Soaring eagle USGenWeb Project logo created by Ginger Ciweski Welcome to Lafayette County, Wisconsin  Return to USGenWeb    Return to WIGenWeb Situated in the Southwestern part of Wisconsin, Lafayette County lies within the unglaciated area of the state in the driftless region bordering along the State of Illinois.   With an area of 643 square miles or 411,520 acres.  Lafayette county was created in 1847 while it was still known as the Wisconsin Territory.   Lafayette County was formed from Iowa County.  On May 29, 1848, Wisconsin officially became a state.   Wisconsin Archives If you are interested in hosting a Wisconsin homepage contact our State Coordinator  Tina Vickery or  the Assistant State Coordinator Tim Stowell. If you are new to Lafayette County, I am Glad you found us!!  And if you are a return guest........Welcome Back!! Match: All the words Any of the words Format: Document Name and Headline Document Name Only Sort by: Score Time Title Reverse Score Reverse Time Reverse Title Search Wisconsin Search Lafayette County Archives  Search the USGenWeb Archives (Enter a surname or place). If you aren't hearing music,  Click here to get CRESCENDO!   Lafayette County Genealogy Society  P.O. Box 183 Darlington, Wisconsin  53530 Home of the 'ANCESTRAL DIGGIN'S '  quarterly newsletter   QUERIES AND SURNAMES   Lookup Volunteers     E-MAIL   CORRECTIONS!!! This is a FREE site!!   You do NOT have to PAY to view the following pages!! I   "CAN NOT" do research for your surnames! The Lookup volunteers can only search what they specify.   I am trying to make the Lafayette County , Wisconsin Homepage as informative as I can.  If you have some information that you would like to share, please do not hesitate to e-mail it to me. Government & Vital Records (Lafayette County Court House) Vital Records - Wisconsin.... ...Applying for Copies of Wisconsin Vital Records  (All of Wisconsin) Policies for Research at Wisconsin State Vitals office in Madison Libraries, Museums & Societies Lafayette County Genealogy Society  P.O. Box 183 Darlington, Wisconsin  53530 Home of the 'ANCESTRAL DIGGIN'S '  quarterly newsletter Cities & Townships     Cemeteries   Newspapers Old Settlers    Index to Benton Advocate   Transcribed by Mike Birkett Marriages in Lafayette County   Families in Lafayette County   Parent and their Children in Lafayette County Biographies    on Various Families in Lafayette County   Lafayette County Connections: Family homepages found on the Web   Graduates of Shullsburg High School   1875 to 1977   Partial 1850 Census   for Lafayette County   Surnames: Williams, Tolly, Crow, Hunnifer, Shihan Partial 1850 Census   for New Diggings, Lafayette County Partial 1860 Census    for Lafayette County Surnames: Adams, Swift, Wild, Brown, Johnson, McLornan, Mulligan Partial 1870 Census  for Lafayette County Surnames: Hebenstreit Probates in Lafayette County     Obituaries  Mining   Swiss in  `Lafayette County   New Diggings on the Fever  1824 - 1864      by  Margaret S. Carter New Diggings Is An Old Diggings by  Margaret S. Carter History of Lafayette County   1881 Civil War in Lafayette County      Lafayette County Wisconsin   Has its own Mailing List   Tidbits of Information Found     Information found pertaining to people or places in Lafayette County, Wisconsin Visitor Comments   Links to Neighboring Counties Grant County, Wisconsin Northwest Iowa County, Wisconsin  North Green County, Wisconsin  East Jo Daviess County, Illinois  South Stephenson County, Illinois  Southeast Lafayette County information Population (1990): 16076 Land area 634 square miles Census Bureau: Lafayette County -- Tiger map, demographic data LAFAYETTE CO. LINKS  WISCONSIN LINKS LINKS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU IN YOUR SEARCH "THANK YOU"  to RootsWeb for providing space for this web page.   If you would like to help support RootsWeb for providing space to make all of this possible, then CLICK HERE to see how you can help! Free JavaScripts provided by The JavaScript Source  County Coordinator  Dori Leekley Comments & Suggestions [email protected] You are visitor  # [an error occurred while processing this directive]  NOTE: If you are interested in statistics, please add 250 hits to the above total.   The original counter was changed and that number of hits was lost on the counter in the transfer. All Pages © 1997-2005 Dori Leekley All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged researching their family origins. Any commercial use, without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited.  All images used on these pages were obtained from sources permitting  free distribution, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions.   All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission. Thank you for stopping by and Please visit us again to see the Updates or New sections added!       UPDATED!!