Register of Deeds

The Register of Deeds office remains open to the public from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Monday – Friday). Please try to arrive by 4:15 pm.  We are no longer at the courthouse. Our office is located at:

112 Otter Ave., Room #108, Oshkosh, WI 54901.

  

  

Phone Number:      Land Records & Vital Records: 920-232-3390

 

Genealogy and Land Records searching is available by appointment only.  Appointments will be scheduled in morning (8:30 am to 11:00 am) and afternoon (1:30 pm to 3:30 pm) time slots, with one time slot per person (i.e. 2 people cannot share a time slot and sit together).  Contact ROD staff at 920-232-3390 (Genealogy) or 920-232-3394 (Land Records) to schedule an appointment.  A face mask is strongly encouraged while searching.

 

Any questions can be emailed to rod@winnebagocountywi.gov (link sends e-mail).

 

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^st 2016 or after. For Divorce records PRIOR to January 1^st 2016, please check with the Winnebago County Clerk of Courts for Divorce Findings of Fact, Conclusion of Law with Judgment (located at the Winnebago County Courthouse – 415 Jackson St., Oshkosh, WI 54901). For divorce certificates prior to January 1, 2016, please visit the State of Wisconsin Vital Records Office online – www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/vitalrecords
• NOTE: Vital Records prior to October 1, 1907 may not be available due to there being no filing requirement prior to this date.