Wisconsin Historical Records

Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by land area and the 20th-most populous state in the United States. It is divided into 72 counties and as of the 2020 census had a population of nearly 5.9 million. It was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848.

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Wisconsin vital records Wisconsin Deaths 1,704,761 records available Wisconsin Marriages 1,377,232 records available Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1808-1907 1,247,207 records available Wisconsin Divorces 1,086,948 records available Wisconsin, Birth Index, 1808-1920 1,013,525 records available Wisconsin, Death Index, 1808-1909 419,174 records available Wisconsin, Outagamie County Obituaries and Death Notices 407,845 records available Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 2 18,883 records available Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 1 12,145 records available Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 18 615 records available Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 10 613 records available Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 14 606 records available Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 19 593 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in Wisconsin	Wisconsin histories, memories and biographies Wisconsin, Local Literature Records 161,599 records available Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families 1,242 records available Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 18 (1908) 1,204 records available Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 21, Index 1,166 records available Political History of Wisconsin (1900) 1,120 records available Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 10 (1888) 1,118 records available Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 16 (1902) 1,096 records available History of Marathon County, Wisconsin And Representative Citizens (1913) 1,038 records available History of Monroe County, Wisconsin 1,032 records available Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 15 1,030 records available Collections - State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 9 998 records available Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1865, Volume 2 998 records available History of Dane County, Wisconsin 994 records available Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau And Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin 898 records available Illustrated History of the State of Wisconsin (1875) 842 records available History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Volume 1 836 records available Wisconsin, 1906 820 records available State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1874 - 1901 804 records available History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin 750 records available State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1916 750 records available Pionierjahre der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Familien Frank-Kerler in Wisconsin und Michigan 1849-1864: Geschildert aus Briefen Gesammelt und Herausgegeben 664 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in Wisconsin
Wisconsin directories, guides and references Sheboygan, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1958 1,037 records available Wisconsin State Gazetteer And Business Directory, 1891 - 1892, Volume 7, Part 2 1,009 records available Sheboygan, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1960 961 records available History of Iowa County, Wisconsin 948 records available Wisconsin State Gazetteer And Business Directory, 1891-1892, Volume 7, Part 3 923 records available History of Vernon County, Wisconsin 832 records available Wright's Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1945 792 records available Wright's Sheboygan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1946 780 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Wisconsin	Wisconsin military records Wisconsin In the War of the Rebellion, a History of All Regiments And Batteries the State Has Sent To the Field, And Deeds of Her Citizens, Governors And Other Military Officers, And State And National Legislators To Suppress the Rebellion 1,258 records available Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1865 853 records available Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1865 764 records available Story of the Service of Company E and the Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment, Veteran Volunteer Infantry, In the War of the Rebellion 607 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in Wisconsin
Wisconsin government, land, court and wills Land Patents - Wisconsin 187,631 records available Wisconsin, Central Wisconsin Court Registrations 101,123 records available See the entire collection catalog of government, land, court and wills in Wisconsin	Wisconsin newspaper records Wisconsin Newspapers, 1884-2009 2,879,817 pages in 3 newspaper titles See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in Wisconsin

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