(This page's most recent update is
July 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage documents themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include marriage information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Marriage Information.
The lists below are specific marriage indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Wisconsin.
Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Wisconsin Marriage Records
- Adams County Marriage Index
- Ashland County Vital Records
- Barron County Marriage Indexes
- Beaver Dam Newspaper Marriage Indexes
- Brown County Miscellaneous Marriages
- Burnett County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Chippewa County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Chippewa County Births, Marriages, and Deaths – 1886 source – Chippewa Falls Workman
- Chippewa County Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1870-1874
- Chippewa County Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1894 source – The People’s Paper
- Chippewa County Marriages and Deaths – 1895 source – Chippewa Current
- Chippewa County Marriages and Deaths 1866-1872
- Chippewa County, Marriages
- Clark County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Columbia County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Crawford County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Crawford County, Alphabetical Index to Marriages, 1816-1866
- Dane County Marriages 1839-1907
- Dane County, Marriages
- Dodge County Citizen Newspaper Index, 1856-1914, 1917-1919
- Door County Marriage Index pre-1927
- Eau Claire Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Eau Claire County, Marriages
- Florence County Vital Records
- Fond du Lac County Marriage Index
- Fond Du Lac County, Marriage Applications Card File, 1899-1930
- Fond du Lac County, Vital Records
- Fond du Lac Marriage and Death/Obituary Indexes
- Fond du Lac Public Library Records, 1848-1980
- Fond du Lac Public Library Records, 1848-1980
- Fond du Lac, Index of Marriages
- Grant County Marriages
- Grant County, Marriages
- Green County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Green Lake County Marriage Indexes
- Green Lake County Marriages and Deaths Indexes
- Green Lake County, Vital Records
- Jefferson County Territorial Marriages, to the Date of Statehood, May 29, 1848
- Jefferson County, Marriages
- Juneau County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Kenosha County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Kenosha County Record of Certificates of Marriages, 1850-1853, and Record of Certificates of Ordinations of Ministers of the gospel, 1850-1928
- Kewaunee County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- La Crosse Vital Records, 1852-1880
- La Crosse Vitals Newspaper Index 1987-2015
- Lac du Flambeau Agency Vital Records for Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians 1924-1935
- Lac du Flambeau Agency Vital Records for Chippewa Indians 1924-1932
- Lac du Flambeau Agency Vital Records for Lac Courte Oreilles Band Chippewa Indians 1924-1932
- Lac du Flambeau Agency Vital Records for Red Cliff Band of Chippewa Indians 1924-1932
- Lac du Flambeau Agency Vital Records for Wisconsin Potawatomi Band of Chippewa Indians 1924-1935
- LaCrosse Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Lafayette County Marriages
- Langlade County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes pre-1907
- Lincoln County Vital Records
- Manitowoc County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Marathon County Vital Records Indexes
- Marathon County, Marriages
- Marathon County, Marriages, Births, Deaths (pre-1880)
- Marquette County, Vital Records
- Menominee Reservation Vital Records for the Menominee Indians, 1925-1932
- Menominee Reservation Vital Records for the Oneida Indians, 1925-1932
- Milwaukee County Births and Marriages
- Milwaukee County First Marriages and Licenses 1836-1849
- Milwaukee County Marriage Certificates
- Milwaukee County Marriage Index
- Milwaukee County Territory Index to Book A Marriage Records 1836-1848
- Milwaukee County, Marriages
- Milwaukee Jewish Museum Marriage Records
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Monroe County, Marriages
- Outagamie County, Marriages
- Ozaukee County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Pierce County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Portage County, Registration of Marriages with Index, 1844-1897
- Price County Vital Records
- Racine County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Racine County, Marriages
- Rusk County, Marriages
- Sauk County Marriages, 1844-1852, Vol. 1
- Sauk County, Marriages
- Sawyer County Marriage Indexes
- Shawano and Oconto Counties, Indexes and Records, 1850-2007
- Shawano County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Shawano County, Marriage Index, ca. 1845-1909, 1919-1978
- Sheboygan County Birth, Marriage, and Death Index
- St. Croix County Marriages 1852-1867
- St. Croix County Marriages 1852-1867
- Taylor County Death and Marriage Index
- Trempeleau County Marriage and Death Indexes
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Washburn County Vital Records
- Washington County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Waukesha County, Marriages, Births, Baptisms
- Waukesha, Marriages Published in Waukesha Newspapers 1863-1881
- Waupaca County Vital Records Indexes
- Waushara County, Vital Records
- Winnebago County Marriage Announcements
- Winnebago County, Vital Records
- Winneconne Birth, Marriage, and Death/Obituary Indexes
- Wisconsin Historical Society Vitals Index, 1852-1907
- Wisconsin Local History and Biographical Articles
- Wisconsin Marriage Index, 1973-1997
- Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930
- Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911
- Wood County Marriages
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!