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Wisconsin was formed as a state on May 29, 1848. The capital of Wisconsin is Madison. The largest city is Milwaukee. The links directory provides suggestions for a variety of websites to assist in your family history and genealogy research.
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Assorted Resources
- A Guide to Wisconsin Genealogy
- American Local History Network-Wisconsin
- Book Repair and Restoration
- ePodunk
- Genealogy Trails History Group-Wisconsin Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy Wisconsin
- G's Adoption Registry-Wisconsin
- Southeastern Wisconsin History and Genealogy Web Ring
- State Resources -- Wisconsin
- Surname Navigator USA
- The Olive Tree Genealogy-Wisconsin
- USGenWeb-WIGenWeb Project
- Websites at RootsWeb
- Wisconsin Calendar of Lineage Events
- Wisconsin Family History Research-Ancestry.com Wiki
- Wisconsin Genealogy
- Wisconsin Genealogy-Looking 4 Kin Genealogy & Family History Network & Chat
- Wisconsin Genealogy Project
- Wisconsin Genealogy Resources
- Wisconsin Genealogy Resources and WI History Information on County Births, Deaths, Marriages
- Wisconsin Local History Network
- Wisconsin Resources
- Wisconsin State Genealogical Society-Meetings & Conferences
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Blogging
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Cemeteries
- African American Cemeteries Online-Wisconsin
- Browse by State-Wisconsin
- Browse Cemeteries by US County-Wisconsin
- Cemeteries
- Cemetery Directory-Wisconsin Cemeteries
- Cemetery Junction-Wisconsin Cemeteries
- Funeral Home Directory-Wisconsin Funeral Homes
- FuneralHomes.com-Wisconsin Funeral Homes
- Graveyard Rabbit of Southeastern Wisconsin
- Online Wisconsin Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
- The Political Graveyard-Cemeteries in Wisconsin
- USA Funeral Homes Online Directory-Wisconsin
- USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project-Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Cemeteries
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Census Records
- 1840 United States Federal Census-Wisconsin Territory ($)
- 1840 Wisconsin U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1850 U.S. Federal Census Index-States/Territories: IL, IN, MI, MN, WI ($)
- 1850 United States Federal Census-Wisconsin ($)
- 1860 United States Federal Census-Wisconsin ($)
- 1860 Wisconsin U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1870 Wisconsin U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1880 Wisconsin U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War-Wisconsin
- 1890 Wisconsin Special Census of Veterans ($)
- 1900 United States Federal Census-Wisconsin ($)
- 1910 United States Federal Census-Wisconsin ($)
- 1910 Wisconsin U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1920 Wisconsin U. S. Federal Census ($)
- 1930 United States Federal Census-Wisconsin ($)
- 1930 Wisconsin U. S. Federal Census ($)
- Census-US Federal 1860-Wisconsin
- Census Index-U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 ($)
- United States Census, 1860-Wisconsin
- United States Census, 1870-Wisconsin
- United States Census, 1900-Wisconsin
- United States Census, 1920
- United States Census, 1930
- US Federal Census, 1930-Wisconsin
- Wisconsin 1930 US Census Index ($)
- Wisconsin State Census Transcription Project
- Wisconsin State Census, 1855
- Wisconsin State Census, 1885
- Wisconsin State Census, 1905
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Directories
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Ethnic Genealogy
- British Influence on Wisconsin-1763-1814 ($)
- Indian Tribes of Wisconsin
- Oneida Indian Ancestry
- WI-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- WI-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives
- WI-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- WI-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage
- WI-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives
- Wisconsin's German Element ($)
- Wisconsin's German Element ($)
- Wisconsin's Norwegian-American Community-1915 ($)
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Genealogy Guides
- AllPages.com Yellow Pages provides business listings (name, address, phone, fax) for all categories covered under Genealogy, Wisconsin (WI)
- FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide
- ROOTS-L Wisconsin Resources
- Websites: Wisconsin
- Wisconsin
- Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Public Records
- Wisconsin Research Outline
- Wisconsin Resource Guide
- Wisconsin, Genealogy & Family History Network & Chat
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Genealogy Professionals and Volunteers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research-Professional Genealogists-Wisconsin
- Ancestry Genealogy Research Group
- Authentic Origins Professional Genealogical Researcher and Consultation in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa
- Dodge County Wisconsin Genealogy Research
- For Family History Beyond Grandma's Attic
- Lafayette County, Wisconsin Genealogical Reasearch Services
- Milwaukee Area Genealogical Services
- Minnesota Genealogy Research-Wisconsin Genealogy Research
- Professional Genealogists for Western and Mid-Western United States
- Professional Genealogy Research-Milwaukee-Waukesha County-Linking Your Past
- Researcher to the Rescue!
