Lafayette County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

United States Wisconsin  Lafayette County 



County Courthouse
Lafayette County Courthouse 626 Main Street Darlington, WI 53530; Phone. 608.776.4850

Register of Deeds has birth records from 1860, marriage records from 1847, death records from 1877 and land records from 1840; Clerk Court has divorce and court records; Registrar in Probate has  probate records

Parent County
1846--Lafayette County was created 31 January 1846 fromIowa County. County seat: Darlington

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
Grant •  Green  •  Iowa  •  Jo Daviess County, Illinois  •  Stephenson County, Illinois



Census
1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable index to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search 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.

1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable index to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search 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.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Civil War
Civil War service men from Lafayette 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 Lafayette County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company I
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Company I
 * - 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company A
 * - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company A

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Freeport, Illinois newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Lafayette County. The Rock Island Public Library in Rock Island, Illinois provides free access to this database at its library.

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
Lafayette County Genealogical Society PO Box 183 Darlington, WI 53530 Phone: 608-776-2755 Website

Lafayette County Historical Society 525 Main St Darlington, WI 53530 Phone: 608-776-8340 Email:[mailto:lafayettehistorical@centurylink.net] 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

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