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The Laurie History Room of the Door County Library Sturgeon Bay branch offers an extensive genealogy and local history collection. Resources available include local newspapers on microfilm, 1862 to date, a local newspaper obituary index, family histories, a cemetary index, marriage indexes, city directories, high school and college yearbooks, a census database and federal and state censuses on microfilm, plat maps, biographies and histories of Door County, works by local authors, and much more.
Door County vital records are held in the Door County Register of Deeds in the Door County Government Building and at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Vital Records. More information at:
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PREMIUM RESEARCH
(library card required)
Heritage Quest Online (home or library use)
Ancestry.com (library use only) Access News Archives (home or library use) Google News Archives |
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Crossroads Historical Village
Door County Historical Society Jacksonport Historical Society Ephraim Historical Foundation Sister Bay Historical Society Gibraltar Historical Association Egg Harbor Historical Society
Northern Door Genealogical Society
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LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS AND ARTICLES ONLINE
(large file)
History of Door County, Wisconsin / Chas. I. Martin Scandinavian Moravians in Wisconsin / Joseph Schafer The Belgians in the North Country / Lee W. Metzger They Wanted Wings: a History of Door County Aviation / John Enigl and Wallace Felhofer
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ONLINE RESOURCES
Door Co. Historical Atlases, Directories, Plat Maps & High School Yearbooks
Great Lakes Shipwrecks Wisconsin Belgian American Research Collection Wisconsin Historical Society Wisconsin Architecture & History Inventory Land Records, National Archives Family Search Belgian-Roots Project, Door County Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System database
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BIRTH, MARRIAGES, DEATH
Wisconsin Vital Records pre-1907
Door County Advocate obituary index 1862-1899 Door County Death Index 1857-1933 Online Wisconsin Death Records & Indexes Door County Marriage Index through 1927 Door County Churches-Baptism Records
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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