Dunn County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Dunn 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  Dunn County



County Courthouse
Dunn County Courthouse 800 Wilson Avenue Menomonie, WI 64751-2785; Phone: 715.232.1677

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records from 1860 and land records

Parent County
1854--Dunn County was created 3 February 1854 from Chippewa County. County seat: Menomonie

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 • Chippewa •  Eau Claire •  Pepin  •  Pierce  •  Polk  •  St. Croix

Cemeteries

 * Menomonie,_Wisconsin



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.

1885 Wisconsin State Census— Free searchable index to the 1885 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.

Church History and Records

 * Menomonie,_Wisconsin

Lutheran

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

Land and Property
Barron County Register of Deeds 330 E. LaSalle Avenue

Phone: 715-537-6211, Fax? 715-537-6817

Maps

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

Civil War
Civil War service men from Dunn 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 Dunn County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company L
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies A, F and K
 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Companies B and C

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

Archives, Libraries and Museums
University of Wisconsin - Stout

UW-Stout University Library315 Tenth Ave. Menomonie, WI 54751 715-232-1215Fax: 715-232-1783Toll-Free: 1-800-787-8688

http://ezproxy.uwstout.edu/ics-wpd/Newspaper_Index/index.shtml

Dunn County Genealogical Society (located at the Historical Society &amp; Museum below)

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~widunn/dcgs.htm

Dunn County Historical Society

www.dunnhistory.org

Dunn County Historical Society PO Box 437, Menomonie, WI 54751 (715) 232-8685

Societies
Dunn County Historical Society PO Box 437 Menomonie, WI 54751 Phone: 715-232-8685 Website

Heritage Museum 1820 Wakanda Street Menomonie, Wisconsin 54751 Phone:715- 232-8685 All corespondence to PO Box 437 Website

Birth Records

 * 1826 - 1926 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — 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

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