Sauk County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

Parent County
1840--Sauk County was created 11 January 1840 fromCrawford, Dane and Portage Counties. County seat: Baraboo

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places


Plain

Plain, WI ~ Genealogies of families that immigrated to Sauk County, Wisconsin

Neighboring Counties
Adams •  Columbia  •  Dane  •   Iowa  •  Juneau  •  Richland  •  Vernon

Cemeteries

 * Baraboo, Wisconsin Cemeteries

Census

 * 1855 - 1855 Wisconsin State Census This census includes name of head of family; other individuals in the household are identified by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.
 * 1865 - 1865 Wisconsin State Census Name index and images of the 1865 State Census which names the head of household. Most records have been destroyed but schedules exist for the following counties: Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan.
 * 1875 - 1875 Wisconsin State Census Identifies head of household by name.
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images. Search indexed census.  Identifies by name of head of household.  Other information is statistical and identifies the rest of the household by race, gender and country of birth.
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images. Identifies head of household by name. Other information is statistical.
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — Name index and images of population. Enumerates by name all inhabitants.

Church History and Records

 * Baraboo, Wisconsin Church Records

Lutheran
St. John's Lutheran Church, Reedsburg


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

Zion Lutheran Church, Rock Springs


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

Court Records
Register of Deeds

Directories

 * Baraboo, Wisconsin City Directories

Genealogy
Plain History Genealogy Group Website E-mail: garylhaas2005@yahoo.com

This group meets the second Saturday of January, March, May, September, November. The July meeting is held the third Saturday of the month. The meeting is held at the Kraemer Library and Community Center.

This group has access to unique genealogical and historical information sources.

History

 * Baraboo
 * History Links for Sauk County WIGenWeb project

Land and Property

 * Grantor/Grantee Index (mid 1800's - late 1986) — The index you will be viewing is a scanned version of the index books kept in the Sauk County Register of Deeds vault.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Civil War
Civil War service men from Sauk 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 Sauk County.

Obituaries

 * Old Newspaper Obituaries WIGenWeb project

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

Family History Centers

 * Baraboo Wisconsin Family History Center

Societies
Plain History Genealogy Group meets the second Saturday of January, March, May, September, November. The July meeting is held the third Saturday of the month. The meeting is held at the Kraemer Library and Community Center.

This group has access to unique genealogical and historical information sources.

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

Websites

 * Sauk County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Sauk County WIGenWeb project
 * Sauk County Archives USGenWeb Archives
 * Sauk County Archives USGenWeb Archives