Archives
Welcome to the Diocesan Archives Web Page. We hope you find this information useful. We are entrusted with the duty of preserving the historical records and data of the Diocese of La Crosse.
The Diocesan Archives manage the historical records and data of the Diocese, and provide research services to the offices and departments of the Diocesan Curia and the parishes of the diocese. The Archives also coordinate the collection and filming of parish sacramental registries, and the requests for sacramental and genealogical records.
All parish registries prior to the year 1960 have been filmed. Genealogical searches presently are restricted to the pre 1926 time period. In compliance with current privacy restrictions and legislation, only the person named in the record, or the parent of a minor child named in the record, may request/obtain an official certificate of his/her record. In the case of parishes which have closed, both pre 1926 genealogical requests and requests for personal certificates must be directed to the Diocesan Archives.
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Genealogical requests should be submitted in writing, either by regular mail or using this Research Request Form or by filling out this online form. Requests will be processed as time permits. Please review the “Policies for Records/Genealogical Searches” on page one of the Research Request Form before submitting your request.
The list below of Catholic churches in the Diocese of La Crosse indicates the year in which the records of birth, marriage and death begin for the respective parishes or missions.
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| City/Town, Parish | Births | Marriages | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Crosse Deanery | |||
| La Crosse, St. Joseph Cathedral | 1870 | 1870 | 1870 |
| La Crosse, Blessed Sacrament | 1938 | 1938 | 1938 |
| La Crosse, Holy Cross | 1885 | 1887 | 1888 |
| La Crosse, Holy Trinity | 1888 | 1888 | 1888 |
| La Crosse, St. James the Less | 1887 | 1887 | 1887 |
| La Crosse, St. John the Baptist | 1887 | 1888 | 1888 |
| La Crosse, St. Mary | 1856 | 1860 | 1869 |
| La Crosse, St. Wenceslaus | 1873 | 1873 | 1873 |
| La Crosse, St. Thomas More | 1947 | 1948 | 1947 |
| Bangor, St. Mary | 1914 | 1919 | 1918 |
| Coon Valley, St. Mary | 1948 | 1948 | 1944 |
| De Soto, Sacred Heart | 1956 | 1958 | 1958 |
| Genoa, St. Charles Borromeo | 1872 | 1875 | 1875 |
| Middle Ridge, St. Peter | 1872 | 1872 | 1874 |
| Onalaska, St. Patrick | 1949 | 1949 | 1949 |
| St. Joseph Ridge, St. Joseph | 1866 | 1866 | 1866 |
| Arcadia Deanery | |||
| Arcadia/Glencoe, OLPH/St. Joseph | 1867 | 1867 | 1867 |
| Arcadia, St. Stanislaus Kostka | 1912 | 1912 | 1912 |
| Alma/BuffaloCity, St. Lawrence/Anne | 1867 | 1867 | 1867 |
| Ettrick, St. Bridget | 1869 | 1950 | 1950 |
| Fountain City, Immac. Conception | 1863 | 1863 | 1864 |
| Galesville, St. Mary | 1869 | 1922 | 1922 |
| Independence, SS. Peter & Paul | 1875 | 1875 | 1875 |
| North Creek, St. Michael | 1875 | 1875 | 1875 |
| Pine Creek, Sacred Heart | 1866 | 1866 | 1869 |
| Trempealeau, St. Bartholomew | 1869 | 1871 | 1874 |
| Waumandee, St. Boniface | 1867 | 1868 | 1865 |
| Whitehall, St. John | 1948 | 1949 | 1949 |
| Chippewa Falls Deanery | |||
| Chippewa Falls, Notre Dame | 1859 | 1859 | 1863 |
| Chippewa Falls, Holy Ghost | 1886 | 1886 | 1886 |
| Chippewa Falls, St. Charles | 1885 | 1885 | 1885 |
| Arnold/Holcombe, St.Louis/St.Joseph | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 |
| Bloomer, St. Paul | 1869 | 1884 | 1884 |
| Boyd, St. Joseph | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
| Cadott, St. Rose of Lima | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
| Cooks Valley, St. John the Baptist | 1905 | 1905 | 1908 |
| Cornell, Holy Cross | 1915 | 1916 | 1918 |
