Resources

There are hundreds of genealogy-related websites to help you with your family history development. We hope you find these resource links helpful. If you have additional resources that you have found to be quite helpful, please share them with us.

• FamilySearch
• FindAGrave
• USGenWeb Archives Project - Winnebago County
• USGenWeb Census Records - Winnebago County
• Oshkosh Public Library digital collections
• Winneconne Genealogy Records Index
• Vital Records Index - Obituaries and marriages published in Omro newspapers
• Winnebago County Register of Deeds - Information for obtaining birth, death & marriage records
• Wisconsin Pre-1907 Birth Index - Listing of Winnebago County entries from the Pre-1907 Birth Index
• University of Wisconsin - Area Research Center - Source for naturalization information as well as other related resources
• Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services - Genealogy Research Section
• Internet Archive
• Ghost Towns
• USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Historical Markers

Links to web sites that are not part of the USGenWeb Project are provided for your convenience and do not imply any endorsement of the websites or their contents by the USGenWeb Project.

Wisconsin Land Patents Database

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) inherited the functions of the General Land Office when it was established by Congress in 1946. The Wisconsin Land Patents Database, derived from General Land Office and BLM information, contains deeds (primarily patents) issued by the United States in the region now known as the State of Wisconsin between 1807 and 1907. While BLM has been referred to as "the Nations record keeper", it is the National Archives that actually keeps the files. The BLM, maintains diagrammatic plats known as Master Title Plats, which depict lands which are owned by the United States and lands which are patented. However, these plats do not have any information about who the lands were patented to. That information which has only been available after tedious research, it is available now in this database.
The Wisconsin Land Patents Database contains the following information for each land transaction: date, location (township, range, section), name of person the land was patented to, county, date, and the patent document identification number.
All of the twps and ranges in WI are measured from the 4th Principal Meridian.
WI Land Offices
01 Ashland
02 Bayfield
03 Eau Claire
04 Falls St. Croix
05 Green Bay
06 Hudson
07 La Crosse
08 Menasha
09 Milwaukee
10 Mineral Point
11 Muskaday
12 Stevens Point
13 Superior
14 Wausau
15 Willow River
16 Wisconsin

Presented below are abbreviated "index" files by SURNAME groupings for Winnebago County. Text files containing further information are available at:  http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/winnebago/land.htm

Surnames A-C
Surnames D-G
Surnames H-K
Surnames L-O
Surnames P-S
Surnames T-Z
 
Contributed to this site by Tina S. Vickery and Joy Fisher.

Historical and Genealogical Societies in Winnebago County

 
Menasha Historical Society
233 Sunset Dr
Menasha, WI 54952
920-722-8969

Neenah Historical Society
PO Box 343
Neenah, WI 54957-0343
920-729-0244

Omro Area Historical Society
PO Box 133
Omro, WI 54963
920-685-6123

Winchester Area Historical Society
PO Box 84
Larsen, WI 54947
920-836-3363

Winnebago County Historical and Archeological Society
234 Church St
Oshkosh, WI 54901
920-235-3091

Winnebagoland Genealogical Society
c/o Oshkosh Public Library
106 Washington Ave.
Oshkosh, WI 54901-4985
920-236-5205

Winneconne Historical Society
721 Elm Street
Winneconne, WI 54986
920-582-7643

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