Summary Information
Title: Church and Cemetery Records (Genealogical Society of Utah Project): Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Inclusive Dates: 1857-1982
Call Number: Eau Claire Micro 21
Quantity: 16 reels of microfilm (35mm)
Repository: Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
Archival Locations: UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr.
Abstract: Copies of records of numerous churches and cemeteries in Eau Claire County, Wis., microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in cooperation with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Representing various denominations, the records usually consist of membership and sacramental record books.
Note: This collection is available only on microfilm. This microfilm was produced in 1982 by the Genealogical Society of Utah which holds the master negative.
Language: English
Search Terms/Subject Terms
- Baptist Church—Wisconsin
- Catholic Church—Wisconsin
- Congregational Church—Wisconsin
- Episcopal Church—Wisconsin
- Lutheran Church—Wisconsin
- Methodist Church—Wisconsin
- Presbyterian Church—Wisconsin
- Cemeteries—Wisconsin—Eau Claire County
- Church Records and registers—Wisconsin—Eau Claire County
- Eau Claire County (Wis.)—Church history—Sources
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Genealogical Dept.
Scope and Content Note
The Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) and the Wisconsin Historical Society cooperated in a project to borrow and film Wisconsin church and cemetery records of interest to genealogists. The project produced 311 reels of microfilm containing records from 32 Wisconsin counties, dating from the 1830s to the 1980s. Positive copies of the microfilm are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Area Research Centers; each location houses different portions of the collection.
The microfilm has been grouped according to county where the church or cemeteries are located and each county group has been assigned a unique call number. Due to the filming process, there is occasionally a record of a church or cemetery from a different county located on a reel of film predominantly of another county, but generally a reel of microfilm almost always contains only records of churches and cemeteries from one county. Each call number therefore represents records primarily of one county (call number “Milwaukee Micro 70” for Milwaukee county records for example). An exception is “Stout Micro 25” which contains records from both Dunn and Barron counties.
Accuracy of this finding aid is limited by readability of the film, completeness of the record, and staff knowledge of foreign languages and scripts. In-depth research into church history was not done by Archives staff. Some records do not name the church which created them; in those cases the information recorded by the filmer is used and often is the present custodian of the record. Missing information, particularly the “record type” in the reel lists, is due to the occasional necessity of working from camera operators' reports or other finding aids rather than from the film itself. Annotations and corrections can be forwarded to the Wisconsin Historical Society for inclusion in future versions of this finding aid.
A separate reel list finding aid is provided for each call number. The reel lists contain detailed information on types of records included and years covered. The reel lists also indicate the languages in which the records were written and the GSU film number, in the event that a duplicate needs to be ordered. The reel lists include brief descriptions of the record types (birth, baptism, marriage, etc.); this information was compiled from the film itself. Occasionally sections, especially languages and record types, were left blank when incomplete information was available.
Place Names
A few locations are not now governmental units but apparently were in use at the time the records were created. In cases where churches moved or merged, the record is still listed under only one location. Sometimes a single record contains information crossing county lines, especially in the case of missions or circuits. If exact location is not clear, rather than misled the user with a possibly incorrect place name, the more general location of just the county is used. Thus it is important for the user to be imaginative in searching for place names.
Church and Cemetery Names
Church names, if in a foreign language, are usually entered in the English form if doing so will bring all records for one church -- both before and after the church adopted English as its language. “Saint” is sometimes spelled out and sometimes abbreviated to “St.” making it necessary for the user to search both ways.
Denomination is listed as it appeared in the records with no additional research done on denominational changed that have occurred in the 150-year scope of this collection. Thus lines are not always exact between, for example, Methodist and Methodist Episcopal or Evangelical Lutheran and Lutheran. In some cases the present denomination is indicated for a church that has changed through the years. For example, United Church of Christ may indicate churches which were formerly Congregational or Evangelical and Reformed. Some knowledge of church history is useful to the user. A denomination could not be determined for some records.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Use Restrictions
Copies may be purchased by libraries or other research organizations, with the written consent of the custodial congregation, from the Genealogical Society of Utah.
Acquisition Information
The original records were loaned for copying by their custodians and were returned when copying was completed. Accession Number: M82-501
Processing Information
Processed by Ann Hokanson and Natalie Tinkham.
