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 :<span style="font-size:120%">'''Birth Records'''</span>
 :<span style="font-size:120%">Choose a time period:</span>
-:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Wisconsin Virginia Birth Records#Births_Before_1853|Before 1853]]'''</span>
+:*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Wisconsin Virginia Birth Records#Births_Before_1853|Before 1852]]'''</span>
 :*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Wisconsin Birth Records#Births_from_1853_thru_1907|1853 thru 1907]]'''</span>
 :*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Find Wisconsin Birth Records#Births_1907_to_present|1907 to present]]''' </span>
 :*<span style="font-size:120%">'''[[How to Estimate United States Birth Information|Birth year unknown]]'''</span>
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 :*1852 - Wisconsin law required counties to record births, but this was largely ignored.
-:*1878-Wisconsin law required counties to records births. This met with better compliance.
+:*1878 - Wisconsin law required counties to records births. This met with better compliance.
 :*1907 - Wisconsin Statewide birth registration began
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-| width="25%" | [http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx 1853-1930 - At West Virginia Division of Culture and History]
+| width="25%" | [http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx Wisconsin, Birth Index, 1820-1907]
-| width="65%" | '''Free;''' most counties go to 1930: [http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcsearch.aspx list of database county coverage (right side of the screen) on WV website]; collection also contains delayed birth records
+| width="65%" | '''Free:&nbsp;'''Index of births from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services in Madison
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 | {{RecordSearch|1417341|1853-1930 - At FamilySearch.org}}
-| '''Free;''' not all counties are complete to 1930: [http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcsearch.aspx list of database county coverage (right side of the screen) on WV website]; collection also contains delayed birth records; click on "view partner website" to see a copy of the image
+| '''Free:&nbsp;'''Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of Wisconsin. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and FamilySearch Centers. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.
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 | align="left" colspan="2" | '''Can't find your ancestor in the online index?'''