Kenosha County, Wisconsin Genealogy

United States Wisconsin  Kenosha County

Guide to Kenosha County Wisconsin genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.



County Courthouse
Kenosha County Courthouse 1010 56th Street Kenosha, WI 53140; Phone. 262.653.2552

County Clerk has marriage records from 1900; Register of Deeds has land records; Register in Probate has probate records

Parent County
1850--Kenosha County was created 30 January 1850 fromRacine County. County seat: Kenosha

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

 * Lake County, Illinois
 * McHenry County, Illinois
 * Racine
 * Walworth

Cemeteries

 * Saint George Cemetery BillionGraves
 * Sunset Ridge Memorial Park Cemetery, Kenosha BillionGraves

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable index to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search 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.

1885 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable index to the 1885 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search 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.

Lutheran

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

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Wisconsin

Civil War
Civil War service men from Kenosha 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 Kenosha County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies F and M
 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company G

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Kenosha Wisconsin Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Kenosha County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook