Dane County WI Genealogy

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Dane Records by Type

Birth Records (7)
Cemetery Records (281)
Census Records (69)
Church Records (50)
City Directories (88)
Death Records (13)
Histories and Genealogies (38)
Immigration Records (12)
Land Records (14)
Map Records (70)
Marriage Records (9)
Military Records (14)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (1)
Newspapers and Obituaries (244)
Probate Records (2)
School Records (73)

Dane County Records by City/Town

Albion Genealogy (49)
Belleville Genealogy (41)
Black Earth Genealogy (53)
Blue Mounds Genealogy (39)
Burke Genealogy (37)
Cambridge Genealogy (46)
Cottage Grove Genealogy (49)
Cross Plains Genealogy (37)
Daleyville Genealogy (36)
De Forest Genealogy (52)
Deerfield Genealogy (58)
Fitchburg Genealogy (37)
Madison Genealogy (361)
Marshall Genealogy (40)
Mazomanie Genealogy (54)
McFarland Genealogy (40)

Middleton Genealogy (53)
Monona Genealogy (42)
Montrose Genealogy (37)
Morrisonville Genealogy (36)
Mount Horeb Genealogy (64)
Oregon Genealogy (49)
Pleasant Springs Genealogy (36)
Primrose Genealogy (38)
Roxbury Genealogy (37)
Springdale Genealogy (38)
Stoughton Genealogy (82)
Sun Prairie Genealogy (63)
Verona Genealogy (42)
Waunakee Genealogy (48)
Windsor Genealogy (39)

Overview of Dane County Records

Dane County was created in 1836 from Crawford, Iowa, and Milwaukee counties.
Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records for 1907 and later can be obtained from the Wisconsin Vital Records Services .
The Dane County Registrar of Deeds has birth records starting in 1860, marriage records starting in 1839, death records starting in 1876, land records starting in 1835, and military records.
The Dane County Clerk Court has divorce records, probate records starting in 1847, and court records starting in 1841.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.