Wisconsin Resources
Here are some resources that are available for
genealogical research in Wisconsin:
For vital records, write to:
- Vital Records
1 West Wilson
P.O. Box 309
Madison, WI 53701
Phone: (608) 266-1371
- They have birth and death records since 1857, marriage records since 1836, and divorce records since 1907. Call for costs. Also check the County where event took place.
For information on State Archives & Libraries, write to:
- State Historical Society Of Wisconsin
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 264-6536, (608) 264-6530, (608) 264-6535
- They have census records from 1790-1920, vital statistics, newspapers, published family histories, printed records, wills, baptisms, passenger lists to 1890, Canadian census records, French-Canadian marriage records, unpublished church and cemetery records, war records, visual and sound archives, maps, and naturalizations. Estate records are located at the University of Wisconsin libraries.
For information on state Genealogical Societies, write to:
- Wisconsin Genealogical Council, Inc.
Emil Krause
6083 County Trunks
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-9212
Phone: (715) 435-3683
- Publication: Quarterly Wisconsin Genealogical Council Newsletter.
- Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (WSGS)
2109 20th Avenue
Monroe, WI 53566
Phone: (608) 325-2609
- Publication: Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter.
