Ozaukee County
Established: 1853
County Seat: Port Washington
Parent: Washington 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
OZAUKEE.--Population 12,977 (1855)
pg. 93
A Lake County, lying next Milwaukee on the north. It is small, containing but eight towns. Most of the farms of this County are small, and by this sub-division, they have been brought to a high degree of cultivation. Ozaukee is the principal port.
General Genealogy and History Links
This section contains links to websites that have multiple databases or webpages with genealogical information.
- USGenWeb Archives - Ozaukee County - US GenWebArchives -
- WIGenWeb - Genealogy and History Information Part of the WIGenWeb -
Vital Records
Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1852
Deaths 1849
Marriages 1855
Ozaukee Register of Deeds
121 West Main Street, P.O. Box 994
Port Washington, WI 53074-1813
Telephone: (262) 284-8260
- 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 Ozaukee County - Ozaukee County Wisconsin Cemetery pages with photos of select tombstones. -
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.
- History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, 1881 - Online digital book written 1881. Contains biographical information. -
Maps and Atlases
Military
- Official War History of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin - Digital book about WWI vets from Ozaukee County -
Societies, Libraries and Offline Resources
- Newspapers in Ozaukee County - List of county newspaper publications listed at the Library of Congress -
