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Richland Center, Wisconsin

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Cemeteries
bullet Richland County, WI Cemeterieshttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~richlandwi/

Compiled by Dave Thompson and lists burials of nearly all of the known cemeteries in Richland County, WI. This site is currently being updated to include tombstone photographs.

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History

Richland County, WI American History & Genealogy Project

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wirichla/

Transcribed by Tim Stowell, the complete 1884 and 1906 Histories of Richland County, Wisconsin. This is where you can join the Richland County Email List. A transcription of the 1850 and 1855 Richland County, WI censuses can be found here. Many other items of interest.

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Maps

Hills and Hollows of Richland County, WI

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~djnsl/Homepage.html

Compiled by Dennis Cook and includes plat maps of Richland County, Wisconsin from the years 1874, 1895, 1919, 1931, and 1936. Also has a chat room for discussing Richland County, Wisconsin History.

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Newspapers

 Richland County, WI Newspaper Index

http://home.comcast.net/~m.m.jordan/site/

or

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jorda014/

Compiled by Margaret Jordan and covering Richland Center, Wisconsin newspapers from 1880-1900. To order copies of newspaper articles listed, please send a message to:

richlandctyhistoryroom@yahoo.com

or

Richland County History Room

Brewer Public Library

325 North Central Avenue

Richland Center, WI 53581

Includes for each article:

bulletname of the newspaper
bulletdate of the newspaper
bulletpage and column of the article
bulletname of the person listed in the article
bulletyour postal address
There is a research fee of $15 per hour plus $1 per page for the microfilm copies and postage. If you include all of the above items, it will take less time for us to locate the article and will, therefore, cost you less.

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Obituaries

bulletDave Thompson's Richland Observer Obituary Index

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~richlandwi/RO-Obit/RO-Obit.html

Index compiled by Dave Thompson and includes an index to obituaries from the Richland Observer covering 1970 to present.

bullet Pratt Funeral Service

http://www.prattfuneralservice.com/index.cfm

120 North Park Street

Richland Center, WI 53581

Recent obituaries from funerals held at Pratts in Richland Center, WI.

 

bulletStafford Funeral Homes

http://www.staffordfuneralhomes.com/

1235 Hwy 14 West

 Richland Center, WI 53581

Recent obituaries from funerals held at Staffords in Richland Center, WI.

 

bulletPicha Funeral Home

http://www.pichafuneralhomes.com/obituraries.htm

908 Prairie Avenue

P.O. Box 501

Hillsboro, WI  54634

Recent obituaries from funerals held at Picha in Hillsboro, WI.

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Vital Records

bulletRichland County, WI Register of Deeds Office

181 W Seminary St

P O Box 337

Richland Center, WI 53581

(608) 647-3011

Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30

Located on the 3rd floor in the new part of the Richland County Courthouse.

 

Birth, Marriage, & Death records can now be ordered online for $20 a piece at:

https://mylocalgov.com/wrdarichlandcountywi/wrdaexplanation.asp

Please keep in mind that vital records were not required to be registered in Wisconsin until 1907. You can check the link below at wisconsinhistory.org to see if your particular pre-1907 record is available and then order a copy of it from this link at the Register of Deeds office.

bullet Richland County, WI Pre-1907 Vital Records

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/index.asp

The Wisconsin Historical Society has recently made an index available to pre-1907 Wisconsin  births, marriages, and deaths. This includes Richland County.

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Local Information

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City of Richland Center

http://www.ci.richland-center.wi.us/

 

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Richland Area Chamber of Commerce

http://www.richlandchamber.com/

 

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Brewer Public Library (The library where Richland County History Room is located.)

http://rc.swls.org/

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Richland County History Room

Brewer Public Library

325 North Central Avenue

Richland Center, WI 53581

richlandctyhistoryroom@yahoo.com

(608) 647-6033

 

Our Historians:

Crystal Foley

Nita Liska

 

 
 

You are visitor number to visit the Richland County History Room online since 20 Aug 2006.

Last modified: 12 September 2009