Jefferson County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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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.

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