Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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



Church Records

 * Fortieth anniversary of the First Congregational Church, Madison, Wisconsin Viewable
 * Church records of the German Methodist Episcopal Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 1850-1912 original church records, handwritten in German, are in the office of the First United Methodist Church.

Includes index.

Cemeteries

 * (Wisconsin) Civil War soldiers buried at Union Rest Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin Union Rest Cemetery in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison WI.
 * Confederate Rest, Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin The graves in Confederate Rest contain the graves of Confederate soldiers captured at Island No. 10, Tennessee on April 8, 1862. 1,800 Confederate soldiers were captured and brought to Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin as prisoners of war.
 * {https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/527837?availability=Family%20History%20Library Forest Hill Cemetery records (Madison, Wisconsin), ca. 1841-1958]

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City Directories

 * Madison (Wisconsin) city directories 1851, 1855, 1858, 1858-1859, 1866, 1868,1871-1873, 1875-1878,1880-1881,1883-1902,1909,1911,1914,1916,1919,1921,19263,1925,1927,1929,1931,1933,1935
 * Madison, Wisconsin, city directory 1986, 1990

City Maps
Also see County and State Maps

History

 * A history of Madison : the capital of Wisconsin, including the Four Lake country to July 1874, with an appendix of notes on Dane County and its towns Viewable
 * Historical sketch of the public schools of Madison, Wisconsin, 1838-1885 Viewable
 * Reunion of the eleventh and twenty-third regiments of Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry : held at Madison, Wisconsin, September 15 and 16, 1886, with rosters of the veterans in attendance
 * Roster of the Thirtieth Wisconsin Infantry : mustered in, October 18, 1862, Madison, mustered out September 20, 1865 includes rosters.

Neighboring Towns
See populated places on county or state page

Newspapers

 * Madison past and present 1852-1902, Wisconsin State Journal, semi-centennial : [being a souvenir volume to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Wisconsin State Journal]

Societies
Also see County and State Societies

Vital Records
See Dane County Records

Other Possible Resources
County, State, and College