Wisconsin Genealogy Resources

Pertaining to the family research of Mary Hobein.


General Wisconsin Resources

Web Resources

USGenWeb Project: Wisconsin http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/


Outagamie County

Libraries, Archives, Societies

Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St.
Appleton, WI 54911-4780
Old newspapers (some in German), obituaries, city and county directories, state and federal census records; lookups by e-mail to research librarian
UW Regional Research Center Cofrin Library
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Civil, court, probate, naturaliztion records for Outagamie, Shawano and other nearby counties
Archives of the Diocese of Green Bay 1910 S. Webster
P.O. Box 23825
Green Bay, WI 54305
Catholic church records; by appointment only
Fox Valley Genealogical SocietyP.O. Box 1592
Appleton, WI 54913-1592
 
Outagamie County Historical Society330 E. College Ave.
Appleton, WI 54911
(920) 733-8445
 

Specific Church Records

GB: records located at the archive of the diocese of Green Bay.
ChurchLocation Record LocationNotes
St. Mary's2385 N. Municipal Dr.
Greenville, WI 54942
GBHas transcript of tombstones; records start in 1869
St. Joseph's Catholic ChurchAppletonGB Church records start in 1868; cemetery office phone (920) 773-1631
St. Mary's Catholic ChurchAppletonGB 
St. Edward's Catholic ChurchMackvilleGB 
St. Patrick's Catholic ChurchStephensvilleGB 
St. John Nepomuk Catholic ChurchLittle ChuteGB 

Books

Commemorative Biographical Record of Fox River Valley, Wisconsin, J.H.Beers & Co., Chicago, 1895.

Thomas Ryan, History of Outagamie county, Goodspeed Historical Association, Chicago, ca. 1912.

Web Resources

Outagamie County genealogy website http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioutaga/


Waupaca County

Civil, court and similar records are kept at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.

Libraries, Archives, Societies

New London Public Museum (located in Public Library) 406 S. Pearl St.
New London, WI 5496x
(920) 982-8520
Local history, biographies, newspapers, property records, platte maps; very helpful museum staff

Specific Church Records

GB: records located at the archive of the diocese of Green Bay.
ChurchLocation Record LocationNotes
Most Precious Blood Catholic ChurchNew LondonGB Records starting in 1863
St. Rose's Catholic ChurchClintonvilleGB 

Web Resources

Waupaca County genealogy website http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaupac/


Washington County

Libraries, Archives, Societies

Hartford Public Library 115 N. Main St.
Hartford, WI 53027
(414) 693-8240
Extensive genealogy and local history holdings, platte maps, church and cemetery records, obituaries, newspapers
West Bend Community Memorial Library 630 Poplar Street
West Bend, WI 53095
(262)335-5151
Newspapers
Washington County Historical Society340 S. 5th Ave.
West Bend, WI 53095
Citizenship papers, probate records
Hartford Genealogical Society109 North Main St.
Hartford, WI 53027
 

Specific Church Records

HPL: records located at the Hartford Public Library.
ChurchLocation Record Location or LDS film number Notes
Holy Trinity Catholic ChurchNewberg1871122 Item 7-9
1871123 Item 1-5
also includes some other nearby churches
St. Lawrence Catholic ChurchSt. LawrenceHPL
1871622 Item 9-10
1871740 Item 1-2
1851-1920
St. Kilian'sHartfordHPL
1862869 Item 10-12
1864-1920

Books

History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin, Western Historical Company, Chicago IL.

Web Resources

Washington County genealogy website http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwashin/


Dodge County

Libraries, Archives, Societies

Dodge/Jefferson County Genealogical SocietyP.O. Box 91
Watertown, WI 53094
(920) 262-2362
   

Specific Church Records

ChurchLocation Record Location or LDS film number Notes
St. John's Catholic ChurchRubicon  

Books

Schild/Crowfoot Genealogy Rubicon, private publication, 1997 (at the Hartford Public Library, communicated by Lyda Roth Reywaldt).


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Mary Hobein, Woodridge, IL, USA. E-mail: mhobein@hotmail.com

This page prepared by Urs Geiser, January 31, 2008