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-''[[United States]][[Image:St James Episcopal Church Manitowoc.png|thumb|right]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Wisconsin]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Pennsylvania Church Records|Church Records]]''
+''[[United States]][[Image:St James Episcopal Church Manitowoc.png|thumb|right|St James Episcopal Church Manitowoc.png]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Wisconsin]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Pennsylvania Church Records|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. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominantly of one nationality or ethnic group.
+== Wisconsin 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. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominantly of one nationality or ethnic group.
+During the 1800s, two major denominations—Catholics and Lutherans—were widely represented in [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]. This was largely because of the tremendous number of German, Polish, and Scandinavian immigrants who settled in the state. Methodists and Baptists were also represented but in much smaller numbers.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref>
-<br>During the 1800s, two major denominations—the Catholics and the Lutherans—were widely represented in [[Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]. This was largely due to the tremendous number of German, Polish, and Scandinavian immigrants who settled in the state. Methodists and Baptists were also represented but in much smaller numbers.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref>
+The records of many denominations have been preserved. They are especially valuable because often they cover time periods before the state began registration of births, marriages, and deaths. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many church records from Wisconsin. Some church records have also been deposited with the Wisconsin Historical Society. Although some records of congregations have been gathered to major denominational repositories, the majority still remain with local congregations.
-The records of many denominations have been preserved. They are especially valuable because often they cover time periods before the state began registration of vital statistics. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many church records from Wisconsin. Church records have also been deposited with the state historical society. Although some records of congregations have been gathered to major denominational repositories, the majority still remain with the local congregation.
+For colonial and territorial church records, see:
+*Draper, Lyman Copeland, ed. ''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.'' Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1855–. (Family History Library {{FHL|629105|title-id|disp=book 977.5 B4wc; on film beginning with&nbsp;924580}}.) This series has the register of baptisms of the parish of St. Ignace de Michilimakinak, 1695–1821 (vol. 19), marriages 1725–1821 (vol. 18), and burials 1743–1806 (vol. 19).<!--{12085459943642} -->
-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 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 {{FHL|234123|title-id|disp=977.5 K23h}}; film {{FHL|234123|title-id|disp=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 also has inventories that list the records available in the individual churches. The inventories were prepared by the Historical Records Survey between 1938 and 1942:
 *Assembly of God, Family History Library film {{FHL|182058|title-id|disp=982044 }}item 7
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 To learn which towns or cities had churches in 1940, see:
-*Historical Records Survey (Wisconsin). ''Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in Wisconsin.'' Madison, Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Historical Records Survey, 1941. (Family History Library book {{FHL|183002|title-id|disp=977.5 K24h}}; film {{FHL|183002|title-id|disp=1036193}} item 12; fiche {{FHL|183002|title-id|disp=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 {{FHL|183002|title-id|disp=977.5 K24h}}; film {{FHL|183002|title-id|disp=1036193}} item 12; fiche {{FHL|183002|title-id|disp=6051165}}.) This directory lists churches by denomination and by county. Though it lists towns or cities that 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, ''{{FHL|182400|title-id|disp=History of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches and Ministers in Wisconsin}}'' (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: S. Chapman, 1851; (digitized)&nbsp;; {{FHL|182400|title-id|disp=film 982027 item 5}}).
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 === Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)  ===
-Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for&nbsp;Wisconsin Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog] . Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.
+Early church records for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Wisconsin wards and branches can be found on film at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers for each ward can be located through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog] or by referring to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. ''Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers''. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.
 === Lutheran  ===
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 [http://www.lutheranhistory.org/ Concordia Historical Institute ]<br>801 DeMun Avenue <br>St. Louis, MO 63105 <br>Phone: (314) 505-7900
-They&nbsp;have some records of existing Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod congregations and records of some that have closed.
+They have some records of existing Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod congregations and records of some that have closed.
