Dodge County, Wisconsin Genealogy
Guide to Dodge County, Wisconsin ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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Contents
- 1 County Information
- 2 Resources
- 2.1 Bible Records
- 2.2 Biographies
- 2.3 Business, Commerce, and Occupations
- 2.4 Cemeteries
- 2.5 Census Records
- 2.6 Church Records
- 2.7 Court Records
- 2.8 Directories
- 2.9 Emigration and Immigration
- 2.10 Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
- 2.11 Funeral Homes
- 2.12 Genealogies
- 2.13 Guardianship
- 2.14 Land and Property Records
- 2.15 Local Histories
- 2.16 Maps and Gazetteers
- 2.17 Migration
- 2.18 Military Records
- 2.19 Naturalization and Citizenship
- 2.20 Newspapers
- 2.21 Obituaries
- 2.22 Other Records
- 2.23 Periodicals
- 2.24 Probate Records
- 2.25 School Records
- 2.26 Social Security Records
- 2.27 Tax Records
- 2.28 Vital Records
- 3 Research Facilities
- 4 Societies
- 5 Websites
- 6 Research Guides
- 7 References
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
The County is located in the southeast area of the state.[2]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Dodge County Courthouse
127 E Oak Street
Juneau, WI 53039
Phone: 920-386-3600
Dodge County Website
Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1877.
Clerk of Courts has divorce and court records.
Register in Probate has probate records from 1854.[3]
Dodge County, Wisconsin Record Dates[edit | edit source]
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
1877 | 1877 | 1877 | 1844 | 1877 | 1854 | 1820 |
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
1877 A fire in 1877 destroyed birth, marriage, and death records prior to that date, though the indexes still refer to the records.
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Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
For animated maps illustrating Wisconsin County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wisconsin County Boundary Maps" (1790-1961) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website. |
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]
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Towns | ||
Villages | ||
Unincorporated communities | ||
Census-designated places | ||
Ghost towns | ||
- List of Dodge County Cities, WIGenWeb Project
- Reeseville, History and Genealogy Archives
History Timeline[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
- Nichols Family Bible, USGenWeb Archives
Biographies[edit | edit source]
- List of Persons for whom there is a biographical sketch in the book History of Dodge County Wisconsin 1880, WIGenWeb Project
- Biographical Index to Dodge County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, VOL. I, by Homer Bishop Hubbell, 1913, WIGenWeb Project
- Biographical Index to Dodge County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, VOL. 2, by Homer Bishop Hubbell, 1913, WIGenWeb Project
- The Steiner and Rall Families, WIGenWeb Project
- Autobiography of Alice Minor Hedges, WIGenWeb Project
- Links to Biographies of Hiram F. Bolles, W.D. Fox, Hezekiah Peck Jr., Oscar Peck, and J.R. Sherwood, USGenWeb Archives
Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Historical populations | ||
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Census | Pop. | %± |
1840 | 67 | — |
1850 | 19,138 | 28464.2% |
1860 | 42,818 | 123.7% |
1870 | 47,035 | 9.8% |
1880 | 45,931 | −2.3% |
1890 | 44,984 | −2.1% |
1900 | 46,631 | 3.7% |
1910 | 47,436 | 1.7% |
1920 | 49,742 | 4.9% |
1930 | 52,092 | 4.7% |
1940 | 54,280 | 4.2% |
1950 | 57,611 | 6.1% |
1960 | 63,170 | 9.6% |
1970 | 69,004 | 9.2% |
1980 | 75,064 | 8.8% |
1990 | 76,559 | 2.0% |
2000 | 85,897 | 12.2% |
2010 | 88,759 | 3.3% |
Source: "Wikipedia.org". |
For tips on accessing Dodge census records online, see: Wisconsin Census.
