Milwaukee County WI Genealogy

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Milwaukee Records by Type

Birth Records (14)
Cemetery Records (170)
Census Records (49)
Church Records (216)
City Directories (243)
Court Records (3)
Death Records (22)
Histories and Genealogies (58)
Immigration Records (14)
Land Records (12)
Map Records (42)
Marriage Records (30)
Military Records (15)
Minority Records (7)
Miscellaneous Records (3)
Newspapers and Obituaries (366)
Probate Records (3)
School Records (297)
Tax Records (1)

Milwaukee County Records by City/Town

Brown Deer Genealogy (36)
Cudahy Genealogy (60)
Fox Point Genealogy (36)
Franklin Genealogy (45)
Glendale Genealogy (38)
Granville Genealogy (39)
Greendale Genealogy (46)
Greenfield Genealogy (55)
Hales Corners Genealogy (51)

Milwaukee Genealogy (1,035)
Oak Creek Genealogy (62)
Saint Francis Genealogy (42)
Shorewood Genealogy (50)
South Milwaukee Genealogy (59)
Wauwatosa Genealogy (88)
West Allis Genealogy (111)
Whitefish Bay Genealogy (55)

Overview of Milwaukee County Records

Milwaukee County was created in 1834 from Brown and Iowa counties.
Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records for 1907 and later can be obtained from the Wisconsin Vital Records Services .
The Milwaukee County Registrar of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, and land records starting in 1835.
The Milwaukee County Registrar in Probate has probate records starting 1838.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.