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United States Wisconsin Oneida County

Guide to Oneida County Wisconsin genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 Historical Facts 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places / Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Bible Records 4.2 Biography   4.2.1 4.3 Cemeteries 4.4 Census 4.4.1 Church History and Records   4.5 Court Records 4.6 Crime and Criminals 4.7 Directories     4.8 4.8.1 4.8.2 http://wigenweb.org/oneida/rcd/county1930a.html 4.8.3 Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups 4.8.3.1 Germans 4.8.3.2 Native Americans 4.8.4 Gazetteers 4.8.5 Genealogy 4.8.6 History   4.8.6.1 http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter17b.html 4.8.7 Land and Property    4.8.7.1 http://wigenweb.org/oneida/vital.html 4.8.7.2 http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter17b.html 4.8.8 Maps 4.8.9 Migration 4.8.10 Military History and Records 4.8.11 Naturalization and Citizenship 4.8.12 Newspapers 4.8.13 Obituaries 4.8.14 Periodicals 4.8.15 Probate Records 4.8.16 Repositories 4.8.16.1 Archives, Libraries and Museums 4.8.16.2 County Courthouse 4.8.16.3 Family History Centers 4.8.17 Schools 4.8.18 Societies 4.8.19 Taxation 4.8.20 Vital Records 4.8.20.1 Birth 4.8.20.2 Marriage 4.8.20.3 Divorce 4.8.20.4 Death 4.8.21 Voting Registers 5 Web Sites 6 References

County Courthouse

Oneida County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Phone: 715.369.6144

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, land records;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce; court records Registrar in
Probate Court has probate records ^[1]

Historical Facts

Parent County

1885--Oneida County was created 11 April 1885 fromLincoln County.  County seat: Rhinelander ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Forest
• Langlade
• Lincoln
• Price
• Vilas

Resources

Bible Records

Biography  

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/bio.htm

• (printed in 1925, "History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remainding 587 pages are biographies of those towns.  You can search by surname)

Cemeteries

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/cem.html

• Oneida County Cemeteries includes transcriptions

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/abcem.html

• abandoned, lost or forgotten cemeteries

Census

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/census.html

• Wisconsin State Census from about 1836-1905

Church History and Records  

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter17b.html

• (printed in 1925, link to chapter 17 of "History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remainding 587 pages are biographies of those towns.)

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter12.html

• early rural churches of Oneida County

Court Records

Crime and Criminals

Directories    

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/directories.html

• various Rhinelander directories from 1903-1930

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/rcd/county1930a.html

• Oneida County Directory 1930
• Including towns of Lake Tomahawk, Minocqua, Monica, Pelican Lake, Three Lakes and Woodruff

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/rcd/county1914.html

• ONEIDA COUNTY DIRECTORY 1914-1915
• Town of Cassian through Town of Pelican

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Germans

Native Americans

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter4.htm

• Indian lore of Oneida County

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Oneida_(Wisconsin)_Indian_School

Gazetteers

Genealogy

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/surnames.html

• List of Surnames with purpose to connect researches with common interests

History  

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/books.html

• BOOKS ABOUT ONEIDA COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE WHO SETTLED HERE

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter17b.html

• (printed in 1925, link to chapter 17 of "History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remainding 587 pages are biographies of those towns.)

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/towns.html

• SMALL SETTLEMENTS and ~ ~GHOST TOWNS

http://sassmaster.tripod.com/oneid.html

• History of lumber companies and railroad from 1800's to early 1900's in Oneida County

Land and Property   

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/vital.html

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter17b.html

Maps

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/tmap.html

• towns and townships in Oneida County

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/pm1920.html

• 1920's Oneida County Plat map

http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/WI/County/oneida.htm

• 1895 Oneida County map

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/business/publications/roadmap.htm

• Wisconsin Department of Transportation - various maps available for purchase

http://www.kinquest.com/usgenealogy/wisconsin/1901atlas.php

• Wisconsin1901 county atlas

• Family Maps of Oneida County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Migration

Military History and Records

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Wisconsin_Military_Records

• Records and how Wisconsin was involved in the different wars of the World

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/oldnews.html

• misc newspaper clippings from 1899-1959 in Minocqua and Rhinelander

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/news.html

• contact information for The Lakeland Times, The Rhinelander Daily News, and Vilas County News Review.  (all three have microfilmed archives to view at various Wisconsin libraries)

Obituaries

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/obits.html

• early Oneida Obits

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/robitindex.html#list

• Rhinelander area 1882-2006

Periodicals

Probate Records

Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/hissoc.html

• Minocqua Museum
• The History Center and Archives at Ashland (a branch of the Wisconsin Historical Society)

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/libsoc.html 

following three have a microfilm reader(all have newspapers for that area since the late 1800's)

• DEMMER LIBRARY
• MINOCQUA PUBLIC LIBRARY
• RHINELANDER DISTRICT LIBRARY

http://vcat.wvls.lib.wi.us/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=#focus

• online searchable North-Central Wisconsin Library catalog

County Courthouse

http://www.oneida.wi.gov/localgov_departments_details.asp?deptid=21&locid=135

Family History Centers

Schools

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/rhs.html

http://wigenweb.org/vilas/hlov/chapter22.html

• history of early schools in Oneida County

Societies

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/gensoc.html

• LAKELAND AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
• NORTHWOODS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
• THREE LAKES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/hissoc.html

• Rhinelander Historical Society
• Woodruff Historical Society
• The Wisconsin Historical Society

Taxation

Vital Records

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/vital.html

http://www.oneida.wi.gov/localgov_departments_details.asp?deptid=21&locid=135

Birth

Marriage

Divorce

Death

http://wigenweb.org/oneida/vital.html

Wisconsin Death Index 1959-1979 This is an online searchable microfiche index. The site includes directions on how to search this index..

Voting Registers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. page 758 Oneida Wisconsin (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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