Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun set of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into being an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.
Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:
- Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
- A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
- Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks
And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not:
Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:
Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.
Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same school’s yearbooks are available online.
(Updated May 2022)
- Albany – Albany High School
- Algoma – Algoma High School
- Algoma – Door-Kewaunee Training School for Teachers
- Appleton – Appleton High School
- Appleton – Lawrence University
- Appleton – Lawrence University
- Appleton – Lawrence University
- Ashland – Northland College
- Barneveld – Barneveld High School
- Beaver Dam – Wayland Academy
- Beaver Dam – Wayland Academy
- Beloit – Beloit College
- Beloit – Beloit College
- Beloit – Beloit College
- Beloit – Beloit Memorial High School
- Cadott – Cadott High School
- Cashton – Cashton High School
- Cedar Grove – Cedar Grove High School
- Colby – Colby High School
- Crandon – Crandon High School
- De Pere – Abbot Pennings High School
- De Pere – St. Norbert College
- De Pere – St. Norbert College
- De Pere – St. Norbert College
- Delafield – St. John’s Military Academy
- Delavan – Delavan High School
- Delavan – Wisconsin School for the Deaf
- Eagle River – Northland Pines High School
- Eau Claire – Eau Claire High School
- Eau Claire – University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
- Eau Claire – Wisconsin State College at Eau Claire
- Edgerton – Edgerton High School
- Elkhart Lake – Elkhart Lake High School
- Elkhorn – Elkhorn High School
- Ellsworth – Ellsworth High School
- Evansville – Evansville Junior College
- Fond du Lac – Moraine Park Technical Institute
- Green Bay – East High School
- Greenwood – Greenwood High School
- Howards Grove – Howards Grove High School
- Hudson – Hudson High School
- Janesville – Craig High School
- Janesville – Janesville High School
- Janesville – Parker High School
- Kaukauna – Kaukauna High School
- Kenosha – Antioch Township High School
- Kenosha – Carthage College
- Kenosha – Central High School
- Kenosha – George Nelson Tremper High School
- Kenosha – Kenosha High School
- Kenosha – Kenosha Technical Institute
- Kenosha – St. Joseph High School
- Kenosha – Wilmot Union High School
- Kewaunee – Kewaunee High School
- Kewaunee – Kewaunee High School
- Kiel – Kiel High School
- Kiel – Kiel High School
- La Crosse – Central High School
- La Crosse – La Crosse State Normal School
- La Crosse – Logan High School
- La Crosse – University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
- La Crosse – Viterbo College
- La Crosse – Wisconsin State College-La Crosse
- La Crosse – Wisconsin State University
- La Crosse – Wisconsin State University-La Crosse
- Lake Geneva – Badger High School
- Lake Geneva – Lake Geneva High School
- Lodi – Lodi High School
- Lomira – Lomira High School
- Madison – East Side High School
- Madison – Edgewood College
- Madison – James Madison Memorial High School
- Madison – Madison Central High School
- Madison – Methodist Hospital
- Madison – University of Wisconsin
- Madison – University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Madison – University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Madison – University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Madison – West High School
- Madison – West High School
- Madison – Wisconsin High School
- Marinette – Marinette High School
- McFarland – McFarland Elementary School
- Menasha – Menasha High School
- Menasha – Menasha High School
- Menasha – Menasha High School
- Menasha – Menasha High School
- Menomonie – Stout Institute
- Menomonie – Stout State College
- Menomonie – Stout State University
- Menomonie – The Stout Institute
- Menomonie – University of Wisconsin, Stout
- Merrill – Merrill High School
- Milwaukee – Bay View High School
- Milwaukee – Cardinal Stritch College
- Milwaukee – Lincoln High School
- Milwaukee – Marquette University
- Milwaukee – Marquette University
- Milwaukee – Milwaukee-Downer College
- Milwaukee – Mount Mary College
- Milwaukee – North Division High School
- Milwaukee – North Division High School
- Milwaukee – Pius XI High School
- Milwaukee – Rufus King High School
- Milwaukee – South Division High School
- Milwaukee – University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Milwaukee – Washington High School
- Milwaukee – West Division High School
- Milwaukee – Wisconsin State College
- Milwaukee – Wisconsin State College
- Milwaukee – Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee
- Mount Calvary – St. Lawrence Seminary
- Muskego – Muskego High School
- Neenah – Neenah High School
- New Glarus – New Glarus High School
- Oconto – Oconto Falls High School
- Oconto – Oconto High School
- Oconto – Oconto High School
- Oconto Falls – Oconto Falls High School
- Oconto Falls – Oconto Falls High School
- Oostburg – Kohler High School
- Oshkosh – Oshkosh High School
- Oshkosh – Oshkosh State Teachers College
- Oshkosh – Oshkosh West High School
- Oshkosh – University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
- Oshkosh – University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
- Oxford – Oxford High School
- Pardeevile – Pardeeville High School
- Platteville – University of Wisconsin, Platteville
- Platteville – University of Wisconsin–Platteville
- Plymouth – Mission House College
- Plymouth – Oostburg High School
- Poynette – Poynette High School
- Prairie du Chien – Campion Jesuit High School
- Prairie du Chien – Campion Jesuit High School
- Prairie du Chien – Prairie du Chien High School
- Racine – Walden III Middle and High School
- Racine – William Horlick High School
- Random Lake – Plymouth High School
- Random Lake – School District of Random Lake
- Rib Lake – Rib Lake High School
- Ripon – Ripon College
- Ripon – Ripon High School
- River Falls – University of Wisconsin, River Falls
- River Falls – Wisconsin State University, River Falls
- Salem – Salem Central High School
- Salem – Westosha High School
- Scandinavia – Central Wisconsin College
- Scandinavia – Scandinavia Academy
- Scandinavia – Scandinavia High School
- Sheboygan – Lakeland College
- Sheboygan – Random Lake High School
- Sheboygan – Sheboygan Central High School
- Sheboygan – Sheboygan Falls High School
- Sheboygan – Sheboygan High School
- Sheboygan – Sheboygan North High School
- Sheboygan – Sheboygan South High School
- Shorewood – Shorewood High School
- South Milwaukee – South Milwaukee High School
- South Milwaukee – South Milwaukee High School
- Stevens Point – Emerson High School
- Stevens Point – PJ Jacobs High School
- Stevens Point – Stevens Point Area Senior High School
- Stevens Point – Stevens Point High School
- Stevens Point – Stevens Point High School
- Stevens Point – University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
- Sturgeon Bay – Sturgeon Bay High School
- Superior – Central High School
- Superior – Superior State Teachers College
- Superior – University of Wisconsin, Superior
- Sussex – Hamilton High School
- Two Rivers – Washington High School
- Waldo – Waldo High School
- Waterford – Rochester Academy
- Waterford – Waterford Union High School
- Waukesha – Carroll College – University
- Waukesha – Carroll College – University
- Wausau – Wausau East High School
- West Allis – West Allis High School
- Whitewater – University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
- Whitewater – University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Whitewater – University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Whitewater – Whitewater High School
- Wisconsin Dells – Wisconsin Dells High School
- Wisconsin Dells – Wisconsin Dells High School
- Woodville – Woodville High School
To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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