Dodge County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

United States Wisconsin  Dodge County



County Courthouse
Dodge County Courthouse 127 E Oak Street; Juneau, WI 53039; Phone. 920.386.3600 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1877; Clerk Court has divorce and court records; Register in Probate has probate records from 1854

Parent County
1836--Dodge County was created 7 December 1836 from Brown and Milwaukee Counties.County seat: Juneau

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

Populated Places
Reeseville - History and Genealogy Archives: http://webpages.charter.net/reeseville

Neighboring Counties

 * Columbia
 * Dane
 * Fond du Lac
 * Green Lake
 * Jefferson
 * Washington
 * Waukesha

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free usearchable images to the 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 usearchable images to the 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 Lutheran Church, Dodge County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin
 * Family Maps of Dodge County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Dodge 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 Dodge County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies B, C, D, K and M
 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company K

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

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Beaver Dam Wisconsin Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Dodge County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Dodge County WIGenWeb www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~widodge/index.htm
 * Dodge County WIGenWeb www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~widodge/index.htm