Menominee County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Menominee County Courthouse PO Box 279 Keshena, WI 54135 Phone: 715-799-3311 Menominee County Website County Clerk has birth, marriage, death and land records. Register in Probate has probate records. (Note: Shawano and Menominee Counties are served by the same register).

Cemeteries

 * Menominee County (Neopit) St Anthony Cemetery Tombstone Photos USGenWeb Archives

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.

American Indians

 * 1915-1933 Census for Menominee Indians at the Keshena Indian Agency at Menominee Reservation, Keshena, Wisconsin, 1915-1933
 * 1916 Census for Stockbridge Indians, the Keshena Indian Agency at Menomenee Reservation, Keshena, Wisconsin, 1916
 * 1925-1932 Vital records for the Menominee Indians, at Keshena Indian Agency in Menominee Reservation, Keshena, Wisconsin, 1925-1932
 * 1925-1932 Vital records for the Oneida Indians, at Keshena Indian sub-agency in Menominee Reservation, Keshena, Wisconsin, 1925-1932

Land and Property Records

 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database, Menominee County USGenWeb Archives

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Probate Records
Online Records


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

Vital Records

 * Pre-1907 Births, Marriages and Deaths at Archives and Area Research Center, Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay - $, the research center will make a search

Birth

 * 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1826-1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry — index $
 * 1826-1926 at FamilySearch — index

Marriage

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

Death

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

Divorce

 * 1965-1984 at FamilySearch — index

Archives

 * Archives and Area Research Center Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone: 920-465-2539 Email: [mailto:archives@uwgb.edu archives@uwgb.edu] Website Facebook

Libraries

 * Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center 2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 Phone: 920-465-2539 Email: [mailto:archives@uwgb.edu archives@uwgb.edu] Website Facebook

Websites

 * Menominee County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Menominee County USGenWeb Archives
 * Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center
 * - 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