Jackson County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Jackson County Courthouse 307 Main Street Black River Falls, WI 54615; Phone. 715.284.0201

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and land records; Clerk of Court has divorce and court records; Register in Probate has probate records

Historical Facts


The county is named after President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).

Parent County
1853--Jackson County was created 11 February 1853 fromLa Crosse County. County seat: Black River Falls

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
Clark •  Eau Claire  •  Juneau  •  La Crosse  •  Monroe  •  Trempealeau  •  Wood

Cemeteries

 * Jackson County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives

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.

Federal Census

 * 1890 - 1890 Special Schedule, Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows WIGenWeb Project

Land and Property

 * Wisconsin Land Patent Database, Index of Jackson County USGenWeb Archives

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

Civil War
Civil War service men from Jackson 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 Jackson County.


 * - 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.)
 * - 10th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company G
 * - 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company I

Newspapers

 * Various Newspaper Clippings extracted from Jackson County, WI. WIGenWeb Archives

Obituaries

 * Some Jackson County Obituaries. Scroll down to Obituary Records. USGenWeb Archives

Probate Records
Online Records


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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: Wisconsin Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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

Societies
Jackson County Historical Society 13 S First St Black River Falls WI 54615 Telephone: 715-284-5314 Facebook

Monroe-Juneau-Jackson-Genealogical Workshop PO Box 363 Sparta, WI 54656 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

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