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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 FamilySearch 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.  
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 FamilySearch 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 ===
===Lutheran===
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America<br>
[https://www.wartburgseminary.edu/archives/wartburg-archives/ '''Wartburg Theological Seminary''']<br>333 Wartburg Place<br>Dubuque, IA 52001<br>Phone: (563) 589-0200 Fax: (563) 589-0333


[http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/History/ELCA-Archives.aspx Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA Archives)] <br>8765 West Higgins <br>Chicago, IL 60631<br>Phone: (773) 380-2818 <br>Fax: (312) 380-2977
The Wartburg Theological Seminary has Lutheran records from Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and upper Michigan. The WTS Archives also contain the documents of the German Lutheran Synod of Iowa, 1854-1930 and the records of antecedent bodies of the ELCA Region 5. Many of the records in this repository can be borrowed for a small fee. For a list of some of the records, see:
 
*Archives hold records for '''closed churches.'''  '''For open churches write directly to [[Lutheran Church in the United States#Correspond with or visit the actual churches.|the local church.''']]
The above archives has microfilms of Evangelical Lutheran congregations for region nine, which includes Iowa, Illinois, upper Michigan, and Wisconsin. Many of their records can be borrowed for a small fee. (For a list of the church records for approximately 200 Wisconsin congregations in the collection, see Family History Library fiche {{FHL|269930|title-id|disp=6330690-93}}.)
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Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod <br>[http://els.org/our-work-together/els-historical-society/ Department of Archives and History]<br>2929 North Mayfair Road<br>Milwaukee WI 53222 <br>Phone: (414) 256-3888  
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod <br>[http://els.org/our-work-together/els-historical-society/ Department of Archives and History]<br>2929 North Mayfair Road<br>Milwaukee WI 53222 <br>Phone: (414) 256-3888  
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