers.com online

Portage Daily Register-Democrat 1933-1937 Newspapers.com online

Portage Democrat 1892-1892 Newspapers.com online

Portage Register-Democrat 1919-1920 Newspapers.com online

Portage Weekly Democrat 1892-1894 Newspapers.com online

Register-Democrat 1920-1933 Newspapers.com online

Wisconsin Dells Events 02/26/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Wisconsin State Register 1861-1911 Newspapers.com online

Wisconsin State Register 1931-1942 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Portage

According 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

Portage High School - Wauona Yearbook (Portage, WI), 1925, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 E Yearbook online

Portage High School yearbook, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Portage High School yearbook, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Portage High School yearbook, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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