Price County, Wisconsin Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Price County Courthouse 126 Cherry Street Phillips, WI 54555 Phone: 715.339.3325

Register of Deeds has birth and marriage records from 1880, death records from 1884 and land records from 1867; Clerk of Circuit Court has divorce and court records from 1882; Register in Probate has Records from 1879; County Clerk has marriage applications

Parent County
1879--Price County was created 26 February 1879 from Chippewa and Lincoln Counties. County seat: Phillips

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.

Populated Places

 * Cities, Communities and Villages WIGenWeb Project

Neighboring Counties
Ashland •  Iron  •  Lincoln  •  Oneida  •  Rusk  •  Sawyer  •  Taylor  •  Vilas



Cemeteries

 * Price County Cemetery Index and Maps Price County Genealogical Society

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

 * 1880 - 1880 Census WIGenWeb project

Church History and Records

 * Phillips,_Wisconsin

History

 * Phillips, Wisconsin History

Maps

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

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
Price County Genealogical Society 165 Wyoming St Phillips, WI 54555 Website

Price County Historical Society W7213 Pine St P.O. Box 156 Fifield, WI 54524-0156 Phone: 715-339-2254 Website

Jump River Valley Historical Society N4519 Moonshine Alley Catawba, WI 54515 Phone: 715-474-3453 Email:[mailto:koerner2@pctcnet.net] Website

Knox Creek Heritage Center N4517 W Knox Rd Brantwood, WI 54513 Phone: 715-564-2525

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 $
 * Price County Birth Indes Not complete. WIGenWeb project

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 $
 * Price County Marriage Index Not complete. WIGenWeb project

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

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