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United States Wisconsin Eau Claire County

Guide to Eau Claire County Wisconsin genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Map
Location of Wisconsin in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	October 6, 1856
County Seat	Eau Claire
Courthouse
Address	Eau Claire County 721 Oxford Avenue Eau Claire, WI 54703-5481; Phone. 715.839.4803 <br

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County Courthouse

Eau Claire County
721 Oxford Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54703-5481;
Phone. 715.839.4803

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1856;
Clerk Court has divorce records from 1856 and court records from 1929

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Historical Facts

Parent County

1856--Eau Claire County was created 6 October 1856 from Chippewa County.  County seat: Eau Claire ^[1]

• 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."

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

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.

  ^{5 -}  UC = Unincorporated Community in Eau Claire County.

TABLE: SOURCES LINKS 

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

     SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

• 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 & 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 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 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 History and Records

     SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Court Records

     SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Crime and Criminals

Directories

     SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Germans

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

     SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

• 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

School Records

   SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Land and Property

     SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Maps

• Family Maps of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Courtesy of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Library:

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

Migration

Military History and Records

     SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Naturalization and Citizenship

    SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Newspapers

    SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate Records

   SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

• At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

  SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

County Courthouse

Family History Centers

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

Societies

  SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Taxation

   SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

Vital Records

   SEE "SOURCES" Table Above

• At the Eau Claire Co. WIGenWeb

Birth

Marriage

Divorce

Death

Voting Registers

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Web Sites

General Websites for this county:

• Family History Library Catalog for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin 
• Eau Claire County Wikipedia
• Family Search Record Search for Wisconsin
• Eau Claire County GENWEB
• Eau Claire County Archives GENWEB Projects
• Google Web information for Eau Claire County & 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

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. page 756 Eau Claire County, Wisconsin (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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