- River City Image Works
- The Info Gopher's Bookstore-L.A.F. InfoResearch, Genealogical Bookstore & Research Service
- Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service
- Wisconsin Genealogical Searches Genealogy Wisconsin
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Government Jurisdictions
- About Counties-Wisconsin
- County Courthouse Addresses
- Find A City, Town, Village, or County In Wisconsin
- Official City Web Sites for the State of Wisconsin
- State Court Web Sites-Wisconsin
- USA CityLink Project-Wisconsin
- Wisconsin-Courts
- Wisconsin Local Community Information
- Wisconsin State Information Resource
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History
- An Illustrated History of the State of Wisconsin-1875
- An illustrated history of the state of Wisconsin-Volume 2, 1875
- An illustrated history of Wisconsin from prehistoric to present periods-The story of the state interspersed with realistic and romantic events
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 1
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 11
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 11 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 12 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 14
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 15
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 16
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 17
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 2
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 20
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 3
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 5
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 6
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 7
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 9
- Dictionary of Wisconsin History
- Events: Earthquake History of Wisconsin
- Events: Wisconsin Tornadoes 1950-1995
- History of Wisconsin
- History of Wisconsin Under the Dominion of France
- In Unnamed Wisconsin-Studies in the History of the Region Between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi
- Leading Events of Wisconsin History-The Story of the State
- Midwest Pioneers-Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. 15 ($)
- Midwest Pioneers-Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. 16 ($)
- Midwest Pioneers-Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. 18 ($)
- Midwest Pioneers-Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. 20 ($)
- Midwest Pioneers-Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. 25 ($)
- Orphan Train
- Pioneering the Upper Midwest-Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
- Religion: A Sketch History of Primitive Baptist Churches in Wisconsin
- Religion: Baptists of Wisconsin-The Baptist Encyclopędia, 1881
- Religion: History of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches and ministers in Wisconsin-including an account of the organization of the convention, and the plan of union
- Religion: Wisconsin
- Religion: Wisconsin Baptist State Convention-The Baptist Encyclopędia, 1881
- The History of Wisconsin
- The History of Wisconsin-Volume I, 1854
- Turning Points in Wisconsin History
- Wisconsin-Its Geography and Topography, History, Geology, and Mineralogy
- Wisconsin Bibliography
- Wisconsin Historical Society-Vol. 30 ($)
- Wisconsin Lynchings, 1849-1891
- Wisconsin magazine of history-(Volume 1, no. 1
- Wisconsin magazine of history-(Volume 5
- Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives-1917-2010, digitized and searchable
- Wisconsin Pioneer Experience-A digital collection of diaries, letters, reminiscences, speeches and other writings of people who settled and built Wisconsin during the 19th century
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Immigration and Naturalization
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Individual Writings
- A Political History of Wisconsin-1900
- Darci's Place of Origins-Featuring New York-Wisconsin Biographies and Resources, Genealogy Lineages, Memoirs, Sketches, Book Indexes All With New York Origins
- Memorial record of the fathers of Wisconsin-Containing sketches of the lives and careers of the members of the constitutional conventions of 1846 and 1847-8
- Sketches of Wisconsin Pioneer Women-Biographies-All with New York Origins
- Wisconsin Biographies
- Wisconsin Biographies Project
- Wisconsin Biography Index-L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library
- Wisconsin Family Group Sheet Project
- Wisconsin GEDCOM Index
- Wisconsin Genealogy-List of published Wisconsin family histories
- Wisconsin Its Story and Biography
- Wisconsin Name Index
- Wisconsin Notable Men ($)
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Land Records
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Legal and Court Records
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Libraries, Museums, and Archives
- American Geographical Society Library
- Circus World Museum-Robert L. Parkinson Library and Research Center
- Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
- Family History Library Catalog
- LIBCAT-US-Wisconsin
- LibDex-The Library Index-Wisconsin
- National Archives and Records Administration
- PublicLibraries-Wisconsin
- Railroad Collections
- Resources for Genealogists and Family Historians
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division
- The Diocese of La Crosse-Chancery Office/Archives
- The World's Largest Library Catalog
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Electronic Library
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library
