Pierce County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Pierce 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  Pierce County



County Courthouse
Pierce County Courthouse 414 W Main; PO Box 119 Ellsworth, WI 54011 Phone: 715.273.3531

County Clerk has birth and death recordsd from 1876, marriage records from 1855, divorce records from 1875, probate records from 1878 and court records from 1869 )

Parent County
1858--Pierce County was created 25 February 1858 from St. Croix County. County seat: Ellsworth

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

 * Dakota County, Minnesota
 * Dunn
 * Goodhue County, Minnesota
 * Pepin
 * St. Croix
 * Washington County, Minnesota

Cemeteries

 * Ancestry
 * St. Bridget Cemetery, River Falls BillionGraves
 * Ellsworth,_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.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wipierce/census.htm

Church History and Records

 * St Paul's United Church of Christ, Ellsworth, Wisconsin, old church records http://www.spuccellsworth.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=116&amp;Itemid=160

Lutheran

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

Land and Property
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wipierce/land.htm

Local Histories
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wipierce/cities.htm

Maps

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

http://www.wisconline.com/counties/pierce/map.html

Civil War
Civil War service men from Pierce 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 Pierce County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company C
 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company M
 * - 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company B
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company D
 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies A and D
 * - 13th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company G

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wipierce/military.htm

Newspapers
http://www.piercecountyherald.com/

Repositories
See also a List of Wisconsin Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Web Sites

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

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wipierce/