Marinette County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Marinette County Courthouse 1926 Hall Ave Marinette, WI 54143; Phone. 715.732.7532

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1879; Clerk of Circuit Court has divorce and court records from 1879; Regiser in Probate has probate records from 1879

Parent County
1879--Marinette County was created 27 February 1879 from Oconto County. County seat: Marinette

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.

Populated Places
Towns

Villages


 * Coleman
 * Crivitz
 * Pound
 * Wausaukee

Cities


 * Marinette
 * Niagara
 * Peshtigo

Neighboring Counties


Dickinson County, Michigan •  Florence  •  Forest  •  Menominee County, Michigan  •  Oconto

Cemeteries

 * Marinette County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives

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

 * Marinette County Church Records

Lutheran

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

Court Records
Circuit Court Case Files from 1879-1939 are held at:

Archives and Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone:(920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Facebook

Directories

 * Marinette, Wisconsin City Directories

History

 * Coleman Home Page (includes history)
 * Marinette (includes history)
 * Peshtigo History (includes Peshtigo Fire links)
 * Wausaukee Home Page (includes history)
 * "Richard T. Ely and the development of the Wisconsin cutover" by Robert Gough
 * "Colonizing the Cutover: Wisconsin's Progressive-Era Experiments in Rural Planning" by Susan O. Haswell and Arnold R. Alanen

Land and Property

 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database, Marinette County (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Tax rolls from 1879-1982 ($) are held at:

Archives and Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone:(920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Facebook

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Military History and Records

 * Marinette County War Casualties WIGenWeb project
 * Marinette County Pensioners 1812 - 1865 WIGenWeb project

Civil War
Civil War service men from Crawford 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 Crawford County.


 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company F


 * 1883 list of Pensioners or dependents USGenWeb Archives
 * 1890 Federal Census Special Schedule for Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Widows, etc. USGenWeb Archives

World War I

 * Charles A. Smalley WWI Draft Registration USGenWeb Archives
 * WWI Army Casualties USGenWeb Archives

World War II

 * WWII Army Enlistees (Abbott-Doucette) USGenWeb Archives
 * WWII Army Enlistees (Drewry-Kaufman) USGenWeb Archives
 * WWII Army Enlistees (Kearns-Motowski) USGenWeb Archives
 * WWII Army Enlistees (Muenster-Shevy) USGenWeb Archives
 * WWII Army Enlistees (Sieja-Zorn) USGenWeb Archives

Naturalization and Citizenship
Declarations of Intention and Naturalizations from 1823-1907 are held at:

Archives and Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone:(920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Facebook Citizenship Search and Copy Request form $

Newspapers
Peshtigo Times

Probate Records
Archives and Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone:(920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Facebook Probate Case Look-Up Request form $

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
Archives and Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone:(920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Facebook

University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Digital collections include:


 * Standard atlas of Marinette County, Wisconsin (1912)
 * Sectional map of Marinette County showing ownership of lands, location of churches, cemetaries, school houses, roads, rural mail routes, railroads, etc.; (1905)
 * Yearbooks and other Marinette County local history records (mostly 1920's).

County Courthouse
1926 Hall Ave. Marinette, WI 54143-1717

County Clerk

Family History Centers

 * Marinette Wisconsin Family History Center

Vital Records
Pre-1907 birth, marriage, and death registrations are held on microfilm at:

Archives and Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone: (920) 465-2539 E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu Facebook Birth, Death, and Marriage Request Forms $


 * Ordering Vital Records for Marinette County

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 $
 * Pre-1970 Marinette County Birth Index WIGenWeb Project

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
 * Pre-1907 Marinette County Death Index WIGenWeb Project

Websites

 * Marinette County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * GenWeb for Marinette County
 * GenWeb Archives for Marinette County
 * Marinette, WI &amp; Menominee, MI County Genealogy Site
 * Marinette County Home Page