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U.S. - Wisconsin
Category Index
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Also for Wisconsin:
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- AccessGenealogy - Wisconsin Genealogy Resource Center
- American Local History Network - Wisconsin
- Ancestor Search - Wisconsin Genealogy Search Engines
- Ancestors: Resource Guide - Wisconsin
Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
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Ancestry.com - Wisconsin Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Book Repair and Restoration ~ Eau Claire
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family Tree Connection - Wisconsin Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Footnote.com - Wisconsin
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription .
- GenealogyBank.com - Wisconsin
 GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with fee-based subscription .
- Genealogy Buff - Library - Wisconsin Data
Data files for many counties including obituaries, death notices, marriage indexes, death indexes, baptisms, and births.
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Genealogy.com: State Resources -- Wisconsin
- Genealogy Trails History Group - Wisconsin Genealogy Trails
Volunteers working together to transcribe records: biographies, cemeteries, court records, family Bibles, obituaries, newspapers, vitals, marriages, & more.
- Genealogy Wisconsin
- Geneasearch: A Guide to Wisconsin Genealogy
Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
- Ghost Counties - Your Guide To America's Dead, Forgotten Counties
Remembering those counties across America that have been disbanded or discontinued.
- G's Adoption Registry - Wisconsin
- Kindred Trails - Wisconsin Genealogy Resources
- Lineages.com - Wisconsin Research Room
- Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Wisconsin
- Looking 4 Kin - Wisconsin
- The Olive Tree Genealogy - Wisconsin
- Southeastern Wisconsin History and Genealogy Web Ring
- StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - Wisconsin
- 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.
- USGenWeb - WIGenWeb Project
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Websites at RootsWeb
- Wisconsin Calendar of Lineage Events
- Wisconsin Genealogy Project
- Wisconsin Genealogy Resources and WI History Information on County Births, Deaths, Marriages
A collection of Wisconsin genealogical and historical resources. Including military information, marine and shipping history, maps and gazetteers, and county history.
- Wisconsin Local History Network
- Wisconsin State Genealogical Society - Meetings & Conferences
Program and registration forms for the spring and fall seminars.
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Wisconsin in Databases or Wisconsin in Titles
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- 50states.com - Wisconsin State Information Resource
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
- Court Web Sites - Wisconsin
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- Fennimore, Wisconsin Genealogy Information
- Find A City, Town, Village, or County In Wisconsin
- FindLaw: Wisconsin: Courts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- NACo - About Counties - Wisconsin
From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
- Official City Web Sites for the State of Wisconsin
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- State of Wisconsin Information Server
- USA CityLink Project - Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Local Community Information
Detailed information for each county, including when the county was established, geographical information, county government and local information resources, and historical & genealogical societies.
- Yahoo! Get Local...Wisconsin Counties and Regions or Cities
Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.
- Berlin, Wisconsin Public Schools 1882-1883
Lists the teachers and staff and pupils from the school year 1882-1883. Lists former graduates of classes from 1865 thru 1882 and where they were in 1882-1883. There is also a photo of the Berlin High School.
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - Wisconsin
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- Great Lakes Maritime History Project
Great Lakes maritime history, Wisconsin history, Wisconsin immigrants, shipwrecks. The state of Wisconsin has a proud and colorful history. One of its richest and most romantic chapters is its maritime history, staged on the waters of Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, on hundreds of smaller lakes and a whole network of rivers. Much of that fascinating story has been captured in photography and art and this web site brings to the public eye some of its highlights.Wisconsin pioneers of the 1830s and '40s, largely Irish, German and Scandinavian immigrants, came West on paddlewheel steamboats. Lumber from Wisconsin's forests was ferried to the markets of the East by hundreds of tall sailing ships. Fleets of swift "propellers" brought manufactured goods from the Atlantic states to burgeoning Wisconsin cities in the Civil War era, and took back grain and flour and dairy products from Badger State farms. Since the 1860s, natural resources mined in Wisconsin have been transported to distant cities and steel mills by distinctive Great Lakes bulk freighters. The ports of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior became favorite destinations for passenger cruise liners before the end of the Nineteenth Century. And more recently, the St. Lawrence Seaway has brought to Wisconsin's ports literally hundreds of picturesque ocean ships each year.
