Fee Schedule

You can request either paper copies, or digital images. (Charges in excess of $45 require payment in advance.)

Type	Fee	Per	Notes
Naturalization	$5.00	record	Charges are incurred ONLY for records that were located. There is no charge for the search itself. All the counties in our holdings: Dodge, Marquette, Green Lake, Fond du Lac and Winnebago, can be found and ordered in our online Genealogy Records Index.
Vital	$5.00	record	Charges are incurred ONLY for records that were located. There is no charge for the search itself. The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) hosts an on-line index of all birth, death and marriage records we hold. Please use WHS index here to see if records are available, then return and use this ORDER form to make a request for Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette and Winnebago county records only.
Divorce, Civil Case, Probate Case File	$10.00	case	In those cases in which reproductions are requested, and a full citation is easily available (provided by the patron OR by the UWO ARC) by use of an available index, a single $10 service charge will be imposed. This covers reproduction of the full case file regardless of length. Search and order MANY of our court records using the Genealogy Records Index. Use this ORDER form to request records from collections not yet indexed.
Book, Newspaper	$5.00	request	From a single book or newspaper, 10 pages or fewer. Must have exact citation.
Tax Rolls	$5.00	request	Charged for EACH year's record. In cases where multiple properties' records are requested from a single year, charges will be per page.
Obituary	$5.00	request	A request consists of an obituary for single individual. The patron must provide the date of death, and the likely newspaper or community the obituary appeared in.
Sustained	$20.00	1 hour	Sustained research is defined as the activity needed to discover information beyond searching individual indexes to find citations. It involves reviewing records for content, cross referencing other sources, etc. It is distinguished from simple "reference" which is defined as "the provision of general information about holdings, simple facts, agency hours and services". Reference services are free. Included in this $20 are the first 20 pages of any digital images / photocopies that are requested. After that a charge of $0.25 per page will be imposed. Use this ORDER form to request sustained research services. Exceptions to sustained research fees: • Research requested by local or state government agencies.
Video, Audio	$10 min.	varies	Fees for copies of audio and video recordings will vary depending on the charges the library incurs from UW Oshkosh media staff or external vendors. Cost to the patron will be the total of those charges plus any sustained research charges incurred.