Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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Parent County
1856--Eau Claire County was created 6 October 1856 from Chippewa County. County seat: Eau Claire

Cities, villages, and towns
Cities


 * Altoona*
 * Augusta
 * Eau Claire*

Villages


 * Fairchild
 * Fall Creek

Towns

 * Bridge Creek
 * Brunswick*
 * Clear Creek
 * Drammen
 * Fairchild
 * Lincoln
 * Ludington
 * Otter Creek
 * Pleasant Valley*
 * Seymour**
 * Union*
 * Washington*
 * Wilson

* indicates a municipality considered part of the Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls metropolitan area.

Unincorporated communities

 * Main article: Unincorporated communities in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

‡ historical community § now part of the city of Eau Claire

Neighboring Counties

 * Buffalo
 * Chippewa
 * Clark
 * Dunn
 * Jackson
 * Pepin
 * Trempealeau

Biographies
At the WIGenWeb County Archives Project, biographies A-F, biographies G-L , biographies M-R , biographies S-Z , and other biographical indexes.

Family History Library CATALOG

Cemeteries
At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb Cemetery locations, with some on line.

Some photos of tombstones in this county: Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

On Google Maps, shows locations of cemeteries today.

Family History Library CATALOG

Census

 * At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb 


 * 1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free unindexed Internet images to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site. This census includes name of head of family, individuals in the household by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born.


 * 1885 Wisconsin State Census FamilySearch Record Search  Browse unindexed images.  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.


 * Family History Library CATALOG  1905 Census Index

Church
At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

On Google Maps, shows locations of churches existing today.

Family History Library CATALOG

Directories
At the WIGenWeb County Archives Project

At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Family History Library CATALOG

Guardianship
Family History Library CATALOG

History
Family History Library CATALOG History;

Family History Library CATALOG History - Indexes; and

Family History Library CATALOG History - Periodicals

Land
Family History Library CATALOG - Land and Property Records;

Family History Library CATALOG - Land and Property - Maps

Local Histories
Histories of various locations in this county: Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Old photos of people in this county: Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Old photos of places in this county: Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Maps
Family History Library CATALOG

Naturalization and Citizenship
Family History Library CATALOG

Probate
Family History Library CATALOG

School Records
At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Taxation
Family History Library CATALOG

Vital Records
At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Family History Library CATALOG

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
 * Eau Claire County GENWEB
 * Linkpedium Eau Claire County Genealogy and Family History
 * Kindred Trails Eau Claire County Genealogy
 * Eau Claire County Archives Sources Project