- The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871
Research guide for genealogists and history buffs to America's most disastrous forest fire which occurred the same day as the more famous, but less deadly Chicago Fire.
- The Milton House Museum Historic Site
Includes information about the Underground Railroad in Wisconsin.
- Oshkosh in 1918: An interdisciplinary study of the 1918 influenza epidemic
- Pioneering the Upper Midwest
Pioneering the Upper Midwest, ca. 1820-1910, contains seventeenth- to early twentieth-century accounts of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin as recorded in 138 books drawn from the Library of Congress's General Collections and Rare Books and Special Collections Division.
- The State of Wisconsin Collection
The State of Wisconsin Collection brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary materials: writings about the State of Wisconsin and unique or valuable materials that relate to its history and ongoing development. Compiled by librarians, archivists, and subject specialists, the collection includes published material as well as archival materials. The materials were digitized from a variety of formats including books, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, maps and other resources deemed important to the study and teaching of the State of Wisconsin. This collection is a work-in-progress. New titles are added frequently. All content is digital and available to the public.
- Wisconsin Electronic Reader
 The Wisconsin Electronic Reader is a cooperative project of the University of Wisconsin General Library System and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in celebration of the sesquicentennial of Wisconsin statehood which includes stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals, postcards and tidbits from Wisconsin history. This excellent site does include relationships to other states and has a SEARCH capability.
- Wisconsin History
A Historical Review From Native Americans Through WWII. Article by Rickie Lazzerini.
- Wisconsin History Links
A comprehensive guide to resources on Wisconsin history on the Internet.
- Wisconsin History Timeline
- Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
Historical and biographical articles preserved in scrapbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The original material was organized into two groups (people and communities) and arranged alphabetically. Most articles were published between 1860 and 1940, though a few published earlier or later than these years are also included. Hundreds of Wisconsin local newspapers, and a few from other states.
- Wisconsin Railroading History Shop
Wisconsin railroads only. New and used books, pre 1950 collectibles, and railroad maps.
- Yahoo!...History...Wisconsin
- Academic Libraries in Wisconsin
- American Geographical Society Library ~ Milwaukee
Reference and research library devoted to the acquisition, analysis, preservation, and retrieval of the literature of geography, cartography, and related fields. Located at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Library
- Circus World Museum: Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center ~ Baraboo, Wisconsin
Collections of paper, photographic and sound materials relating to circus life.
- Cofrin Library - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
- The Diocese of La Crosse - Chancery Office/Archives
- Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- FamilySearch - Family History Centers in Wisconsin
A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
- LIBCAT: US - Wisconsin
A directory of library resources on the Internet.
- LibDex - The Library Index - Wisconsin
A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
- Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - Wisconsin
- Newberry Library | Genealogy Bibliographies - Wisconsin
- Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library ~ Madison, Wisconsin
- PublicLibraries.com - Wisconsin
- Repositories of Primary Sources: Wisconsin
A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library
- United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives
List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Electronic Library
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library
- Wisconsin Family History Centers
A list of addresses, phone numbers and hours of operation from the Genealogy Home Page.
- Wisconsin Conference United Methodist Church Commission on Archives & History ~ Sun Prairie
- Wisconsin Electronic Reader
 The Wisconsin Electronic Reader is a cooperative project of the University of Wisconsin General Library System and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in celebration of the sesquicentennial of Wisconsin statehood which includes stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals, postcards and tidbits from Wisconsin history. This excellent site does include relationships to other states and has a SEARCH capability.
