St. Croix County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
St Croix County Courthouse 1101 Carmichael Road Hudson, Wi 54016 Phone: 715.386.4609 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; Register in Probate has probate records

Historical Facts

 * Hudson, Wisconsin History

Parent County
1840--St. Croix County was created 9 January 1840 from Crawford County. County seat: Hudson

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties
Barron •  Dunn  •  Pierce  •  Polk  •  Washington County, Minnesota

Cemeteries

 * Hudson, Wisconsin Cemeteries
 * St. Croix County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives

Census

 * St. Croix County Census Information with links to some federal census records. WIGenWeb project

State Census

 * 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 History and Records

 * Churches in St. Croix County with links. WIGenWeb project
 * Hudson, Wisconsin Church Records

Lutheran
First Lutheran Church, New Richmond


 * Records of the First Lutheran Church, New Richmond, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Glenwood City


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

Star Prairie


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

Directories

 * Hudson, Wisconsin City Directories

Maps

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

Civil War
Civil War service men from St. Croix 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 St. Croix County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company D
 * - 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company H with men from the town of Forest, which is found in Fond du Lac County, Richland County, St. Croix County or Vernon County

Newspapers

 * Hudson, Wisconsin Newspapers

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
St Croix County Historical Society 1104 Third Street Hudson, WI 54016 Telephone: 715-386-2654 Website

Area Research Center - University of Wisconsin - River Falls Chalmer Davee Library, University of Wisconsin-River Falls 120 Cascade Avenue River Falls, WI 54022 Telephone: 715/425-3567 Website

New Richmond Heritage Center 1100 Heritage Dr New Richmond, WI 54017 Telephone: 715-246-3276 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

Websites

 * St. Croix County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * St. Croix County WIGenWeb project
 * St. Croix Archives USGenWeb Archives
 * St. Croix Archives USGenWeb Archives