INDEXES ONLY AT THE RCGS RESEARCH CENTER

List of Vital Records Indexes only at the RCGS Library (email us or visit at the Milton House for access)

ATLAS AND PLAT MAP INDEXES & IMAGES

Rock County Gazetteer, Directory and Advertiser, 1857 (searchable full-text, incl. a directory & parcel map images)
Index to 1858 Rock Co., WI Atlas & Plat Map (Names & Sect. No.) - Members-Only - Join RCGS
Index to the 1922 Rock Co., WI Plat Book (limited version index: Surname & Township)
Plat Book of Rock County, Wisconsin, 1891 (searchable full-text, incl. a directory & parcel map images)
Plat Book of Rock County, Wisconsin, 1904 (searchable full-text, incl. a directory & parcel map images)
Standard Atlas of Rock County, 1917 (searchable full-text, incl. a directory & parcel map images)
Plat Book of Rock County, Wisconsin, 1940 (searchable full-text, incl. a directory & parcel map images)

BIOGRAPHIES & BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES

Master Biographical Index to Rock Co. (full name index with links to digitized books) - Members-Only - Join RCGS
Wisconsin Historical Society Biographical Collection, 1800-1999 (over 500 Digitized Rock Co. Newspaper Clippings)
Biographies of Early Rock Co., WI Residents ( surnames A - C) (full Text Transcriptions)
Biographies of Early Rock Co., WI Residents (surnames D - L) (full Text Transcriptions
Biographies of Early Rock Co., WI Residents (surnames M - R) (full Text Transcriptions)
Biographies of Early Rock Co., WI Residents (surnames S) (full Text Transcriptions)
Biographies of Early Rock Co., WI Residents (surnames T - Z) (full Text Transcriptions)

BIRTH INDEXES (also see Vital Records, below)

Earliest Recorded Rock County Court House Records (chart of first birth record by 1st letter of surname)
Index of Rock County Births, 1870-1875 (an index of 300 births; full names and birth dates)
​Rock Co., WI Delayed Birth Registrations, 1854-1907 (Name, Birth & No.) - Members-Only - Join RCGS

BOOKS - SEARCHABLE WITH PAGE IMAGES

Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin - 1889

• Full Name Index to Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wisconsin - 1889
  
• Name Search & Page Images (search for ancestors' names and view pages in which they are found)

History of Rock County, Wisconsin - 1879

• Full Name Index to History of Rock County, Wisconsin - 1879
  
• Name Search & Page Images (search for ancestors' names and view pages in which they are found)

Commemorative Biographical Record of Rock, Green, Grant, Green, Iowa & Lafayette Counties, WI - 1901

• Name Search & Page Images (search for ancestors' names and view pages in which they are found)

Rock County, Wisconsin, volumes 1 & 2, 1908

• Name Search & Page Images (search for ancestors' names and view pages in which they are found)
  

Luther Valley Centennial, 1839 - 1939

• Page Images Only (manually search for ancestors' names and view pages in which they are found)

ADDITIONAL BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Luther Valley Centennial, 1839-1939 (external link - full text)
Ancient Clinton, Wisconsin, 1898 (full index: every name, page number, occupation & notes)
Wisconsin Gazetteer, 1853 ​(external link - an "every page" digital image from this historic work)
Medical History of Janesville, Wisconsin, 1833-1933. - Searchable index and page images
Century of Stories : a 100 year reflection of Janesville & surrounding communities Index & images
The History of the Janesville Public Schools, 1959 Searchable index and page images

CEMETERY INDEXES

Index of US Military Cemetery Imagery (74 Current "Belief Images" found in VA Cemeteries)
Rock County Cemetery Locations (Names, Locations & Indexes of current & abandoned cemeteries)
Index to Afton (aka Town of Rock) Cemetery (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Bethel Cemetery, Town of Center (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Emerald Grove Cemetery (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Fassett Cemetery, Edgerton (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Grove Cemetery, Town of Center (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Milton Lawns Memorial Park Cemetery, Janesville (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Mount Olivet Cemetery, Janesville (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Janesville (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Mount Zion Cemetery, Town of Harmony (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to Town of Rock Cemetery (Civil War Soldiers' graves only)
Index to East Jefferson Prairie Cemetery (Clinton Township, Full Index to names & dates of birth & death)

​CENSUS INDEXES (Population, Mortality, Veterans & Widows, Native Americans, Seamen, etc.)

