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Vital Records might be obtained from the Price County Courthouse in Phillips if Price County was the location where the person was born, married or died. Deaths were not registered until 1879; births and marriages were not registered until 1880.

Price County Courthouse
Register of Deeds
126 Cherry Street Room 106Phillips, WI 54555
Telephone: 715-339-2515
Email: rgdeeds@co.price.wi.us

Many people came from, or moved to, other areas of the state so a visit to the state vital records office in Madison might be a good resource. Contact the Madison office for complete information on research procedures and the hours of operation before traveling there. Some records may not be accessible.

Wisconsin State Department of Health and Family Services
Vital Records
One West Wilson
P.O. Box 309
Madison, WI 53701-0309
Tel: 608-266-1371
Genealogical Research Information

Price County Funeral Homes

Funeral homes can be a great resource for locating death records such as obituaries and burial information.

Contact the individual funeral home for details on available records and research assistance.

FUNERAL HOME	ADDRESS	PHONE	WEBSITE/NOTES
PARK FALLS
Birch Street Funeral Service	350 Birch St Park Falls, WI 54552	(715) 762-3287
PHILLIPS
Heindl- Nimsgern Funeral Home	284 Chestnut St Phillips, WI 54555	(715) 339-2313‎
TOMAHAWK -- Lincoln County
Generations Funeral Home & Cremation Service	P.O. Box 525 Tomahawk, WI 54487	(715) 224-3182	This funeral home often provides services to residents of Price County
Heindl- Nimsgern Funeral Home & Cremation Service	101 N 2nd St Tomahawk, WI 54487	(715) 453-3808	This funeral home often provides services to residents of Price County

Price County Libraries

LIBRARY	ADDRESS	PHONE
Ogema Public Library	W5005 State Road 86 P.O. Box 603 Ogema 54459	715-767-5130
Park Falls Public Library	121 North Fourth Ave Park Falls 54552	715-762-3121
Phillips Public Library	286 Cherry Street Phillips 54555	715-339-2868

Wikipedia -- Information about Price County
FamilySearch -- Ancestor search
FindAGrave -- Search local cemetaries for ancestors
USGenWeb Archives Project - Price County obituaries
USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
Bureau of Land Management - land patents
Historical Markers

LINKS TO OTHER HELPFUL AREA SITES

Price County Historical Society, W7213 Pine St, P.O. Box 156, Fifield, WI 54524-0156
- Website: http://www.pricecountyhistoricalsociety.com
Price County Genealogical Society - Mail: 165 Wyoming St, Phillips, WI 54555
Jump River Valley Historical Society, N4519 Moonshine Alley, Catawba, WI 54515 Phone: 715-474-3453
Knox Creek Heritage Center, N4517 W Knox Rd, Brantwood, WI 54513 Phone: 715-564-2525
Price County Veterans Services Office, 126 Cherry Street, Room 104, Phillips, WI 54555-1288 ~ Phone: (715) 339-2545 / Fax: (715) 339-5116

INTERESTING WISCONSIN & OTHER LINKS

Wisconsin County & City Government

Wisconsin Electronic Reader - Stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals and tidbits from Wisconsin history.

Wisconsin Land Records from the General Land Office

Wisconsin Vital Records Information

State Historical Society of Wisconsin/Archives Division
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: 608-264-6460

Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
2109 20th Avenue
Monroe, WI 53566
Email: jbrissee@execpc.com

State Historical Society of Wisconsin/Library Division
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: 608-264-6534
608-264-6535 (Reference)
608-264-6525 (Government Publications Reference)

AREA RESEARCH CENTERS:

Area Research Center for Price County is the History Center and Archives in Ashland, Wisconsin.

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center
History Center and Archives
29270 County Highway G
Ashland WI 54805-9339
phone: 715-685-2648

Serving the following nine counties: Ashland, Bayfield, Forest, Iron, Oneida, Price, Sawyer, Vilas and Washburn.

Superior Public Library
1530 Tower Avenue
Superior, WI 54880
Tel: 715-394-8860
(Douglas County)

University of Wisconsin/Eau Claire
William D. McIntyre Library
Special Collections Department
Eau Claire, WI 54702-5010
Tel: 715-836-2739
(Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Eau Claire, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, and Taylor Counties)

University of Wisconsin/Green Bay
Cofrin Library, 7th Floor
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Tel: 414-465-2539
(Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, and Shawano Counties)

University of Wisconsin/La Crosse
Murphy Library Resource Center
La Crosse, WI 54601
Tel: 608-785-8511
(Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau, and Vernon Counties)

University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee
Golda Meir Library, Room W250
Milwaukee Urban Archives
P.O. Box 604
Milwaukee, WI 53201-0604
Tel: 414-229-5402
(Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, and Waukesha Counties)

University of Wisconsin/Oshkosh
Forrest R. Polk Library
800 Algoma Boulevard
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Tel: 414-424-0828
414-424-3347
(Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, and Winnebago Counties)

University of Wisconsin/River Falls
Chalmer Davee Library
120 Cascade Avenue
River Falls, WI 54022
Tel: 715-425-3567
(Burnett, Polk, St. Croix, Pierce, and Washburn Counties)

University of Wisconsin/Platteville
Elton S. Karrmann Library
Southwest Wisconsin Room
Platteville, WI 53818-3099
Tel: 608-342-1719
(Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, and Richland Counties)

University of Wisconsin/Parkside
D276 Wyllie Library Learning Center
University Archives and Area Research Center
900 Wood Road
Kenosha, WI 53141-2000
Tel: 414-595-2411
(Racine and Kenosha Counties)

University of Wisconsin/Stevens Point
Learning Resources Center
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Tel: 715-346-2586
(Adams, Forest, Juneau, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood Counties) University of Wisconsin/Stout
Library Learning Center
Menomonie, WI 54751
Tel: 715-232-2300
(Barron, Dunn, and Pepin Counties)

University of Wisconsin/Whitewater
Harold Anderson Library
800 West Main Street
Whitewater, WI 53190
Tel: 414-472-5520
(Jefferson, Rock, and Walworth Counties)

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