Contents List
Reel/Item 1/1 | Grace Lutheran Church, 1869-1902 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316546 |
Reel/Item 1/2 | Grace Lutheran Church, 1903-1974 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316546 |
Reel/Item 1/3 | Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, 1876-1974 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Lincoln Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316546 |
Reel/Item 1/4 | St. John's Lutheran Church, 1864-1883 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Fall Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316546 |
Reel/Item 1/5 | St. John's Lutheran Church, 1884-1906 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Fall Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316546 |
Reel/Item 1/6 | St. John's Lutheran Church, 1907-1963 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Fall Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316546 |
Reel/Item 1/7 | St. John's Lutheran Church Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Fall Creek Record types: history Languages: GSU Number: 1316546 |
Reel/Item 2/1 | Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, 1875-1982 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Pleasantville Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316547 |
Reel/Item 2/2 | Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, 1887-1961 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Clear Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316547 |
Reel/Item 2/3 | Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, 1904-1982 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Foster Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316547 |
Reel/Item 2/4 | First Baptist Church, 1861-1874 Note: Denomination: Baptist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316547 |
Reel/Item 2/5 | First Baptist Church, 1876-1894 Note: Denomination: Baptist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316547 |
Reel/Item 2/6 | First Baptist Church, 1894-1936 Note: Denomination: Baptist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316547 |
Reel/Item 2/7 | First Baptist Church, 1904-1915 Note: Denomination: Baptist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316547 |
Reel/Item 3/1 | Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1876-1948 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316548 |
Reel/Item 3/2 | North (Second) Presbyterian Church, 1897-1957 Note: Denomination: Presbyterian Place name: Eau Claire Record types: baptism Languages: GSU Number: 1316548 |
Reel/Item 3/3 | North Presbyterian Church, 1916-1957 Note: Denomination: Presbyterian Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316548 |
Reel/Item 3/4 | Truax Congregational Church, 1896-1982 Note: Denomination: Congregational Place name: Wheaton Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316548 |
Reel/Item 3/5 | Truax Congregational Church, 1895-1980 Note: Denomination: Congregational Place name: Wheaton Record types: history Languages: GSU Number: 1316548 |
Reel/Item 3/6 | Brunswick Cemetery, 1870-1982 Note: Denomination: Place name: Brunswick Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316548 |
Reel/Item 3/7 | Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1896-1908 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316548 |
Reel/Item 3/8 | Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1880-1908 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316548 |
Reel/Item 4/1 | Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1896-1907 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316549 |
Reel/Item 4/2 | Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1883-1896 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Eau Claire Record types: baptism Languages: GSU Number: 1316549 |
Reel/Item 4/3 | Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1908-1924 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Eau Claire Record types: baptism, marriage, deaths Languages: GSU Number: 1316549 |
Reel/Item 4/4 | St. Bridget's Catholic Cemetery, 1870-1882 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Seymour Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316549 |
Reel/Item 4/5 | First Presbyterian Church, 1857-1899 Note: Denomination: Presbyterian Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316549 |
Reel/Item 4/6 | First Presbyterian Church, 1899-1929 Note: Denomination: Presbyterian Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316549 |
Reel/Item 5/1 | First Presbyterian Church, 1899-1929 Note: Denomination: Presbyterian Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Continuation Languages: GSU Number: 1316550 |
Reel/Item 5/2 | First Presbyterian Church, 1900-1947 Note: Denomination: Presbyterian Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316550 |
Reel/Item 5/3 | Christ Church Cathedral, 1870-1885 Note Includes some records of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Altoona. Denomination: Episcopal Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316550 |
Reel/Item 5/4 | Christ Church Cathedral, 1886-1895 Note: Denomination: Episcopal Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316550 |
Reel/Item 5/5 | Christ Church Cathedral, 1895-1914 Note: Denomination: Episcopal Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316550 |
Reel/Item 5/6 | Christ Church Cathedral, 1914-1957 Note: Denomination: Episcopal Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316550 |
Reel/Item 5/7 | Christ Church Cathedral, 1909-1937 Note: Denomination: Episcopal Place name: Eau Claire Record types: marriage Languages: GSU Number: 1316550 |
Reel/Item 5/8 | Grace Lutheran Church, 1910-1924 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316550 |
Reel/Item 6/1 | Grace Lutheran Church, 1910-1924 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Continuation Languages: GSU Number: 1316551 |
Reel/Item 6/2 | Zion Cemetery, 1890-1982 Note: Denomination: Place name: Pleasant Valley Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316551 |
Reel/Item 6/3 | Trinity Cemetery, 1880-1982 Note: Denomination: Place name: Fall Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316551 |
Reel/Item 6/4 | Jewish Cemetery, 1860-1982 Note: Denomination: Judaism Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316551 |
Reel/Item 6/5 | Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, 1880-1982 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316551 |
Reel/Item 7/1 | Sacred Heart Cemetery, 1880-1982 Note: Denomination: Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316552 |
Reel/Item 7/2 | Lutheran Cemetery, 1880-1982, A-J Note Continued on Reel 12. Denomination; Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316552 |
