Wisconsin, United States Genealogy

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

Wisconsin Information
Wisconsin is a state in the middle northern part of the United States. It is divided into 72 counties and its capital is Madison. Wisconsin was admitted to the Union as the 30th state on 29 May 1848. It was created from Wisconsin Territory.

Wisconsin Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

Counties
In Wisconsin vital records the county name often is written as a four-letter abbreviation that may resemble another place name: Adam, Fond, Lacr, Winn, Wood, etc.

Extinct or Renamed Counties:

Wisconsin Migration Routes
Chippewa River· Lake Michigan· Lake Superior· Menominee River· Mississippi River· St. Croix River· Wisconsin River· Pecatonica Trail· Great Northern Railway (U.S.)

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
 * FamilySearch Center locator map

Additional Resources

 * Cyndi's List - Wisconsin genealogy sites on the internet
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Trails - Collection of transcribed data for the state of Wisconsin
 * Access Genealogy – Genealogy guide for Wisconsin
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records for Wisconsin
 * Wisconsin Research Outline – Original FamilySearch Library research outline; contains many out of date links
 * Wisconsin County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
 * Wisconsin County Histories at Wisconsin Historical Society website
 * Wisconsin WIGenWeb
 * Wisconsin Biography Project
 * The United States Vessel Enrollments for the Great Lakes region. The transcriptions are from a project that involved an attempt to transcribe all steamboat enrollments for Great Lakes ports prior to 1861, all vessels for Detroit and Cleveland up to 1861, and Buffalo up to 1841 are included in the file. The set includes 5741 enrollments in which just under 2000 individual vessels are named, over 6000 people were identified.
 * Every Name Index