Oconto County WI Genealogy

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Overview of Oconto County Records

• Oconto County was created in 1851 from Brown County.
• Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records for 1907 and later can be obtained from the Wisconsin Vital Records Services .
• The Oconto County Registrar of Deeds has birth records starting in 1876, marriage records starting in 1859, death records starting in 1872, burial records, and land records starting in 1838.
• The Oconto County Clerk Courts has divorce and court records starting in 1857.
• The Oconto County Registrar in Probate has probate records starting in 1857.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.