New Riverside Cemetery Index

 
Now available online and in the Genealogy Collection is Riverside Cemetery Burials 1841 - 1908; an incomplete list.  The list was compiled by Ginny Gross, a volunteer at the Oshkosh Public Museum.  Genealogists now have access to burial information for the time period preceding death certificates (1909).  Links to the online publication will be available on the Genealogy Resources and Genealogy Subject Guide web pages.

Oshkosh History Week, April 19 - 24, 2010

Free local history events presented by the Oshkosh Public Library
and the Oshkosh Seniors Center
Programs run 40 minutes, with additional time for Q&A
 


Monday, April 19, 6:30 p.m.
Oshkosh Seniors Center South
What You May Have Missed
(@ Snapshots of History)

Larry Spanbauer, Oshkosh Memorabilia Club

Deltox Rug Company Employees
Image from OPL Digital Collection
Postcard of the Hotel Athearn
Image from OPL Digital Collection
Wednesday, April 21, 1 p.m.
Oshkosh Seniors Center North
Oshkosh:The Past & Present
Clarence "Inky" Jungwirth, Oshkosh historian
Wednesday, April 21, 7 p.m.
Oshkosh Public Library
Memories of the Grand Opera House
Julie Johnson, Oshkosh author
Grand Opera House
Image from OPL Digital Collection
Mike Breza as a Civil War Soldier Thursday, April 22, 1 p.m.
Oshkosh Public Library
Civil War Soldiers of Oshkosh
& Wisconsin

Mike Breza, Oshkosh Public Museum
Thursday, April 22, 7 p.m.
Oshkosh Public Library
Online History Collections
Sharon Schwartz, OPL Digital Librarian

Image from OPL Digital Collection
 Redlin Family
Image from OPL Digital Collection

 Friday, April 23, 1 p.m.
Oshkosh Public Library
Creating a Family Cookbook
Bill Bollom, retired UWO professor 

Saturday, April 24 & Sunday, April 25
Noon - 2 p.m.
Morgan House, 234 Church Ave.
Victorian Tea
For more information:  www.morganhouse.org

  February 27 - May 23
Snapshots of History Exhibit
Oshkosh Public Museum
www.oshkoshmuseum.org

Thanks to the Oshkosh Public Museum and the Winnebago County Historical & Archaeological Society for their participation in this event

Oshkosh Public Library is OPEN during Main Street construction
Information at www.oshkoshpubliclibrary.org or 920-235-5205

Postcards of Oshkosh

New Online Digital Collection

Remember the Hotel Athearn?  The fountain in Riverside Cemetery?  Relive memories of Oshkosh through these postcards.  This collection consists of views of businesses, churches, parks, city streets, country roads and other structures throughout the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  According to postcard dealers, these small town views are highly sought after cards.

 

 

 

Postcards of Oshkosh

Postcards of Oshkosh

Postcards of Oshkosh

Remember the Hotel Athearn?  The fountain in Riverside Cemetery?  Relive memories of Oshkosh through these postcards.  This collection consists of views of businesses, churches, parks, city streets, country roads and other structures throughout the city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  According to postcard dealers, these small town views are highly sought after cards.  Dating of the cards for year or era was determined by postmarks and identifiying certain features present on the postcard.  Example:  there are no lions on the library postcard, thus the card would be dated before 1912. 

Browse the Collection Search the Collection

Additional postcards can be found in the Main Street, Oshkosh Wisconsin collection.

 

 

Family & Local History

Unpublished
 

Begin your genealogical & local history research
at the Oshkosh Public Library! 

Visit the library for vital records, newspaper articles,
city directories, maps & much more.

  • Getting Started
  • Resources in the Library
  • Resources on the Web
  • Directions & Library Hours
  • Research Requests

Getting Started

How to start searching for your family
Finding vital records - obituaries, birth, marriage & death records
Family charts & worksheets
Genealogy Research Guides

This Week in Oshkosh History (or Featured Image)

Resources in the Library

Ancestry.com
Genealogical & historical resesarch database, accessible at the library only.

