Alma Genealogy (in Jackson County, WI)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Alma are also found through the Jackson County and Wisconsin pages.


Alma Birth Records

1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

1808-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index Ancestry online

1808-1920 Wisconsin Birth Index MyHeritage online

Jackson County [Wisconsin] registration of births, ca. 1876-1907 FamilySearch Library

Jackson County, Wisconsin index to births FamilySearch Library

Wisconsin, Birth Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Alma Cemetery Records

East Lawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Houghtonburg Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

Stanford Cemetery Find a Grave online

Stanford Cemetery Billion Graves online

Alma Census Records

1855 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1865 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1875 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1885 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1895 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1905 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Alma in Jackson County, Wisconsin LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

WI Census Special Schedule Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows Town of Alma 1890 US Gen Web Archives online

Alma Church Records

1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

St John church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Alma Death Records

1808-1909 Wisconsin Death Index MyHeritage online

1959-2004 Wisconsin Death Records Ancestry online

Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997 Ancestry online

Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 Ancestry online

Wisconsin, Death Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Alma Immigration Records

Naturalization records, 1853-1963 FamilySearch Library

Wisconsin, Federal Naturalization Records, 1848-1992 Ancestry online

Alma Land Records

Deed records, 1854-1946 [Jackson County, Wisconsin] FamilySearch Library

Alma Marriage Records

1808-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Index MyHeritage online

1820-1907 Wisconsin Marriages Ancestry online

1820-2004 Wisconsin Marriage Records Ancestry online

Wisconsin Compiled Marriages for Select Counties, 1835-1900 Ancestry online

Wisconsin, Marriage Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Alma Newspapers and Obituaries

The Wisconsin Leader : Index 1877 Through 1899 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Alma

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Alma Center News. (Alma Center, Wis.) 1901-1933

Alma Journal and Beef Slough Advocate. (Alma, Wis.) 1860s-1860s

Alma Journal. (Alma, Wis.) 1863-1860s

Alma Weekly Express. (Alma, Wis.) 1860s-1879

Buffalo County Journal. (Alma, Wis.) 1861-1863

Buffalo County Journal. (Alma, Wis.) 1879-1985

Buffalo-Pepin County Journal. (Alma, Wis.) 1985-Current

Alma Probate Records

1800-1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Alma School Records

Alma High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lincoln High School yearbook, 1974, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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