Pepin County, Wisconsin Genealogy

Guide to Pepin 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  Pepin County



County Courthouse
Pepin County Courthouse 740 7th Ave West Dunrand, WI 54736-1628 Phone: 715.672.8857

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

Parent County
1858--Pepin County was created 25 February 1858 from Dunn County. County seat: Durand

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
Buffalo •  Dunn  •  Eau Claire  •  Goodhue County, Minnesota  •  Pierce  •  Wabasha County, Minnesota



Biography

 * Pepin County Biographies USGenWeb Archives

Maps

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

Civil War
Civil War service men from Pepin 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 Pepin County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry, Company L
 * - 15th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company I

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1800 – 1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry.com — images and index $
 * 1848 – 1948 at FamilySearch — images


 * Wisconsin, Probate Estate Files, 1848-1933 - includes files from 1900-1935; via FamilySearch. As of 5/29/11 included images that can only be browsed, not searched.

A wiki article describing an online colldecion is found at:

Wisconsin Probate Recrods (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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

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 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1973 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce Records

 * 1965 - 1984 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1867 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1835 - 1968 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1959 - 1997 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1820 - 1907 at FamilySearch.org — index

Web Sites

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