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The Wisconsin State Old Cemetery  Society has card indexes to the names of many persons buried in [[Portal:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] Cemeteries. The society also publishes a helpful newsletter in which you can place queries. For a small fee, you can have them search their card index. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.
'''Wisconsin State Old Cemetery'''<br>


'''The Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society'''<br>c/o President Mr. Larry W. Petcovic<br>6100 W. Mequon Rd. <br>Mequon, WI 53092-1951 <br>Telephone: 410-905-2777 <br>Internet: &nbsp;http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1159519
The society has card indexes to the names of many persons buried in Wisconsin Cemeteries. The society also publishes a helpful newsletter in which you can place queries. For a small fee, you can have them search their card index. Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.  


The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/&nbsp;has published the inscriptions from several hundred cemeteries in the state in the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter. This is an on-going project. More inscriptions are published in every issue.  
Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society<br>c/o President Mr. Larry W. Petcovic<br>6100 W. Mequon Rd. <br>Mequon, WI 53092-1951 <br>Telephone: 410-905-2777 <br>Internet: [http://my.execpc.com/~dondorf/wsocs.htm http://my.execpc.com/~dondorf/wsocs.htm]


The Diocese of Milwaukee has an online index of the eight Catholic parish cemeteries operated by the diocese.&nbsp;&nbsp;The project is&nbsp;ongoing so&nbsp;you are advised to check back twice a month.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To access this index go to the&nbsp;[http://www.cemeteries.org/genealogy.asp Diocese of Milwaukee Burial Records site].
'''Wisconsin State Genealogical Society'''<br>


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The [http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/ Wisconsin State Genealogical Society] has published the inscriptions from several hundred cemeteries in the state in the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter. This is an on-going project. More inscriptions are published in every issue.


'''Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection.''' This collection is listed in the Author/Title Search of the catalog and consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriage records, death records, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and is available on microfilm at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and at the Family History Library (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=848701 848695-701] and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=858651 858651]; various computer numbers.) Generally there is an index at the beginning of each volume.
'''Archdiocese of Milwaukee'''<br>


This collection is described in and is partly indexed by family surname in:
The [http://www.cemeteries.org/genealogy.asp Archdiocese of Milwaukee] has an online index of the eight Catholic parish cemeteries operated by the diocese. The project is&nbsp;ongoing so&nbsp;you are advised to check back twice a month.


*Kirkham, E. Kay. ''An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States.'' vol. 2. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=460558&disp=An+index+to+some+of+the+bibles+and+famil%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 D22kk v.2].) See section two, pages 1–50, which includes Wisconsin.
'''Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection.'''<br>


The State Historical Society of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Public Library also collect cemetery records. A list made in 1965 of the records in these collections and in the DAR collection is in ''Cemeteries in the State of Wisconsin (List only) of Those Copied and on File'' . . . Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Genealogical Society, 1965. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=170621&disp=Cemeteries+in+the+state+of+Wisconsin+%28%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 A1 no. 11].)  
This collection is listed in the Author/Title Search of the catalog and consists of transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, marriage records, death records, obituaries, and wills. It was microfilmed in 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and is available on microfilm at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and at the Family History Library (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=848701 848695-701] and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=858651 858651]; various computer numbers.) Generally there is an index at the beginning of each volume.


[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ Wisconsin Gravestones] On Line
This collection is described in and is partly indexed by family surname in:  


[http://www.interment.net/us/wi/index.htm Internment.net]
*Kirkham, E. Kay. ''An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States.'' vol. 2. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=460558&disp=An+index+to+some+of+the+bibles+and+famil%20%20&columns=*,0,0 973 D22kk v.2].) See section two, pages 1–50, which includes Wisconsin.


[http://www.findagrave.com/ Findagrave.com]
'''Wisconsin Historical Society'''<br>


[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cemetery/wisconsin/wiscon.html Tombstone transcription project]  
The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Milwaukee Public Library also collect cemetery records. A list made in 1965 of the records in these collections and in the DAR collection is in ''Cemeteries in the State of Wisconsin (List only) of Those Copied and on File'' . . . Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Genealogical Society, 1965. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=170621&disp=Cemeteries+in+the+state+of+Wisconsin+%28%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 A1 no. 11].)


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'''Family History Library'''<br>
The Family History Library has 47 films of Milwaukee cemetery records dating from about 1850 to 1979. These are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE - CEMETERIES.  
The Family History Library has 47 films of Milwaukee cemetery records dating from about 1850 to 1979. These are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, MILWAUKEE - CEMETERIES.  


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WISCONSIN, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- CEMETERIES  
WISCONSIN, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- CEMETERIES  
'''External Links'''<br>
[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Findagrave.com]
[http://www.interment.net/us/wi/index.htm Interment.net]
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/wi/cemetery/ USGenWeb Tombstone Photograph Pages]
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cemetery/wisconsin/wiscon.html USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project]


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