Wisconsin Vital Records

Wisconsin
Vital Records

What are the earliest filed vital records?
Registration of events prior to 1907 was voluntary and vital records were not filed for most events.
It has been estimated that less than 50% of the records were prepared and submitted for permanent filing before that time.
Records are not on file for events that occurred before the dates listed in the following table.
Divorce certificates from any county are not available before October 1907.

Earliest Registration Dates

County	Births	Deaths	Marriages	County	Births	Deaths	Marriages
Adams	1857	1876	1857	Manitowoc	1858	1864	1859
Ashland	1876	1877	1874	Marathon	1870	1868	1865
Barron	1877	1877	1868	Marinette	1874	1879	1878
Bayfield	1879	1870	1869	Marquette	1864	1876	1863
Brown	1814	1834	1823	Milwaukee	1835	1872	1851
Buffalo	1855	1873	1856	Monroe	1877	1876	1856
Burnett	1853	1846	1869	Oconto	1876	1872	1855
Calumet	1858	1856	1850	Oneida	1887	1888	1877
Chippewa	1858	1855	1869	Outagamie	1856	1869	1855
Clark	1869	1877	1857	Ozaukee	1852	1849	1855
Columbia	1860	1877	1849	Pepin	1863	1877	1857
Crawford	1858	1876	1862	Pierce	1870	1876	1851
Dane	1860	1876	1839	Polk	1867	1865	1855
Dodge	1870	1852	1843	Portage	1866	1875	1859
Door	1852	1856	1860	Price	1880	1879	1880
Douglas	1861	1877	1854	Racine	1877	1880	1839
Dunn	1870	1877	1858	Richland	1875	1876	1864
Eau Claire	1870	1876	1857	Rock	1856	1871	1847
Florence	1882	1882	1882	Rusk	1900	1901	1901
Fond du Lac	1879	1854	1844	St. Croix	1858	1876	1852
Forest	1891	1871	1889	Sauk	1864	1876	1852
Grant	1870	1876	1842	Sawyer	1869	1883	1883
Green	1862	1874	1838	Shawano	1862	1873	1848
Green Lake	1864	1877	1858	Sheboygan	1852	1854	1852
Iowa	1876	1871	1836	Taylor	1877	1877	1875
Iron	1886	1887	1858	Trempealeau	1845	1847	1856
Jackson	1876	1876	1858	Vernon	1863	1878	1855
Jefferson	1852	1856	1844	Vilas	1889	1889	1893
Juneau	1877	1876	1844	Walworth	1872	1872	1839
Kenosha	1876	1876	1850	Washburn	1883	1883	1883
Kewaunee	1861	1873	1857	Washington	1859	1873	1846
La Crosse	1877	1876	1851	Waukesha	1860	1872	1846
Lafayette	1854	1877	1847	Waupaca	1858	1848	1852
Langlade	1882	1868	1881	Waushara	1859	1876	1852
Lincoln	1875	1871	1875	Winnebago	1876	1876	1860
Menominee	became a county in 1961.			Wood	1871	1872	1844