Dodge County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Dodge 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  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 of Courts 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
A fire in 1877 destroyed birth, marriage, and death records from before that date, though the indexes still refer to the records.

Populated Places
Reeseville - History and Genealogy Archives

Neighboring Counties
Columbia •  Dane  •  Fond du Lac  •  Green Lake  •   Jefferson Washington  •  Waukesha

Cemeteries

 * Dodge County, Wisconsin cemeteries Smaller cemeteries names and location on link page.

Census

 * 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 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 Wisconsin State Census Identifies head of household by name.
 * 1885 Wisconsin State Census 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 Wisconsin State Census Index and images. Identifies head of household by name. Other information is statistical.
 * 1905 Wisconsin State Census Name index and images of population. Enumerates by name all inhabitants.

Church History and Records

 * Church records, 1880-1930 First United Methodist Church in Hartford, Wisconsin. Text in English and German. Contains officials, members, statistics 1880-1899, baptisms, marriages, and deaths 1893-1930. Records also include congregations in Horicon, Clyman and Juneau in Dodge County.

Lutheran

 * Records of the Lutheran Church, Dodge County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).
 * Kripplein Christi Church, Emmet Township
 * St. John's Evangelical Church, Mayville, 1921 Membership list
 * St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ashippun List of foreign-born members (incomplete0
 * St. Peter's Evangelical Church, Lebanon

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
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D;
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Companies C, D, F and H
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D
 * - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D (These men were from the town of Hartford. There is a town of Hartford in both Dodge and Washington Counties.)
 * - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies B, E, and K


 * Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War

World War 1

 * Wisconsin, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918 The draft cards are arranged alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by county or city, and then alphabetically by surname of registrants.
 * Dodge Couny World War I Casualties WIGenWeb Project

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Wisconsin, county naturalization records, 1807-1992 Large number of links all viewable

Newspapers

 * For Dodge and Jefferson counties, order newspaper clippings $
 * Dodge County Newspapers as Genealogy Sources WIGenWeb

Probate Records
Online Records


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

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

Family History Centers

 * Beaver Dam Wisconsin Family History Center

Societies
Dodge County Historical Society 105 Park Ave Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Phone: 920-887-1266 Website

Dodge/ Jefferson County Genealogical Society PO Box 91 Watertown, WI 53094 Website

Birth Records

 * Delayed births, ca. 1937-1941, affidavit delayed births, ca. 1940-1942 [actual birth dates, ca. 1852-1907] Index to registrations of births, 1852-1907" (arranged by birthdate) "Unedited index to registrations of births, 1852-1907" arranged by surname)

The library also has a hard copy index: Index to Wisconsin Delayed and Affidavit Birth Registrations prior to 1 October 1907; 977.5, V22i. Delayed births are arranged by county, then date of registration. Affidavit delayed births are arranged by county, then date of birth.


 * 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

 * Registration of deaths, ca. 1862-1907 Viewable
 * 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

 * Dodge County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Dodge County WIGenWeb Roots Web Ancestry.com
 * Dodge County WIGenWeb Roots Web Ancestry.com