Dodge County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

Description
The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Dodge County Courthouse 127 E Oak Street Juneau, WI 53039 Phone: 920-386-3600 Dodge County Website Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1877. Clerk of Courts has divorce and court records. Register in Probate has probate records from 1854.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:


 * List of Dodge County Cities, WIGenWeb Project
 * Reeseville, History and Genealogy Archives

Bible Records

 * Nichols Family Bible, USGenWeb Archives

Biographies

 * List of Persons for whom there is a biographical sketch in the book History of Dodge County Wisconsin 1880, WIGenWeb Project
 * Biographical Index to Dodge County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, VOL. I, by Homer Bishop Hubbell, 1913, WIGenWeb Project
 * Biographical Index to Dodge County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, VOL. 2, by Homer Bishop Hubbell, 1913, WIGenWeb Project
 * The Steiner and Rall Families, WIGenWeb Project
 * Autobiography of Alice Minor Hedges, WIGenWeb Project
 * Links to Biographies of Hiram F. Bolles, W.D. Fox, Hezekiah Peck Jr., Oscar Peck, and J.R. Sherwood, USGenWeb Archives

Census Records
State Census
 * 1855 - 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. - How to Use this Collection
 * 1865 - 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. - How to Use this Collection
 * 1875 - Identifies head of household by name. - How to Use this Collection
 * 1885 - — 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. - How to Use this Collection
 * 1895 - — index and images. Identifies head of household by name. Other information is statistical. - How to Use this Collection
 * 1905 - — Name index and images of population. Enumerates by name all inhabitants. - How to Use this Collection
 * 1905 - 1905 Wisconsin Census Index - Dodge County, Sell to Selle, WIGenWeb Project

Federal Census
 * 1850 - 1850 Federal Census, Index of Dodge County, USGenWeb Archives
 * 1870 - Federal Census Index, Dodge County, WIGenWeb Project
 * Baaech to Bahl, Bartsch to Baumgarten
 * Baur to Benedix
 * Brill
 * Miscellaneous Surnames: Clifford, Collens, Collins, Cook, Dempsey, Emory to Englerk, Lightske to Lilly, Neugebauer, Suartzvont to Summerfield, Wilson

Church Records

 * Church records, 1880-1930. First United Methodist Church in Hartford, Wisconsin. Text in English and German. Contains officials, members, statistics 1880-1899, baptisms, marriages, and deaths 1893-1930. Records also include congregations in Horicon, Clyman and Juneau in Dodge County.

Lutheran
 * Records of the Lutheran Church, Dodge County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives ($).
 * Kripplein Christi Church, Emmet Township
 * St. John's Evangelical Church, Mayville, 1921 Membership list
 * St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ashippun. List of foreign-born members (incomplete)
 * St. Peter's Evangelical Church, Lebanon
 * Membership List, 1863 - Immanuel Lutheran Church of Old Lebanon

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Land and Property Records

 * 1886 Land Sales Reported in Dodge County Pionier, WIGenWeb Archives
 * 1895 Land Sales Reported in Dodge County Pionier, WIGenWeb Archives
 * 1903 Land Sales Reported in Dodge County Pionier, WIGenWeb Archives

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin
 * Family Maps of Dodge County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com. Free surname search.

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies B, C, D, K and M
 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company K
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D;
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Companies C, D, F and H
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D
 * - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D(These men were from the town of Hartford. There is a town of Hartford in both Dodge and |Washington Counties.)
 * - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies B, E, and K


 * Members of the Beaver Dam Rifles, WIGenWeb Project
 * Civil War Soldiers, Hustisford, Dodge County, WIGenWeb Project
 * Civil War Soldiers, Leroy, Dodge County, WIGenWeb Project
 * Civil War Soldiers, Mayville, Dodge County, WIGenWeb Project
 * Civil War Diary of Isaac W. Clason, WIGenWeb Project
 * Civil War letter from WG Travis to SJ Shaw, Oct 8, 1860, USGenWeb Archives
 * 1883 List of Pensioners - Veterans or Dependents, Dodge County, USGenWeb Archives
 * Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War

Spanish-American War

 * Beaver Dam Guards, Company K, WIGenWeb Project

World War I

 * Wisconsin, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918. The draft cards are arranged alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by county or city, and then alphabetically by surname of registrants.
 * Dodge County World War I Casualties, WIGenWeb Project

World War II

 * Dodge County Army Enlistees (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Surnames Abel-Dykstra
 * Surnames Ebert-Hess
 * Surnames Hickey-Lyle
 * Surnames Maas-Quandt
 * Surnames Raddatz-Sramek
 * Surnames St Ultz-Zweig

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Wisconsin, county naturalization records, 1807-1992

Newspapers

 * For Dodge and Jefferson counties, Order newspaper clippings $
 * Dodge County Newspapers as Genealogy Sources, WIGenWeb
 * Partial Index of the Dodge County Pionier, WIGenWeb Project
 * Both WIGenWeb Project and USGenWeb Archives have newspaper resources and articles listed.

Obituaries

 * USGenWeb Archives has 21 obituaries listed. Scroll down to the Obituary Heading for the list.

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1800–1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry — images and index $
 * 1848–1948 at FamilySearch — images - How to Use this Collection

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Birth

 * Delayed births, ca. 1937-1941, affidavit delayed births, ca. 1940-1942 [actual birth dates, ca. 1852-1907] Index to registrations of births, 1852-1907" (arranged by birthdate) "Unedited index to registrations of births, 1852-1907" arranged by surname)

The library also has a hard copy index: Index to Wisconsin Delayed and Affidavit Birth Registrations prior to 1 October 1907; 977.5, V22i. Delayed births are arranged by county, then date of registration. Affidavit delayed births are arranged by county, then date of birth.


 * 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1826-1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry — index $
 * 1826-1926 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)

Marriage

 * 1836-1911 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1836-1930 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
 * 1973-1997 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1973-1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry — index/images $

Death

 * 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1835-1968 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1862-1907 Registration of deaths, ca. 1862-1907. Viewable.
 * 1867-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1894-1895 Deaths of old settlers from 15 Sep 1894 - 29 Aug 1895, WIGenWeb Project
 * 1895-1896 Deaths of old settlers from 29 Aug 1895 - 27 Aug 1896, WiGenWeb Project
 * Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
 * 1959-1997 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection

Divorce

 * 1965-1984 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection

Archives

 * Area Research Center Polk Library, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh 800 Algoma Blvd. Oshkosh, WI 54901 Phone: 920-424-1234 Website Contact info

Libraries

 * Polk Library, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Area Research Center 800 Algoma Blvd. Oshkosh, WI 54901 Phone: 920-424-1234 Website Contact info

Societies

 * Dodge County Historical Society 105 Park Ave Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Phone: 920-887-1266 Website
 * Dodge/Jefferson County Genealogical Society 504 S Fourth PO Box 91 Watertown, WI 53094-0091 Phone 920-262-2362 E-mail:[mailto:dodgejeffersongensoc@gmail.com dodgejeffersongensoc@gmail.com] Website
 * Watertown Historical Society 919 Charles Street Watertown, WI 53094 Phone 920-262-2796 E-mail:[mailto:whs@watetownhistory.org whs@watetownhistory.org] Website
 * Waupun Historical Society 22 S Madison St. Waupun, Wi. 53963 Phone 920-324-7931 E-mail:[mailto:waupunhistoricalsociety@gmail.com waupunhistoricalsociety@gmail.com] Facebook

Websites

 * Dodge County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Dodge County WIGenWeb Web Ancestry.com
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records