- Wisconsin Historical Society Library ~ Madison
- Wisconsin Library and Library-related Web Sites
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
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GenWisconsin Mailing List
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GERMANS-WI Mailing List For the discussion of the genealogy, history, and culture of Germans in Wisconsin from Territorial times to present including immigrants from all parts of Germany, Pomerania, Saxony, etc. Discussion of migration patterns, immigration, heraldry, historical sketches, settlements, census data, wills, family Bibles, vital records, web sites, etc. is encouraged. In addition, seasonal (holiday) traditions relative to favorite German recipes handed down from generation to generation will be allowed. Archives: browse or search.
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MI-WI-ROOTS-L Mailing List Michigan & Wisconsin.
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NISHNAWBE Mailing List For anyone researching Native Americans in Michigan and Wisconsin, and the fur traders connected with them.
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WI-AfriGeneas Mailing List To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within Wisconsin.
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WI-CEMETERIES Mailing List For anyone interested in locating and preserving historical information about Wisconsin cemeteries.
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WI-CIVIL-WAR Mailing List For anyone with a genealogical interest in the role of Wisconsin and its people during the Civil War. Archives: browse or search.
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WI-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List For the sharing of original Wisconsin source material such as wills, deeds, bible records, tax lists, cemetery files, pension applications, obituaries, old letters, marriage lists, etc. with other Wisconsin researchers.
- Yahoo! Groups: wibelgians - Belgians in Wisconsin
For those interested in sharing and/or finding out more about the immigration and settlement of the Belgians in Wisconsin. This is also a place to ask questions and hopefully learn more about your own ancestry!.
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - Wisconsin
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - Wisconsin
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - Wisconsin
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - Wisconsin
Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
- Color Landform Atlas: Wisconsin
Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
- County Maps - Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Downloadable PDF format Wisconsin County Maps. Maps show township names and boundries as well as town and range numbers.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Making of America Books - Wisconsin gazetteer
From the University of Michigan. Wisconsin gazetteer, containing the names, location and advantages of the counties, cities, towns, villages, post offices, and settlements,together with a description of the lakes, water courses, prairies, and public localities, in the state of Wisconsin, alphabetically arranged: by John Warren Hunt, 1853.
- Map of Wisconsin Counties
- MapQuest: World Atlas: Wisconsin
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Wisconsin Maps
From The University of Texas at Austin.
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RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
- U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - Wisconsin County Selection Map
- U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - Wisconsin
At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library
- Wisconsin County Maps, 1901
- Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
- Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - Wisconsin
Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.
- 4th Wisconsin Cavalry
- 11th Wisconsin Infantry Homepage
- 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry - The Scandinavian Regiment
Includes Regimental History, Regimental Rosters, Soldier Profiles, & Memories of the War.
- 26th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers
- 28th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
- 42nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Unit history & complete roster of all companies.
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Ancestry.com Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Bits of Blue and Gray - December 2001 - "OLD ABE"
Story about the Eagle mascot of Company C, 8th Wisconsin Regiment.
- The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - Wisconsin
- Civil War Journal of James B. LOCKNEY, Wisconsin 28th Regmt., Co. G
- Civil War Rosters - Wisconsin
List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
- Finding Your Civil War Ancestor in Wisconsin
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Wisconsin
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865
All soldiers known to have participated in Wisconsin's Civil War regiments. Searchable by surname or regiment. Gives basic data: when enlisted, residence at enlistment, if died, wounded or prisoner, when mustered out.
- Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Association, Inc.
History of Wisconsin in the civil war - civilian and military.
- St. Croix Valley Civil War Round Table
The SCVCWRT in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Wisconsin
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum Memorials Catalog Page
Documents over 680 memorials dedicated to Wisconsin veterans. These memorials are located throughout the State of Wisconsin, the United States, & overseas.
- WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic Posts Page
- Wisconsin Goes to War: Digital Civil War Collections
From the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh.
- Wisconsin's Gold Star List Soldiers, Sailors, Marines And Nurses Casualties For WWI
This extensive list of casualties from Wisconsin provides details of the hometown, age, unit, location of death, and cause of death, for those soldiers, sailors, marines, and nurses who all gave their life in World War I.
