Wisconsin

Welcome to Wisconsin, the Badger State

Featured Content

• The Wisconsin Historical Society has many resources useful to genealogists.
• The Wisconsin Native Races article can help with understanding how to search for Native American ancestors.
• Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries Burial Records

Did You Know?

• The Wisconsin Historical Society has the second-largest collection of newspapers in the United States. Many, including most Wisconsin newspapers, are on microfilm and can be loaned to public libraries through interlibrary loan. Newspapers produced by German and other ethnic groups are especially valuable for research about residents of the state.
• Before the Civil War, the Irish were the second largest immigrant group in Wisconsin. There was also considerable emigration from England, Scotland, Wales, and British North America.
• You can find your nefarious Wisconsin ancestors at Wisconsin Blacksheep Ancestors?

Counties

Wisconsin County Creation Dates and Parent Counties

Extinct or Renamed Counties:

• Bad Ax
• Dallas
• Gates
• La Pointe
• New

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:

• Wisconsin 1855 State Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin 1875 State Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin 1885 State Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin 1895 State Census Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin Death Index 1820-1897 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin, Death Index, 1959-1997 (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Public Library Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin, Marriage Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin Marriages ( FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin 1905 State Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin, Shawano and Oconto Counties, Indexes and Records form the Shawano Family History Center (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Research Tools

• Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a post office or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
• David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
• The Wisconsin GenWeb Project has a wealth of information
• Wisconsin Public Library Websites
• BYU Research Outline for for Wisconsin
• Wisconsin County Histories at Wisconsin Historical Society website

Things You Can Do

In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:

Wisconsin Moderator

The Wisconsin moderator is Alan R. Wambold. Please contact the FamilySearch Wiki administrator if you would like to be the assistant moderator for Wisconsin.