LIBRARIES and HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
IN WALWORTH COUNTY & SURROUNDING AREA

If traveling a distance please call ahead to make sure of the hours as some change during summer and winter.

WALWORTH COUNTY LIBRARIES
Barrett Memorial Library
65 W. Geneva St.
Williams Bay, WI. 53191
262-245-2709
Brigham Memorial Library
131 Plain St.
P.O. Box 510 Sharon, WI. 53585
262-736-4249

Email
Burlington Public Library 262-763-7623
Darien Public Library 262-724-5155
Delavan - Aram Public Library  262-728-3111
East Troy Public Library 262-642-6262
Elkhorn - Matheson Memorial Library 262-723-2678
Fontana Public Library
166 Second Ave.
P.O. Box 437
Fontana, WI 53125
262-275-5107

Email
Genoa City Public Library 262-279-6188
Lake Geneva Public Library 262-249-5299
Racine Public Library 262-636-9241
Rochester Public Library 262-534-3533
Sharon - Brigham Memorial Library 262-736-4249
Irvin L. Young Memorial Library 262-473-0530
Walworth Memorial Library
101 Maple Ave.
Walworth, WI 53184
262-275-6322

Email
Waterford Public Library 262-534-3988
Williams Bay - Barrett Memorial Library 262-245-2709

WALWORTH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Webster House. Corner of Rockwell and Washington St.; Elkhorn, WI 262-723-4248
Delavan Historical Society - some records currently located at Walworth County Genealogical Society.
 
SURROUNDING AREAS
 
Walworth County Cemetery Association. President Dan Kilkenny. This society is not genealogical oriented. but is interested in preserving and cataloging cemeteries in cooperation with the Burial Sites Preservation Board of WI.
Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society Library serves as a central depository and archives of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference, USA and Canada, and related agencies. Over 3,000 volumes of books and periodicals are catalogued. There is a wealth of non-demoninational biographical and genealogical material relating to RI, NJ, NY, PA, WI, and WV. There are lots of photographs, microfilms and manuscripts along with church records. The Seventh Day Baptist's were instrumental in establishing the Walworth village. The Historical Society Library is located in Janesville, Rock County, WI at 3120 N. Kennedy Road. Please phone ahead for an appointment at 608-752-5055. You may also send a SASE for further information to: Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society, PO Box 1678, Janesville, WI 53547-1678. Please note staff is limited and donations are appreciated.


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Updated: March 2008
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