- Wisconsin Veterans Home - King, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- Wisconsin World War II Stories
- World War I Military Portrait Index
Index to 3,192 photographs of World War I military personnel from Milwaukee County at the Milwaukee Public Library.
- ABYZ News Links - Wisconsin - Newspapers and News Sources
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Ancestry.com Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- GenealogyBank.com - Historical Newspapers - Wisconsin
 GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with fee-based subscription .
- Home Town News - Wisconsin
Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
- NewsDirectory.com: Newspapers: Wisconsin
- NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | Wisconsin
- Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - Wisconsin
- NewspaperLinks.com - Wisconsin
- TheOldenTimes.com: Old Wisconsin News
Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: Wisconsin
- ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - Wisconsin Newspapers
- The United States Newspaper Program
Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
- US Newspaper Links - Wisconsin Newspapers
- World-newspapers.com - Wisconsin Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...Wisconsin
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Wisconsin
- Belgian-American Research Collection
Subjects: Belgian-Americans, Belgian communities in Wisconsin, Belgian immigrants, oral histories, Waloon-speaking Belgians. A pilot project was undertaken in 1975-1976 to establish a Belgian-American Ethnic Resource Collection in the Special Collections Department of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Cofrin Library. The objective was to record the undocumented historical, social, and cultural legacy of this unique ethnic group. In an effort to make this unique historical and cultural collection more accessible, a project was undertaken to digitize components of the materials. The photographs, oral history tapes and abstracts, and select publications from the Belgian American Resource Collection have been scanned. As time permits and technology changes, additional materials will be made available digitally.
- Biographical Histories - Wisconsin Biography Project
An index of biographies found in historical publications statewide.
- Census of the Scattered Bands of Potawatomies in Wisconsin and Michigan, 30 June 1915
Carter, Forest County, Wisconsin (Potawatomi Indians) 1915 Census performed by W.W. Bennett, Superintendent, for Commissioner of Indian Affairs, United States Indian Service, Department of the Interior.
- Early African American Settlers
The largest rural African American settlement of freed and newly free slaves in the state of Wisconsin. Began in 1850 - 1940. Detailed info on Arms and Shivers families.
- French in Wisconsin
Historical material on French settlement in Wisconsin, with emphasis on Pepin County.
- GEDCOM Index .com - Wisconsin
Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.
- The History of Oneida WPA Stories
 Oneida Indian researcher and author Susan G. Daniels has recently completed a major project: transfering over 11,000 written pages of Oneida Indian history onto 13 CD's. This work involves the work of a number of Oneida's who were involved in the Work Progress Administration (WPA) writing projects during the 1930's on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin. This collection of stories holds a wealth of information and may provide the resources needed for valuable genealogy research.
- ICARE - Wisconsin Adoptee - Birth Family Registry
- Native American Research in Wisconsin
- Transplanted but not Uprooted: 19th-Century-Immigrants from Hessen-Darmstadt in Wisconsin
Between 1839 and 1860, some 2,000 people from Rheinhessen, one of the three provinces of Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, emigrated to Wisconsin where they clustered in several counties, especially Milwaukee, Washington, and Sheboygan.
- Tribes and Villages of Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Biographies Project
- Wisconsin Blacksheep Ancestors
Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.
- Wisconsin Historical Society - Wisconsin Name Index
Search more than 100,000 obituaries, personal sketches, and other short biographies of Wisconsin people. These texts originally appeared in 150 county and local histories, dozens of professional directories and biographical encyclopedias, more than 60 scrapbooks containing 30,000 obituaries, and in Wisconsin magazines and newspapers. Thousands include portraits and other illustrations. Users can search the database with a last name, first name, maiden name, time frame, and various other details. Photocopies of biographical sketches, articles, and obituaries can all be ordered online through our online genealogical research service.
- Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
Historical and biographical articles preserved in scrapbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The original material was organized into two groups (people and communities) and arranged alphabetically. Most articles were published between 1860 and 1940, though a few published earlier or later than these years are also included. Hundreds of Wisconsin local newspapers, and a few from other states.
- Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
Features: Wisconsin pioneers, Norwegian immigrants (to Wisconsin), Oneida Indians, early Wisconsin settlement (pre-1850), English immigrants (to Wisconsin), early Milwaukee settlement, Scottish immigrants (to Wisconsin), German immigrants (to Wisconsin), Norwegian immigrants to the Eau Claire (Wisconsin), African-American settlement of Pleasant Ridge (now Beetown, WI) and WPA collected and transcribed recollections of Superior (Wisconsin) area pioneers.
- WPA Life Histories from Wisconsin
Manuscripts from the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1940, Library of Congress.
Magazines, journals, quarterlies, newsletters, pamplets, leaflets
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Wisconsin
Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - Wisconsin
Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
- Old-Yearbooks.com - Wisconsin
Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - Wisconsin
Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
- Authentic Origins Professional Genealogical Researcher and Consultation in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa
- Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in Wisconsin or Specializing in Wisconsin
- Carolyn Brady Historical Research
Local historical and genealogical research services in southeastern Wisconsin.
- C W Genealogy and Computers
Full service Genealogy service located in Central Wisconsin in Wisconsin Rapids, WI near the geographical center of Wisconsin.
- Dodge County Wisconsin Genealogy Research
Genealogy research with a personal touch for Dodge County Wisconsin, and the surrounding counties of Washington and Fond du Lac.
- For Family History Beyond Grandma's Attic
Professional Genealogist for Minnesota and Wisconsin.
- genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for Western and Mid-Western United States
Including the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
- Genealogy Research Wisconsin
Specializing in pre-1907 Wisconsin vital records.
- Heirs and Roots
With more than 25 years experience in genealogical research, Elizabeth Herzfeld offers assistance in southeastern Wisconsin.
- The Info Gopher's Bookstore - L.A.F. InfoResearch, Genealogical Bookstore & Research Service ~ Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Genealogical and educational books and CDs. Langlade County, Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service.
- Joan Benner - Golden Rule Genealogy
Professional genealogical research focusing on Adams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Portage, Waushara and Wood Counties in Wisconsin.
- Lafayette County, Wisconsin Genealogical Reasearch Services
- Marathon County Genealogical Research
Certificates, obits, histories, cemeteries, census, etc.
- Milwaukee Area Genealogical Services
Carl Baehr, Certified Genealogist, provides research and genealogical services for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Metro Area.
- Minnesota Genealogy Research - Wisconsin Genealogy Research
Shake My Tree Genealogy Service. We provide genealogy services for cemeteries, obituaries, marriages and births as well as special requests in the Minnesota area and Western Wisconsin. We cover Ramsey, Washington, Dakota, and Hennepin Counties in Minnesota, and St. Criox County in Wisconsin.
- Professional Genealogy Research | Milwaukee | Waukesha County | Linking Your Past
Research Service in Milwaukee and Waukesha County Wisconsin or surrounding communities.
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Wisconsin
A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
- Rasch Research - Genealogy Research in Wisconsin
Research services in Waukesha and Milwaukee Counties, Wisconsin.
- Researcher to the Rescue!
Genealogy research for southern Wisconsin.
- River City Image Works
Photo restoration and manipulation.
- SMG Research
Complete Genealogical Research for Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
- Wiscigan Genealogy Service ~ Rhinelander, Wisconsin
a genealogical research firm that performs investigations across the norhtern two-thirds of Wisconsin and western Upper Michigan.
- Wisconsin Ancestors
Cemetery surname lists, obituaries and family group sheets for sale. Covering all of Washington and Ozaukee counties, Wisconsin and portions of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Dodge, Sheboygan, Fond du Lac counties with some focus on Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Marathon, Outagamie and Wood counties.
- Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service
Fee-based online service from the Wisconsin Historical Society, allows researchers to request a search of Wisconsin pre-1907 birth, marriage and death records.