- Wisconsin Digital Archives
- Wisconsin Library and Library-related Web Sites
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum
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Maps and Related Resources
- 1874 Map of Wisconsin
- Arbuckle Brothers Map, 1889
- Automobile Road Guide de Luxe-1922
- Climatological map of Wisconsin-1878
- County Map Of Michigan, And Wisconsin-1860
- E. United States 1-1883
- Geological map of Wisconsin-1878
- Guide to the Ghost Towns of Wisconsin
- Iowa and Wisconsin-1838
- Iowa and Wisconsin-1841
- Iowa, Wisconsin-1845
- Map of Michigan & Part of Wisconsin Territory-1839
- Map of the State of Wisconsin-1878
- Map of Wisconsin showing congressional and judicial districts-1878
- Map of Wisconsin, showing assembly districts-1878
- Michigan And Wisconsin-1860
- Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin-1872
- Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin-1873
- Michigan, Wisconsin-1870
- Michigan, Wisconsin-1890
- Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1871 Railroad and Post Office Map-Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000 ($)
- Pam Rietsch's 1895 Atlas
- States of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa-1857
- The 1891 Grain Dealers' and Shippers' Gazetteer-For the States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri
- The American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection-University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
- Western states, territories-1830
- Wisconsin-1852
- Wisconsin-1856
- Wisconsin-1875
- Wisconsin-1897
- Wisconsin ($)
- Wisconsin 1895
- Wisconsin County Maps 1790-Present
- Wisconsin Gazetteer-1853
- 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
- Wisconsin Historical County Boundaries-Newberry Library
- Wisconsin Maps
- Wisconsin Maps-U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 ($)
- Wisconsin Points of Interest
- Wisconsin Post Offices
- Wisconsin Postal History
- Wisconsin S. part-1845
- Wisconsin State Atlas, 1930c-Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000 ($)
- Wisconsin, 1900 Railroad Map-Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000 ($)
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Message Boards and Related Resources
- GenWisconsin-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- GenWisconsin-L Mailing List Homepage
- Great Lakes, & Canada Indian Queries-Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario and Manitoba
- Looking 4 Kin Genealogy and Family History-Wisconsin
- WI-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage
- WI-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- WI-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage
- WI-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives
- Wisconsin Genealogy Message Board-Ancestor Explorer
- WISCONSIN-TTTP-L Browseable Mailing List Archives
- WISCONSIN-TTTP-L Mailing List Homepage
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Military
- A Census of Pensioners-includes Territories of Florida, Wisconsin, and Iowa ($)
- Black Hawk WarThe Black Hawk War
- Civil War: 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War-Wisconsin
- Civil War: Civil War Draft in Wisconsin
- Civil War: Civil War Genealogy Database-Military History Online
- Civil War: Official Army register of the volunteer force of the United States Army, 1861-1865-includes Wisconsin Cavalry, Heavy Artillery, Light Artillery and Infantry ($)
- Civil War: Roster of Wisconsin volunteers-War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 ($)
- Civil War: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers-War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, An Online Digital Book from the Wisconsin Historical Society Library
- Civil War: The Civil War Archive-Union Regimental Index
- Civil War: The History of the Civil War Draft in Wisconsin
- Civil War: The Thirty Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry-1st Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Army Corps ($)
- Civil War: U.S. Civil War Regimental Histories in the Library of Congress-Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Civil War: Wisconsin Civil War Pensions Index
- Civil War: Wisconsin Goes to War-Digital Civil War Collection
- Civil War: Wisconsin Goes to War-Digital Civil War Collections
- Civil War: Wisconsin Goes to War-Our Civil War Experience
- Civil War: Wisconsin History Commission Original Papers, No. 4-The Chattanooga Campaign with especial reference to Wisconsin's participation therein
- Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864-Wisconsin
- Florida-Middle & Appalachicola Districts/Wisconsin/Iowa-Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1841 ($)
- List of Ex-Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Living in Iowa-From Wisconsin ($)
- Revolutionary War: Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions-includes Claims of Wisconsin Residents, 1850 ($)
- Spanish American War: The Horace Seaman Wisconsin Infantry collection-The majority of the photos come from Seaman's service with the 4th Wisconsin Infantry in the Spanish-American War of 1898
- Spanish American War: Wisconsin in the Spanish-American War
- U. S. Pensioners, 1818-1872-Wisconsin ($)
- War of War of 1812 Pensioners in Wisconsin, 1883
- Wisconsin Forts
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- World War I: Soldiers of the Great War-Volume III
- World War I: Wisconsin's gold star list-soldiers, sailors, marines, and nurses from the Badger State who died in the federal service during the World War
- World War II: Wisconsin Stories-Struggle, Europe, Pacific and Home Front
