Rusk County
Originally Gates County
Changed to Rusk County in 1905.
Established: 1901
County Seat: Ladysmith
Parent: Chippewa County.
* Records before the establishment of the county may be in the parent records.
Neighboring Counties
|
 |
General Genealogy and History Links
This section contains links to websites that have multiple databases or webpages with genealogical information.
- Genealogy Trails History Group-Rusk County - Collection of Genealogy. -
- USGenWeb Archives - Rusk County - US GenWebArchives -
- WIGenWeb - Genealogy and History Information Part of the WIGenWeb -
Vital Records
Birth, Death, & Marriage Records:
Earliest Registration Dates*:
Births 1900
Deaths 1901
Marriages 1901
Rusk Register of Deeds
311 Miner Ave.
Ladysmith, WI 54848-1862
Telephone: (715) 532-2139
- Genealogy Research at the Courthouse - Register of Deeds - The Register of Deeds Office is open to Genealogy Researchers during our regular business hours. Vital Records-Birth, Death & marriage Records-1863 to Present -
- 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
- Rusk County Cemetery Index - Cemetery index available at the Register of Deeds. -
- Tombstone Photograph Pages Rusk County - Rusk 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.
- Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, St. Croix, and Rusk Counties: Local History Collections - The collection contains texts (including community records, local history narratives and retrospectives, high school yearbooks, and maps) and images of community sites, events, and residents. -
- History of Rusk County, WI - History of Rusk County 1983 Written by the People of Rusk County, Wisconsin and Compiled by the Rusk County Historical Society, Ladysmith. -
- Rusk County Local History Articles - News articles at the Waukesha Historical Society -
Maps and Atlases
- Genealogy Research at the Courthouse Plat maps - Grantor & Grantee Indexes for Real Estate, Some Plat Books from 1914 to Current, Rusk County Atlas 0f 1914, Rusk County Plat Maps, Rusk County Certified Survey Maps -
Military
Societies, Libraries and Offline Resources
- Bruce Area Library - Bruce Area Library website. Unknown if any genealogical material available. -
- Hawkins Area Library - Hawkins Area Library website. Unknown if any genealogical materials are available. -
- Newspapers in Rusk County - List of county newspaper publications listed at the Library of Congress -
- Rusk County Historical Society Museum - Official website for the Rusk County Historical Society Museum. -
