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.

United States Wisconsin  Price County



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
For a list of record loss in Wisconsin Counties see: Wisconsin Counties with Burned Courthouses

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



Church History and Records

 * Phillips,_Wisconsin

History

 * Phillips,_Wisconsin

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 $

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

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