Hi Judy, UWM has these records http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/arch/genie.htm click on births, deaths, etc There is a pre 1907 index at the State Hist Soc in Madison and also online at ancestry.com (same index). The downtown Milw library & UWM also have this index. The actual records are at the UWM library (Golda Meir) and State Hist Soc in Madison. These are state index and records. At ancestry.com, you can do reverse searches on marriages to find the spouse once you have found your person. Be sure to use Soundex or wildcards if you don't find a match as there are many typos and errors in these early records. You can find a records online at ancestry.com and then get the actual record at the State Hist Soc in Madison or at UWM. The birth records may contain other siblings names (there is a place on the birth cert. for this info). Marriage certs include both spouses parents. Death certs contain burial and parents & spouse. Prior to 1907, records were not required to be filed unless a doctor was called. In the case of deaths and births, not all events were recorded. From my experience, most marriage records were recorded at the state level (but not all). I have had much luck with marriage records and not so much luck with deaths and births. There are County records index and records at UWM (see link above to UWM). The county records are through 1912 for most cases. These do not always match up with the state records (ancestry.com, WSHS and other libraries). It doesn't hurt to check the county index if you don't find a match at ancestry.com, etc, etc Hope this helps! Karen Judy wrote: > I am researching members of the WALLACE family who settled in Milwaukee > between 1890-1910, relocating from Ohio. > > Does anyone on the list know if there is a good online index for looking up > marriages or births? > > Judy Ramsay-Jensen > Morrisonville, WI (close to Madison) > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx