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Archives
Area Research Center
Family History Center
  • Family History Library Holdings (Sheboygan County)

  • Family History Center
    Sheboygan,Wisconsin 
    3920 Saemann Ave.,
    Sheboygan, WI
    (920) 452-7063
    Hours: W 10am-2pm, 6:30pm-8:30pm; Th 6:30pm-8:30pm; F 10am-2pm; Sat 9am-12pm
Libraries
Museums

Bibliography

  • Côté, Richard N., and Carol A. Coté. The Genealogists' Guide to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Manitowoc, Wis: R. N. Coté Genealogical Publications, 1977.
  • Sheboygan County Genealogy Society. Sheboygan County, Wis., Indexes. 1848. Indexes to files held by the library, courthouse, and elsewhere, pertaining to many aspects of Sheboygan County, Wis., history, including cemeteries, marriage applications and licenses, obituaries, and weddings.

Biographies, Family Histories, and Names

  • Aby, Franklin Stanton, and Malvina Stanton Aby. The Eby Family Bulletin. Chicago, Ill: [s.n.], 1923. Ebi family, Ebie family of Stark County, Ohio., Swiss Eby family., Colonial documentary history of Theodorus Eby., Aby family of Peoria County, Illinois, the Eaby family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania., Nickolaus Ebi-Eby (1825-1898) of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

  • Dairy Promotion Association (Sheboygan County, Wis.). Century Farms of Sheboygan County: Still in the Farm Families in 1988. S.l: s.n, 1988.
  • Denison, James H. Family history, 1985. Typescript photocopies of obituary, 1909, of James H. Denison who was born in Seneca County, New York in 1817; tribute to Denison, 1909; extract from the BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY (Wisconsin), 1894; and obituary of Mary Leavens, daughter of James H. Denison, 1941.
  • King, Katherine Cullen. The Cullens of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 1850-1900. Baltimore (1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore 21202): Gateway Press, 1986.
     
  • Lutz, Thomas Joseph. The Historic Maritime Lutz's of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. [Sheboygan, Wis.?]: T.J. Lutz, 2007. Pt. 2 highlights the career of Theodore Casper Lutz, one of the owners of Chicago and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, later Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, the company that prepared the sites for Chicago World's Fair and the steel mill complexes in East Chicago and South Chicago, Illinois; Gary, Indiana and along the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie. The company also constructed Wacker Drive and the Michigan Avenue Bridge in downtown Chicago and the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and prepared the site for the construction of Soldier Field in Chicago, among other achievements.
  • Meyer, Laura, N. W. Merrill, and Alonzo Merrill. Family History of the Bossards and the Wollebs. 1542. Biographical sketch by Meyer and genealogical charts of the ancestry and descendants of minister and teacher John James Bossard, who was born in Basle, Switzerland, came to the United States in 1847, and served in Fort Wayne, Indiana until moving to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in 1854, where he was one of the founders of Mission House School. Also included are photocopies of two letters: one to James Merrell in Batavia, New York from his brother Alonzo describing his arrival in Prairieville (Waukesha), Wisconsin Territory (1841), and one to Alonzo from another brother, N. W., serving in the army at Fort Washita, Choctaw Nation (1845), describing buffalo hunt and an effort to find captured children.
     
  • Portrait and Biographical Record of Sheboygan County, Wis.: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States and the Governors of the State of Wisconsin. La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press, 1998.

  • Risseeuw, Mary, et al. Dutch collection. 1669. Genealogies, books, and other materials, relating to many Dutch familes who settled in Sheboygan County, Wis., including baptismal, marriage, and death records from Aalten, Biervliet, Bredevoort, Terneuzen, Winterswijk, and other towns in the Netherlands.
  • Robbins, Frederick Campbell. Certain Families Who Emigrated from Washington County, Maine, to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, 1849-1866, with Some of Their Ancestors and Descendants: Chart and Data Sheets. Kenosha, Wis: F.C. Robbins, 1972.

