Grand Rapids Genealogy (in Wood County, WI)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Grand Rapids are also found through the Wood County and Wisconsin pages.


Grand Rapids 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

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

Wood County registration of births, ca. 1877-1907 FamilySearch Library

Wood County, Wisconsin, Newspaper Indexes, 1858-1906, Births, Marriages, Deaths FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Census Records

1875 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1885 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1895 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1905 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry 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

Grand Rapids Church Records

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

Grand Rapids 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

Wood County, Wisconsin, Newspaper Indexes, 1858-1906, Births, Marriages, Deaths FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Immigration Records

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Wood County, WI) MyHeritage online

Wisconsin, Federal Naturalization Records, 1848-1992 Ancestry online

Wood County (Wisconsin) naturalization records (1853-1981) and indexes (1906-1991), 1853-1991 FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, August 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, December 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, February 1919 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, October 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, September 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, September 1895 Library of Congress online

Grand Rapids Marriage Records

1808-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Index MyHeritage online

1820-1907 Wisconsin Marriages Ancestry online

1820-2004 Wisconsin Marriage Records Ancestry online

Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907 Ancestry online

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

Wood County, Wisconsin, Newspaper Indexes, 1858-1906, Births, Marriages, Deaths FamilySearch Library

Wood County, Wisconsin, index of marriages, 1908-1920 FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Newspapers and Obituaries

Grand Rapids Daily Tribune 1920-1920 Newspapers.com online

The Grand Rapids Daily Tribune 1900 and 1920 (Grand Rapids, Wisconsin) Ancestry online

The Grand Rapids Tribune 1900-03, 1905-07, and 1909-20 (Grand Rapids, Wisconsin) Ancestry online

Wood County Reporter 1858-1922 Newspapers.com online

Wood County, Wisconsin, Newspaper Indexes, 1858-1906, Births, Marriages, Deaths FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Grand Rapids

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.

Daily Leader. (Grand Rapids [I.E. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1914-1919

Daily Reporter. (Grand Rapids [I.E. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1906-1917

Grand Rapids Tribune. (Grand Rapids [I.E. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1873-1887

Grand Rapids Tribune. (Grand Rapids [I.E. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1900-1920

Wisconsin Valley Leader. (Grand Rapids [I.E. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1902-1918

Wood County Reporter. (Grand Rapids [I.E. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923



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