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 Madison Capital Times (3/20/1989-Current); Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1/22/1990-Current) and other Wisconsin newspapers (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
Wisconsin Medical Journal (WMJ) Physician Obituary Database 1903-2008

Wisconsin Genealogy Index & Pre-1907 Death Records Index indexes more than 150,000 Wisconsin obituaries and biographical sketches published before 1999, and 1,000,000 births, 400,000 deaths and 1,000,000 marriages from before September 1907 (you can purchase copies of the records for a fee)

Barron County: see the Dunn County and Eau Claire County sections below
Brown County...
- Brown County Cemeteries
- Green Bay Area Research Center - Genealogy Indexes includes...
  - Brown County Wills and Probate Case Files, 1821-1976
  - Oconto County Wills and Probate Case Files, 1857-1952
  - Outagamie County Probate Case Files, 1853-1958
Calumet County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
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)
Columbia County Cemeteries and Obituaries Indexes
Dane County...
- Dane County: Madison Area Obituaries Index 1960-present can be searched in the Madison Public Library's online catalog
- Dane County: Forest Hill Cemetery Burials (Madison, WI)
Dodge/Jefferson Counties Genealogical Society Indexes some death notices are indexed in their newspaper clippings index; also has some cemetery indexes
Douglas County Cemeteries
Dunn County...
- Dunn County Obituaries 1998-2006
- Dunn County Death Records Index Pre-1907
- Dunn, Barron and Pepin County Genealogy Resources includes ARC Newspaper Index for Dunn, Pepin and 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
Eau Claire County...
- Eau Claire Historical Search - including Obituary and Cemetery Indexes also has a database for Barron County birth, marriage and death notices
- Eau Claire County: City of Eau Claire Cemetery Records Search for Forest Hill and Lakeview Cemeteries
Fond du Lac County...
- Fond du Lac County Vital Records Database 1846-1994 & June 2005 to recent issues indexes many obituaries, funeral notices, marriages and anniversaries in Fond du Lac newspapers
- Fond du Lac County: Ripon Obituaries and Cemetery Records
- Fond du Lac County: Campbellsport Area Cemeteries look for the Campbellsport Historical Society link when you get there
Forest County: Crandon Public Library - Local History Obituary Index 1890-1925, 1992-1994, 2001-2003 and 2005-recent (ongoing project)
Green Lake County - see Winnebago County below
Jefferson County - see Dodge County above
La Crosse Public Library Genealogy Index indexes obituaries 1904-1960, 1968-1969, and 1983-present; also has indexes for birth, marriage, divorce and cemetery records (various years)
Langlade County: Obituary Index for Antigo, Wisconsin Newspapers 1880-present
Langlade County Genealogical Society Cemeteries Index
Madison - see the Dane County section above
Manitowoc County Cemeteries & Early Death Records also includes other resources
Marathon County Cemeteries
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
- Kuryer Polski Death Notice Index 1900-1935 (Milwaukee Polish Language Newspaper)
Monroe County Death Index pre-1907 gives year of death only
Monroe County Newspaper and Cemetery Indexes also includes other genealogy indexes
Oconto County - see Brown County above
Outagamie County...
- Outagamie County: Appleton Public Library Obituary Index 1848-recent not all years included; some years not complete; also has Veterans' Grave Registrations from the War of 1812 to WWI (Fox River area)
- Outagamie County: Kaukauna Newspaper Index for births, obituaries, weddings
- Outagamie County: Kaukauna Cemetery Transcriptions
- Outagamie County - also see Brown County above
Pepin County: East Pepin Cemetery - Town of Albany includes photos of the grave markers
Pepin County: also see the Dunn County section above
Pierce County Cemeteries
Portage County: Cemetery Burials and Stevens Point Area Obituary Index 1864-recent
Racine County: Burlington Area Cemeteries
Richland County...
- Richland County: Newspaper Index of Names with Local Interest 1855-1900 includes birth, marriage and death notices
- Richland County: Richland Observer Obituary Index (for various years)
- Richland County Death Index to 1998
Rock County...
- Rock County: Janesville Gazette Obituaries Index, January 1981-May 1983; and January 1993-present (more years are being worked on)
- Rock County Cemeteries
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
Sheboygan County...
- Sheboygan County: City of Plymouth Cemeteries for Woodlawn and Union Cemeteries
- Sheboygan County: Immaculate Conception Cemetery Burials in Sheboygan, WI
- Sheboygan County Cemeteries and Genealogy Indexes
Walworth County: Lake Geneva Public Library Obituary and Birth Announcement Indexes
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 1864-2006 from the Oshkosh Northwestern & the Waushara Argus newspapers
Winnebago County...
- Winnebago County: Oshkosh Genealogy Indexes includes...
  - Oshkosh Online Obituary Index (for the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern Newspaper 1861 to current)
  - Riverside Cemetery Burials, 1841-1908, an incomplete list
- Winnebago County: Oakhill Cemetery Burials (Neenah, WI)
- Winnebago County: Winneconne Vital Records Database "includes many of the births, marriages, and obituaries from all surviving Winneconne newspapers through 2009"
- Winnebago County: Winneconne Cemetery Burials
- Winnebago and Green Lake Counties: Newspaper Vital Records Index, 1865-1910, 1977-June 1980 & 2002 to current 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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