Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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Parent County
1836--Sheboygan County was created 7 December 1836 fromBrown County. County seat: Sheboygan

Neighboring Counties

 * Calumet
 * Fond du Lac
 * Manitowoc
 * Ozaukee
 * Washington

Cemeteries

 * Lists of Cemeteries -- Histopolis
 * List of Cemeteries -- findagrave
 * Map of Cemeteries -- findagrave

Individual cemeteries:


 * Farmin Cemetery, Sheboygan Falls BillionGraves
 * Saron Cemetery, Sheboygan Falls BillionGraves

Directories

 * Manitowoc City Directory - 1875 |
 * Sheboygan City Directory - 1875 | 1884 | 1886 | 1887-8 | 1889-90 | 1891-92 | 1893-94 | 1895-6 | 1897-8
 * The farm journal illustrated rural directory of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (with a complete road map of the county) - 1918

Germans
Volga Germans had many settlements in Sheboygan county. To find out more about Volga Germans click here. This site gives resources to help you with your Volga German research, including a mailing list to help you communicate with others in the same ethnic group. They have indexed and made searchable over 100,000 names. You can search by name or village name and the search leads you to sites where that name or village can be found.

Archives, Libraries, and Museums Biographies Church Records Cemetery Records Court Records Histories Immigration/emigration/migration Maps Newspapers Societies

History

 * History of Sheboygan County (1898) Portrait and biographical record of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States and the governors of the state of Wisconsin (1894)
 * History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, past and present (1921) - Volume 1 (Index) | Volume 2 (Index)
 * Historic Sheboygan County (1975)

Land and Property

 * An illustrated historical atlas of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (1875)
 * Illustrated historical atlas of Sheboygan County (1902)
 * Atlas of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (1916)digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx
 * Atlas of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin (1920)

Maps

 * Simple Map of Sheboygan County Townships
 * Download PDF Map of Sheboygan County -  Wisconsin DOT, shows roads and townships.

Military History and Records

 * Sheboygan's part in the world war (1919)

Newspapers

 * Sheboygan Press -- $ ancestry.com requires subscription
 * Various -- Sheboygan Press Telegram,The Sheboygan Daily Press. Daily Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), The Sheboygan Mercury -- $ ancestry.com requires subscription

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * Sheboygan County Historical Research Center

Family History Centers

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

Vital Records

 * Vital Records Indexes - Rootsweb Freepages

Birth
In the Wisconsin birth index Sheboygan County births are listed as St Croix.

Web Sites

 * Wis Gen Web Sheboygan County
 * Wis Gen Web Archives Sheboygan County
 * Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
 * Sheboygan County Page -  rootsweb
 * ancestry.com Sheboygan County Search -- $ requires subscription  --  currently mostly newspapers
 * Sheboygan County Links -- linkpendium
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Cyndi's List -- Search for or scroll down to "Sheboygan"
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Live Roots
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Genealogy Trails
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Histopolis  -- Nice Cemetery Listing
 * Sheboygan County Links -- Histopolis  -- Nice Cemetery Listing