State Census
- 1855 - Wisconsin State Census, 1855 This census includes name of head of family; other individuals in the household are identified by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born. - How to Use this Collection
- 1865 - Wisconsin State Census, 1865 Name index and images of the 1865 State Census which names the head of household. Most records have been destroyed but schedules exist for the following counties: Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan. - How to Use this Collection
- 1875 - Wisconsin State Census, 1875 Identifies head of household by name. - How to Use this Collection
- 1885 - Wisconsin State Census, 1885 — index and images. 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. - How to Use this Collection
- 1895 - Wisconsin State Census, 1895 — index and images. Identifies head of household by name. Other information is statistical. - How to Use this Collection
- 1905 - Wisconsin State Census, 1905 — Name index and images of population. Enumerates by name all inhabitants. - How to Use this Collection
- 1905 - 1905 Wisconsin Census Index - Dodge County, Sell to Selle, WIGenWeb Project
Federal Census
- 1850 - 1850 Federal Census, Index of Dodge County, USGenWeb Archives
- 1870 - Federal Census Index, Dodge County, WIGenWeb Project
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Wisconsin denominations, view the Wisconsin Church Records wiki page.
- Church records, 1880-1930. First United Methodist Church in Hartford, Wisconsin. Text in English and German. Contains officials, members, statistics 1880-1899, baptisms, marriages, and deaths 1893-1930. Records also include congregations in Horicon, Clyman and Juneau in Dodge County.
Lutheran
- Records of the Lutheran Church, Dodge County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives ($).
- Kripplein Christi Church, Emmet Township
- St. John's Evangelical Church, Mayville, 1921 Membership list
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ashippun. List of foreign-born members (incomplete)
- St. Peter's Evangelical Church, Lebanon
- Membership List, 1863 - Immanuel Lutheran Church of Old Lebanon
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Directories[edit | edit source]
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Guardianship[edit | edit source]
Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Wisconsin Land and Property for additional information about early Wisconsin land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
- 1886 Land Sales Reported in Dodge County Pionier, WIGenWeb Archives
- 1895 Land Sales Reported in Dodge County Pionier, WIGenWeb Archives
- 1903 Land Sales Reported in Dodge County Pionier, WIGenWeb Archives
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
for more resources
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
- Old Antique Atlases & Maps of Wisconsin
- Family Maps of Dodge County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com. Free surname search.
Migration[edit | edit source]
Military Records[edit | edit source]
Civil War[edit | edit source]
Regiments. Service men in Dodge served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Dodge:
- - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies B, C, D, K and M
- - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company K
- - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D;
- - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Companies C, D, F and H
- - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D
- - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D(These men were from the town of Hartford. There is a town of Hartford in both Dodge and |Washington Counties.)
- - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies B, E, and K
- Members of the Beaver Dam Rifles, WIGenWeb Project
- Civil War Soldiers, Hustisford, Dodge County, WIGenWeb Project
- Civil War Soldiers, Leroy, Dodge County, WIGenWeb Project
- Civil War Soldiers, Mayville, Dodge County, WIGenWeb Project
- Civil War Diary of Isaac W. Clason, WIGenWeb Project
- Civil War letter from WG Travis to SJ Shaw, Oct 8, 1860, USGenWeb Archives
- 1883 List of Pensioners - Veterans or Dependents, Dodge County, USGenWeb Archives
- Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War
Spanish-American War[edit | edit source]
- Beaver Dam Guards, Company K, WIGenWeb Project
World War I[edit | edit source]
- Wisconsin, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918. The draft cards are arranged alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by county or city, and then alphabetically by surname of registrants.
- Dodge County World War I Casualties, WIGenWeb Project
World War II[edit | edit source]
- Dodge County Army Enlistees (USGenWeb Archives)
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Wisconsin Newspapers Online
- Both WIGenWeb Project and USGenWeb Archives have newspaper resources and articles listed.
- Dodge County Newspapers as Genealogy Sources, WIGenWeb
- For Dodge and Jefferson counties, Order newspaper clippings $
- Partial Index of the Dodge County Pionier, WIGenWeb Project
- Wisconsin Digital Newspaper at Wisconsin State Historical Society
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
- USGenWeb Archives has 21 obituaries listed. Scroll down to the Obituary Heading for the list.
