Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds.

ABSTRACT:  Information appearing on the register of marriages over the years remained constant, though the format changed from time to time, particularly after the turn of the century. Items shown, for both husband and wife: full name (wife's maiden name); residence; color or race; age; single, widowed, or divorced; number of marriages; birthplace; occupation; name and birthplace of parents; and maiden name of mother. Marriage data includes place, city or township, and county where marriage was contracted; time when marriage took place; by what ceremony contracted; certification; signature of person officiating and of witnesses; filing date and names of local registrar and county clerk; and county clerk; and recording date.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS:  There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date of registration in volumes designated A-C and 1-211.  The collection is indexed in the Index of marriages (Milwaukee Micro Series 12).

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:

Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds. Register of marriages [microform], 1836-1911. Milwaukee Micro Series 13. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. Golda Meir Library. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

RELATED COLLECTIONS:

Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds. Certificates of marriage [microform], 1836-1876. (Milwaukee Series 39)

Milwaukee County (Wis.). Register of Deeds.  Index of marriages [microform], 1830-191. (Milwaukee Micro Series 12)

Wisconsin. Bureau of Health Statistics. Index to registrations of marriages [microform], 1852-1907. (Wisconsin Series 2074)

Wisconsin. Bureau of Health Statistics. Registrations of marriages [microform], 1836-1907. (Wisconsin Series 2073)   

Wisconsin. Bureau of Health Statistics. Statewide index to registrations of marriages [microform], 1852-1907. (Wisconsin Series 2109)

PROCESSING: This series is available only on microfilm. This is a negative user copy. This microfilm was produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1977, which holds the master negative.

Original records are held by the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:

• Local government records.
• Milwaukee County (Wis.)--Genealogy.
• Milwaukee County (Wis.)--History--Sources.
• Public records--Wisconsin--Milwaukee County.
• Wisconsin--Genealogy.

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