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The Family History Library has several Historical Records Survey inventories, completed in the 1940s, of the church archives in the state. These inventories may help you identify what records are available and where they may be located: | The Family History Library has several Historical Records Survey inventories, completed in the 1940s, of the church archives in the state. These inventories may help you identify what records are available and where they may be located: | ||
*Historical Records Survey (Wisconsin). ''Guide to Church Vital Statistics Records in Wisconsin.'' Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Records Survey, 1942. (Family History Library book 977.5 K23h; film 1036234 item 5.) This gives the exact years of the church registers. | *Historical Records Survey (Wisconsin). ''Guide to Church Vital Statistics Records in Wisconsin.'' Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Records Survey, 1942. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=234123&disp=Guide+to+church+vital+statistics+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 K23h]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=234123&disp=Guide+to+church+vital+statistics+records++ 1036234 item 5].) This gives the exact years of the church registers. | ||
The Family History Library has inventories that list the records available in the individual churches. The inventories were prepared by the Historical Records Survey between 1938 and 1942: | The Family History Library has inventories that list the records available in the individual churches. The inventories were prepared by the Historical Records Survey between 1938 and 1942: | ||
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*Historical Records Survey (Wisconsin). ''Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in Wisconsin.'' Madison, Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Historical Records Survey, 1941. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=183002&disp=Directory+of+churches+and+religious+orga%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 K24h]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=183002&disp=Directory+of+churches+and+religious+orga%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1036193] item 12; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=183002&disp=Directory+of+churches+and+religious+orga++ 6051165].) This directory lists churches by denomination, and at the end the churches are listed by county. Though it lists towns or cities which had churches, it does not give the year the registers began. | *Historical Records Survey (Wisconsin). ''Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in Wisconsin.'' Madison, Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Historical Records Survey, 1941. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=183002&disp=Directory+of+churches+and+religious+orga%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.5 K24h]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=183002&disp=Directory+of+churches+and+religious+orga%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1036193] item 12; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=183002&disp=Directory+of+churches+and+religious+orga++ 6051165].) This directory lists churches by denomination, and at the end the churches are listed by county. Though it lists towns or cities which had churches, it does not give the year the registers began. | ||
The Family History Library has histories of several denominations. An example is Stephen Peet, ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=182400&disp=History+of+the+Presbyterian+and+Congrega%20%20&columns=*,0,0 History of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches and Ministers in Wisconsin]'' (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: S. Chapman, 1851; (digitized) ; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=182400&disp=History+of+the+Presbyterian+and+Congrega++ film 982027 item 5]). | The Family History Library has histories of several denominations. An example is Stephen Peet, ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=182400&disp=History+of+the+Presbyterian+and+Congrega%20%20&columns=*,0,0 History of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches and Ministers in Wisconsin]'' (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: S. Chapman, 1851; (digitized) ; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=182400&disp=History+of+the+Presbyterian+and+Congrega++ film 982027 item 5]). | ||
Some churches have gathered their records into central repositories or archives. The major denominational repositories are: | Some churches have gathered their records into central repositories or archives. The major denominational repositories are: | ||