  • Robbins, Frederick Campbell, Harlan P. Hubbard, T. T. Hubbard, and Julia A. Robbins. Data on Certain Members of the Hubbard Family Who Emigrated from Oswego County, Wisconsin, 1843-1866. Kenosha, Wis: F.C. Robbins, 1972.
  • Sheboygan County Genealogical Society. Compilation of Pedigree Charts from the Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Sesquicentennial. Sheboygan Falls, Wis. (518 Water St., Sheboygan Falls 53085): Sheboygan County Genealogical Society, 1990.

  • Spranger, Gary S. Mathias Sprangers (1822-1884) and Bernardina Sprangers (1831-1906): A Story About Our Early Pioneer Ancestors in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Bountiful, Utah: Family History Publishers, 2001.
  • Von Kaas family.; Georg Carl August Von Kaas; Mathilda Deckner Von Kaas. Papers, 1719-1979. Papers of members of the well-to-do family which migrated to Chicago and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in the mid-1800's. The collection primarily includes correspondence, journals and travel diaries, and other papers of Georg Carl August Baron von Kaas (1805-1868), of his second wife, Mathilda (nee Deckner), and their children and relatives. Carl von Kaas at one point served as administrator (Oberforstmeister) of the forests and estates of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe, as well as Councillor of the Exchequer.
  • Wagner, Jeanette. History and Genealogy of Carl and Amelia Born Who Emigrated from Germany to Wisconsin in the Late 1860's. New Holstein, Wis: Copy Center, 1993.
  • Wippermann, Donald Richard. The William Wippermann Homestead: Mosel Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Littleton, Colo: Donald Richard Wippermann, 2007.

Cemeteries

Census Records and Indexes

  • Noonan, Barry Christopher. 1865 Wisconsin State Census: The Six Surviving Counties, Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan : Transcription and Index. Madison? Wis: B.C. Noonan], 1993.

  • Sheboygan County Genealogical Society. The Sheboygan County Census, 1865, State of Wisconsin: Enumeration of the Inhabitants in Sheboygan County, State of Wisconsin, on the First Day of June 1865. Sheboygan, Wis: Sheboygan County Genealogical Society, 1985.

  • Sheboygan County Online Census Records

Church Records

  • Johnson, Valeska E. Gedenkfschrift zum 50=jährigen Jubiläum der Evang. St. Johannes-Gemeinde in Town Herman, Wis. Herman, Wis: Valeska E. Johnson?, 1987.

  • Van Der Puy, Nancy. History of the Reformed, Christian Reformed and Dutch Reformed Schools in Sheboygan County. Sheboygan Falls, WI: Research Center, 2000.

Court Records

Deaths and Obituaries

Directories

Ethnic Groups

  • Heinen, Ronald E., and Ione L. Heinen. Stories of the Phoenix Disaster, November 21, 1847. S.l: s.n.], 1983.
  • Krumrey, Karl, and John Konrad Meidenbauer. Germans in the United States collection. 1837. A collection of manuscripts, chiefly letters, from various sources relating to German immigration to the United States and, in particular, to Wisconsin. Half of the collection consists of exchanges between Joseph Schafer of the State Historical Society and Joseph von Scheben of the University of Bonn about a cooperative study of emigration from the Eifel district of Rhenish Prussia. The results of that project consist of German language transcripts of letters written in the United States to people in Germany; English translations are present for a few letters. Less than half of the project letters concern families for which some members settled in Wisconsin. Most thoroughly documented Wisconsin places are Calumet County, Milwaukee, and Sheboygan. Among the prominently noted surnames are Boger, Goebel, Grones, Hullen, Hutter, Karst, Klinkhammer, Leuthert, Metzen, Michels, Mies, Musseler, Niederhofen, Pitzen, Radermacher, Schaefer, and Schmitz.

  • Risseeuw, Mary, et al. Dutch collection. 1669. Genealogies, books, and other materials, relating to many Dutch familes who settled in Sheboygan County, Wis., including baptismal, marriage, and death records from Aalten, Biervliet, Bredevoort, Terneuzen, Winterswijk, and other towns in the Netherlands.
  • Risseeuw, Mary. I End with My Pen, but Not with My Heart: Dutch Immigrant Letters, Memoirs and Travel Journals. Sheboygan Falls, WI: Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 2008.

  • Risseeuw, Mary, and Ione Pietenpol Heinen. A Phoenix Sesquicentennial Tribute, 1847-1997. [S.l.]: M. Risseeuw and I.P. Heinen, 1997.

  • Wieberdink, Mildred. Out of the Phoenix, a Tragic Beginning: Holland Immigrants Triumph Over Tragedy, 1847-1987. [S.l.]: Standard Printing Co, 1986.

  • Zeidler, Michael Edward. An Investigation of Antebellum Settlement Patterns of German Immigrants in Mosel Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. S.l: s.n, 1987.

Forums, Mailing Lists, and Message Boards

Forums
Mailing Lists
Message Boards

History

  • Heinen, Ronald E., and Ione L. Heinen. Stories of the Phoenix Disaster, November 21, 1847. S.l: s.n.], 1983.

  • Schulz, Edmund. Spring Corners and Schwarzwald: Country Cross Roads. [Sheboygan Falls, Wis.?]: Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 2005.
  • Sheboygan County Genealogy Society. Sheboygan County, Wis., Indexes. 1848. Indexes to files held by the library, courthouse, and elsewhere, pertaining to many aspects of Sheboygan County, Wis., history, including cemeteries, marriage applications and licenses, obituaries, and weddings.

  • Sheboygan County Historical Document (University of Wisconsin)

  • Sheboygan County Historical Documents

Land Records

Maps, Gazetteers, and Atlases

  • Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Norman, Okla: Arphax Pub. Co, 2005.

Military Records

Miscellaneous Materials

  • Sheboygan County Genealogical Society. Compilation of Pedigree Charts from the Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Sesquicentennial. Sheboygan Falls, Wis. (518 Water St., Sheboygan Falls 53085): Sheboygan County Genealogical Society, 1990.

  • Sheboygan County Pioneers Society. Sheboygan County Pioneers Society & Reunion Records, 1881-1929. Sheboygan, Wis: Sheboygan County Pioneers Society, 1929.

Naturalization Records

  • Hetzel, Bev. Sheboygan County, WI Naturalizations. West Bend, WI: B. Hetzel, 1996.

Newspapers and Periodicals

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

Projects

Researchers

Societies

Genealogical Societies
  • Sheboygan County Genealogical Society
    518 Water St.
    Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 
     
  • Sheboygan County Genealogical Society. Sheboygan County Genealogist. Sheboygan, WI: Sheboygan County Genealogical Society, 1982.
Historical Societies
  • Kiel Area Historical Society
    N9654 Anderson Ct.
    Elkhart Lake, WI 53020
    (920) 894-2085
    E-mail: secretary@kielwi.org
    President: Faye Konen
    22917 STH 57
    Kiel, WI, 53042
    Phone: (920) 894-2085
    E-mail: fkonen@verizon.net
    Historic House
    Faye Konen
    227 Fremont Street, Kiel, 53042
    Open for special events and by request. Group tours available.
     
  • Plymouth Historical Society
    420 E Mill St
    Plymouth, WI, 53075
    Phone: (920) 893-1876
    Email: info@plymouthhistoricalsociety.com
    President: James Stahlman
    405 Collins St
    Plymouth, WI, 53073
    Phone: (920) 892-6228
    E-mail: stahlman@wi.rr.com

    Plymouth Historical Society Museum
    James Stahlman
    Plymouth Center
    420 East Mill Street, Plymouth, 53073
    Phone: (920) 893-1876
    Winter: 10-2 Sat and Sun; Summer hours TBD
     
  • Random Lake Area Historical Society
    78 Butler Street
    Random Lake, WI, 53075
    Phone: (920) 994-4682
    Email: jcarman@execpc.com
    President: Glen Laubenstein
    78 Butler St
    Random Lake, WI, 53075
    Phone: (920) 994-4682
     
