Green County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Green County Wisconsin ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Wisconsin  Green County



County Courthouse
Green County Courthouse 1016 16th Avenue Monroe, WI 53566-2098 Phone. 608.328.9430 Register of Deeds has birth records from 1907, marrage records from 1846, death records from 1878 and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and Court records County Judge has probate records

Parent County
1836--Green County was created 8 December 1836 from Iowa County. County seat: Monroe

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wisconsin County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wisconsin County Boundary Maps" (1790-1961) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Wisconsin Counties see: Wisconsin Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties
Dane •  Iowa  •  Lafayette  •  Rock  •  Stephenson County, Illinois  •  Winnebago County, Illinois

Bible Records

 * Monroe Wisconsin Family Histories

Cemeteries

 * State Line Cemetery, Davis BillionGraves. This cemetery literally straddles the state line, with the bulk of the cemetery, and therefore nearly all of the burials, actually in Illinois. Access, however, is from East State Line Road on the Wisconsin side.
 * Monroe Wisonsin Cemeteries

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free indexed the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be searched 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 indexed the 1885 Wisconsin State Census can be searched 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, Brooklyn, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com

Directories

 * Monroe Wisconsin City Directories

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases Maps of Wisconsin
 * Family Maps of Green County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com Free surname search.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Green 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 Green County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company K
 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company I
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Company I
 * - 5th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company H
 * - 9th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies F and K
 * - 9th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Company B
 * - 13th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company E and Company G with men from Spring Grove, found in Green County and Green Lake County

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Freeport, Illinois newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Green County. The Rock Island Public Library in Rock Island, Illinois provides free access to this database at its library.

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1800 – 1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry.com — images and index $
 * 1848 – 1948 at FamilySearch — images


 * Wisconsin, Probate Estate Files, 1848-1933 - includes files from 1848-1885; via FamilySearch. As of 5/29/11 included images that can only be browsed, not searched.

Repositories
See also a List of Wisconsin Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Monroe Wisconsin Family History Center

Societies
Green County Genealogical Society PO Box 313 Monroe, WI 53566

Green County Historical Society 1503 – 6th St Monroe, WI 53566

Green County Genealogical Society Inc 925 16th Ave Monroe, WI 53566 Phone: 608-921-1537 Website

Albany Historical Society PO Box 464 Albany, WI 53502 Phone:608-862-3423

Brodhead Historical Society PO Box 33 Brodhead, WI 53520 Phone: 608-897-2635

Monticello Area Historical Society W3903 Gilbertson Rd Monticello, WI 53570 Phone: 608-938-4442 Website

New Glarus Historical Society PO Box 745 New Glarus, WI 53574 website

Birth Records

 * 1826 - 1926 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1826 - 1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1836 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry.com — index/images $

Divorce Records

 * 1965 - 1984 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1867 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1835 - 1968 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1959 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index

Web Sites

 * Green County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Green County Genealogical Society
 * Green County Genealogical Society