Rio Genealogy (in Columbia County, WI)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Rio are also found through the Columbia County and Wisconsin pages.


Rio Birth Records

1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

1808-1907 Wisconsin Birth Index Ancestry online

1808-1920 Wisconsin Birth Index MyHeritage online

Columbia County (Wis.) registration of births, ca. 1872-1907 FamilySearch Library

Wisconsin, Birth Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Rio Cemetery Records

Bonnet Prairie Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bonnett Prairie Cemetery Interment online

DePuy Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ohio Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ohio Cemetery Interment online

Rocky Run Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rocky Run Cemetery Interment online

Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

St Josephs Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery Interment online

Rio Census Records

1855 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1875 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1885 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1895 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

1905 Wisconsin State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Rio, Wisconsin LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Rio Church Records

1801-1928 Wisconsin Births and Christenings Index (incomplete) Ancestry online

Bonnet Prairie church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Rio Death Records

1808-1909 Wisconsin Death Index MyHeritage online

1959-2004 Wisconsin Death Records Ancestry online

Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997 Ancestry online

Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907 Ancestry online

Wisconsin, Death Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Rio Immigration Records

Columbia County (Wis.) naturalization records, 1845-1955 FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes Columbia County, WI) MyHeritage online

Wisconsin, Federal Naturalization Records, 1848-1992 Ancestry online

Rio Land Records

Columbia County Wisconsin land records, 1828-1937, 1828-1926 FamilySearch Library

Rio Marriage Records

1808-1907 Wisconsin Marriage Index MyHeritage online

1820-1907 Wisconsin Marriages Ancestry online

1820-2004 Wisconsin Marriage Records Ancestry online

Wisconsin, Marriage Records, 1907-present Wisconsin Vital Records Services

Rio Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Rio

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Badger Blade and Wyocena Advance. (Rio, Columbia County, Wis.) 1920-1921

Badger Blade. (Rio, Columbia County, Wis.) 1921-1925

Badger Blade. (Rio, Wis.) 1902-1920

Columbia County Reporter. (Rio, Wis.) 1886-1906

Rio Journal. (Rio, Wis.) 1925-1973

Rio School Records

Columbia County (Wis.) naturalization records, 1845-1955 FamilySearch Library

Columbia County Wisconsin land records, 1828-1937, 1828-1926 FamilySearch Library

Rio High School - Beacon Yearbook (Rio, WI), 1927, 1928 E Yearbook online

Rio High School yearbooks, 1927, 1928, 1981, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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