- Wisconsin Genealogical Searches Genealogy Wisconsin
Professional searches concentrating on, but not limited to, Western Wisconsin.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Wisconsin
 The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- AncestorSpy - CDs and Microfiche for Wisconsin
- Arphax Publishing Co. - Home of the Family Maps Land Patent Books
The Family Maps Land Patent Books are published county by county, state by state. Data for each county is compiled from the Federal Land Patents database and displayed in these customized books. All books include a Patent Map and Patent Index for each of the Congressional Townships within the county. Deluxe Editions also include for each Township: a Road Map and a Historical Map, which includes waterways, watercourses & railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include city-centers and cemeteries that can be found at NationalAtlas.gov. All books contain a separate Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the county to find the location of your ancestor's federal land purchase. Family Maps books are a helpful visual reference tool that makes your federal lands research easier than ever.
- Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books - Wisconsin
- Books We Own - Wisconsin
Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
- eBay Listings: Search for Wisconsin Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- Genealogical.com - Wisconsin
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
- Heritage Books: Wisconsin
- Higginson Book Company - Wisconsin
- The Info Gopher's Bookstore - L.A.F. InfoResearch, Genealogical Bookstore & Research Service ~ Antigo, Langlade County, Wisconsin
Genealogical and educational books and CDs. Langlade County, Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service.
- Kinseeker Publications
- Origins Genealogy Book Store - Wisconsin
- Park Genealogical Books
Specialists in genealogy and local history for Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota and the surrounding area.
- Quintin Publications | Wisconsin
- SK Publications Census CDs and Books - Wisconsin
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- AccessGenealogy - Wisconsin Census Records
Census links for online census research.
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Ancestry.com - Wisconsin Census, 1820-90 Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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Ancestry.com Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
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Ancestry.com - Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Source: Wisconsin State Census, 1895 Microfilm, 10 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Census, 1905. Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Census of the First Christian and Orchard Parties of Oneida Indians
Residing at Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory, taken by Henry S. Baird, U.S. Commissioner, on November 15, 1838.
- Census of the Scattered Bands of Potawatomies in Wisconsin and Michigan, 30 June 1915
Carter, Forest County, Wisconsin (Potawatomi Indians) 1915 Census performed by W.W. Bennett, Superintendent, for Commissioner of Indian Affairs, United States Indian Service, Department of the Interior.
- Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Wisconsin
- Census Records for Genealogy & Local History
Guide to the Federal and Wisconsin state censuses including dates, information recorded & availablity. From the McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
- Digitalarkivet - Norwegians in US
Searchable online database of 1850, 1860, 1870, and primarily 1880 US censuses for various states. Individuals listed are identified on the censuses as being from Norway.
- Family Search Record Search
Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
- HeritageQuest - US Federal Census Schedules Available on Microfilm
Digitized images of the complete US Census from 1790 to 1930 for sale on microfilm.
- Index to 1910 Federal Census for Berlin Township, Marathon County, Wisconsin
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- USGenWeb Archives
- Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records: Original Field Notes and Plat Maps
The field notes and plat maps of the public land survey of Wisconsin are a valuable resource for original land survey information, as well as for understanding Wisconsin's landscape history. The survey of Wisconsin was conducted between 1832 and 1866 by the federal General Land Office. This work established the township, range and section grid; the pattern upon which land ownership and land use is based. The survey records were transferred to the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands after the original survey was completed. Since that time, these records have been available for consultation at the BCPL's office in Madison, as hand-transcriptions, and more recently on microfilm. Now, they are being made available via the internet as electronic images.
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Ancestry.com - Wisconsin Land Records Searchable database available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com - WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - Wisconsin Scanned images available by subscription.
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Ancestry.com Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Before the Needles - Wisconsin
A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in Wisconsin. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- The Bureau of Land Management -- Eastern States, General Land Office
The Official Land Patent Records Site. This site has a searchable database of over two million pre-1908 Federal land title records, including scanned images of those records. The Eastern Public Land States covered in this database are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin.
- Clerks of Court (COC) Directory
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County Courthouse Addresses
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- Native American Land Patents - Wisconsin
A listing by state and Tribe of land patents.
