Richland County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Richland County Wisconsin ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Richland County Courthouse 181 W Seminary Street Richland Center, WI 53581 Phone: 608.647.2197 Register of Deeds has birth and death from 1870, marriage and land records from 1850; Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1860; Register in Probate has probate records from 1851; City Clerk has burial records

Parent County
1842--Richland County was created 18 February 1842 from Crawford and Sauk Counties. County seat: Richland Center

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wisconsin County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wisconsin County Boundary Maps" (1790-1961) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties
Crawford •  Grant  •  Iowa  •  Sauk  •  Vernon

Biography

 * Biographical Index: History of Richland County 1906 - this is an index only. USGenWeb Archives

Cemeteries

 * Richland County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives

State Census

 * 1855 - 1855 Wisconsin State Census This census includes name of head of family; other individuals in the household are identified by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.
 * 1865 - 1865 Wisconsin State Census Name index and images of the 1865 State Census which names the head of household. Most records have been destroyed but schedules exist for the following counties: Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan.
 * 1875 - 1875 Wisconsin State Census Identifies head of household by name.
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images. Search indexed census.  Identifies by name of head of household.  Other information is statistical and identifies the rest of the household by race, gender and country of birth.
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images. Identifies head of household by name. Other information is statistical.
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — Name index and images of population. Enumerates by name all inhabitants.

Federal Census

 * 1850 - 1850 Federal Census Richland County, Wisconsin USGenWeb Archives
 * 1850 - Richland, WI 1850 Federal Census USGenWeb Archives
 * 1850 - Richland County, Wisconsin: 1850 Census Index USGenWeb Archives

History

 * Richland County Historical Resources WIGenWeb project

Land and Property

 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database: A-C USGenWeb Archives
 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database: D-G USGenWeb Archives
 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database: H-K USGenWeb Archives
 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database: L-O USGenWeb Archives
 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database: P-S USGenWeb Archives
 * Wisconsin Land Patents Database: T-Z USGenWeb Archives

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Civil War
Civil War service men from Richland County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are many companies or regiments that were formed from men of Richland County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company M
 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company F
 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies D and possibly F
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company H
 * - 11th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies D and H
 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company I
 * - 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company H with men from the town of Forest, which is found in Fond du Lac County, Richland County, St. Croix County or Vernon County

Obituaries

 * Richland County Obits WIGenWeb project

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1800 – 1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry.com — images and index $
 * 1848 – 1948 at FamilySearch — images

Repositories
See also a List of Wisconsin Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Birth Records

 * 1826 - 1926 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1826 - 1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1836 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1883 - 1884 Richland County Marriage Records WIGenWeb project
 * 1973 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1973 - 1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry.com — index/images $

Divorce Records

 * 1965 - 1984 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1867 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1835 - 1968 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1959 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index

Websites

 * Richland County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Richland County WIGenWeb project
 * Richland County Archives USGenWeb Archives
 * Richland County Archives USGenWeb Archives