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Wisconsin Public Records Search
Wisconsin Birth Certificates
Cost for copies: $12.00
WI Vital Records Office
1 West Wilson Street
P.O. Box 309
Madison, WI 53701-0309State Office has scattered records earlier than 1857. Records before October 1, 1907, are very incomplete. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $3.00 each.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to State of Wisconsin Vital Records. A stamped, self-addressed business size (#10) envelope should be included with the request. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (608) 266-1371. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at: http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/vitalrecords/index.htm
Identification is required to pick up certified copies of vital records in person.
Wisconsin Death Certificates
Cost for copies: $7.00
WI Vital Records Office
1 West Wilson Street
P.O. Box 309
Madison, WI 53701-0309State Office has scattered records earlier than 1857. Records before October 1, 1907, are very incomplete. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $3.00 each.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to State of Wisconsin Vital Records. A stamped, self-addressed business size (#10) envelope should be included with the request. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (608) 266-1371. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at: http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/vitalrecords/index.htm
Identification is required to pick up certified copies of vital records in person.
Wisconsin Marriage Certificates
Cost for copies: $7.00
WI Vital Records Office
1 West Wilson Street
P.O. Box 309
Madison, WI 53701-0309State office has records since April 1836. Records before October 1, 1907, are very incomplete and cannot be searched without a county of marriage. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $3.00 each.
Identification is required to pick up certified copies of vital records in person.
Wisconsin Divorce Records
Cost for copies: $7.00
WI Vital Records Office
1 West Wilson Street
P.O. Box 309
Madison, WI 53701-0309State office has records since October 1907. Additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $3.00 each.
Identification is required to pick up certified copies of vital records in person.
