This page provides information on obtaining copies of Wisconsin
birth certificates, Wisconsin marriage licenses, Wisconsin divorce
decrees and Wisconsin death records. There are also useful
links to past Wisconsin Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on the Vital Records Index Page
Wisconsin birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
WI Vital Records Office
1 West Wilson Street
P.O. Box 309 Madison,
WI 53701-0309
Wisconsin birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The Wisconsin Department of Health and family Services
may be contacted by phone on (608) 266-1371, (608) 266-1373
or online at http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/vitalrecords/index.htm
Remarks: State Office has scattered records earlier than
1857. Records before October 1, 1907, are very incomplete.
Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at
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