United States Resources: Wisconsin

    Wisconsin Star square based on Beth Summers' American Quilt Blocks

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Wisconsin Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Wisconsin Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-wi: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Wisconsin--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-wi: Where to write for Wisconsin vital records, Wisconsin genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check Wisconsin Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other Wisconsin Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Wisconsin Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium Wisconsin County Links
  • Wisconsin Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Wisconsin
  • The Wisconsin GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project

    General Resources

  • Wisconsin Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: Wisconsin
  • LDS Research Outline for Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Wisconsin
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Wisconsin Queries
  • Wisconsin Home Page: WPA Life Histories
  • Wisconsin Land Records from the General Land Office (a large searchable database)
  • Census Online: Wisconsin
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Pioneering the Upper Midwest Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
  • Wisconsin Biographies Project
  • Wisconsin Genealogy from the Newberry Library
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Genealogy Helplist
  • Ghost Towns of Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin's towns along the Great River Road and Mississippi River
  • Wisconsin Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Historic House Museums in Wisconsin
  • Case Company History
  • WTMJ-TV Milwaukee 50 Years
  • Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks
  • Northeast Telephone Company History
  • Lake Michigan Lights
  • Lights of Lake Superior
  • Wisconsin Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • Abandoned U.S. 51

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division
  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Archives including
    • African-American Collections
    • Genealogical Collections
    • Ozaukee County Collections
    • And more...
  • Old World Wisconsin Living History in the Heartland
  • Southwest Wisconsin Collections at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville
  • Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
  • Stonefield 1900 Rural Mainstreet
  • Wade House & Wesley Jung Carriage Museum An 1850's Stagecoach Inn

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Wisconsin Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Cemeteries of Southern Wisconsin
  • Greenville Cemeteries Pioneer Cemetery and Wanders Rest Cemetery
  • Cemeteries in the Southern Wisconsin Area

    Ethnic and Religious

  • A History of Strawberry Island
  • Delaware History
  • Huron History
  • Illinois History
  • Iroquois History
  • Kickapoo History
  • Mahican History
  • Mascouten History
  • Menominee History
  • Miami History
  • Ojibwe History
  • Ottawa History
  • Potawatomi History
  • Sauk and Fox History
  • Winnebago History

    Local History and Information

  • Point of Beginnings: Heritage Trails of Southwest Wisconsin
  • Antigo History
  • History of Appleton
  • Appleton Public Library: Local History
  • Ashland City Overview
  • History of Aztalan
  • Baraboo History
  • Beaver Dam History
  • The Founding of Beloit
  • Beloit History
  • History of Berlin
  • Boscobel History
  • The Cassville Story
  • Cedarburg History
  • Cudahy History
  • Delavan History
  • Eagle River History
  • Elkhorn History
  • Early History of Fond du Lac
  • Fond du Lac History
  • Glendale History
  • Town of Grafton History
  • Historical ROADS Records of Grafton
  • Hales Corner History
  • Hartford History
  • 1912 City Directory for Ironwood Michigan & Hurley Wisconsin
  • Jefferson History and Heritage
  • Krakow dates back to late 1800s
  • 1883 Military Pensioners, La Crosse County
  • Historical Data: La Crosse, Wisconsin
  • History of the Village of Little Chute, Wisconsin
  • History of Madison
  • Manitowoc, Wisconsin - History
  • Manitowoc History
  • Menomonee Falls History
  • Menomonie Area History
  • Mequon History
  • Landuse Change in the Chicago/Milwaukee Region
  • Winter's Journey from Milwaukee to Green Bay
  • Monona in the Making
  • 1883 Military Pensioners, Monroe County
  • Monroe County Census
  • Mt. Horeb's History
  • Mt. Vernon's History
  • Mukwonago History
  • Neenah Heritage
  • History of New London
  • History of Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Oshkosh history Oshkosh History
  • Overview of Outagamie County
  • Ozaukee County Draft Riots
  • Perry Township's Past Highlighted
  • Phillips Wisconsin History
  • Platteville History & Heritage
  • Portage History
  • Prairie du Chien History: Three Centuries of Tradition
  • Sauk City/Prairie du Sac History
  • The history of Pulaski
  • The Historic Randall Park Neighborhood
  • Richland County History
  • Riley History
  • Ripon
  • Saint Francis History
  • Sauk City/Prairie du Sac History
  • Shawano County History
  • Sparta History & Heritage
  • Springdale Township History
  • 1883 Military Pensioners, Vernon County
  • The History of Viroqua, Wisconsin
  • 1883 Military Pensioners, Washington County
  • Washington County Biographies
  • Waterford History
  • Waupaca History
  • West Allis History
  • West Bend Town History
  • History of Wisconsin Dells
  • Local History On-Line McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Wisconsin locations
  • Wisconsin from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Wisconsin Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Public Land Survey System (PLSS) Township Index Maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • Civil War, Wisconsin RootsWeb Message Board
  • Wisconsin Civil War Regimental Histories
  • Union Regimental Index: Wisconsin
  • First Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
  • First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
  • First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • First Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • First Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery B
  • Second Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
  • Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
  • Second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • The Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company C The Iron Brigade
  • The Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company H
  • Second Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • Third Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
  • 3rd Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry
  • Third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • History of the Third Regiment of Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865
  • Third Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • 3rd Wisconsin Veteran Volunteer Infantry
  • Fourth Wisconsin Infantry/Cavalry
  • 4th Wisconsin Cavalry
  • 4th Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • Records of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • 5th Wisconsin Battery Light Artillery
  • Fifth Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • History of the 6th Wisconsin Battery
  • 6th Wisconsin Volunteers
  • Sixth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Sixth Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • The Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
  • Seventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Seventh Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • Eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Eighth Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • Ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Ninth Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • Tenth Wisconsin Infantry
  • Tenth Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Eleventh Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • The Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers
  • Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Twelfth Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirteenth Wisconsin Light Artillery
  • Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • 15th Wisconsin The Scandinavian Regiment
  • Fifteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Seventeenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Eighteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Nineteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Twentieth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Twenty-first Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company I
  • Twenty-second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Twenty-third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Company D, Twenty-Third Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers Guppey Guards
  • Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers
  • Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • 28th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (1862-65)
  • Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • 29th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
  • Twenty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirtieth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirty-second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • 33rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
  • Thirty-third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • The Thirty Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry WorldVitalRecords.com ($)
  • Thirty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Thirty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Fortieth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty-first Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Wisconsin 42nd Volunteer Infantry
  • Forty-second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty-third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty Fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty-fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty-sixth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Fiftieth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Fifty-first Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Fifty-second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • Fifty-third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Wisconsin
  • Portage County Historical Society Photo Collection

