Richland County History Room
Richland Center, Wisconsin
Links
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.
Searchable database along with a map of the cemetery. Maintained by the city of Richland Center.
History
Tim Stowell's Richland County, WI page
http://www.usgenweb.info/wirichland/
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.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wch/
The Wisconsin Historical Society has scanned county histories, including Richland County and they are available online. Just choose Richland in the drop down box under "Find Books about a County". You will be take to a page listing both the 1884 and 1906 Histories of Richland County, Wisconsin.
http://recollectionwisconsin.org/
The Richland County History Room is currently working with Wisconsin Heritage Online and the University of Wisconsin - Richland to get our pictures online.
Maps
Newspaper Index
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~richlandcowi/newspaperindex.htm
Compiled by Margaret Jordan and covering Richland Center, Wisconsin newspapers from 1855-1900. To order copies of newspaper articles listed, please send a message to:
or
Richland County History Room
Brewer Public Library
325 North Central Avenue
Richland Center, WI 53581
Include for each article:
name of the newspaper
date of the newspaper
page and column of the article
name of the person listed in the article
your postal addressFor newspaper article requests from the online index, please put the articles in order by newspaper and then by date. This makes it quicker for us to find the articles. We will charge you a standardized fee of $2.25 per article plus postage. ($1 for the copy off of the microfilm plus $1.25 which is 5 minutes of time to locate it.)
Obituaries
Index compiled by Dave Thompson and includes an index to obituaries from the Richland Observer covering 1970 to present.
http://www.prattfuneralservice.com/
120 North Park Street
Richland Center, WI 53581
Recent obituaries from funerals held at Pratt's in Richland Center, WI.
http://www.staffordfuneralhomes.com/
1235 Hwy 14 West
Richland Center, WI 53581
Recent obituaries from funerals held at Stafford's in Richland Center, WI.
http://www.clarymemorialfuneralhome.com/
26777 Jelland Drive
Richland Center, WI 53581
Recent obituaries from funerals held at Clary's in Richland Center, WI.
http://www.pichafuneralhomes.com/index.html
908 Prairie Avenue
P.O. Box 501
Hillsboro, WI 54634
Recent obituaries from funerals held at Picha in Hillsboro, WI.
Vital Records
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://www.vitalchek.com/vital-records/wisconsin/richland-county-register-of-deeds?click_id=871446961688870914&ppc=0 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.
The Wisconsin Historical Society has recently made an index available to pre-1907 Wisconsin births, marriages, and deaths. This includes Richland County. Local Information http://www.ci.richland-center.wi.us/
Richland County History Room Brewer Public Library 325 North Central Avenue Richland Center, WI 53581 (608) 647-6033 Our Historian: Last modified: 12 July 2017
Richland County, WI Register of Deeds Office
Richland County, WI Pre-1907 Vital Recordshttp://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords/index.asp
Brewer Public Library (The library where Richland County History Room is located.)
https://swls-verso.auto-graphics.com/MVC/