NATIVE AMERICAN CENSUS
1885-1940 Native American Census Rolls (FamilySearch.org index o & images for various tribes - Free to Join)

US FEDERAL CENSUS
1790 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1800 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1810 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1820 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1830 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1840 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1850 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1850 US Census Mortality Schedule (FamilySearch.org free searchable index/images of census - Free to Join)
1850 US Census Slave Schedule (FamilySearch.org free searchable index/images of census pages - Free to Join)
1860 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1860 US Census Mortality Schedule (FamilySearch.org free searchable index/images of census - Free to Join)
1860 US Census Slave Schedule (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1870 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1870 US Census Mortality Schedule (FamilySearch.org free searchable index/images of census - Free to Join)
1880 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1880 US Census Mortality Schedule (FamilySearch.org free searchable index/images of census - Free to Join)
1890 Partial US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1890 Civil War Union Veterans' & Widow's Census (FamilySearch.org free index/images of pages - Free to Join)
1900 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1900 US Census Enumeration Districts (FamilySearch.org free map images of census districts - Free to Join)
1910 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1910 US Census Enumeration Districts (FamilySearch.org free map images of census districts - Free to Join)
1920 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1920 US Census Enumeration Districts (FamilySearch.org free map images of census districts - Free to Join)
1930 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1930 US Merchant Seamen Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index/images of pages - Free to Join)
1930 US Census Enumeration Districts (FamilySearch.org free map images of census districts - Free to Join)
1940 US Federal Census (FamilySearch.org free searchable index and images of census pages - Free to Join)
1940 US Census Enumeration Districts (FamilySearch.org free map images of census districts - Free to Join)
1840 US Federal Census for Rock County, Wis. (index to full names of heads of households)

STATE OF WISCONSIN CENSUS
1855 Wisconsin State Census (searchable every name index and images of the Wisconsin state census)
1865 Wisconsin State Census (excludes Rock County (most counties destroyed)
1875 Wisconsin State Census (searchable head of household index and images of the Wis State census)
1885 Wisconsin State Census (searchable index & images of the WI State census with soldiers & sailors)
1895 Wisconsin State Census (searchable head of household index and images of the Wis State census)
1905 Wisconsin State Census  (searchable every name index and images of the Wisconsin state census)

DEATH INDEXES (also see Vital Records, below)

Earliest Recorded Rock County Court House Records (chart of first birth & death records by 1st letter of surname)
​Janesville Gazette Death Index, Vol. I, 1845-1889 (surname-only index & surname frequency)
Index to Rock County, Wisconsin Deaths, 1870 - 1875 (full names and full dates of death)
Asylum & Poor House Deaths, Rock County, Wis., 1908-1923 (incomplete - name, date, cause of death)
Rock Co., Wis. Obituaries, surnames A - K (dozens of transcribed mostly 20th Century obituaries)
Rock Co., Wis. Obituaries, surnames L - Z (dozens of transcribed mostly 20th Century obituaries)

DIRECTORY INDEXES

Wright's Directory of Rock County, Wisconsin, 1896-97

• Janesville City Residents' Directory from Wright's Directory, 1896-97 - Members-Only - Join RCGS
• Janesville Business Directory from Wright's Directory, 1896-97 - Members-Only - Join RCGS

FARM INDEXES

​Roster of the Largest Farmers in Rock County Wisconsin, 1855 (Full names, township and acreage)
Rock County, Wis. Farmers' Directory, 1919, surnames A - G (complete & fully transcribed)
Rock County, Wis. Farmers' Directory, 1919, surnames H - N (complete & fully transcribed)
Rock County, Wis. Farmers' Directory, 1919, surnames O - Z (complete & fully transcribed)
Rock County, Wis. Farm Directory, 1928 (searchable PDF of full-text images including farmers & ads) 

FAMILY FILE INDEXES (an index of 650 Family Research Files from the RCGS Library)