  • Sheboygan County Historical Research Center
    518 Water Street
    Sheboygan Falls, WI, 53085
    Phone: (920) 467-4667
    Fax: (920) 467-1395
    Email: schrc@exepc.com
    President: Gerry R Van De Kreeke
    1530 S 12th St
    Sheboygan, WI, 53081
    Phone: (920) 458-8109
    E-mail: Gvandekreeke@vdks.com
    Hours:  9 AM - 4 PM, Tuesday - Saturday

    Historical Research Center
    Beth Dippel
    Historical Research Library/Reading Room
    Genealogical Research Library, Sheboygan Falls, 53085
    Phone: 920-467-4667
    Fax: 920-467-1395
    Email: schrc@execpc.com
    Open Tues-Sat, 9am-4pm. Closed major holidays. Check website for specific closure dates.
    SCHRC is a private archival library which focuses on Sheboygan County history. Information about surrounding counties may also be available.
     
  • Sheboygan County Historical Society
    3110 Erie Avenue
    Sheboygan, WI, 53081
    Phone: 920-458-1103
    Fax: 920-458-5152
    Email: koeppnlk@co.sheboygan.wi.us
    President: Bernard Nowicki
    W1832 Bender Road
    Sheboygan, WI, 53083
    Phone: (920) 467-1755
    E-mail: bnowicki@qualitystate.com

    Sheboygan County Historical Museum
    Robert Harker
    3110 Erie Avenue, Sheboygan, 53081
    Phone: (920) 458-1103
    Open Apr 1-Oct 31, Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm. Open Thanksgiving Day-Dec, closed Mon and Tues.

Tax Records

  • Sheboygan County (Wis.). Tax Rolls. 1910. This is one of two bibliographic records to the collection. Tax rolls for real and personal property for localities in Sheboygan County, showing name of owner; description of property; charges, taxes, and value assessed; and amount and date paid. Finding aid available in the Archives.

Towns and Cities

  • Hildebrand, Janice. The Heart of Sheboygan County: Sheboygan Falls, Plymouth, Lima, and Lyndon Townships. Dallas, Tex: Curtis Media Corp, 1992.

  • Koppelmann, Elmer R. Howards Grove, Wisconsin. [Wisconsin]: Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 2002.

  • Popp, Florence Fenner. Mohrsville: A Sheboygan County Cross Roads Community. Sheboygan Falls, Wis.?: Sheboygan County Historical Research Center?], 2005.

  • Remembrances of Ada, Wisconsin. Sheboygan Falls, Wis. (518 Water St., Sheboygan Falls, 53085): Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 2004.

  •  Schulz, Edmund. Spring Corners and Schwarzwald: Country Cross Roads. [Sheboygan Falls, Wis.?]: Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 2005.

  • The Sheboygan County Page

Transportation, Business and Industry

  • Dairy Promotion Association (Sheboygan County, Wis.). Century Farms of Sheboygan County: Still in the Farm Families in 1988. S.l: s.n, 1988.

Vital Records

  • Sheboygan County Register of Deeds
    Ellen Schleicher, Register of Deeds
    Mailing Address:  P.O. Box 416, Sheboygan, WI 53082-0416
    Administration Bldg., 2nd Floor - Rm 218,
    508 New York Avenue,
    Sheboygan, WI 53081
    (920) 459-3023
    Fax (920) 459-1338
    Vital Records (920) 459-387
    Genealogy Research Office Policy 
    Office Hours:  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
     
  • Sheboygan County Vital Records 

  • Sheboygan County Genealogical Society, and Sheboygan County Historical Research Center. Sheboygan County Marriage Licenses Through 1917: Two Alphabetical Sections, One for Brides, One for Grooms. Sheboygan Falls, Wis: Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 1992.
     
  •  Vezzetti, Judy, and Laurie Swimm. Index to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Marriages ... 1848-1907. Madison Wis: State Historical Society of Wisconsin], 2006.

Web Sources