Kewaunee County, Wisconsin Genealogy and History
Established: 1852
County Seat: Kewaunee
Parent: Manitowoc County
* Records before the establishment of the county may be in the parent records.
Neighboring Counties
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From: Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855
KEWAUNEE.
pg. 78-79
A new and sparsely settled County, extending from Lake Michigan to Green Bay, and occupying the head of the peninsula. Its principal settlement is at the mouth of the Kewaunee, and its principal trade is lumber, which is cut on that stream. There is much Government land in Kewaunee and most of it of a very good quality.
General Genealogy and History Links
This section contains links to websites that have multiple databases or webpages with genealogical information.
- USGenWeb Archives - Kewaunee County - US GenWebArchives -
- WIGenWeb - Genealogy and History Information Part of the WIGenWeb -
Vital Records
Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1861
Deaths 1873
Marriages 1857
Kewaunee Register of Deeds
613 Dodge St.
Kewaunee, WI 54216-1322
Telephone: (920) 388-4410
- Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at the Wisconsin Historical Society - Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Search for births, deaths and marriages. -
Cemetery and Obituary Links
- Tombstone Photograph Pages Kewaunee County - Kewaunee County Wisconsin Cemetery pages with photos of select tombstones. -
Court Records - Naturalization and Probate
- Kewaunee County Citizenship Records, 1850-1950 - Kewaunee County Citizenship and Naturalization Records Index 1850-1950 -
Census Links
Censuses contain valuable information about families. This section contains links to transcribed censuses, census indexes or census images for the county.
Residents of the County
This section contains links to family tree websites, biographies and information about individuals that lived in the county.
Area History
This section contains links of published histories and historical information about the county, its villages, cities or towns. Sometimes within these histories is information about founders, or other people that settled in the area. It may also include ethnic or religious histories of the communities.
- Kewaunee Light House - Short history of the Kewaunee Light House. -
Maps and Atlases
Military
Societies, Libraries and Offline Resources
- Newspapers in Kewaunee County - List of county newspaper publications listed at the Library of Congress -
