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United States Wisconsin Shawano County

Guide to Shawano County Wisconsin genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Courthouse

Shawano County Courthouse
311 N Main Street
Shawano, WI 54166
Phone: 715.526.9150

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records;
Register in Pro has probate records ^[1]

Historical Facts

Parent County

1853--Shawano County was created 16 February 1853 from Oconto, Waupaca and Winnebago Counties.
County seat: Shawano ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

CITIES:

1. Shawano (county seat)
2. Marion (small portion, majority in Waupaca County)
3. Pulaski (small portion, majority in Brown County)

VILLAGES:

Neighboring Counties

• Brown
• Langlade
• Marathon
• Menominee
• Oconto
• Outagamie
• Portage
• Waupaca

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Cemeteries

• Shawano County Cemetery Project
• Find a Grave Shawano County Map Of Cemeteries
• Find a Grave Shawano County List Of Cemeteries

Census

Church History and Records

Lutheran

First Lutheran Church, Wittenberg

• Records of First Lutheran Church, Wittenberg, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Green Valley

• Records of the American Lutheran Church, Green Valley, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records 

Circuit and County Court case files from 1861-1952 are available at:

Archives & Area Research Center
Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Phone: (920) 465-2539
E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu
Website: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/
Facebook: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives & Area Research Center

Online index available: http://webapps.uwgb.edu/collections/
Circuit Court Look-Up Request form available at: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/requests/

Crime and Criminals

Directories

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Germans

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

• Simple Township Map of Shawano County
• Gif Image of Shawano County, Shows Towns, Major Roads and Population Centers
  
• WIGenWeb A Large Selection of Maps

Migration

Military History and Records

Naturalization and Citizenship 

Declarations of Intention and Naturalization Records from 1858-1949 are available at:

Archives & Area Research Center
Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Phone: (920) 465-2539
E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu
Website: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/
Facebook: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives & Area Research Center
Request form available at: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/requests/

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate Records

• Wisconsin, Probate Estate Files, 1848-1933 - includes Shawano county files from 1861-1933; via FamilySearch. As of 5/29/11 included images that can only be browsed, not searched.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Wisconsin Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

Archives & Area Research Center
Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Phone: (920) 465-2539
E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu
Website: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/
Facebook: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives & Area Research Center

County Courthouse

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Shawano Wisconsin Family History Center

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

 Pre-1907 birth, marriage, and death registrations on microfilm are available at:

Archives & Area Research Center
Cofrin Library, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Phone: (920) 465-2539
E-mail: archives@uwgb.edu
Website: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/
Facebook: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives & Area Research Center
Request forms available at: http://www.uwgb.edu/library/spc/requests/

Voting Registers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• WIGenWeb Shawano County
• USGenWeb Archives Shawano County
• Linkpendium Shawano County

Wiki articles describing  online collections are found at:

• Wisconsin Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Wisconsin, Swanano and Oconto Counties, Indexes and Records form Shawano Family History Center (FamilySearch Historical Records)

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. page 759 Shawano Wisconsin (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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