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Ancestry Library Edition In Library Use Only
Search billions of genealogy documents from the United States and United Kingdom – including census, military, immigration, birth and death records. View User Guide (Link to Katie’s User Guide PDF) or Video Tutorial
Search digitized Appleton history resources – including photographs, key events, directories and more.
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
Search hundreds Full-text daily and weekly Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 60 days ago, plus newspapers from the 1800s and 1900s. Does not include Gannett published newspapers.
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View select newspaper pages from 1777-1963 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
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European Views of the Americas
A comprehensive guide to printed material about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
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Find billions of genealogical records, plus family trees and other genealogy resources.
View User Guide (Link to Katie’s User Guide PDF) or Video Tutorial
View videos on a variety of genealogy topics from our monthly Find Your Ancestors genealogy series.
Access to military records, including the stories, photos and personal documents of those who served. The site also provides many non-military collections, including census, city directories, naturalization records and more.
View Video Tutorial or Help Center
View digital library of local history including text, images and links to other local history resources.
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Genealogy for Seniors Video Series
View videos from our monthly Genealogy for Seniors series geared toward beginner genealogy researchers.
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Collection of genealogical and historical resources including censuses, city directories, digitized books, and more for the U.S. and several worldwide locations.
Historic Photos Index
Partial index to photos from books in the Wisconsin Collection, generally scenes from Appleton history. The photos may be viewed in the library or requested as photocopies. Photos are not available online.
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Library of Congress: Appleton Resources
Find local digitized Sanborn maps, photos, interviews and more.
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Newspapers.com Library Edition
Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s – 2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.
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Obituary Index
Index to obituaries and death notices from Appleton newspapers.
Outagamie County Pioneers Index
Name index of Record of the pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin by Elihu Spencer. Features biographical sketches and photos of many residents of settlements in Outagamie County in 1895.
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
Index covering more than five million names of persons who immigrated to North America between the late 1500s and mid 20th Century.
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Plat Book Index
Name index to four plat books for Outagamie County: Plat Book of Outagamie County, WI (1889), Plat Book of Outagamie, WI (ca. 1927-1928), Standard Atlas of Outagamie County (1917) and Atlas of Outagamie County (1942). The index will link you to digitized maps hosted on the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections site or view the original maps in the library.
The Post-Crescent Index
Search for articles from The Post-Crescent on important events to get the date and page number. You can retrieve the article from microfilm in the library or request we email you the article for free.
The Post-Crescent (Internet Archive)
Search within more than 9,000 digitized issues of The Post-Crescent between 1860-1972.
Full text-only articles of The Post-Crescent from 1999 to present day available through ProQuest.
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Find photographs, maps, letters, diaries, oral histories, artifacts and other historical resources from more than 200 Wisconsin libraries and museums.
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University of WI Digital Collections
View local history resources including plat maps, city directories, historic building surveys, biographies, and more.
Full-text only access to national and regional United States newspapers featuring The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Newsday, Chicago Tribune and more. Coverage varies by title but includes present day coverage and archives to the 1980s.
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Firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions.
Veterans’ Grave Registration
Grave registration information on over 500 Fox River area deceased veterans from the War of 1812 to World War I.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Family History Records
Find Wisconsin records including birth, marriage and death indexes, state censuses, wills and probate records and more. Available only to Wisconsin residents.