- PSGA - St. Casimir School Class 1879-1880 ~ Newton, Wisconsin
- Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
Library of Congress American Memory online exhibit.
- Public Records Online
Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
- Records Room: Wisconsin Counties, United States
- Wisconsin Historical Society - 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 Land Records -- Interactive Search
Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents from the BLM
- Wisconsin Naturalization Records
From the Wisconsin Historical Society. This is an outstanding web site about Naturalization in general and Wisconsin records in particular.
- USGenWeb Archives
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Ancestry.com - Obituary Collection Searchable databases available by subscription. A compilation of obituaries published in newspapers, collected from various online sources.
- Northeast Wisconsin Obituary Page
Scanned and transcribed obituaries from several Northeast Wisconsin newspapers.
- ObitsArchive.com - Wisconsin
 The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices in the United States. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person, to make searching easier and more precise. In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information.
- The Obituary Link Page - Wisconsin Obituary Links
Also includes links to cemetery resources.
- USGenWeb Archives
- Wisconsin Historical Society - 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.
- Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for Wisconsin
Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
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Ancestry.com Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Applying for Copies of Wisconsin Vital Records
From the Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services. Includes fee schedule and summary of how to apply for copies of vital records.
- Birth Records
Information from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
- Death Records
Information from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
- Marriage Records
Information from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
- MyVitalRec.com - Wisconsin Vital Records
Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.
- Pre-1907 Vital Records Index
Online searchable index from the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Pre-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index was made by digitizing a microfiche index and then expanding it with tens of thousands of delayed births, or births that were filed many years after the event, that were previously indexed separately. The result is free public access to more than 1 million Wisconsin births, dating from the 1840s through 1907. The index can be searched by surname or browsed by county & year. When an ancestor is found, a copy of the birth record may then be ordered online for a fee. The Society plans to add pre-1907 death and marriage indexes in the near future.
- VitalChek Network - Wisconsin
- vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Wisconsin
Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
- Vital Records US - Wisconsin Vital Records
Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.
- VitalSearch - Wisconsin (USA): Wisconsin State Vital Records
Searchable online indexes.
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Wisconsin
From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
- Wisconsin Historical Society - 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 Marriages, Weddings & Genealogy
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Fox Valley of Wisconsin Chapter
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter
- BIGWILL - British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois
An organization of individuals (mostly from Wisconsin and Illinois) who are interested in British Isles ancestry and genealogical research in the British Isles.
- French Canadian/Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin
The society's objective is to foster and encourage interest and research in French Canadian and Acadian genealogy, heritage, and culture.
- Grand Army of the Republic Posts in Wisconsin
From the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
- Huguenot Society of Wisconsin
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows - Wisconsin
Jurisdictions for the IOOF, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
- Irish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin
- Links to Wisconsin Heritage & Lineage Societies
- Midwest Archives Conference
- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States - Wisconsin Commandery
- Old Northwest Historical Society ~ Ohio
Dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the history of the Old Northwest Territory. The region northwest of the Ohio river that became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
- Society Hill: Wisconsin Genealogy
A list of addresses for genealogical and historical societies in the state.
- The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Wisconsin
- Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Wisconsin
- Soo Line Historical and Technical Society
- United States Daughters of 1812 Wisconsin
The society requires lineal descent from an ancestor who rendered military, naval or civil service between the close of the American Revolutionary War in 1783 and the close of the War of 1812 in 1815, Military service may be in any one of sixteen recognized engagements between those dates.
- Wisconsin Daughters of the American Colonists
- Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin Marine Historical Society
- Wisconsin Register of Deeds Assocation
The Register of Deeds files, records, and issues instruments and documents of significance both to the community as a whole and to its individual citizens. Includes information on birth & death records and land records documenting title.
- Wisconsin Slovak Historical Society
- Wisconsin Society Daughters of the American Revolution
- Wisconsin Society of Mayflower Descendants
- Wisconsin Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
- Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
The oldest and largest statewide genealogical organization in Wisconsin. Founded in 1939, WSGS now has over 1,400 members both within and outside of Wisconsin.
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