Jefferson Genealogy (in Jefferson County, WI)

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Jefferson 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

Jefferson County (Wis.) registration of births, ca. 1870-1907 FamilySearch Library

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

Jefferson Cemetery Records

Christberg Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cushman Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jefferson Township Catholic cemeteries : St. Coletta (Hwy. 18, east of Jefferson), St. Lawrence (Hwy. 18, east of Jefferson), St. John the Baptist (Dewey Av e., Jefferson) FamilySearch Library

Jefferson Township cemeteries : Greenwood (Greenwood Ave., Jefferson), Union (Dewey Ave., Jefferson) FamilySearch Library

McLery Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Union Cemetery Interment online

Union Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jefferson Census Records

1855 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

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

Jefferson Church Records

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

Jefferson 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

Jefferson Immigration Records

Jefferson Co., Wisconsin naturalizations FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records (1842-1945) and index to naturalizations (1849-1950) --, 1842-1950 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1877-1949, Jefferson County, Wisconsin FamilySearch Library

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

Wisconsin, Federal Naturalization Records, 1848-1992 Ancestry online

Jefferson Land Records

Jefferson County (Wis.) deeds (1838-1904) and index to deeds (1838-1900) --, 1838-1904 FamilySearch Library

Jefferson Map Records

Bird's eye view map of Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin 1870. Library of Congress online

Jefferson, 1870 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, December 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, December 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, December 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, January 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, October 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, September 1884 Library of Congress online

Jefferson Marriage Records

1808-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Index MyHeritage online

1820-1907 Wisconsin Marriages Ancestry online

1820-2004 Wisconsin Marriage Records Ancestry online

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

Jefferson Newspapers and Obituaries

Probate notices published in Jefferson, Wisconsin newspapers, 1853- 1879 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Jefferson

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.

Jefferson Banner. (Jefferson, Wis.) 1863-1987

Jefferson County Republican. (Jefferson, Wis.) 1860-1863

South Edition Advertiser. (Jefferson, Wis.) 1960s-Current

Weekly Jeffersonian. (Jefferson, Wis.) 1854-1861

Jefferson Probate Records

1800-1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Probate notices published in Jefferson, Wisconsin newspapers, 1853- 1879 FamilySearch Library

Jefferson School Records

Jefferson High School yearbook, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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