- World War II: World War II Casualty and POW Lists-Navy, Marines and Coast Guard
- World War II: World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945-Wisconsin ($)
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Miscellaneous Records
- America's Volcanic Past-Wisconsin
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 1 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 11 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 12 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 13 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 14 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 16 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 17 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 19 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 2 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 20 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 3 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 4 ($)
- Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin-Volume 6 ($)
- Genealogy Surnames in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Handbook-1856 ($)
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Newspapers
- Search Newspapers & Publications ($)
- Wisconsin Newspapers
- Chronicling America-Historic American Newspapers
- Finding Our Ancestors in the News!-Wisconsin
- Home Town News-Wisconsin
- NewsLink-Newspapers-U.S.-Wisconsin
- OnlineNewspapers.com-Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory-Wisconsin
- US Newspaper Links-Wisconsin Newspapers
- Wisconsin
- Wisconsin-Newspapers and News Sources
- Wisconsin Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...Wisconsin
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Obituaries and Related Records
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People in Communities
- Biographical Histories-Wisconsin Biography Project
- Census of the Scattered Bands of Potawatomies in Wisconsin and Michigan, 30 June 1915
- French in Wisconsin
- Native American Research in Wisconsin
- ojibwe info-focusing on Ahnishinahbōjibway, Ojibwe, and Mis genealogy
- Online County and Town Histories-Wisconsin
- The History of Oneida WPA Stories
- Tribes and Villages of Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Wisconsin Biographies Project
- Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
- Wisconsin Territorial Letters (1837-1852)
- WPA Life Histories from Wisconsin
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Periodicals & Pamphlets
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Photographs, Postcards, and Historical Images
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Print and Electronic Resources
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Prisons, Prisoners & Outlaws
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Projects
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Property Records
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Religion and Churches
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Societies
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia-Fox Valley of Wisconsin Chapter
- BIGWILL-British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois
- French Canadian/Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin
- Huguenot Society of Wisconsin
- Irish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin
- Library & Archives
- Links to Wisconsin Heritage & Lineage Societies
- Local History Region Search
- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States-Wisconsin Commandery
- Old Northwest Historical Society
- Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Wisconsin
- The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Daughters of the American Colonists
- Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin Register of Deeds Assocation
- Wisconsin Slovak Historical Society
- Wisconsin Society of Mayflower Descendants
- Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
- Wisconsin State Society U.S.D. 1812
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Transportation
- A History of Agriculture in Wisconsin
- A History of Early Railroad Legislation in Wisconsin-1898
- Ensign & Thayer's Travellers' Guide-Through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin ($)
- History of the Great Lakes-Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine
- The Financial History of Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Historic Light Station Information & Photography
- Wisconsin Railroad Survey-1857 ($)
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Using Search Engines
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Vital Records
- Delayed Birth Index-Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
- Online Wisconsin Death Records & Indexes
- Wisconsin Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Licenses and more
- Wisconsin Births and Christenings-1826-1926
- Wisconsin Death Index-1959-1997
- Wisconsin Death Records (Coffin Plates, Funeral Cards, Obits, Cemeteries, and more)
- Wisconsin Deaths and Burials-1835-1968
- Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 ($)
- Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services-Vital Records Services
- Wisconsin Marriage Project
- Wisconsin Marriages-1836-1930
- Wisconsin Marriages, 1835-1900 ($)
- Wisconsin State Deaths Menu
- Wisconsin Vital Records-VitalChek Express Certificate Service ($)
- Wisconsin Vital Records Information-Obtaining Wisconsin Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Certificates
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Wills and Probate