Portage County WI Genealogy
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Overview of Portage County Records
- Portage County was created in 1836 from Brown and Crawford counties (Iowa) and Milwaukee County (Wisconsin).
- Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records for 1907 and later can be obtained from the Wisconsin Vital Records Services .
- The Portage County Registrar of Deeds has birth records starting in 1863, marriage records starting in 1860, death records starting in 1856, and land records starting in 1841.
- The Portage County Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records starting in 1844.
- The Portage County Judge has probate records starting in 1890.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.