Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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; Clerk of Circuit Courts has divorce, court and naturalization records form 1850; Register in Probate has 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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties
Calumet •  Fond du Lac  •  Manitowoc  •  Ozaukee  •  Washington

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Sheboygan County -- Histopolis
 * Map of Cemeteries -- findagrave

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.

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

 * The Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University includes information on many colonies where the Volga German immigrants came from, as well as some surnames of immigrants who settled in and around Sheboygan.

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)
 * 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
 * - 9th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company A
 * - 9th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Company A

World War I

 * 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

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

 * Sheboygan County Historical Research Center

Family History Centers

 * Sheboygan Wisconsin Family History Center

Vital Records

 * Vital Records Indexes - Rootsweb Freepages

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


 * 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

 * 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