Wisconsin

Vital Records and Other Help

Where to write for your Non-Identifying Information: Adoption Search Coordinator, 
Bureau for Children Youth and Families,
 PO Box 7851, 
Madison, WI 53707, 
608-266-7163

Wisconsin Division of Health, 
Vital Records, 
1 West Wilson Street, P.O. Box 309, 
Madison, WI 53701, 
(608) 266-1371

Make check or money order payable to
 Center for Health Statistics.

State office has scattered birth and death records earlier than 1857. Records before October 1, 1907 are very incomplete. 
If you're looking for records older than 1907, you should write to the county to get the record's, if you know which one it is. 
They have more "complete" information than the state does. 
State office has divorce records since October 1907. 
State office has marriage records since April 1836. Records before October 1, 1907 are incomplete.

Be sure to check the libraries for a birth index.

Children and Family Service Division, 
Adoption Search, 1 W. Wilson Street,
 Madison, WI 53703 

Wisconsin Registry

Birth Certificate Fees

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