The following is an
INDEX for the PRE-1907 Births for Florence
County. Births were not required to be
registered in Wisconsin until years later, so this is not a
complete listing of all the births in Florence County.
Additional sources of
birth information may be BAPTISMAL & CONFIRMATION RECORDS that
the local churches/ parishes recorded. Also, Wisconsin had
a DELAYED BIRTH REGISTRATION that recorded births up to
years after they occurred. The
examples I give are my own family's. My Dad was born at
home and his birth was not recorded in 1911. In the 1930's
when he was applying for a Social Security number, he registered
for a birth certificate -- and the best one I saw was my
mother-in-law's when she applied in the 1940's -- not only did
she fill out her own birth certificate, but she signed it for
her mother. And another good source for male birth records
is the WWI Draft Registration Cards in 1917-1918.
The information is from the
index created by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family
Services, Vital Records Division. However, it is important to
note that there will be some records at the county level not
included in this statewide index. The "mistakes" and
misspellings were copied just as they appeared--I found some of
my family with surname spellings I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED!!
***The VITALS page has the addresses,
etc. for acquiring copies of these documents.
***ALL birth dates are
between 1882-1907! Prior to 1882 when Florence became a county,
you will need to search in Marinette & Oconto counties.
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