St. Croix County, Wisconsin Genealogy

United States Wisconsin  St. Croix

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



County County Courthouse
St Croix County Courthouse 1101 Carmichael Road Hudson, Wi 54016 Phone: 715.386.4609 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; Register in Probate has probate records

Historical Facts

 * Hudson, Wisconsin History

Parent County
1840--St. Croix County was created 9 January 1840 from Crawford County. County seat: Hudson

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
For a list of record loss in Wisconsin Counties see: Wisconsin Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties
Barron •  Dunn  •  Pierce  •  Polk  •  Washington County, Minnesota



Cemeteries

 * Hudson, Wisconsin Cemeteries
 * St. Croix County Cemeteries with some links. WIGenWeb project

Church History and Records

 * Hudson, Wisconsin

Lutheran
First Lutheran Church, New Richmond


 * Records of the First Lutheran Church, New Richmond, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Glenwood City


 * Records of Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Glenwood City, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Star Prairie


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Star Prairie, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Directories

 * Hudson,_Wisconsin

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin
 * Family Maps of St. Croix County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War
Civil War service men from St. Croix 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 St. Croix County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company D
 * - 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

Newspapers

 * Hudson, Wisconsin Newspapers

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

Societies
St Croix County Historical Society 1104 Third Street Hudson, WI 54016 Phone: 715-386-2654 Website

Area Research Center - University of Wisconsin - River Falls Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls 120 Cascade Avenue River Falls, WI 54022 Phone: 715/425-3567

New Richmond Heritage Center 1100 Heritage Dr New Richmond, WI 54017 Phone:715-246-3276 Website

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
 * 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

Web Sites

 * St. Croix County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook