Local History
Hedberg Public Library is full of local history information. Below you'll find links, photos and databases. You can also visit our Genealogy page for even more resources.

HPL Indexes and Databases

• Local History Database
• Obituary Index to Janesville Gazette (Jan 1993-present)
• Janesville Yearbooks

Digitized Resources

• Combination Atlas of Rock County (1873)
• History of Rock County (1879)
• Janesville's Past - City directories, books, photographs, historical postcards.
• Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County (1889)
• GM and UAW: In Their Own Words - A collection of interviews with General Motors employees, union members and others involved in Janesville's manufacturing history.

Local History Web Sites

• Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Janesville
  
• Rock County Towns and Townships
  
• Rock County Histories of the Cities and Villages              
• 192nd Tank Battalion Bataan Commemorative Research Project
• Wisconsin Historical Society Local History Collections
• Samson Model M Tractor

Local History Resources at the Hedberg Public Library

• Janesville Room
  
• List of Local Maps and Atlases
  
• List of Rock County Authors
• Population Statistics and Timeline

Other Organizations

• Rock County Historical Society
  
• Rock County Genealogical Society
  
• Wisconsin Historical Society

Hedberg Public Library Make National News
It's no secret that many national news correspondents have been drawn to Janesville recently. But one reporter was so impressed with the resources and staff at our library that he decided to run a story about it!

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