Monroe Public Library in Monroe, WI
Located on the Historic Square in Monroe, Wisconsin
925 16th Avenue | Monroe WI 53566 | (608) 328-7010
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Local History & Genealogy
​The Monroe Public Library offers a variety of resources to help you explore your family history.  We have access to both print and electronic resources. 

Our collection includes some of the following items to help you on your quest:

  • Local history books
  • Selection of personal family histories
  • School yearbooks
  • City directories (1930 Street Directory [PDF])
  • Cemetery directories
  • Microfilm of historic Monroe newspapers and census records
  • "Back in the Day" columns by Matt Figi
  • Photographs

We also invite you to explore the resources held by our partner, the 
Green County Genealogical Society, housed within our building.

Peterson Airplane
"David Peterson Starts Airplane for Sale," 1959.
Kundert Special Collections
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Take a look at the Kundert Special Collections at the Monroe Public Library, a place for all kinds of local history materials. This website will be updated regularly with new content. Have something to share? Get in touch with us!
Cemetery Walk
Our popular Cemetery Walk may become an annual tradition. In the meantime, take a look at some research on the famous Monroe people we've highlighted.
Digitized Local History Books
Edmund C. Hamilton
The Story of Monroe: Its Past & Its Progress Toward the Present
Monroe Public Schools Print Shop, 1976

History of Green County, Wisconsin
Union Publishing Company, 1884

Helen Maria Bingham
History of Green County, Wisconsin
Burdick & Armitage, 1877

Emery A. Odell
A History of Green County’s Cheese Industry
1928

Emery A. Odell
Swiss Cheese Industry in Green County, Wisconsin
Monroe Evening Times, 1936
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