Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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Parent County
1856--Eau Claire County was created 6 October 1856 from Chippewa County. County seat: Eundefinedau Claire


 * This county was first known as the town of "Clearwater," being the southern-most township in Chippewa County. Later, it was renamed the "French translation of Clearwater" = "Eau Claire."

Cities:
Eau Claire: This city is partially in Eau Claire County and Chippewa County.

Neighboring Counties
• Buffalo •  Chippewa •  Clark •  Dunn •  Jackson •  Pepin •  Trempealeau

= TABLE: Townships, Cities, Towns, Villages, and Unincorporated Communities  =

HOW EACH COLUMN HELPS YOU WITH YOUR RESEARCH:
1. PLACE/LOCALITY column: names the "place" or "locality" of interest.

2. TYPE column: gives type of place or locality (i.e. village, town, city, etc.).

3. FHL CATALOG column: links the "catagories of sources" available in the Family History Library for the place or locality.

4. WIKIPEDIA column: like WIKI, gives background information regarding the place or locality.

5. GOOGLE MAPS column: shows the whereabouts of this place or locality on a map.

6. WORLDCAT.ORG column: shows sources from other libraries/repositories, etc. for this place or locality.

7. US HOMETOWN LOCATOR column: gives current information about the place or locality.

FOOTNOTES FOR CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, and UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES :

1 -Indicates a municipality considered part of the Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls metropolitan area

2 -Historical Community.

3 -CDP = Census Designated Place.

4 -Now a part of the city of Eau Claire.undefined

5 -UC = Unincorporated Community in Eau Claire County.

= TABLE: SOURCES LINKS  =

= SOURCES INFORMATION: =

Biographies
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 * Eau Claire Historical Search: This tool searches the local historical databases available at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Library which is maintained by the Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire.

Cemeteries
 SEE "SOURCES" Table Above  


 * Cemetery Burial Records - database of burial records for the cities' two cemeteries - Forest Hill &amp; LakeView. See announcement at Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter.

Census
 SEE "SOURCES" Table Above 

 SEE ALSO: WIKI "Wisconsin Census" for more records and links .


 * 1855 Wisconsin State Census— Free unindexed Internet images to the 1855 Wisconsin State Census can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site. 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 FamilySearch Record Search - Pilot Site Browse unindexed images.  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.

Church
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Court
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Directories
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Guardianship
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History
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 * Histories of various locations in this county: Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb
 * Old photos of people in this county: Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb
 * Old photos of places in this county: Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Land
 SEE "SOURCES" Table Above 

Maps
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Courtesy of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Library:


 * Sanborn Digital Fire Insurance Maps: 1883, 1885, 1889, 1897 and 1931

Military
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Naturalization and Citizenship
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Newspapers
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Probate
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School Records
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 * At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Taxation
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Vital Records
 SEE "SOURCES" Table Above 


 * At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

= Libraries and Societies =

SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Eau Claire Wisconsin Family History Center

= Web Sites =

General Websites for this county:

 * Family History Library for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
 * Eau Claire County Wikipedia
 * Record Search Pilot for Wisconsin
 * Eau Claire County GENWEB
 * Eau Claire County Archives GENWEB Projects
 * Google Web information for Eau Claire County &amp; Google Map of this county
 * Eau Claire County in WorldCat.org
 * Linkpedium Eau Claire County Genealogy and Family History
 * Kindred Trails Eau Claire County Genealogy
 * CensusFinder for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

State Websites for this county:

 * L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in the City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin
 * MY WISCONSIN GENEALOGY for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
 * WISCONSIN GENEALOGY TRAILS for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

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