Our office is able to issue the following Vital Records:
- All Wisconsin Birth Certificates (some rare exceptions)
- All Wisconsin Marriage Certificates (some rare exceptions)
- Death Certificates in which the death occurred in Winnebago County prior to 9/1/2013
OR any death certificate in which the death occurred in Wisconsin 9/1/2013 or later
- Divorce Certificates – ONLY those which occurred in Wisconsin January 1, 2016, or after. For Divorce records PRIOR to January 1st, 2016, please check with the Winnebago County Clerk of Courts for Divorce Findings of Fact, Conclusion of Law and Judgment (located at the Winnebago County Courthouse – 415 Jackson St., Oshkosh, WI 54901). Certified and uncertified divorce certificates (statewide) prior to January 1, 2016, can be ordered from the State of Wisconsin Vital Records office online – www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/vitalrecords Authenticated, but uncertified, copies of certificates of divorce as well as findings of fact, conclusions of law and judgement in most Winnebago County divorces from 1848-1978 can be obtained from the UW Oshkosh Archives and Area Research Center: https://archives.uwosh.edu/genealogy
- NOTE: Vital Records prior to October 1, 1907, may not be available due to there being no filing requirement prior to this date. Pre-October 1907 Vital Records can also be searched at the UW Oshkosh Archives and Area Research Center: https://archives.uwosh.edu/genealogy
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Please Note: For same-day processing of birth certificates, both mailed and in-person requests must be submitted by 4:00 PM.
Death Certificate Application
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Divorce Certificate* Application
* NOTICE REGARDING DIVORCE CERTIFICATES:
Our office can only issue divorce certificates which occurred in Wisconsin January 1, 2016, or after. For Divorce records PRIOR to January 1, 2016, please see notes above, under "Divorce Certificates".
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Domestic Partnership Application
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Marriage Certificate Application
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Termination of Domestic Partnership Application
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Vital Records - Consent Form
Vital Record credit card orders
Genealogy Links
- UW Oshkosh Archives & ARC
- A Barrel of Genealogy Links
- African American Genealogy Resources
- Ancestry Library Search
- Copyright Issues and FAQs (As Associated with Genealogy)
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
- Form letters and other aids to Print
- Federation of Genealogical Societies
- Genealogical Research at the National Archives
- Geographic Nameserver
- Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
- How to Trace Your Roots - From How to do Just About anything
- Online Family Search Tool (Latter Day Saints)
- The Genealogy Home Page - Comprehensive Genealogy Site
- Online Genealogy Resources
- RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
- Social Security Online
- The Largest Newspaper Obituary Search Listing
- The USGenWeb Project
- The USGenWeb Census Project
- USGenNet
- Clark County
- Jansdigs - Winnebago County
- Oshkosh Public Library
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) - Wisconsin Counties and Historical Facts