Forest County, Wisconsin Genealogy and History
Established: 1885
County Seat: Crandon
Parent: Langlade & Oconto Counties
* Records before the establishment of the county may be in the parent records.
Neighboring Counties
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General Genealogy and History Links
This section contains links to websites that have multiple databases or webpages with genealogical information.
- USGenWeb Archives - Forest County - US GenWebArchives -
- WIGenWeb - Genealogy and History Information Part of the WIGenWeb -
Vital Records
Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1891
Deaths 1871
Marriages 1889
Forest Register of Deeds
200 E. Madison
Crandon, WI 54520-1415
Telephone: (715) 478-3823
- Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at the Wisconsin Historical Society - Pre-1907 Vital Records Index at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Search for births, deaths and marriages. -
Cemetery and Obituary Links
- Tombstone Photograph Pages Forest County - Forest County Wisconsin Cemetery pages with photos of select tombstones. -
Census Links
Censuses contain valuable information about families. This section contains links to transcribed censuses, census indexes or census images for the county.
Residents of the County
This section contains links to family tree websites, biographies and information about individuals that lived in the county.
Area History
This section contains links of published histories and historical information about the county, its villages, cities or towns. Sometimes within these histories is information about founders, or other people that settled in the area. It may also include ethnic or religious histories of the communities.
Maps and Atlases
Military
Societies, Libraries and Offline Resources
- Newspapers in Forest County - List of county newspaper publications listed at the Library of Congress -
