Wisconsin Genealogy Resources
Dunn County
Genealogical Resources
Archives and Libraries
Archives
Area Research Center
Family History Center
Libraries
Bibliography
Biographies, Family Histories, and Names
Cemeteries
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Dunn County Cemetery Index. Headstone transcriptions of
cemeteries in Dunn County, Wisconsin from 1850s to 1994;
compiled by Dunn County Genealogical Society and UW-Stout
University Archives.
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Evergreen Cemetery Index. Evergreen Cemetery is located in
section 24 of Menomonie Township in Dunn County, Wisconsin. This
cemetery, the largest in the county, was organized in 1873 by a
local lumber company; the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company. This
collection includes all recorded burials from 1873-2003. The
information was gathered from the Evergreen Cemetery Records by
Carolyn C. Ohnstad.
Census Records and Indexes
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1860 Federal Census
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1870 Federal Census
- Noonan, Barry Christopher. 1865 Wisconsin State Census:
The Six Surviving Counties, Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee,
Ozaukee, Sheboygan : Transcription and Index. Madison? Wis:
B.C. Noonan], 1993.
Court Records
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County Court Records Index. Index to county records for
Barron, Dunn and Pepin Counties of Wisconsin from circa 1855 to
1955. Includes references to circuit court records, county court
records, probates, naturalizations and other county records,
funeral records and indexes to biographies. The actual
publications are housed in the University of Wisconsin-Stout
Archives (most are owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society).
Deaths and Obituaries
Directories
Ethnic Groups
Forums, Mailing Lists, and Message Boards
History
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Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties:
Local History Collections
- Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn, and George O. Jones. History of
Dunn County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis: H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co,
1925.
- Forrester, George. Historical and Biographical Album of
the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin, Including Ancestral Records,
Biographies, and Portraits. Chicago, Ill: A. Warner, 1892.
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Name Index from History of Dunn County / H.C.
Cooper, Jr & Co. c1925. This is a name index to the 1925
HISTORY OF DUNN COUNTY that was published by H.C. Cooper, JR &
Co. The index was created by University of Wisconsin-Stout
student, Katie Triphan, and has been placed on the web to
benefit people pursuing genealogy in Dunn County, Wisconsin. A
copy of the book can be found in the UW-Stout Area Research
Center.
Land Records
Maps, Gazetteers, and Atlases
Military Records
Miscellaneous Materials
Naturalization Records
Newspapers and Periodicals
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ARC Newspaper Index. Birth/death/probate notices from Dunn,
Barron, and Pepin Counties from 1862-1930. Index to
announcements of births, deaths, anniversaries, and probate
notices listed in the local newspapers for Dunn, Pepin, Barron
Counties from 1862-1930. The actual publications are housed in
the University of Wisconsin-Stout Archives.
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Russell Collection. John Russell articles from Dunn
County News. John Russell published several articles in a
weekly news column that appeared in the Dunn County News.
This database includes full text articles covering the history
of Dunn County and adjacent areas for the time period of roughly
1840-1950. Search by either subject (i.e. logging, steamboats,
etc.) or by name (Stout, James Huff).
Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images
Projects
Researchers
Societies
Towns and Cities
Transportation, Business and Industry
Vital Records
Web Sources