Grant County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Grant 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  Grant County



County Courthouse
Grant County Courthouse 111 S Jefferson Lancaster WI 53813; Phone. 608.723.2675 Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1876, marriage records from 1840 and land records from 1837; Register in Probate has probate records from 1840; Clerk Court has divorce and court records; Veterans Service Officer has military records

Parent County
1836--Grant County was created 8 December 1836 fromIowa County. County seat: Lancaster

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

 * Clayton County Iowa
 * Crawford
 * Dubuque County, Iowa
 * Iowa
 * Jo Daviess County, Illinois
 * Lafayette
 * Richland

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.

Church History and Records

 * LancasterChurch records.

Lutheran
Fennimore and Castle Rock


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Fennimore and Castle Rock, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com.

Plattville


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Plattville, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com.

St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Fennimore


 * Records of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Fennimore, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com.

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Civil War
Civil War service men from Grant 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 Grant County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies C and L
 * - 3rd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies G, H and M
 * - 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company C
 * - 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Companies C, F and H.
 * - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company F
 * - 11th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company C, many men from the town of Waterloo, which is part of Jefferson County and Grant County
 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company K

Newspapers

 * Lancaster

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

Web Sites

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