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 === Birth and Death Records Before 1907  ===
-A few counties began keeping birth and death records in the 1850s, but most records date from the 1870s or later. These documents often give excellent genealogical information. Search the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ Wisconsin Genealogy Index]for pre 1907 birth marriage and death references.
+A few counties began keeping birth and death records in the 1850s, but most records date from the 1870s or later. These documents often give excellent genealogical information. Search the [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/ Wisconsin Genealogy Index] for pre 1907 birth marriage and death references.
 Microfilms of the records through 1907 have been deposited at the  at [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/ Wisconsin Historical Society] and the area research centers listed on the "[[Wisconsin Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" page.
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 *''Unedited Index to Registrations of Births, 1852–1907'', arranged alphabetically by surname <ref> 38 microfiche, Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=234150&disp=Unedited+index+to+registrations+of+birth%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6331478]). </ref> This gives the date of birth, the county, and the volume and page number of the original record.
-*''Index to Registrations of Births, 1852–1907'', arranged chronologically by the date of birth (on 41 fiche, Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=234213&disp=Wisconsin+birth+registration+index+1852%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6331476]). Use this if you know the approximate date of birth or if the name is not found in the alphabetical index mentioned above.
+*''Index to Registrations of Births, 1852–1907'', arranged chronologically by the date of birth. <ref> 41 fiche, Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=234213&disp=Wisconsin+birth+registration+index+1852%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6331476]). </ref> Use this if you know the approximate date of birth or if the name is not found in the alphabetical index mentioned above.
 *''The Pre-1907 Death Index by Name,'' alphabetically arranged for the entire state (on 29 fiche, Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=234154&disp=Wisconsin+pre%2D1907+death+index+by+name%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6331472]). Be sure to search for spelling variations of the surname. Also available is the ''Death Records Index, 1959–1984'' (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=516562&disp=Death+records+index%2C+1959%2D1997%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6334350]–51).
-The Family History Library also has a large set of birth and death records from the Register of Deeds in Milwaukee County. In the Family History Library Catalog these are listed under WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE COUNTY, MILWAUKEE - VITAL RECORDS:
+The Family History Library also has a large set of birth and death records from the Register of Deeds in Milwaukee County. In the Family History Library Catalog these are listed under:
+::WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE COUNTY, MILWAUKEE - VITAL RECORDS:
 *Births, 1854–1911 and index, 1854–1932 (on 194 films beginning with film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=388957&disp=Birth+records%2C+1854%2D1911%2C+indexes%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1011972]).