Digitize Oconto County


The Goal of Digitize Oconto County is:

  • To preserve the history of Oconto County for future generations — one page at a time — as documented in the early newspapers
  • To make Oconto County history and stories accessible to everyone online
  • To make the newspapers searchable

This project was made possible  with contributions from:
Oconto County Genealogical Society
Friends of the Oconto Falls Library
Friends of Farnsworth Library
The ResCarta Foundation
Generous Individuals

In cooperation with:
Oconto County Information Technology Department
Oconto County Historical Society

Thank you to all who have sponsored issues.  We now have over 5000 issues online. 

We have permission to digitize all issues of newspapers to the present.  The issues that have already been sponsored are scattered so please email to check on availability of the issues you would like to sponsor.  We’ll help you choose appropriate issues.  Or you can give a general donation which will be acknowledged on issues that haven’t been sponsored yet.

All issues of the following newspaper titles have been sponsored:

  • The Farmer Herald
  • The Herald
  • The Lena Enterprise
  • The Maple Valley Educator
  • The Militiaman
  • Oconto County Reporter Enterprise-Enquirer
  • Oconto Lumberman
  • Oconto Pioneer
  • The Suring Sun
  • The Union Farmer
  • The Union Farmer-Herald

Donate to Digitize Oconto County

We hope you will support this important endeavor. Cost is $3.00 for a weekly issue. Donations can be as small as $3.00 or as large as you wish.  An example, to purchase all thirty-two (32) issues of the Union Farmer newspaper would cost $96.00

  • You may wish to make a gift toward the project in any amount
  • You may wish to make a contribution in memory of a loved one
  • You may wish to sponsor a particular date(s)

Your sponsorship will be recognized with the issue or issues you specify.  If it is in memory of someone, we will specify their name or organization on the newspaper.  If someone has previously requested the desired issue, we will select one as close as possible to your dates.

For more information, please email us at digitizeoconto@gmail.com