Vernon County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Vernon 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  Vernon County



County Courthouse
Vernon County Courthouse 400 Courthouse Square Street Viroqua, WI 54665 Phone:. 608.637.5380 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; Register in Probate has probate records

Parent County
1862 - Vernon County was created 22 March 1862 by the renaming of Bad Ax County. County seat: Viroqua

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
Allamakee County, Iowa •  Crawford  •  Houston County, Minnesota  •  Juneau  •  La Crosse  •  Monroe  •  Richland  •  Sauk



Cemeteries
In the town of Forest is the Mount Tabor Cemetery. It is located in a very rural part of the county, on County Highway V. Even though the cemetery is listed under the town of Forest, Wisconsin, google maps places the cemetery in Hillsboro, Wisconsin. A common surname in this cemetery is Cox.

Lutheran

 * Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Vernon County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Maps

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

Civil War
Civil War service men from Vernon 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 Vernon County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company H
 * - 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company I


 * - 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company H
 * - 8th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company F
 * - 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company I
 * - 13th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company B


 * - 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

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
Hillsboro Area Genealogical Society Hillsboro, WI 54634

Hillsboro Area Historical Society PO Box 9, Route 2 Hillsboro, WI 54634 Phone: 608-489-3322 Hillsboro Historical Society

Log Cabin Heritage Society 714 Abbey Ln Viroqua, WI 54665 Phone: 608-637-7109

Vernon County Historical Society PO Box 444 Viroqua, WI 54665 Phone: 608-637-7396 Vernon County Historical Society

Westby Area Historical Society PO Box 42 Westby, WI 54667 Phone:608-634-4101 Westby Area Historical Society

Vernon County Historical Society Viroqua, Wisconsin e-mail: vcmuseum@frontiernet.net fax: 608–637–8736 Facebook

The Vernon County Historical Society (VCHS) is the officially recognized county organization for the preservation of Vernon County's historical heritage. A genealogical class is held on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Check the online schedule for date and time.

Westby Area Historical Society Thoreson House 101 Black River Ave Westby WI 54667 608–634–4120 The Westby Area Historical Society (WAHS) meets on the first Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Thoreson House. Winter meetings are held at the Halvorson Apartments.

The first settlers arrived in Vernon County, Wisconsin in the 1840s, and many of their descendants are still in the area. Others have carried their heritage to the ends of the country and beyond. Our goal is to collect and preserve their stories, family artifacts and other memorabilia, and to educate future generations in the heritage of this community.

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

Web Sites

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