Online Wisconsin Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Wisconsin Death Indexes

Wisconsin Death Index 1959-1997 (except 1968) (requires payment) part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes these 3 indexes...
- Wisconsin Death Index 1820-1907 435,000 entries (requires payment)
- Wisconsin Birth Index 1820-1907 (requires payment)
- Wisconsin Marriage Index 1973-1997 (requires payment)

Wisconsin Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) includes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/22/1990-Current) and other Wisconsin newspapers (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)

Wisconsin Genealogy Index & Pre-1907 Death Records Index includes pre-1907 birth, death, and marriage records, and 150,000 Wisconsin Name Index records -- biographical sketches, obituaries, and newspaper articles published before 2000 (you can purchase copies of the records for a fee)

Barron County: see the newspaper index in the Dunn County section below
Brown County Cemeteries
Clark County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery burials, Clark County Death Record Indexes 1873-1907, obituaries and other items
Clark County: Obituary Extracts from the Clark County Press, November 1996-2000 (Neillsville, WI)
Dane County: Madison Area Obituaries 1960-present can be searched in the Madison Public Library's online catalog
Dunn County...
- Dunn County Obituaries 1998-2006
- Dunn County Death Records Index Pre-1907
- ARC Newspaper Index for Dunn, Pepin & Barron Counties from 1862-1930 indexes announcements of births, deaths, anniversaries, and probate notices listed in the local newspapers; also has Dunn County cemetery indexes and other items; from the University of Wisconsin - Stout
Fond du Lac County Vital Records Database 1846-1994 & June 2005 to recent issues
Fond du Lac County: Ripon Obituaries and Cemetery Records
La Crosse Public Library Genealogy Index includes obituaries 1904-1959 & 1983-present, plus birth, marriage, divorce & cemetery records
Langlade County Death Index
Langlade County: Obituary Index for Antigo, Wisconsin Newspapers 1880-present
Manitowoc County Cemeteries & Early Death Records also includes other resources
Marathon County Historical Society Obituaries Index also has other genealogy indexes
Milwaukee County...
- Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Cemeteries Database
- Milwaukee County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery transcriptions and many other records
- Milwaukee County: Wisconsin Jewish Death & Burial Index, and Jewish Chronicle Obituary Index also has a marriage records index
Monroe County Death Index pre-1907 gives year of death only
Monroe County Newspaper and Cemetery Indexes also includes other genealogy indexes
Outagamie County: Appleton Public Library Obituary Index includes recent obituaries, plus some from the late 1940s and mid 1800s
Outagamie County: Veterans' Grave Registrations Fox River area
Pepin County: East Pepin Cemetery - Town of Albany includes photos of the grave markers
Pepin County: also see the newspaper index in the Dunn County section above
Racine County: Burlington Area Cemeteries
Richland County: Richland Observer Obituary Index (for various years)
Richland County Death Index to 1998
Rock County Area (South East Wisconsin) Death Index Nov 2001-present death notices & obituaries from the Janesville Gazette (more years being worked on)
Rock County: Janesville Gazette Death Index 1845-1889 lists surnames only
Sauk County...
- Sauk County Probate Index and Obituaries
- Sauk County: Baraboo & Reedsburg Newspaper Indexes includes birth, death & marriage announcements
Shawano County Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery burials, obituaries and more
Stevens Point Area Obituary Index 1872-present (100,000 entries)
Waukesha County: Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society Local Area Cemeteries
Waukesha County GenWeb Site includes cemetery transcriptions and a death index 1820-1907
Waushara County Obituary Database 1864-2005 from the Oshkosh Northwestern & the Waushara Argus newspapers
Winnebago County...
- Winnebago County: Oshkosh Online Obituaries Index 1861 to present
- Winnebago County: Winneconne Vital Records Database "includes many of the births, marriages, and obituaries from all surviving Winneconne newspapers through 2008"
- Winnebago County: Newspaper Vital Records Index, 1977-June 1980 & 2002 to present includes obituaries
Wood County: Index to the Wisconsin Valley Leader 1902-1906 birth, marriage & death notices
Wood County: Marshfield Public Library Genealogy Index indexes some births, marriages, deaths, obituaries and other items from Marshfield newspapers

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