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*'''''Statewide registration:''''' Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1907 and complied with by 1917 for births and 1908 for deaths.<ref>''Wisconsin Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1997, 31-32. (Accessed 21 Feb 2025). '''''Online at:''''' [http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Wisconsin.pdf BYU University - Provo]</ref>  
*'''''Statewide registration:''''' Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1907 and complied with by 1917 for births and 1908 for deaths.<ref>''Wisconsin Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1997, 31-32. (Accessed 21 Feb 2025). '''''Online at:''''' [http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Wisconsin.pdf BYU University - Provo]</ref>  
*'''''County registration:''''' A few counties began keeping birth and death records in the 1850s, but most records date
*'''''County registration:''''' A few counties began keeping birth and death records in the 1850s, but most records date from the 1870s or later.<ref>''Wisconsin Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1997, 31-32. (Accessed 21 Feb 2025). '''''Online at:''''' [http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Wisconsin.pdf BYU University - Provo]</ref>  
from the 1870s or later.<ref>''Wisconsin Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1997, 31-32. (Accessed 21 Feb 2025). '''''Online at:''''' [http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Wisconsin.pdf BYU University - Provo]</ref>  
*'''''Access to records:''''' See [[Wisconsin Vital Records]] for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in Wisconsin.
*'''''Access to records:''''' See [[Wisconsin Vital Records]] for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in Wisconsin.
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*'''''Obituaries:''''' Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See [[Wisconsin Newspapers]] and [[Wisconsin Obituaries]] for more information.
*'''''Obituaries:''''' Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See [[Wisconsin Newspapers]] and [[Wisconsin Obituaries]] for more information.
*'''''Church records:''''' Knowing the denomination of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See [[Wisconsin Church Records]] for more information.
*'''''Church records:''''' Knowing the denomination of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See [[Wisconsin Church Records]] for more information.


== Further Wisconsin Research  ==
== Further Wisconsin Research  ==
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