Magazines & Newspapers

Local History Clipping Files

Maps

City Directories & Telephone Books

Genealogy Resources
U.S. & Wisconsin Census, local histories, church records on microfilm, genealogical society newsletters

Photocopying

Research Requests & Fees

Resources on the Web

Research Databases
Heritage Quest (Census Records) | Newspaper Archive | Oshkosh Northwestern

Digital Collections
Local History books | City Directories | Oshkosh Atlases & Histories | Oshksh Businesses | other collections

Winnebago County Genealogy

Other Genealogy Websites
general site - genealogy subject guide


 

 

 

 


 

 

Oshkosh Online City Directories

To browse a directory choose "select year" below to view the detailed listing for each directory and choose a specific section to locate a personal or business name and much more using the Find feature in the Acrobat viewer. View other information in the special sections for each directory. After using this collection, please provide feedback using the comments form at the bottom of the page.

Select year:

 

1850s - 1857 1900s - 1900
1860s - 1866   1903
  1868   1905
  1869   1906
1870s - 1872   1908
  1876 1910s - 1910 (Bunn's)
  1879   1910 (C.C. Konrad's)
1880s - 1880   1912 (C.C. Konrad's)
  1883   1912 (Wright's)
  1884   1914
  1886   1916
  1889   1919
1890s - 1891 1920s - 1920 (Konrad's)
  1893   1920 (Wilmer Atkinson's)
  1895   1922
  1898    

 

Need assistance with house renumbering that occurred in 1957?

Picture Oshkosh - Submitting Via Email

Contributions to Picture Oshkosh may be sent via oshkoshalbum [at] oshkoshpubliclibrary [dot] org (email).  Some forms must be filled out when submitting items via email.  Below you will find links to these forms.

  • Registration Form
  • Identification Form - we need you to provide us with information on your items.  
  • Agreement - please print this form out, sign it and return to the library.  You may either drop it off at the 2nd floor Reference Desk or mail it to the following address; Oshkosh Public Library, Picture Oshkosh, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh, WI, 54901.

If you have any questions, please call the Reference Desk, 920.236.5205 or email, oshkoshalbum [at] oshkoshpubliclibrary [dot] org

 

 

Picture Oshkosh Identification Form

When submitting images/videos digitally via email, information must be provided for each item.  Please list the file name, date of item, and subject matter/keywords for each item. More than one form and can be submitted.  Examples at bottom of form.

Back to Email Instructions

Picture Oshkosh Registration Form

If you have submitted images/video digitally via email, please fill out form and submit.

Back to Email Instructions

Picture Oshkosh

A Look at Life in Oshkosh Through
the Eyes of Those Who Live Here

The Oshkosh Public Library wants to preserve images of Oshkosh community life through photos and videos taken by residents and visitors.  The Library has created Picture Oshkosh, a digital photo and video album.  Click here or the image above to enter the photo album.

Here's How it Works:

  • Individuals and organizations submit photos or videos to the library that showcase Oshkosh people, buildings, history and special events.
  • Library staff will scan and digitize the images to add to the online digital collection.
  • Images will be uploaded into PhotoBucket, a photo/video sharing web site.
  • Original photos and video will be returned to their owners, along with a free CD or DVD (Oshkosh residents only - while supplies last).

Types of Images We're Looking For:
Unique images that chronicle life in Oshkosh, both past and present, will be considered for Picture Oshkosh.  This may include:

  • Buildings
  • Events - Special or Annual
  • People
  • Neighborhood or Street Scenes
  • Businesses
  • Scenic Views and Attractions

Picture Oshkosh will include not just historic photos, but a mix of past and present scenes, events and activities.

Submitting Images:
Items should be in good condition in the following formats:

  • Photos - Prints or Digital
  • Video - VHS or Digital
  • Slides

Oversized items, photo negatives, and framed or mounted photos cannot be submitted.   

Stop by the 2nd floor Reference Desk to pick up forms to fill out.  Use some of the forms to submit information about the images (identification, date, event, location).  Bring your completed forms and photos/videos to the Reference Desk.  We'll let you know when we're done digitizing them and give you a CD or DVD (while supplies last) of your photos or videos.

Digital photos and videos may be submitted via email.  Please see our special instructions for submitting via email.

For more information, please contact the Reference Desk, 920.236.5205 or email oshkoshalbum [at] oshkoshpubliclibrary [dot] org