Oneida County, Wisconsin Genealogy
Guide to Oneida County, Wisconsin ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
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County Information
Description
The county was named for Oneida people. The county is located in the north central area of the state.[2]
County Courthouse
Oneida County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Phone: 715-369-6144
Oneida County Website
Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, and land records.
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records.
Register in Probate has probate records. [3]
Oneida County, Wisconsin Record Dates
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1887 | 1887 | 1888 | 1887 | 1887 | 1887 | 1820 |
Record Loss
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There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county. |
Boundary Changes
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Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]
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History Timeline
Resources
Bible Records
Biographies
- "History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". Printed 1925. The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remaining 587 pages are biographies of those towns. You can search by surname.
Business, Commerce, and Occupations
Cemeteries
Census Records
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1890 | 5,010 | — |
| 1900 | 8,875 | 77.1% |
| 1910 | 11,433 | 28.8% |
| 1920 | 13,996 | 22.4% |
| 1930 | 15,899 | 13.6% |
| 1940 | 18,938 | 19.1% |
| 1950 | 20,648 | 9.0% |
| 1960 | 22,112 | 7.1% |
| 1970 | 24,427 | 10.5% |
| 1980 | 31,216 | 27.8% |
| 1990 | 31,679 | 1.5% |
| 2000 | 36,776 | 16.1% |
| 2010 | 35,998 | −2.1% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
For tips on accessing Oneida census records online, see: Wisconsin Census.
- 1836-1905 Various Wisconsin State Census Records and Links
- 1855 Wisconsin State Census, 1855 This census includes name of head of family; other individuals in the household are identified by sex and race, number of deaf and dumb, blind, insane and foreign born. - How to Use this Collection
- 1865 Wisconsin State Census, 1865 Name index & images of the 1865 State Census which names the head of household. Most records have been destroyed but schedules exist for the following counties: Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee, and Sheboygan. - How to Use this Collection
- 1875 Wisconsin State Census, 1875 Identifies head of household by name. - How to Use this Collection
- 1885 Wisconsin State Census, 1885 at FamilySearch — index & images. Search indexed census.Identifies by name of head of household. Other information is statistical and identifies the rest of the household by race, gender and country of birth. - How to Use this Collection
- 1895 Wisconsin State Census, 1895 at FamilySearch — index & images. Identifies head of household by name. Other information is statistical. - How to Use this Collection
- 1905 Wisconsin State Census, 1905 at FamilySearch — Name index & images of population. Enumerates by name all inhabitants. - How to Use this Collection
Church Records
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Wisconsin denominations, view the Wisconsin Church Records wiki page.
- "Histories of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". Printed 1925. Churches in Chapter 17. The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remaining 587 pages are biographies of those towns.
- Early rural churches of Oneida County
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Court Records
Directories
- 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary
- Various Rhinelander directories from 1903-1930
- Rhinelander and Oneida County (Wisconsin) directories 1921, 1927, 1930
- Oneida County Directory 1930 Including towns of Lake Tomahawk, Minocqua, Monica, Pelican Lake, Three Lakes and Woodruff
- Oneida County Directory 1914-1915 Town of Cassian through Town of Pelican
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
American Indians
Funeral Homes
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Genealogies
- Surnames List of Surnames
Guardianship
Land and Property Records
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Wisconsin Land and Property for additional information about early Wisconsin land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
- Link to Register of Deeds
- Wisconsin Land Patents Database, Oneida County (USGenWeb Archives}
- Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
Local Histories
- History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas counties, Wisconsin Viewable
- Oneida Books Books about Oneida County and the people who settled here.
- "History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin". Printed in 1925. The beginning of the book is history of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas. The remaining 587 pages are biographies of those towns. You can search by surname.
- Small Settlements and Ghost Towns
- History of lumber companies and railroad from 1800's to early 1900's in Oneida County
Maps and Gazetteers
Click a neighboring county
for more resources
for more resources
- FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
- Old Antique Atlases and Maps of Wisconsin
- Towns and townships in Oneida County
- 1920's Oneida County Plat map
- 1895 Oneida County map
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- Wisconsin1901 county atlas
- Family Maps of Oneida County, Wisconsin (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
Migration
Military Records
- Wisconsin Military Records and how Wisconsin was involved in the different wars of the World
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
- 1800s-Current Wisconsin, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
Wisconsin Newspapers Online
- 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)
- Old misc newspaper clippings from 1899-1959 in Minocqua and Rhinelander
- Oneida County newspapers indexed from Guide to Wisconsin Newspapers-1833-1957 compiled by Donald E. Oehlerts. USGenWeb Archives
- Wisconsin Digital Newspaper at Wisconsin State Historical Society
Obituaries
- Early Oneida Obits
- Selected Obituaries Scroll down to Obits. WIGenWeb Archives
- Robitindex Rhinelander area 1882-2006
- Three Lakes Genealogical Society Obituaries Project (ongoing)
Other Records
Periodicals
Probate Records
Probate records are held by the Oneida Clerk of Circuit Court and are housed at the Oneida Courthouse. See the wiki page Wisconsin Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.
