Marquette County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

Description
The County has Montello as its seat and the County was created 1848. The County is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Marquette County Courthouse 77 W Park Street Montello, WI 53949 Phone: 608-297-9136 Marquette County Website Register of Deeds has birth records from 1876, marriage and death records from 1869 and land records. Clerk of Courts has divorce and court records from 1878, and naturalization records between 1868-1936. Register of Probate has probate records from 1890.

Populated Places

 * Marquette County Place Names and Post Office History WIGenWeb Project

Biographies

 * WI Marquette County History Selected Biographical Sketches from the 1890 Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara County History.
 * WI Marquette Ennis Diary
 * Index to the Westfield Centennial History (©2002) WIGenWeb Project

Census Records

 * Marquette County Federal and State Census Transcriptions WIGenWeb project
 * 1855 - 1855 Wisconsin State Census 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.
 * 1865 - 1865 Wisconsin State Census 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.
 * 1875 - 1875 Wisconsin State Census Identifies head of household by name.
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — 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.
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images. Identifies head of household by name. Other information is statistical.
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — Name index and images of population. Enumerates by name all inhabitants.

Church Records

 * WI Marquette Church History and Records of Churches
 * WI Marquette Ev Lutheran Records
 * WI Marquette Churches Marquette County Area Churches and Funeral Homes

Funeral Homes

 * WI Marquette Churches Marquette County Area Churches and Funeral Homes

Genealogies

 * WI Marquette Family Trees

Land and Property Records
Wisconsin Searches at RootsWeb

Local Histories

 * WI Marquette History
 * WI Marquette Places Marquette County, Wisconsin Place Names

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Military Records

 * Marquette County Area G.A.R. Post Founders WIGenWeb project - this site gives information on how to find veterans of the Civil War, World War, and World War II.

Civil War

 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company C
 * - 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company E.
 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company B

Company D, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry Organized in Kilbourn City in the Spring of 1861


 * The Columbia Rifles WIGenWeb project
 * Marquette County Pensioners on the roll in 1883 WIGenWeb project

Korean War

 * Korean War Project

Newspapers

 * Newspaper Articles from Long Ago WIGenWeb project. Articles from various pre-1925 newspapers.

Obituaries

 * Freepages Genealogy Obituary Lookup

Other Records

 * WI Marquette Photo Album

Probate Records
Online Records


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

Vital Records

 * Wisconsin Government Vital Records Index

Birth

 * 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1826-1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry — index $
 * 1826-1926 at FamilySearch — index
 * Selected Pre-1920 Marquette County Births WIGenWeb project

Marriage

 * 1836-1930 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1973-1997 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1973-1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry — index/images $
 * Selected Pre-1920 Marquette County Marriages WIGenWeb project
 * Pre-1907 Marquette County Marriages Index WIGenWeb project

Death

 * 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1835-1968 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1867-1907 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1959-1997 at FamilySearch — index
 * WI Marquette 1860 Mortality Schedule WIGenWeb Project
 * Pre-1920 Marquette County Deaths
 * Wisconsin Obituaries USGenWeb Archives - searchable by surname

Divorce

 * 1965-1984 at FamilySearch — index

Archives

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

Libraries

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

Societies

 * Marquette County Historical Society 125 Lawrence Street PO Box 172 Westfield, WI 53964 Phone: 608-981-2234 Website

Websites

 * Marquette County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Marquette County, US GenWeb Archives
 * Marquette County, WIGenWeb project
 * - 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