Monroe County Newspapers Index
This database contains over 380,000 news items indexed from newspapers published in Monroe County, Wisconsin, from the 1850s upward (depending on the newspaper). Newspapers that have been indexed (to some degree) include:
- CR: Cashton Record
- DE: Democrat Enterprise
- ET: Elroy Tribune
- KK: Kendall Keystone
- MCD: Monroe County Democrat
- MCR: Monroe County Republican
- NS: Norwalk Star
- RM: Real McCoy
- SD: Sparta Democrat
- SE: Sparta Eagle
- SH: Sparta Herald
- SI: Sparta Independent
- SHN: Star Herald News (Norwalk)
- TC: Tomah Chief
- TM: Tomah Monitor
- TMCD: Tomah’s Monroe County Democrat
- TJ: Tomah Journal
- VA: Valley Junction Advocate
- VJS: Valley Junction Settler
- WH: Wilton Herald (two issues only)
- WI: Warrens Index
Indexed articles include birth, marriage, and death notices, and other news items about individuals, families, businesses, disasters, organizations, etc. Indexing the county’s newspapers is an ongoing project. Therefore, this database will be updated regularly, so be sure to revisit this page. Please be patient if you notice any obvious typos. We are aware of them and cleaning them up regularly. To increase your chances of finding articles, try searching just the surname, and always check spelling variations of the surname.
Article Copy Service:
The Monroe County Local History Room will provide a copy of articles indexed in the database for a nominal fee ($3.00 per article). Simply click on "Get Copy of Record" and the name of the person for whom you are requesting an article will be added to the "shopping cart." Be aware that actual content of the news items indexed in this database range from half-page obituaries to one sentence death notices.