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
  • Wisconsin Historical Society
  • Wisconsin Genealogical Council
  • Wisconsin Heritage and Lineage Societies

      Ethnic and Religious

    • Peninsula Belgian American Club
    • French Canadian/Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin
    • German Interest Group
    • Huguenot Society of Wisconsin
    • Irish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin

      Lineage

    • Wisconsin Society of Mayflower Descendants
    • The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Wisconsin
    • Wisconsin Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America
    • Daughters of Founders and Patriots
    • Wisconsin Society Daughters of the American Revolution
      • Governor Nelson Dewey Chapter - Maple Bluff
    • Sons of the Revolution in the State of Wisconsin
    • Wisconson Society - Sons of the American Revolution
      • Capt Hendrick Aupaumut Chapter
      • Nathaniel Ames Chapter
    • The Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Wisconsin
    • Wisconsin Society - United States Daughters of the War of 1812
    • Sons of Confederate Veterans - Wisconsin Division
      • Pvt. William Chaney Camp #1782 - Crandon
    • Department of Wisconsin - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
      • Old Abe Camp #8 - Fox Cities
      • Henry Harnden Camp #2 - Madison
      • C. K. Pier Badger Camp #1 - Milwaukee
      • Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing Camp #5 - Saukville
      • Major General John Gibbon Camp #4 - Waukesha
    • Wisconsin Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

      Railroad

    • Chicago and North Western Historical Society
    • Fennimore Railroad Historical Society
    • Great Northern Railway Historical Society
    • Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society

      Special Interest

    • Wisconsin Marine Historical Society

      Regional

    • Gogebic Range Genealogical Society encompassing Gogebic County, Michigan and Iron County, Wisconsin
    • Heart O'Wisconsin Genealogical Society
    • St. Croix Valley Genealogical Society
    • Old Northwest Historical Society - the region northwest of the Ohio River that became Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin

      Local

    • Adams County Historical Society
    • Beloit Historical Society
    • Historic Blooming Grove Historical Society
    • Brown County Historical Society
    • Buffalo County Historical Society
    • Burlington Genealogical Society
    • Dane County Historical Society
    • Dodge/Jefferson Counties Genealogical Society
    • Dunn County Historical Society
    • Fond du Lac County Genealogical Society
    • Fond du Lac County Historical Society
    • Grant County Genealogical Society
    • Grantsburg Area Historical Society
    • Green County Genealogical Society
    • Hales Corners Historical Society
    • Hawks Inn Historical Society
    • Hustisford Historical Society
    • Iowa County Genealogical Society
    • Gogebic Range Genealogical Society encompassing Gogebic County, Michigan and Iron County, Wisconsin
    • La Crosse Area Genealogical Society
    • La Crosse County Historical Society
    • Lafayette County Genealogy Society
    • Lafayette County Historical Society
    • Langlade County Genealogical Society
    • Historic Madison, Inc., Madison's historical society
    • Marathon County Historical Society
    • The Mayville Historical Society
    • The Mazomanie Historical Society
    • McFarland Historical Society
    • Milwaukee County Genealogical Society
    • Milwaukee County Historical Society
    • Mt. Horeb Area Historical Society
    • The Oak Creek Historical Society
    • Outagamie County Historical Society
    • Pewaukee Area Historical Society
    • Port Washington Historical Society
    • Rock County Genealogical Society
    • St. Francis Historical Society
    • Sauk County Historical Society
    • Saukville Area Historical Society
    • Sawyer County Historical Society
    • South Milwaukee Historical Society
    • Stevens Point Area (Portage County) Genealogical Society
    • Taylor County Genealogical Society
    • The Three Lakes Genealogical Society
    • Two Rivers Historical Society
    • Walworth County Genealogical Society
    • Washington County Historical Society
    • Watertown Historical Society
    • Wauwatosa Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Wisconsin Vital Records from the Wisconsin Division of Health
  • Wisconsin Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Wisconsin Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Higginson Book Company
  • Origins
  • SK Publications Wisconsin Census Books and CDs
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