Iron County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Iron 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  Iron County



Iron County Courthouse
Iron County Courthouse 300 Taconite Street Hurley, WI 54534-1546; Phone. 715.561.3375

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1893; Clerk of Courts has divorce and court records; Registrar in Probate has probate records

Parent County
1893--Iron County was created 1 March 1893 from Ashland County. County seat: Hurley

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
Ashland •  Gogebic County, Michigan  •  Price  •  Vilas

Maps

 * Old Antique Atlases &amp; Maps of Wisconsin

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
Iron County Historical Society 303 Iron Street Hurley 54534-1356 Phone: 715-561-2244

Iron River Historical Society P.O. Box 416 Cable 54821-0416

Mercer Area Historical Society PO Box 638 Mercer WI 54547 Phone: 715 476-3462

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

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