Local History & Genealogy
History of SML
Learn more about the history of the Sturm Memorial Library.
Microfilm Machine
If you intend to use the library’s microfilm machine, please call to check for availability.
Selected Wisconsin and Local History Materials In Our Collection
Manawa Advocate (local newspaper) on microfilm, 1895-1998
Microfilm reader/printer is available for use in library. Copies are $.15
Cemetery Records, “All Waupaca County cemeteries and burials between 1860-1980? 13 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Microfilm reader/printer is available for use in library. Copies are $.15 each.
Author: Guyant, Wayne and Guyant, Alta
Marriage Records 1903-1987 from St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Compiled by Tory Suehs
Confirmation Records 1903-1987 St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Compiled by Tory Suehs
Death/Burial Records 1903-1987 St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Compiled by Tory Suehs
Baptism Records 1899-1988 St. Lukes Lutheran Church, Big Falls, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Compiled by Tory Suehs
Wisconsin Genealogical Research
Author: Herrick, Linda M.
Wisconsin Pre-1907 Birth and Death Index (microfiche)
Donated by the Waupaca Area Genealogical Society(WAGS), available for viewing in the library
Ogdensburg and the Town of St. Lawrence : history and memories
Author: Golla, Agnes M.
St. Paul’s School, 1891-1991 (Manawa, WI)
Author: Craig, Pat
Chief
Manawa and Manawa Brave
Author: Niven, Alice J.
The Pioneers of Little Wolf Township : including historical record of events from 1848-1973
Author: Wegener, Evelyn M.
Little Wolf Annual
(Manawa, WI) 1914-present
Stretching Waters : an historical guide to the Chain O’ Lakes, Waupaca, Wisconsin
Author: Sturm, John, Jr.
“Ghost” Towns of Waupaca County
Author: Waupaca County Historical Society
Early History of Waupaca, Wis.
Author: Dewey, Freeman Dana
History of St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran
Little Wolf River Country : an early history of the area
Author: Cooney, Eleanore V.
History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Author: Wakefield, J. (Josephus)
History of Waupaca County, Volumes I and II
Author: Ware, John
Wisconsin’s Past and Present : a historical atlas
Author: Wisconsin Cartographers’ Guild
A Genealogical Research Guide to Waupaca County
Author: Wollangk, Judy and The Waupaca Area Genealogical Society
Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin
Author: Herrick, Linda M and Uncapher, Wendy K.
Family Histories in Our Collection
Book of Remembrance (Fietzer, Fetzer, Fitzer, Fetzer family)
Author: Baldwin, Dorothy
The Baldwins of the past, the present, the future
Author: Baldwin, Dorothy
The Friedrich Wilhelm Much family : a family tree of the Muchs of Northern Waupaca County in Wisconsin
Author: Rahr, Mary
New Echoes From Old Escapades : a collection of reminisces and memories and history of the Zillmer Miller families of Dupont and Marion, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Author: Miller, Delores Zillmer
Marquardt family : 100 years of history
Author: Freckmann, Sally Kauss
The Lust family History
Author: Miller, Russell
My Family
Author: Young, Marion R.
A Short History of the Families and Descendants of Ernest Zempel and Ida Pidde
Author: Handrich, William C.
Descendants of Karl Ludwig Schewe
Author: Allen, Betty Jahsman
Klingbeil : family history genealogy
Author: Miller, Delores Zillmer
The Shopodocks : a Potawatomi Indian story : a sesquicentennial project
Author: Miller, Delores Zillmer
Christian Hanson, 1820-1895 : from Gjerpen to Iola
Author: Paulson, Joan
The Schneiderwendt-Riske family history
Author: Glocke, Hilda Marie
The History of the Glocke-Drath family
Author: Glocke, Kenneth Arnold
Carl Raasch : his descendants in America
Author: Raasch, Robert LaVern
The Greely family : 1832 to 1982
Author: Lees, Margrit Hamilton
History of Peter P. Hershberger and Leah Hochstetler. Their ancestors and descendants from 1736 to 1970
Author: Hershberger, Leo Daniel
The O’Briens of Lebanon
Author: O’Brien, Gene; O’Brien, Ethyl; O’Brien, Florence
Genealogy Subscriptions
The library subscribes to the following:
Ancestry Library Edition - available only in the Library
Ancestry Library Edition provides access to a vast collection of Census records, birth, marriage & death records, immigration and military records, directories, passenger lists, and more!
HeritageQuest - available from home or in the Library
HeritageQuest Online provides genealogical resources including census data, family records, local histories, military records and genealogical & local history magazines. HeritageQuest is made available through BadgerLink*
A library card # may be required from outside the library.