 === Methodist  ===
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 [http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3314 German Immigrants in NW Wisconsin Protestant Church Records]<br>[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3326 German Immigrants in NE Wisconsin Protestant Church Records]<br>[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3333 German Immigrants in SW Wisconsin Protestant Church Records]<br>[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3349 German Immigrants in SE Wisconsin Protestant Church Records]
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 === Roman Catholic  ===
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 The Archdiocese consists of the following counties: [[Dodge County, Wisconsin|Dodge]], [[Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin|Fond du Lac]], [[Kenosha County, Wisconsin|Kenosha]], [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], [[Ozaukee County, Wisconsin|Ozaukee]], [[Racine County, Wisconsin|Racine]], [[Sheboygan County, Wisconsin|Sheboygan]], [[Walworth County, Wisconsin|Walworth]], [[Washington County, Wisconsin|Washington]] and [[Waukesha County, Wisconsin|Waukesha]]<ref name="rc" />
 [http://www.gbdioc.org/ Diocese of Green Bay<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1288999755897_765" />] <br>1910 South Webster Avenue<br>P.O. Box 66 <br>Green Bay, WI 54301 <br>Phone: (414) 435-4406 <br>
-The diocese consists of&nbsp;the following counties: [[Brown County, Wisconsin|Brown]], [[Calumet County, Wisconsin|Calumet]], [[Door County, Wisconsin|Door]], [[Florence County, Wisconsin|Florence]], [[Forest County, Wisconsin|Forest]], [[Kewaunee County, Wisconsin|Kewaunee]], [[Langlade County, Wisconsin|Langlade]], [[Manitowoc County, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]], [[Marinette County, Wisconsin|Marinette]], [[Menominee County, Wisconsin|Menominee]], [[Oconto County, Wisconsin|Oconto]], [[Outagamie County, Wisconsin|Outagamie]], [[Shawano County, Wisconsin|Shawano]], [[Waupaca County, Wisconsin|Waupaca]], [[Waushara County, Wisconsin|Waushara]], and [[Winnebago County, Wisconsin|Winnebago]]<ref name="rc" />
+The diocese consists of the following counties: [[Brown County, Wisconsin|Brown]], [[Calumet County, Wisconsin|Calumet]], [[Door County, Wisconsin|Door]], [[Florence County, Wisconsin|Florence]], [[Forest County, Wisconsin|Forest]], [[Kewaunee County, Wisconsin|Kewaunee]], [[Langlade County, Wisconsin|Langlade]], [[Manitowoc County, Wisconsin|Manitowoc]], [[Marinette County, Wisconsin|Marinette]], [[Menominee County, Wisconsin|Menominee]], [[Oconto County, Wisconsin|Oconto]], [[Outagamie County, Wisconsin|Outagamie]], [[Shawano County, Wisconsin|Shawano]], [[Waupaca County, Wisconsin|Waupaca]], [[Waushara County, Wisconsin|Waushara]], and [[Winnebago County, Wisconsin|Winnebago]]<ref name="rc" />
 [http://www.dioceseoflacrosse.com/ Diocese of La Crosse ]<br>421 Main Street <br>P.O. Box 982 <br>La Crosse, WI 54601<br>Phone: (608) 788-7700<br>The diocese consists of the following counties: [[Adams County, Wisconsin|Adams]], [[Buffalo County, Wisconsin|Buffalo]], [[Chippewa County, Wisconsin|Chippewa]], [[Clark County, Wisconsin|Clark]], [[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford]], [[Dunn County, Wisconsin|Dunn]], [[Eau Claire County, Wisconsin|Eau Claire]], [[Jackson County, Wisconsin|Jackson]], [[Juneau County, Wisconsin|Juneau]], [[La Crosse County, Wisconsin|La Crosse]], [[Marathon County, Wisconsin|Marathon]], [[Monroe County, Wisconsin|Monroe]], [[Pepin County, Wisconsin|Pepin]], [[Pierce County, Wisconsin|Pierce]], [[Portage County, Wisconsin|Portage]], [[Richland County, Wisconsin|Richland]], [[Trempealeau County, Wisconsin|Trempealeau]], [[Vernon County, Wisconsin|Vernon]], [[Wood County, Wisconsin|Wood]]<ref name="rc" />
 [http://www.madisondiocese.org/ Diocese of Madison ]<br>15 East Wilson Street, Box 111 <br>Madison, WI 53701 <br>Phone: (608) 256-2677<br>
