Genealogy & Local History
Genealogy Links
The library has collected several useful web sites for family research.
Local History Books
These digitized books are PDF files and are best viewed in a web browser. See the Adobe web site for more information.
Portage: a Sesquicentennial History, by Michael J. Goc, 2004
A History of Columbia County, Wisconsin: a Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People, and its Principal Interests, edited by J.E. Jones, 1914
Volume 1
Volume 2
An Intensive Historical Architectural and Historical Survey of the City of Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, by Joyce McKay, 1993