User:AdkinsWH/Sandbox Temp

Guide to Dane County, Wisconsin ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description

 * Madison, Wisconsin History

County Courthouse
Dane County Courthouse 210 Martin Luther King Blvd Madison, WI 53709 Phone. 608.266.4121  Dane County Courthouse 210 Martin Luther King Blvd Madison, WI 53709 Phone. 608.266.4121 Clerk of Courts

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, land and military records; Clerk Court has divorce, probate and court records

Biographies

 * Dane County Briographies USGenWeb Archives

Cemeteries

 * Madison, Wisconsin Cemeteries

Census Records

 * 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 Records

 * Madison, Wisconsin Church Records

Lutheran '''Black Earth


 * Records of Black Earth Lutheran Church in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

'''De Forest


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, De Forest, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

'''First Lutheran Church, Stoughton


 * Records of the First Lutheran Church, Stoughton, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

'''Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mt. Horeb


 * Records of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mt. Horeb, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

'''Madison Norwegian Lutheran Church


 * Records of Madison Norwegian Lutheran Church in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

'''Roxbury


 * Records of Roxbury Lutheran Church in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

'''St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Middleton


 * Records of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Middleton, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

'''Zion Lutheran Church, Madison


 * Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Madison, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Directories

 * Madison, Wisconsin Directories

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin
 * Family Maps of Dane County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Dane 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 Dane County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company G
 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F
 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies A, B, D, F, H, L and M
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Company G (Men were listed in the Roster as being from the city of Albion, which could have been from the counties of Dane, Trempealeau or Jackson.)
 * - 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies A and D
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies E, H and K
 * - 9th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company F
 * - 11th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies A, B, D, F, and G
 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company C
 * - 15th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies B, E and H

Naturalization and Citizenship
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Wisconsin, Dane County Naturalization Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Newspapers

 * Waunakee Tribune (1896-2006) - available electronically online from the Waunakee Public Library; papers hosted by NewspaperArchive.com.
 * Madison, Wisconsin Newspapers

Probate Records
'''Online Records


 * 1800 – 1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry.com — images and index $
 * 1848 – 1948 at FamilySearch — images

Birth

 * 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

 * 1836 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry.com — index/images $

Death

 * 1867 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1835 - 1968 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1959 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce

 * 1965 - 1984 at FamilySearch.org — index

Family History Centers

 * Madison Wisconsin Family History Center
 * Sun Prairie Wisconsin Family History Center

Societies

 * Dane County Area Genealogical Society PO Box 5652 Madison, WI 53705-0652 Website
 * Dane County Historical Society Lussier Family Heritage Center 3101 Lake Farm Road Madison, WI 53711 Telephone: 608-224-3605 Website
 * Cottage Grove Area Historical Society Post Office Box 46 116 W. Reynolds St. Cottage Grove, WI 53527 Website

Websites

 * Dane County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Dane County Genealogy (Wisconsin Genealogy)
 * Dane County WIGenWeb Project
 * Dane County USGenWeb Archives
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records