Oneida County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Oneida 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  Oneida County



County Courthouse
Oneida County Courthouse 1 Courthouse Square Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone: 715.369.6144

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

Historical Facts

 * History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas counties, Wisconsin Viewable

Parent County
1885--Oneida County was created 11 April 1885 fromLincoln County. County seat: Rhinelander

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

 * Forest
 * Langlade
 * Lincoln
 * Price
 * Vilas


 * (printed in 1925, "History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remainding 587 pages are biographies of those towns. You can search by surname)

Cemeteries
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/cem.html


 * Oneida County Cemeteries includes transcriptions

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/abcem.html


 * abandoned, lost or forgotten cemeteries

Census
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/census.html


 * Wisconsin State Census from about 1836-1905

Church History and Records
http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter17b.html


 * (printed in 1925, link to chapter 17 of "History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remainding 587 pages are biographies of those towns.)

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter12.html


 * early rural churches of Oneida County

Directories
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/directories.html


 * various Rhinelander directories from 1903-1930
 * Rhinelander and Oneida County (Wisconsin) directories 1921, 1927, 1930

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/rcd/county1930a.html

 * Oneida County Directory 1930
 * Including towns of Lake Tomahawk, Minocqua, Monica, Pelican Lake, Three Lakes and Woodruff

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/rcd/county1914.html


 * ONEIDA COUNTY DIRECTORY 1914-1915
 * Town of Cassian through Town of Pelican

Native Americans
http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter4.htm


 * Indian lore of Oneida County

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Oneida_(Wisconsin)_Indian_School

Genealogy
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/surnames.html


 * List of Surnames with purpose to connect researches with common interests

History
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/books.html


 * BOOKS ABOUT ONEIDA COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE WHO SETTLED HERE

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter17b.html

 * (printed in 1925, link to chapter 17 of "History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remainding 587 pages are biographies of those towns.)

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/towns.html


 * SMALL SETTLEMENTS and ~ ~GHOST TOWNS

http://sassmaster.tripod.com/oneid.html


 * History of lumber companies and railroad from 1800's to early 1900's in Oneida County

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin
 * http://wigenweb.org/oneida/tmap.html


 * towns and townships in Oneida County

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/pm1920.html


 * 1920's Oneida County Plat map

http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/WI/County/oneida.htm


 * 1895 Oneida County map

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/business/publications/roadmap.htm


 * Wisconsin Department of Transportation - various maps available for purchase

http://www.kinquest.com/usgenealogy/wisconsin/1901atlas.php


 * Wisconsin1901 county atlas


 * Family Maps of Oneida County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military History and Records
https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Wisconsin_Military_Records


 * Records and how Wisconsin was involved in the different wars of the World

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization records 1906-1951, and indexes 1891-1954, Oneida County, Wisconsin Viewable

Newspapers
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/oldnews.html


 * misc newspaper clippings from 1899-1959 in Minocqua and Rhinelander

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/news.html


 * contact information for The Lakeland Times, The Rhinelander Daily News, and Vilas County News Review. (all three have microfilmed archives to view at various Wisconsin libraries)

Obituaries
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/obits.html


 * early Oneida Obits

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/robitindex.html#list


 * Rhinelander area 1882-2006

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

Archives, Libraries and Museums
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/hissoc.html


 * Minocqua Museum
 * The History Center and Archives at Ashland (a branch of the Wisconsin Historical Society)

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/libsoc.html

following three have a microfilm reader(all have newspapers for that area since the late 1800's)


 * DEMMER LIBRARY
 * MINOCQUA PUBLIC LIBRARY
 * RHINELANDER DISTRICT LIBRARY

http://vcat.wvls.lib.wi.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=#focus


 * online searchable North-Central Wisconsin Library catalog

County Courthouse
http://www.oneida.wi.gov/localgov_departments_details.asp?deptid=21&amp;locid=135

Schools
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/rhs.html

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter22.html


 * history of early schools in Oneida County

Societies
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/gensoc.html


 * LAKELAND AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
 * NORTHWOODS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
 * THREE LAKES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/hissoc.html


 * Rhinelander Historical Society
 * Woodruff Historical Society
 * The Wisconsin Historical Society

Vital Records
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/vital.html

http://www.oneida.wi.gov/localgov_departments_details.asp?deptid=21&amp;locid=135

Birth

 * Oneida County [Wisconsin registration of births, ca. 1887-1907] Index to Registrations of Births, 1852-1907" (arranged by birth date; fiche #6331476, 41 fiche). "Unedited Index to Registrations of Births, 1852-1907" (arranged in alphabetical order by surname.

Marriage

 * Oneida County [Wisconsin registration of marriages, 1887-1907; index to marriages, 1887-1907]

Death
http://wigenweb.org/oneida/vital.html

Wisconsin Death Index 1959-1979 This is an online searchable microfiche index. The site includes directions on how to search this index..

Web Sites

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