Trempealeau County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Trempealeau County, Wisconsin ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Trempealeau County Courthouse PO Box 67 Whitehall, WI 54773-0067 Phone: 715-538-2311 Trempealeau County Website Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and land records. Clerk of Courts has divorce and court records. Register in Probate has probate records.

Biographies
Links to Trempealeau County Biographies USGenWeb Archives

Cemeteries

 * Trempeleau County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives

Census Records

 * 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.

Church Records
Lutheran
 * Records of Zion, Trinity, and Edens Lutheran Church, Galesville, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Trempealeau Valley Lutheran Church (Located in Blair, Trempealeau County)

Land and Property Records

 * Links to various land records of Trempealeau County WIGenWeb project

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Civil War

 * - 5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Reorganized, Company G (Men were listed in the Roster as being from the city of Albion, which could have been from the counties of Dane, Trempealeau or Jackson.)
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company I


 * Civil War Enlistees Listed in the Galesville Transcript, August 22, 1862, page 4. WIGenWeb project
 * Deceased Civil War Soldiers of Trempealeau County Transcribed from the Galesville Transcript, July 31, 1863, Page 4. WIGenWeb project
 * 1883 Pensioner's Roll WIGenWeb project

World War I

 * Wisconsin Gold Star List for Trempealeau Co. USGenWeb Archives
 * World War I Memorial Plaque Listing from the Wisconsin War Memorial in Arcadia WiGenWeb project

World War II

 * World War II Memorial Plaque Listing from the Wisconsin War Memorial in Arcadia WiGenWeb project
 * WWII Army Enlistees, Names ABTS - HAYTER USGenWeb Archives
 * WWII Army Enlistees, Names HEATH - NYEN USGenWeb Archives
 * WWII Army Enlistees, Names OANES - SCOW USGenWeb Archives
 * WWII Army Enlistees, Names SEGUIN - ZIMMERMAN USGenWeb Archives

Obituaries

 * Obituary Indices from Trempealeau County WIGenWeb project
 * Trempealeau County Obituaries USGenWeb Archives

Probate Records
Online Records


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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Wisconsin Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Birth

 * 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1826-1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry — index $
 * 1826-1926 at FamilySearch — index
 * Pre-1907 Birth Indices of Trempealeau County WIGenWeb project

Marriage

 * 1836-1930 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1973-1997 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1973-1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry — index/images $
 * Pre-1907 Trempealeau County Marriage Indices WIGenWeb project

Death

 * 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1835-1968 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1867-1907 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1959-1997 at FamilySearch — index
 * Pre-1907 Trempealeau County Death Indices WIGenWeb project

Divorce

 * 1965-1984 at FamilySearch — index

Archives

 * Area Research Center Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse 1631 Pine St. La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 Telephone: 608-785-8511 Email: [mailto:specoll@uwlax.edu specoll@uwlax.edu] Website Facebook

Libraries

 * Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Area Research Center 1631 Pine St. La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 Telephone: 608-785-8511 Email: [mailto:specoll@uwlax.edu specoll@uwlax.edu] Website Facebook

Societies

 * Trempealeau County Historical Society W19092 State Rd 54 Galesville, WI, 54630 Phone: 608-582-2908 Email: [mailto:nbergman27@yahoo.com nbergman27@yahoo.com] Website

Websites

 * Trempealeau County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Trempealeau County WIGenWeb project
 * Trempealeau County Archives USGenWeb Archives
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records