Reel/Item 8/1 | United Methodist Church, 1870-1886 Note: Denomination: Methodist Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/2 | United Methodist Church, 1887-1896 Note: Denomination: Methodist Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/3 | United Methodist Church, 1896-1902 Note: Denomination: Methodist Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/6 | United Methodist Church, 1903-1912 Note: Denomination: Methodist Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/5 | United Methodist Church, 1907-1951 Note: Denomination: Methodist Place name: Augusta' Record types: Marriages Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/6 | United Methodist Church, 1913-1928 Note: Denomination: Methodist Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/7 | Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, 1885-1947 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/8 | Saint Mary's Catholic Church, 1904-1943 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Altoona Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/9 | United Methodist Church, 1878-1885 Note Re: Lake Street Church. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/10 | United Methodist Church, 1886-1898 Note Re: Lake Street Church. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 8/11 | United Methodist Church, 1891-1903 Note Re: First Methodist Church. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316553 |
Reel/Item 9/1 | United Methodist Church, 1899-1906 Note Re: Lake Street Church. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316554 |
Reel/Item 9/2 | United Methodist Church, 1912-1916 Note Re: Lake Street Church. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316554 |
Reel/Item 9/3 | United Methodist Church, 1898-1920 Note Re: Altoona Charge. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316554 |
Reel/Item 9/4 | United Methodist Church, 1906-1912 Note Re: Lake Street Church. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316554 |
Reel/Item 9/5 | United Methodist Church, 1902-1908 Note Re: First Methodist Church. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316554 |
Reel/Item 9/6 | United Methodist Church, 1910-1920 Note Re: First Methodist Church. Denomination: Methodist Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316554 |
Reel/Item 9/7 | Epiphany Lutheran Church, 1893-1947 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316544 |
Reel/Item 10/1 | Drammen Lutheran Church, 1886-1945 Note Also see Item 4 on this reel. Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Drammen Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316593 |
Reel/Item 10/2 | Pleasant Valley Norwegian Lutheran, 1886-1922 Note Also see Item 4 on this reel. Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Drammen Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316593 |
Reel/Item 10/3 | Porter's Mills Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran, 1884- 1921 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Brunswick Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316593 |
Reel/Item 10/4 | Pleasant Valley/Drammen Churches, 1973-1982 Note Also see Items 1 and 2 on this reel. Denomination: Place name: Drammen Record types: history Languages: GSU Number: 1316593 |
Reel/Item 10/5 | Saint John's Lutheran Church, 1874-1885 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316593 |
Reel/Item 10/6 | Saint John's Lutheran Church, 1874-1888 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316593 |
Reel/Item 11/1 | Saint John's Lutheran Church, 1888-1920 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316594 |
Reel/Item 11/2 | Saint John's Lutheran Church, 1919-1974 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316594 |
Reel/Item 11/3 | First Baptist Church, 1874-1899 Note: Denomination: Baptist Place name: Augusta Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316594 |
Reel/Item 12/1 | United. Methodist Church, 1886-1923 Note: Denomination: Methodist Place name: Fairchild Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316595 |
Reel/Item 12/2 | East Side Cemetery, 1870-1982 Note: Denomination: Place name: Augusta? Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316595 |
Reel/Item 12/3 | West Side Cemetery, 1870-1982 Note: Denomination: Place name: Augusta? Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316595 |
Reel/Item 12/4 | Forest Hill Cemetery, 1900-1930 Note: Denomination: Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316595 |
Reel/Item 12/5 | Forest Hill Cemetery, 1880-1920 Note: Denomination: Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316595 |
Reel/Item 12/6 | Lutheran Cemetery, 1880-1982, J-W Note Continued from Reel 7. Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316595 |
Reel/Item 13/1 | Lutheran Cemetery, 1880-1982, W-Z Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316596 |
Reel/Item 13/2 | Saint Patrick's Cemetery, 1880-1982, A-R Note: Denomination: Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316596 |
Reel/Item 14/1 | Saint Patrick's Cemetery, 1880-1982, R-Z Note: Denomination: Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316597 |
Reel/Item 15/1 | Trinity Lutheran Church, 1892-1943 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Fall Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316598 |
Reel/Item 15/2 | St. James' Lutheran Church, 1884-1943 Note For history, see the previous item on this reel. Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Fall Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316598 |
Reel/Item 15/3 | St. John's Evangelical Lutheran, 1884-1905 Note: Denomination: Lutheran Place name: Ludington Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316598 |
Reel/Item 15/4 | First Congregational Church, 1857-1941 Note: Denomination: Congregational Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316598 |
Reel/Item 16/1 | Thompson Valley Cemetery Assoc., 1857-1982 Note: Denomination: Place name: Bridge Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316599 |
Reel/Item 16/2 | Union Cemetery Association, 1896-1982 Note: Denomination: Place name: Clear Creek Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316599 |
Reel/Item 16/3 | Plymouth United Church of Christ, 1890-1891 Note: Denomination: Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316599 |
Reel/Item 16/4 | Plymouth United Church of Christ, 1899-1918 Note: Denomination: Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316599 |
Reel/Item 16/5 | Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, 1865-1884 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Eau Claire Record types: Languages: GSU Number: 1316599 |
Reel/Item 16/6 | Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, 1900-1947 Note: Denomination: Catholic Place name: Eau Claire Record types: interments Languages: GSU Number: 1316599 |