Richland County WI Genealogy

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Overview of Richland County Records

• Richland County was created in 1842 from Crawford and Sauk counties.
• Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records for 1907 and later can be obtained from the Wisconsin Vital Records Services .
• The Richland County Registrar of Deeds has birth records starting in 1870, death records starting in 1870, marriage records starting in 1850, and land records starting in 1850.
• The Richland County Clerk Court has divorce and court records starting in 1860.
• The Richland County Registrar in Probate has probate records starting in 1851.
• The Richland County city clerks have burial records.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.