Other Records[edit | edit source]
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Probate records are held by the Dodge Clerk of Circuit Court and are housed at the Dodge Courthouse. See the wiki page Wisconsin Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.
Content: Probate records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, and adoptions.
Online Records
- 1800–1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry — images and index $
- 1848–1948 Wisconsin Probate Estate Files 1848-1948 at FamilySearch — images - How to Use this Collection
School Records[edit | edit source]
Social Security Records[edit | edit source]
- 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
Tax Records[edit | edit source]
Wisconsin tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned property or other items that could be taxed were listed, some residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records. For more information see the Wiki page, Wisconsin Taxation.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Most counties started keeping records in the 1870s. In 1907, the counties began sending copies to the state.
For pre-1907 births, deaths, and marriages, search the Wisconsin Genealogy Index.
For additional information, see Wisconsin Vital Records.
Birth[edit | edit source]
- Delayed births, ca. 1937-1941, affidavit delayed births, ca. 1940-1942 [actual birth dates, ca. 1852-1907] Index to registrations of births, 1852-1907" (arranged by birthdate) "Unedited index to registrations of births, 1852-1907" arranged by surname)
The library also has a hard copy index: Index to Wisconsin Delayed and Affidavit Birth Registrations prior to 1 October 1907; 977.5, V22i. Delayed births are arranged by county, then date of registration. Affidavit delayed births are arranged by county, then date of birth.
- 1820-1907 Wisconsin, Birth Index, 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1826-1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry — index $
- 1826-1926 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1826-1926 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1836-1911 Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1836-1930 Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
- 1973-1997 Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1973-1997 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1973-1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry — index/images $
Death[edit | edit source]
- 1820-1907 Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1835-1968 Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1862-1907 Registration of deaths, ca. 1862-1907. Viewable.
- 1867-1907 Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1894-1895 Deaths of old settlers from 15 Sep 1894 - 29 Aug 1895, WIGenWeb Project
- 1895-1896 Deaths of old settlers from 29 Aug 1895 - 27 Aug 1896, WiGenWeb Project
- Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
- 1959-1997 Wisconsin, Death Index, 1959-1997 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
Divorce[edit | edit source]
- 1965-1984 Wisconsin, Divorce Index, 1965-1984 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Listed below are archives in Dodge County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Wisconsin Archives and Libraries.
- Area Research Center
Polk Library, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
800 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Phone: 920-424-1234
Website
Contact info
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Listed below are libraries in Dodge County. For state-wide library facilities, see Wisconsin Archives and Libraries.
- Polk Library, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Area Research Center
800 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Phone: 920-424-1234
Website
Contact info - Fox Lake Public Library
117 W. State Street
Fox Lake, WI 53933
Phone (920) 928-3223
E-mail:foxlakelibrary@monarchlibraries.org
Website
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Listed below are societies in Dodge County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Wisconsin Societies.
- Dodge County Historical Society
105 Park Ave
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
Phone: 920-887-1266
Website - Dodge/Jefferson County Genealogical Society
504 S Fourth
PO Box 91
Watertown, WI 53094-0091
Phone 920-262-2362
E-mail:dodgejeffersongensoc@gmail.com
Website - Watertown Historical Society
919 Charles Street
Watertown, WI 53094
Phone 920-262-2796
E-mail:whs@watetownhistory.org
Website - Waupun Historical Society
22 S Madison St.
Waupun, Wi. 53963
Phone 920-324-7931
E-mail:waupunhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Facebook
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Dodge County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- Dodge County WIGenWeb Web Ancestry.com
- FamilySearch Catalog - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
Research Guides[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Dodge County, Wisconsin " in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_County,_Wisconsin."
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dodge County, Wisconsin. Page 755-760, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 757-759.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Dodge County, Wisconsin," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_County,_Wisconsin, accessed 6 September 2018.
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