Green Lake County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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



County Courthouse
Green Lake County Courthouse PO Box 3188 Green Lake, WI 54941 Phone. 920.294.4005

Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1876, marriage and land records from 1852 and military discharge records from 1945; Clerk of Courts has divorce and court records; Register in Probate has probate records

Parent County
1858--Green Lake was created 5 March 1858 from Marquette County. County seat: Green Lake

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.

Neighboring Counties
Columbia •  Dodge  •  Fond du Lac  •  Marquette  •  Waushara  •  Winnebago

Territorial Census

 * 1847 - 1847 Territorial Census, Dartford Precinct Census Online
 * 1847 - 1847 Territorial Census, Precinct of Green Lake Census Online
 * 1847 - 1847 Territorial Census, Precinct of Tichora (Mackford) Census Online

State 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

 * List of Green Lake County Churches WIGenWeb project

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Civil War
Civil War service men from Green Lake 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 Green Lake County.


 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company C
 * - 11th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company I
 * - 13th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company G with men from Spring Grove found in Green County and Green Lake County

World War I

 * Green Lake County Casualties USGenWeb Archives

Newspapers

 * Green Lake County Newspapers WIGenWeb Project
 * Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers Princeton Public Library

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

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * Princeton Public Library
 * University of Wisconsin Archives and Area Research Center, Oshkosh

Societies
Berlin Area Historical Society PO Box 21 Berlin, WI 54923-0021 Telephone: 920-361-4343 Website

Dartford Historical Society 501 Mill St Green Lake, WI 54941 Telephone: 920-294-6194 Website

Markesan Historical Society PO Box 264 Markesan, WI 53946 Telephone: 920-398-3554 Website

Princeton Historical Society 321 Harvard St Princeton, WI 54968 Telephone: 920-295-6949

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

 * Green Lake County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Princeton Public Library Has links to numerous sites
 * Green Lake County WIGenWeb Project
 * University of Wisconsin Archives and Area Research Center, Oshkosh
 * University of Wisconsin Archives and Area Research Center, Oshkosh