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Local Government Records

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Brunswick (Eau Claire County, Wis.: Town). Clerk: Records, 1876-1967

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Series 122
Summary

Town of Brunswick clerk's record volumes (1876-1967) and descriptions of land (1938). Clerk's record volumes include proceedings of both town meetings and town board meetings, register of town and school officers, treasurer's financial reports, chattel mortgages, and school district maps. Descriptions of land include copies of original plat maps, real estate descriptions, names of owners, and location of land.

Dates: 1876-1967

Buffalo County (Wis.). Clerk: Reports and Papers, 1853-1911

 Collection
Identifier: Buffalo Series 5
Summary Records including county board proceedings and papers (1854-1911); county officers annual reports (1856-1905); Soldiers Relief Commission proceedings and relief applications (1887-1893); county board communications, petitions, and legal opinions (1853-1905); jail specifications and bids (1867-1868); road and bridge papers (1854-1908); town boundary papers (1857-1903); statements of taxes and indebtedness (1902-1904); militia lists from the towns within the county (1858-1859); jury lists...
Dates: 1853-1911

Chippewa County (Wis.). Board of Supervisors: Proceedings, 1854-2009

 Collection
Identifier: Chippewa Series 1
Summary Records including clerk's minutes and documents considered by the Board at each meeting. Documents include: petitions, memorials, communications, and claims addressed to the Board; reports of county officers and of Board committees; resolutions and ordinances; and other papers relating to the operations, services, finances, planning, and policy of county government. Proceedings from 1854 through 1892 are available in volume form only and proceedings from 1924-1975 and 2002-2009 are available...
Dates: 1854-2009

Chippewa Falls Public Library Records, 1893-1965

 Collection
Identifier: Chippewa Series 43
Summary Records of the Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, public library established in 1894, including annual reports of the board of directors (1896-1904), narrative annual reports of the librarian to the board (1897-1956), and statistical reports to the Wisconsin Free Library Commission; and minutes of the board of directors (1950-1955). Daily circulation records (mainly 1914-1951) detail adult and juvenile circulation patterns by broad subject categories. Also included are papers about the Roujet D....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1893-1965

Circuit Court and County Court, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Family Case Files, 1944-1977

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Series 128
Summary

Case files dealing primarily with divorce plus a few paternity case files. Legal papers include complaints, summonses, affidavits, court orders, and decrees. In 1944 the county court and circuit court began filing their family cases together, separately from other civil case files. Five digit case numbers are from the circuit court and the others are from the county court. Case numbers 1-6531, 75FM2-76FM444, and 16926-25555.

Dates: 1944-1977

Circuit Court, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, Civil and Criminal Case Files, 1853-1978

 Collection
Identifier: Buffalo Series 20
Summary

Circuit Court case files dealing with civil and criminal actions. Legal papers include complaints, summonses, affidavits, petitions, court orders, and decrees.

Dates: 1853 - 1978

Clark County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Deeds, 1856-1916

 Collection
Identifier: Clark Series 18
Summary

Documents recording the conveyance of real estate. Entries show number and type of deed, date, names of grantee and grantor, description of property, names of witnesses, amount paid, date recorded, and notarial acknowledgement.

Dates: 1856-1916

Clark County (Wis.). Register of Deeds: Grantee/Grantor Indexes, 1855-1885

 Collection
Identifier: Clark Series 17
Summary

Index to Clark County real estate deeds (Clark Series 18) noting names of grantees (purchasers) and grantors (sellers). Noted are date and time the deed was recorded, names of grantee and grantor, type of instrument, description of the property, and volume and page number of the deed record where instrument is recorded.

Dates: 1855-1885

Clark County (Wis.). Treasurer: Delinquent Tax Rolls, 1861-1871

 Collection
Identifier: Clark Series 6
Summary

Delinquent tax returns made by townships to the county treasurer, showing owner, land description, acreage, valuation, and taxes due.

Dates: 1861-1871

Clark County (Wis.). Treasurer: Tax Rolls, 1861-2000

 Collection
Identifier: Clark Series 5
Summary Record of the assessed value and the amount of taxes levied against each parcel of real estate and every individual or business with taxable personal property. The tax roll typically gives a description of the property, the name of the owner, assessed valuation, tax levied, and a record of payments. All records prior to 1870 have been preserved. Every tenth year from 1870 to 1940 has been preserved, and every fifth year from 1945-2000 has been preserved. Holdings for 1940 are incomplete....
Dates: 1861-2000