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Adams County, Wisconsin
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Location of Wisconsin in the U.S.
Facts
Founded March 11, 1848
County Seat Friendship
Courthouse
Address Adams County Courthouse
400 Main Street
Friendship WI 53934
Phone (608) 339-4200
Adams County Website
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Contents

Historical Facts

1848--Adams County was created 11 March 1848 from Portage County.  [1]

Populated Places

Boundary Changes

Neighboring Counties

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemeteries

Census Records

  • 1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free Internet indexed images to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be searched on the FamilySearch Record Search. This census includes name of head of family, individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.
  • 1885 Wisconsin State Census  FamilySearch Record Search  Search indexed census.  Identifies by name of head of household.  Other information is statistical and identifies the rest of the household by race, gender and country of birth.

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

Histories

Local Histories

Land and Property

Maps

Military Records

Civil War
World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918
World War II, 1941-1945

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse
Archives
Libraries
Museums
Societies
Family History Centers

School Records

Taxation

Vital Records

Register of Deeds has birth records from 1860, marriage records from 1859, death records from 1873 and land records from 1853; Clerk Court has divorce and court records; Registrar in Probate has probate records. [2]

Birth Records
Marriage Records
Death Records

Voter Registration

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
  2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002)Adams County, Wisconsin, p.755





















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