Amherst Genealogy (in Portage County, WI)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Amherst are also found through the Portage County and Wisconsin pages.


Amherst Birth Records

1808-1920 Wisconsin Birth Index MyHeritage online

Record of births, 1905-1907. WorldCat

Wisconsin Birth Index, 1808-1907 Ancestry online

Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928 (incomplete) Ancestry online

Wisconsin, Birth Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Amherst Cemetery Records

Amherst Cemetery Billion Graves online

Bickel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kimball Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lower Amherst Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Portage County Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint James Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Patricks Lanark Cemetery Billion Graves online

Amherst Census Records

1855 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1875 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1885 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1895 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1905 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Amherst, Wisconsin LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Amherst Church Records

Peace church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index, 1801-1928 (incomplete) Ancestry online

Amherst Death Records

1808-1909 Wisconsin Death Index MyHeritage online

1959-2004 Wisconsin Death Records Ancestry online

Record of deaths, 1906-1907. WorldCat

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997 Ancestry online

Wisconsin Death Index, 1979-2016 MyHeritage online

Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 Ancestry online

Wisconsin, Death Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Amherst Histories and Genealogies

FamilySearch Family Tree MyHeritage online

MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage online

Amherst Immigration Records

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Portage County, WI) MyHeritage online

Wisconsin, Federal Naturalization Records, 1848-1992 Ancestry online

Amherst Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, May 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, November 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, September 1909 Library of Congress online

Amherst Marriage Records

1808-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Index MyHeritage online

1820-1907 Wisconsin Marriages Ancestry online

1820-2004 Wisconsin Marriage Records Ancestry online

Wisconsin, Marriage Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Amherst Newspapers and Obituaries

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Offline Newspapers for Amherst

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Amherst Advertiser. (Amherst, Wis.) 1890-1890s

Amherst Advocate. (Amherst, Wis.) 1893-1960s

Tomorrow River Times. (Amherst, Wis.) 1975-Current

Amherst School Records

Amherst High School yearbook, 1969, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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