The Wisconsin Historical Society recently released its Pre-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Index. The index includes over 1 million names entered on Wisconsin marriage records dated between 1852 and September 30, 1907.
Vital records, including marriage records, were maintained at the state and/or county level. The Society owns microfilm copies of state level vital records. The online database was created in 2005 by reformatting the state’s microfiche index, adding 27,000 names from delayed birth records, courtesy of the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society, and adding several hundred thousand names from marriage records in counties (Richland through Winnebago) that had not been included on the microfiche index.
The society has been busy. Just a couple of months ago they released their birth index.
To access the indexes, visit http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords
Legacy’s Research Guidance
The next update of Research Guidance will include new links to these databases, making it easier than ever to quickly locate new information about your ancestors.
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