Oconto County, Wisconsin Genealogy

United States Wisconsin  Oconto County

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



County Courthouse
Oconto County Courthouse 301 Washington Street Oconto, WI 54153-1621 Phone: 920.834.6800 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and land records; Clerk Courts has divorce records and court records; Registrar in Probate probate records; Oconto Hist Soc has historical records

Parent County
1851- Oconto County was created 6 February 1851 from Brown County. County seat: Oconto

Neighboring Counties

 * Brown
 * Forest
 * Langlade
 * Marinette
 * Menominee
 * Shawano

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Name index and images of the Wisconsin state population census taken in 1855. This census only identifies the head of family by name. The rest of the census is statistical.

Maps
Images of some land plat books from 1898-1905 may be viewed in the Wisconsin, Shawano and Oconto Counties, Indexes and Records from the Shawano Family History Center collection on the FamilySearch site.

Obituaries
A partial obituary index of original obituaries dated between 1850 and 2007 may be viewed in the Wisconsin, Shawano and Oconto Counties, Indexes and Records from the Shawano Family History Center collection on the FamilySearch site.