Outagamie County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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County Courthouse
 

Parent County
1851--Outagamie County was created 17 February 1851 fromBrown and Winnebago Counties. County seat: Appleton

Neighboring Counties

 * Brown
 * Calumet
 * Shawano
 * Waupaca
 * Winnebago

Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free unindexed Internet images to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site. 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.

Land
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Wisconsin, Outagamie County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Obituaries
Appleton Public Library Obituary Index: Appleton is situated on the fox River, in Outagamie, Calument and Winnebago counties.


 * Partial index to obituaries and death notices published in Appleton newspapers. There are complete records for 1853-71; 1874; 1920-22; 1939-42; 1944; 1948-52; 1958-1960; 1970; 1980; 1981; 1992-94, and January 1, 2001 to December 6, 2011. Some records from 1848; 1875; 1889; 1899; 1923; 1930; 1945; 1954; 1957; 1969; 1971-73; 1981; 1982; 1987; and 1991 have been indexed.

Probate
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Wisconsin, Outagamie County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Appleton Wisconsin Family History Center