Index of Family Research Card Files from  the Rock Co. Genealogical Society Library (650 family files)

MARRIAGE INDEXES (also see Vital Records, below)

Janesville Gazette Marriage Index, Vol. I, 1845-1862 (every surname index & surname frequency)
​Janesville Gazette Marriage Index, Vol. II, 1863-1876 (every surname index & surname frequency)
​Janesville Gazette Marriage Index, Vol. III, 1877-1885 (every surname index & surname frequency)
Rock County Marriage Index, 1836-1911 (external link: FamilySearch.org - free to join)
​Rock County Marriage Application Index, 1918-1959 (38,000 grooms & brides) Members-Only - Join RCGS

MILITARY INDEXES

Index to War of 1812 Veterans from Rock County, Wisconsin (includes full names)
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients from Rock Co., Wisconsin (Names and descriptions of 3 veterans)
Civil War Veterans Rosters & Burials of Rock Co., Wisconsin (Name, company and disposition of 100's)
Photo & Military History of Private Clarence S. Olmstead, Beloit (Aide to President Lincoln)
Index to Rock Co. Civil War Pensioners on the Roll, 01 January, 1883 (names, disability & pension)
1885 Census of Civil War Veterans in Wis. - Surnames A-Z begin p. 1; Corrections & Additions on p. 385
1890 Civil War Union Veterans' & Widow's Census (FamilySearch.org free index/images of pages - Free to Join)
1895 Census of Civil War Veterans in Wisconsin - in eight parts, each organized by surname, A-Z
1905 Census of Civil War Veterans in Wisconsin (in six parts: each organized by surnames A-Z
WW I Veterans' Memorial Name Index & Photos (located in Janesville, WI)
WW II Veterans' Memorial Name Index & Photos (located in Janesville, WI)
WWII Honor Roll of Rock Co., Wis. Veterans of Army & Army Air Force (list of dead and missing)

NATURALIZATION INDEXES

Wisconsin County Naturalization Index, 1859-1953 (external link: FamilySearch.org - free to join)

NEWSLETTER INDEXES

RCGS Newsletter Archive (view 40 years of RCGS Member News & Roots in the Rock Newsletters)
RCGS Newsletter Name Index (every name index of online Issues, above) - Members-Only - Join RCGS

NEWSPAPER INDEXES

Library of Congress' Chronicling America Project (search digitized historical Rock Co., Wis. Newspapers)

OBITUARY INDEXES

Rock Co., Wis. Obituaries, surnames A - K (dozens of transcribed mostly 20th Century obituaries)
Rock Co., Wis. Obituaries, surnames L - Z (dozens of transcribed mostly 20th Century obituaries)

​PHOTOGRAPH INDEXES

Janesville's Past (searchable images of homes, businesses, factories, streets, schools, disasters)
Picturesque Janesville Illustrated, 1888 (searchable index and downloadable page images)

PIONEER INDEXES

Rock County, WI Pioneer Index (full index of well-researched families from 1870 and earlier)
How to Submit your own Rock County Pioneer (instructions & submission forms your pioneer ancestor)
How to View or Obtain Copies of a Rock County Pioneer (see & order copies of others' pioneer files)
How to Order a Pioneer Certificate (see a sample & order form for Rock County, WI pioneer certificates)

PROBATE INDEX

Rock County Probate Index, 1839-1930's (full index: surname & given name, year of death & file number)

PROPERTY INDEXES

Wisconsin Historical Society's Historic Architecture Collection (7,000 Rock Co. Property Records & Photos)

SCHOOL INDEXES 

Rock County Schools, 1965 (searchable full-text images of text and photos from the original book)

VITAL RECORDS INDEXES 

Earliest Recorded Rock County Court House Records (chart of first birth & death record by surname)
​Early Births, Marriages & Deaths from the Rock Co., Wis. Courthouse, book 1 (index & links to originals)
Early Births, Marriages & Deaths from the Rock Co., Wis. Courthouse, book 2 (index & links to originals)
​Early Births, Marriages & Deaths from the Rock Co., Wis. Courthouse, book 3 (index & links to originals)