Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Genealogy

United States Wisconsin  Sheboygan County

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



County Courthouse
Sheboygan County Courthouse 615 N 6th Street Sheboygan, WI 53081 Phone: 920.459.3003 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1872; County Courth has divorce, court and naturalization records form 1850; Register in Probate had probate records records form 1850

Parent County
1836--Sheboygan County was created 7 December 1836 fromBrown County. County seat: Sheboygan

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Calumet
 * Fond du Lac
 * Manitowoc
 * Ozaukee
 * Washington

Cemeteries

 * Lists of Cemeteries -- Histopolis
 * List of Cemeteries -- findagrave
 * Map of Cemeteries -- findagrave

Individual cemeteries:


 * Farmin Cemetery, Sheboygan Falls BillionGraves
 * Saron Cemetery, Sheboygan Falls BillionGraves

Directories

 * Manitowoc City Directory - 1875 |
 * Sheboygan City Directory - 1875 | 1884 | 1886 | 1887-8 | 1889-90 | 1891-92 | 1893-94 | 1895-6 | 1897-8
 * The farm journal illustrated rural directory of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (with a complete road map of the county) - 1918

Germans
Volga Germans had many settlements in Sheboygan county. To find out more about Volga Germans click here. This site gives resources to help you with your Volga German research, including a mailing list to help you communicate with others in the same ethnic group. They have indexed and made searchable over 100,000 names. You can search by name or village name and the search leads you to sites where that name or village can be found.

Archives, Libraries, and Museums Biographies Church Records Cemetery Records Court Records Histories Immigration/emigration/migration Maps Newspapers Societies

History

 * History of Sheboygan County (1898) Portrait and biographical record of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States and the governors of the state of Wisconsin (1894)
 * History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, past and present (1921) - Volume 1 (Index) | Volume 2 (Index)
 * Historic Sheboygan County (1975)

Land and Property

 * An illustrated historical atlas of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (1875)
 * Illustrated historical atlas of Sheboygan County (1902)
 * Atlas of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (1916)digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx
 * Atlas of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (1920)

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin
 * Family Maps of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Simple Map of Sheboygan County Townships
 * Download PDF Map of Sheboygan County -  Wisconsin DOT, shows roads and townships.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan County.


 * - 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company A
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies B and F


 * Sheboygan's part in the world war (1919)

Newspapers

 * Sheboygan Press -- $ ancestry.com requires subscription
 * Various -- Sheboygan Press Telegram,The Sheboygan Daily Press. Daily Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), The Sheboygan Mercury -- $ ancestry.com requires subscription

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

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * Sheboygan County Historical Research Center

Family History Centers

 * Sheboygan Wisconsin Family History Center

Vital Records

 * Vital Records Indexes - Rootsweb Freepages

Birth
In the Wisconsin birth index Sheboygan County births are listed as St Croix.

Web Sites

 * Sheboygan County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Wis Gen Web Sheboygan County
 * Wis Gen Web Archives Sheboygan County
 * Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
 * Sheboygan County Page -  rootsweb
 * ancestry.com Sheboygan County Search -- $ requires subscription  --  currently mostly newspapers
 * Sheboygan County Links -- linkpendium
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Cyndi's List -- Search for or scroll down to "Sheboygan"
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Live Roots
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Genealogy Trails
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Histopolis  -- Nice Cemetery Listing
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Histopolis  -- Nice Cemetery Listing