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Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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Guide to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Fond du Lac
Organized: December 7, 1836
Parent County(s): Brown[1]
Neighboring Counties
Calumet • Dodge • Green Lake • Sheboygan • Washington • Winnebago
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Courthouse
Fond du Lac county courthouse.jpg
Location Map
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County Information

Description

The county was named for Fond du Lac which is French for "bottom of the lake". The county is located in the southeast area of the state.[2]

County Courthouse

Fond du Lac County Courthouse
160 S. Macy Street
Fond du Lac, WI 54935-4241
Phone: 920-929-3000
Fond du Lac County Website

Register of Deeds has birth records from 1847, marriage records from 1844, death records from 1868 and land records.
Clerk of Courts has divorce and court records.
Probate Office has probate records.
Veterans Office has military records. [3]

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1847 1844 1868 1844 1836 1839 1820
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1907. General compliance year unknown.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]

Cities
Towns
Villages
Unincorporated communities
Census-designated places
Townships
Ghost towns


History Timeline

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Wisconsin Cemeteries for more information

Census Records

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1840 139 —
1850 14,510 10338.8%
1860 34,154 135.4%
1870 46,273 35.5%
1880 46,859 1.3%
1890 44,088 −5.9%
1900 47,589 7.9%
1910 51,610 8.4%
1920 56,119 8.7%
1930 59,883 6.7%
1940 62,353 4.1%
1950 67,829 8.8%
1960 75,085 10.7%
1970 84,567 12.6%
1980 88,964 5.2%
1990 90,083 1.3%
2000 97,296 8.0%
2010 101,633 4.5%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

For tips on accessing Fond du Lac census records online, see: Wisconsin Census.

State Census

Federal Census

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Wisconsin denominations, view the Wisconsin Church Records wiki page.


List of Churches and Church Parishes

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Wisconsin Land and Property for additional information about early Wisconsin land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Local Histories

Maps and Gazetteers

Green Lake CountyDodge CountyWashington CountySheboygan CountyCalumet CountyWinnebago CountyWI FOND DU LAC.PNG
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for more resources

Migration

Military Records

Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Fond du Lac served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Fond du Lac:

- 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies, B, C, D, E, F and I
- 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company A
- 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company C
- 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company I
- 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Companies B and H
- 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company E
- 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company K
- 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company H with men from the town of Forest, which is found in Fond du Lac County, Richland County, St. Croix County or Vernon County

World War I

World War II

US Army Enlistees from Fond du Lac County (USGenWeb Archives)

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Wisconsin Newspapers Online

  • Wisconsin Digital Newspaper at Wisconsin State Historical Society
  • Brandon Times newspaper 1867-1926 and 1935-1960, at Winnefox Library System
  • Ripon Newspaper Collection (12412 items) a variety of Ripon titles with near-continuous coverage from 1853 to present day, including the Ripon Commonwealth 1864-1968, Press 1875-1957, and Commonweath-Press 1965-2004, at Winnefox Library System

Obituaries

Other Records

Periodicals

Probate Records

Probate records are held by the Fond du Lac Clerk of Circuit Court and are housed at the Fond du Lac Courthouse. See the wiki page Wisconsin Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

Content: Probate records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, and adoptions.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at Wisconsin Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Online Probate Indexes and Records

School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

Wisconsin tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned property or other items that could be taxed were listed, some residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records. For more information see the Wiki page, Wisconsin Taxation.

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Fond du Lac County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Wisconsin Archives and Libraries.

  • Area Research Center
    Polk Library, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    800 Algoma Blvd.
    Oshkosh, WI 54901
    Phone: 920-424-1234
    Website
    Contact info

FamilySearch Centers

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  • FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Fond du Lac County. For state-wide library facilities, see Wisconsin Archives and Libraries.

  • Polk Library, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    Area Research Center
    800 Algoma Blvd.
    Oshkosh, WI 54901
    Phone: 920-424-1234
    Website
    Contact info

Museums

Societies

Listed below are societies in Fond du Lac County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Wisconsin Societies.

Websites

Research Guides

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin " in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_County,_Wisconsin."
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Page 755-760, At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 757-759.
  5. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_County,_Wisconsin, accessed 7 September 2018.
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