 The diocese consists of the following counties: [[Columbia County, Wisconsin|Columbia]], [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane]], [[Grant County, Wisconsin|Grant]], [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green]], [[Green Lake County, Wisconsin|Green Lake]], [[Iowa County, Wisconsin|Iowa]], [[Jefferson County, Wisconsin|Jefferson]], [[Lafayette County, Wisconsin|Lafayette]], [[Marquette County, Wisconsin|Marquette]], [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock]], and [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk]]<ref name="rc" />
 [http://www.catholicdos.org/ Diocese of Superior]<br>1201 Hughitt Avenue, Box 969<br>Superior, WI 54880 <br>Phone: (715) 392-2937<br>
 The diocese consists of the following counties: [[Ashland County, Wisconsin|Ashland]], [[Barron County, Wisconsin|Barron]], [[Bayfield County, Wisconsin|Bayfield]], [[Burnett County, Wisconsin|Burnett]], [[Douglas County, Wisconsin|Douglas]], [[Iron County, Wisconsin|Iron]], [[Lincoln County, Wisconsin|Lincoln]], [[Oneida County, Wisconsin|Oneida]], [[Polk County, Wisconsin|Polk]], [[Price County, Wisconsin|Price]], [[Rusk County, Wisconsin|Rusk]], [[Sawyer County, Wisconsin|Sawyer]], [[St. Croix County, Wisconsin|St. Croix]], [[Taylor County, Wisconsin|Taylor]], [[Vilas County, Wisconsin|Vilas]] and [[Washburn County, Wisconsin|Washburn]].<ref name="rc">[http://www.cdeducation.org/oym/connections/dioceseusmap.htm Map of the Roman Catholic Dioceses in the United States of America], Office of Catholic Schools Diocese of Columbus, accessed 3 Nov 2010.</ref>
+== Finding Aids ==
 There is a current directory of congregations:
-*''The Official Catholic Directory''. New Providence, New Jersey: P. J. Kenedy &amp; Sons, in association with R. R. Bowker, annual. (Family History Library {{FHL|966906|title-id|disp=book 282.025 Of2}}.) This directory is available at many public libraries and has addresses and telephone numbers of Roman Catholic churches. The 1936 edition is on Family History Library {{FHL|149830|title-id|disp=fiche 6104166}}.
+*''The Official Catholic Directory''. New Providence, New Jersey: P. J. Kenedy &amp; Sons, in association with R. R. Bowker, annual. (Family History Library {{FHL|966906|title-id|disp=book 282.025 Of2}}.) This nationwide directory is available at many public libraries and has addresses and telephone numbers of Roman Catholic churches. The 1936 edition is on Family History Library {{FHL|149830|title-id|disp=fiche 6104166}}.
-<br>'''Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954 (Drouin Collection)''': This database contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States for the following&nbsp;states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York,&nbsp;Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian.
+*'''Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, 1695-1954 (Drouin Collection)''': This database contains the French Catholic parish records from the United States for the following&nbsp;states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York,&nbsp;Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian.
-<br>
 The early Roman Catholic mission records, 1695–1821, for the mission of St. Ignace of Michilimackinac contain information about many of the early traders in what is now Wisconsin and are published in:
-*Draper, Lyman Copeland, ed. ''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.'' Madison, Wisconsin: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1855–. (Family History Library {{FHL|629105|title-id|disp=book 977.5 B4wc; on film beginning with&nbsp;924580}}.) This series has the register of baptisms of the parish of St. Ignace de Michilimakinak, 1695–1821 (vol. 19), marriages 1725–1821 (vol. 18), and burials 1743–1806 (vol. 19).<!--{12085459943642} -->
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