Door County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

United States Wisconsin  Door County



County Courthouse
Door County Courthouse 421 Nebraska Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-2204 Phone: 920.746.2200

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, divorce, and land records from 1850; Clerk Court has divorce records from 1900 and court records from 1860; Register in Probate has probate records from 1863

Parent County
1851--Door County was created 11 February 1851 fromBrown County. County seat: Sturgeon Bay

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

Populated Places

 * Washington Island including Detroit Harbor.
 * Liberty Grove (Town of), including villages of Gills Rock, Ellison Bay, and Sister Bay. Also old towns/areas include Rowleys Bay, Appleport, Hedgehog Harbor, North Bay, and North Port.
 * Baileys Harbor, including Peninsula Center
 * Gibraltor (Town of), including villages of Ephraim, Juddville, and Fish Creek. Horseshoe (Eagle) and Chamber Islands.
 * Jacksonport, including West Jacksonport.
 * Egg Harbor, including the village of Egg Harbor and Carlsville.
 * Sevastopol, including villages of Valmy, Institute, and Whitefish Bay.
 * Sturgeon Bay
 * Gardner, including Little Sturgeon Bay
 * Forestville, including Village of Forestville, Carnot, and Maplewood.
 * Nasawaupee, including Idlewild.
 * Union, including Shoemaker Point and Namur.
 * Brussels, including Rosiere and Kohlberg.
 * Clay Banks, including Vignes and Salona.

Neighboring Counties

 * Kewaunee

Cemeteries
Peninsula Genealogical Society Website - Door County Cemeteries indexed and many with photos linked to their stones.

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable index to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the 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 searchable index to the 1885 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the 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.

Lutheran

 * Records of Bay View Lutheran Church, Sturgeon Bay, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records
Circuit Court case files, 1895-1987 available at:

Archives &amp; Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone: (920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Website: www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/ Facebook: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives &amp; Area Research Center

Germans
Norwegians - immigration to Door County, WI. Birth, immigration, marriage, death etc found in the digitized parish registers of Norway www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read

Land and Property
Door County Land Information Portal map.co.door.wi.us/map/ click on map and find past and current land information.

The State of Wisconsin Collection Plat Maps 1899, 1900, 1914, and 1923. digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx Use "volume" forward feature to go to later years.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Naturalization and Citizenship
Declarations of Intention &amp; Naturalizations, 1861-1950 available at:

Archives &amp; Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone: (920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Website: www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/ Facebook: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives &amp; Area Research Center Citizenship Record Request Form located at: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/requests/

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

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Archives &amp; Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone: (920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Website: www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/ Facebook: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives &amp; Area Research Center

Societies

 * Peninsula Genealogical Society - The PGS Website is striving to be a Door County Research Guide, including Cemetery indexes linked with photos of stones as an ongoing project, Pre-1907 Marriage and Death indexes, Obituary index, Bios, and family histories, and where to go to find other sources.
 * Ephraim Historic Foundation - http://www.ephraim.org/ First settled about 1850. It is dedicated to preserving historic documents, artifacts, and buildings.
 * Sister Bay Historical Society - sisterbayhistory.org/history.asp The Sister Bay Historical Society is an affiliate of the Wisconsin Historical Society and a member of the Door County Historical Resource Association.
 * Door County Historical Society - www.doorcountyhistoricalsociety.org/ They include Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Museum, Door County Historic Museum, and Historic Village at the Crossroads.

Pre-1907 Birth, Death, and Marriage registrations available at:
Archives &amp; Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone: (920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Website: www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/ Facebook: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives &amp; Area Research Center Birth, Death, and Marriage Request Forms available at: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/requests/

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

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

Peninsula Genealogical Society

Door County Library / Genealogy