Green County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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Parent County
1836--Green County was created 8 December 1836 from Iowa County. County seat: Monroe

Neighboring Counties

 * Dane
 * Iowa
 * Lafayette
 * Rock
 * Stephenson County, Illinois
 * Winnebago County, Illinois

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free unindexed Internet images to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site. This census includes name of head of family, individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Freeport, Illinois newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Green County. The Rock Island Public Library in Rock Island, Illinois provides free access to this database at its library.

Probate

 * Wisconsin, Probate Estate Files, 1848-1933 - includes files from 1848-1885; via FamilySearch. As of 5/29/11 included images that can only be browsed, not searched.