Jefferson County, Wisconsin Genealogy

United States Wisconsin  Jefferson County

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



County Courthouse
Jefferson County Courthouse 320 S Main Street Jefferson, WI 53549-1718 Phone. 920.674.7140 Reg of Deeds has birth and marriage records from 1850, death record from 1840 and land records from 1838; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records from 1851 and court records from 1843; Registrar in Probate has probate records from 1840

Parent County
1836--Jefferson County was created 7 December 1836 from Milwaukee County. County seat: Jefferson

Neighboring Counties

 * Dane
 * Dodge
 * Rock
 * Walworth
 * Waukesha

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable index of 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 of 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, Johnson Creek, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Civil War
Civil War service men from Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies D, E and K

Newspapers
For Dodge and Jefferson counties, order newspaper clippings from www.dodgejeffgen.com