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Wisconsin Genealogy Resources

Databases

• Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids presents archival finding aids prepared and contributed by the following institutions: The University of Wisconsin Archives and Records Management Service, University of Wisconsin Memorial Library Department of Special Collections, Wisconsin Historical Society, and the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures.
   
• Area Research Center Network - 14 research centers/archives located throughout the state of Wisconsin
   
• Birth Records  - Information from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
   
• The Bureau of Land Management - - Eastern States, General Land Office  - The Official Land Patent Records Site.
   
• Death Records  - Information from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
   
• Dictionary of Wisconsin History. This Dictionary explains more than 8,000 terms (people, places, things, and events) used in writings about Wisconsin history.
   
• Directory of Wisconsin Vital Records - D'Addezio.com
   
• Marriage Records  - Information from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
   
• Online Wisconsin Death Records & Indexes
   
• Public Records. These Wisconsin documents are among those preserved in the Office of the Secretary of State:
  • City, Village and Town Records
  • Forest Land Deeds
  • Wisconsin Blue Books (Complete set dating from 1853)
  • Statutes and Laws of Wisconsin (Dating from 1836)
     
• Public Records Online  - Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
   
• Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Alphabetical and regimental lists of soldiers who served in Wisconsin units during the Civil War.
   
• Surname Navigator USA  - A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
  
  
• Turning Points in Wisconsin History. Hundreds of eyewitness accounts, pictures, and museum objects. Dozens of essays, lesson plans and reference tools.
   
• USGenWeb Archives 
   
• Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907 - Ancestry.com
  
  
• Wisconsin Birth Parent Search - AdopteeConnect.com
   
• Wisconsin Birth Records - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Special Collections
  
  
• Wisconsin Birth Records Search
  
  
• Wisconsin Cemetery Records Online
   
• Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 - Ancestry.com
   
• Wisconsin Death Index, Pre 1907 - USGenWeb Archives
   
• Wisconsin Death Index (1959-1979) - USGenWeb Archives
   
• Wisconsin Death Index (1979-1984) - USGenWeb Archives
  
  
• Wisconsin Death Record Search
   
• Wisconsin Death Records - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Special Collections
  
  
• Wisconsin Genealogical and Historical Societies from Society Hill
  
  
• Wisconsin Genealogy Index. Search more than 150,000 Wisconsin obituaries and biographical sketches published before 1999, as well as 1,000,000 births, 400,000 deaths and 1,000,000 marriages registered before September 1907.
   
• Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Searchable databases include: Wisconsin Birth Records (1850-1907), Wisconsin Marriage Records (1836-1907), Wisconsin Death Records (1850-1907), and Wisconsin Civil War Service Records.
  
  
• Wisconsin Historical Collection. 1,000 articles, memoirs, interviews and other primary sources on early Wisconsin history.
  
  
• Wisconsin Historical Society -- Databases and collections.
  
  • American Journeys
  • Civil War Roster of Volunteers
  • Civil War Veterans, 1885
  • Civil War Veterans, 1895
  • Civil War Veterans, 1905
  • Map and Atlas Collection
  • McCormick-International Harvester Digital Collection
  • Oral Histories: Wisconsin Survivors of the Holocaust
  • Register of Historic Places
  • Turning Points in Wisconsin History
  • Wisconsin Architecture & History Inventory
  • Wisconsin Corporations Index
  • Wisconsin County Histories
  • Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
  • Wisconsin Genealogy Index
  • Wisconsin Historic Preservation Database (subscription only)
  • Wisconsin Historical Collections
  • Wisconsin Historical Images
  • Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
  • Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives
  
  
  
• Wisconsin Historical Images. Browse historical images from the 19th and 20th centuries. Find pictures of people and places or purchase reproductions.
  
  
• Wisconsin Historical Society: Genealogy.
   
• Wisconsin Historical Society - Wisconsin Name Index  - Search more than 100,000 obituaries, personal sketches, and other short biographies of Wisconsin people.
   
• Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles. You'll find thousands of historical newspaper articles on Wisconsin people and communities.
   
• Wisconsin Marriages, 1835-1900 - Ancestry.com
   
• Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 - Ancestry.com
   
• Wisconsin Marriage Index 1852-1907 - USGenWeb Archives
   
• Wisconsin Marriage Index, Pre 1907
   
• Wisconsin Name Index 
   
• Wisconsin Naturalization Records  - From the Wisconsin Historical Society.
  
  
• Wisconsin Obituaries Search
   
• Wisconsin Online Name Index. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Search through more than 100,000 obituaries, personal sketches, and other short biographies of Wisconsin people.
   
• Wisconsin Vital Records Searchable Databases. - Pre-1907 Vital Records. Search birth, death, and marriage records by last name, first name, county, and/or year.
  
  
• Wisconsin Vital Records Service