Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce, etc. (you must include photocopy of your driver's license/state ID with application & payment – Don't forget to sign & date!)
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, 2016, or after. For Divorce records PRIOR to January 1st, 2016, please check with the Winnebago County Clerk of Courts for Divorce Findings of Fact, Conclusion of Law and Judgment (located at the Winnebago County Courthouse – 415 Jackson St., Oshkosh, WI 54901). Certified and uncertified divorce certificates (statewide) prior to January 1, 2016, can be ordered from the State of Wisconsin Vital Records office online – www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/vitalrecords Authenticated, but uncertified, copies of certificates of divorce as well as findings of fact, conclusions of law and judgement in most Winnebago County divorces from 1848-1978 can be obtained from the UW Oshkosh Archives and Area Research Center: https://archives.uwosh.edu/genealogy
- NOTE: Vital Records prior to October 1, 1907, may not be available due to there being no filing requirement prior to this date. Pre-October 1907 Vital Records can also be searched at the UW Oshkosh Archives and Area Research Center: https://archives.uwosh.edu/genealogy
APPLICATIONS (for mail-in or in-person requests):
DIVORCE CERTIFICATE
(Our office provides only those Divorce Certificates that occurred on 1/1/2016 up to our current day.)