Content: Probate records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, and adoptions.
Online Records
- 1800–1987 Wisconsin Wills and Probate Records 1800-1987 at Ancestry — images and index $
- 1848–1948 Wisconsin Probate Estate Files 1848-1948 at FamilySearch — images - How to Use this Collection
- Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
School Records
- Rhinelander High School Seniors Rhinelander, Wisconsin
- History of early schools in Oneida County, Chapter 22.
Social Security Records
- 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
Tax Records
Wisconsin tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned property or other items that could be taxed were listed, some residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records. For more information see the Wiki page, Wisconsin Taxation.
Vital Records
Birth
- 1820-1907 Wisconsin, Birth Index, 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1820-1920: Wisconsin, Birth Index, 1808-1920 at MyHeritage - index ($)
- 1826-1908 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 at Ancestry — index $
- 1826-1926 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1826-1926 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1887-1907 Oneida County Wisconsin registration of births, ca. 1887-1907, Index to Registrations of Births, 1852-1907.
- Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
Marriage
- 1836-1911 Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1836-1930 Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
- 1973-1997 Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1973-1997 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1973-1997 Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997 at Ancestry — index & images $
- Oneida County Wisconsin registration of marriages ; index to marriages, 1887-1907
- Wisconsin Marriages at MyHeritage — index ($)
Death
- 1820-1907 Wisconsin, Death Index, 1820-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1835-1968 Wisconsin, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1867-1907 Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- Pre-1907 Pre-1907 Wisconsin Vital Records Index at Wisconsin Historical Society - free index, images ($)
- 1959-1979 Wisconsin Death Index 1959-1979
- 1959-1997 Wisconsin, Death Index, 1959-1997 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
- Wisconsin Deaths at MyHeritage — index ($)
Divorce
- 1907-2015 Wisconsin, U.S., Divorce Records, 1907-2015 at Ancestry — index ($)
- 1965-1984 Wisconsin, Divorce Index, 1965-1984 at FamilySearch.org — index - How to Use this Collection
- 1985-Onward Wisconsin Divorces at MyHeritage — index ($)
Research Facilities
Archives
Listed below are archives in Oneida County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Wisconsin Archives and Libraries.
- History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center
Wisconsin Historical Society
29270 County Highway G
Ashland, WI 54806-9339
Phone: 715-685-2647
Email: whsnorthwoods@whs.wisc.edu
Website
FamilySearch Centers
FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
Libraries
Listed below are libraries in Oneida County. For state-wide library facilities, see Wisconsin Archives and Libraries.
Museums
- Historical Societies and Museums
- Minocqua Museum
503 Flambeau Street
Minocqua, WI 54548
Phone: 715-356-7666
Website
Societies
Listed below are societies in Oneida County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Wisconsin Societies.
- Lakeland Area Genealogical Society
PO Box 308
Minocqua, WI 54548
Website - Northland Historical Society
PO Box 325
Lake Tomahawk, WI 54539
Phone: 715-277-2629
Website - Northwoods Genealogical Society
PO Box 1132
Rhinelander, WI 54501-1132
Email:northwoodsgensociety@gmail.com
Website - Rhinelander Historical Society
9 S Pelham St
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Phone: 715-369-3833
Email:info@rhinelanderhistoricalsociety.org
Facebook
Website - Three Lakes Genealogical Society
PO Box 101
Three Lakes, WI 54562
Website
Websites
- Oneida County, WI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Wisconsin Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- Oneida County WIGenWeb project
- Oneida County USGenWeb Archives
- FamilySearch Catalog - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
Research Guides
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Oneida County, Wisconsin " in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_County,_Wisconsin."
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Oneida County, Wisconsin. Page 755-760, At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 757-759.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wisconsin.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Oneida County, Wisconsin," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_County,_Wisconsin, accessed 23 September 2018.
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