Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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



County Courthouse
Ozaukee County Courthouse 121 W Main Street; PO Box 994; Port Washington, WI 53074 Phone: 262.284.8100 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, and land records from 1853; Clerk of Circuit Courts has divorce, probate and court records; County Treasurer has tax rolls from 1851

Parent County
1853--Ozaukee County was created 7 March 1853 from Washington County. County seat: Port Washington

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
Milwaukee •  Sheboygan  •  Washington  •  Waukesha



Biography

 * Ozaukee County Biographies WIGenWeb project
 * Biographical Sketches USGenWeb Archives

Cemeteries

 * Port Washington, Wisconsin Cemeteries
 * Ozaukee County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives

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.
 * 1905 - 1905 State Census for Ozaukee County Put in the surname, year of census, and county/state. Ancestry/RootsWeb


 * 1850 - 1850 Washington County Census WIGenWeb project. Washington was the parent county of Ozaukee.

Church History and Records

 * Port Washington, Wisconsin Church Records
 * Ozaukee County Churches WIGenWeb project

Lutheran

 * Records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Cedarburg, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Directories

 * Krause's Ozaukee County 1900 Directory WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb
 * Ozaukee County Residential - Rural Classified Directory - 1923-24 WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb
 * Washington-Ozaukee County Farm Directory - 1933 WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb
 * Washington-Ozaukee County Directory - 1938-39 WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb

Germans
Archives, Libraries, and Museums Biographies Church Records Cemetery Records Court Records Histories Immigration/emigration/migration Maps Newspapers Societies

History

 * Old Settlers' Club, from "History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin" USGenWeb Archives

Land and Property

 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database, Ozaukee County USGenWeb Archives

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Military History and Records

 * Official War History of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin by R. B. Pixley (Port Washington, WI: Ozaukee County War History Committee, 1919) (digitized book)

Civil War

 * Civil War Rosters, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin USGenWeb Archives
 * Men Who Enlisted in Ozaukee County WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb
 * 1883 List of Pensioners for Ozaukee County WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb
 * 1890 Veteran's Schedule WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb

World War I

 * Ozaukee County in World War I WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb

World War II

 * Ozaukee County in World War II WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb

Newspapers

 * Ozaukee County Newspapers WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb

Probate Records

 * Ozaukee County Wills WIGenWeb project hosted by RootsWeb

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

Societies
Ozaukee County Historical Society PO Box 206 Cedarburg, WI 53012 Website

Mequon Historical Society 6100 West Mequon Road 112N Mequon, WI, 53092 Telephone: 262-242-3107 E-mail:[mailto:dondorf@execpc.com dondorf@execpc.com] website

Port Washington Historical Society PO Box 491 311 Johnson Street Port Washington, WI, 53074 Telephone: 262-284-7240 E-mail:[mailto:portwashhistorical@yahoo.com portwashhistorical@yahoo.com] Website

Port Washington Historical Society Research Center 101 East Grand Ave Port Washington, 53074 Telephone: 262-376-3190 E-mail:[mailto:pwhsrc@yahoo.com pwhsrc@yahoo.com]

Saukville Area Historical Society 200 N Mill Street Saukville, WI, 53080 Telephone: 262-268-9197 E-mail:[mailto:saha@artin.org saha@artin.org] Website

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 $

Marriage Records

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

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

 * Ozaukee County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Ozaukee County GenWeb
 * Ozaukee County USGenWeb Archives
 * Ozaukee County USGenWeb Archives