Dane County, Wisconsin Genealogy

United States Wisconsin  Dane County

Guide to Dane County Wisconsin ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.



County Courthouse
Dane County Courthouse 210 Martin Luther King Blvd Madison, WI 53709 Phone. 608.266.4121 Clerk of Courts

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, land and military records; Clerk Court has divorce, probate and court records

Historical Facts

 * Madison, Wisconsin History

Parent County
1836--Dane County was created 7 December 1836 from Crawford, Iowa and Milwaukee Counties. County seat: Madison

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wisconsin County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wisconsin County Boundary Maps" (1790-1961) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Wisconsin Counties see: Wisconsin Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties
Columbia •  Dodge  •  Green  •  Iowa  •  Jefferson  •  Rock  •  Sauk

Cemeteries

 * Dane County, Wisconsin Cemetery records (interment.net)
 * Dane County cemeteries (graveyards.com)
 * Dane County cemetery list (findagrave.com)
 * Madison, Wisconsin Cemeteries

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free indexed searchable images to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search This census includes name of head of family, individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.

1885 Wisconsin State Census— Free indexed searchable images to the 1885 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search This census includes name of head of family, individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.

Church History and Records

 * Madison,_Wisconsin

Lutheran
Black Earth


 * Records of Black Earth Lutheran Church in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

De Forest


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, De Forest, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

First Lutheran Church, Stoughton


 * Records of the First Lutheran Church, Stoughton, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mt. Horeb


 * Records of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mt. Horeb, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Madison Norwegian Lutheran Church


 * Records of Madison Norwegian Lutheran Church in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Roxbury


 * Records of Roxbury Lutheran Church in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Middleton


 * Records of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Middleton, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Zion Lutheran Church, Madison


 * Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Madison, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Directories

 * Madison,_Wisconsin

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin
 * Family Maps of Dane County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Dane County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are many companies or regiments that were formed from men of Dane County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company G
 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F
 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies A, B, D, F, H, L and M
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Company G (Men were listed in the Roster as being from the city of Albion, which could have been from the counties of Dane, Trempealeau or Jackson.)
 * - 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies A and D
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies E, H and K
 * - 9th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company F
 * - 11th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies A, B, D, F, and G
 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company C
 * - 15th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies B, E and H

Newspapers

 * Waunakee Tribune (1896-2006) - available electronically online from the Waunakee Public Library; papers hosted by NewspaperArchive.com.
 * Madison,_Wisconsin

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1800 – 1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry.com — images and index $
 * 1848 – 1948 at FamilySearch — images

Repositories
See also a List of Wisconsin Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

County Courthouse
Dane County's Administrative offices are located in the joint City-County Building at 210 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., directly south of the State Capitol.

This building houses the Register of Deeds office for the county. It is in this office that both deeds and vital records are filed.

Nearest public parking is approximately 2 blocks east in the city garage.

Family History Centers

 * Madison Wisconsin Family History Center
 * Sun Prairie Wisconsin Family History Center

Societies
Dane County Area Genealogical Society PO Box 5652 Madison, WI 53705-0652 Website

Dane County Historical Society Lussier Family Heritage Center 3101 Lake Farm Road Madison, WI 53711 608-224-3605 Website

Cottage Grove Area Historical Society Post Office Box 46 116 W. Reynolds St. Cottage Grove, WI 53527 Website

Birth Records

 * 1826 - 1926 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1826 - 1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1836 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry.com — index/images $

Divorce Records

 * 1965 - 1984 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1867 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1835 - 1968 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1959 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index

Web Sites
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Wisconsin, Dane County Naturalization Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)


 * Dane County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
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