| Edson, Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1914 | 1914 | 1914 |
| Huron, St. Mary | 1928 | 1966 | 1932 |
| Jim Falls, Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1897 | 1904 | 1918 |
| New Auburn, St. Jude | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 |
| Stanley, St. Mary | 1900 | 1900 | 1900 |
| Stanley, St. Anne | 1910 | 1910 | 1910 |
| Stanley, Holy Family | 1967 | 1944 | 1941 |
| Springfield, St. Bridget | 1883 | 1889 | 1886 |
| Tilden, St. Peter | 1869 | 1869 | 1869 |
| Wilson, St. Peter | 1923 | 1923 | 1927 |
| Durand Deanery | |||
| Durand, St. Mary’s Assumption | 1877 | 1878 | 1877 |
| Arkansaw, St. Joseph | 1913 | 1914 | 1892 |
| Big River, Nativity of the B.V.M./ Cherma, St. Martin | 1872 | 1872 | 1863 |
| Clayfield, Our Lady of Perp. Help | 1946 | 1924 | 1923 |
| Eau Galle, St. Henry | 1869 | 1869 | 1869 |
| Ellsworth, St. Francis | 1900 | 1900 | 1900 |
| Elmwood/Farm Hill, S.H./St.Nicholas | 1913 | 1914 | 1918 |
| Lima, Holy Rosary | 1877 | 1877 | 1902 |
| Lost Creek, Immaculate Conception | 1883 | 1883 | — |
| Menomonie, St. Joseph | 1876 | 1876 | 1876 |
| Mondovi/Canton, S.H./St. Patrick | 1881 | 1881 | 1881 |
| Pepin, St. Brendan | 1949 | — | — |
| Plum City, St. John the Baptist | 1885 | 1886 | 1886 |
| Prescott, St. Joseph | 1899 | 1900 | 1899 |
| Spring Valley/El Paso, S.H./S.Joseph | 1887 | 1888 | 1896 |
| Eau Claire Deanery | |||
| Eau Claire, St. Patrick | 1865 | 1866 | 1865 |
| Eau Claire, Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1875 | 1875 | 1876 |
| Eau Claire, Immaculate Conception | 1945 | 1946 | 1946 |
| Eau Claire, St. James the Greater | 1948 | 1949 | 1949 |
| Eau Claire, St. Olaf | 1952 | 1953 | 1952 |
| Altoona/Brackett, S.Mary/H.G.Angels | 1904 | 1908 | 1906 |
| Augusta, St. Anthony de Padua | 1907 | 1907 | 1907 |
| Elk Mound, St. Joseph | 1905 | 1905 | 1905 |
| Rock Falls, St. Joseph | 1908 | 1912 | 1913 |
| Marshfield Deanery | |||
| Marshfield, St. John the Baptist | 1877 | 1878 | 1889 |
| Marshfield, Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1916 | 1917 | 1917 |
| Marshfield, Our Lady of Peace | 1947 | 1947 | 1947 |
| Auburndale, Nativity of the B.V.M. | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
| Bakerville, Corpus Christi | 1887 | 1888 | 1890 |
| Blenker, St. Kilian | 1888 | 1888 | 1889 |
| Hewitt, St. Michael | 1888 | 1888 | 1891 |
| McMillan, St. Adalbert | 1964 | 1965 | 1963 |
| Milladore, St. Wenceslaus | 1886 | 1886 | 1886 |
| Rozellville, St. Andrew | 1886 | 1886 | 1887 |
| Spencer, Christ the King | 1938 | 1939 | 1939 |
| Stratford, St. Joseph | 1886 | 1892 | 1892 |
| Prairie du Chien Deanery | |||
| Prairie du Chien, St. Gabriel | 1839 | 1840 | 1840 |
| Prairie du Chien, St. John | 1892 | 1892 | 1891 |
| Eastman, St. Wenceslaus | 1885 | 1892 | 1891 |
| Gays Mills, St. Mary | 1911 | 1911 | 1912 |
| Rising Sun, St. James | 1859 | 1859 | 1860 |
| Rolling Ground, St. Philip | 1872 | 1874 | 1878 |
| Seneca, St. Patrick | 1872 | 1872 | 1873 |
| Wauzeka, Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1881 | 1883 | 1883 |
| Richland Center Deanery | |||
| Richland Center, St. Mary | 1886 | 1886 | 1887 |
| Bear Valley, St. Kilian | 1914 | 1915 | 1908 |
| Cazenovia, St. Anthony de Padua | 1868 | 1869 | 1883 |
| Dilly, St. John | 1962 | 1962 | 1962 |
| Hillsboro, St. Aloysius | 1905 | 1906 | 1905 |
| Keyesville, St. Mary | 1864 | 1865 | 1864 |
| Mount Tabor, St. Joseph | 1965 | 1965 | 1965 |
| Union Center, St. Theresa | 1890 | 1891 | 1891 |
| Viroqua, Annunciation of the B.V.M. | 1947 | 1947 | 1948 |
| Wonewoc, St. Jerome | 1890 | 1891 | — |
| Stevens Point Deanery | |||
| Stevens Point, St. Stephen | 1857 | 1857 | 1859 |
| Stevens Point, St. Casimir | 1875 | 1875 | 1875 |
| Stevens Point, St. Joseph | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 |
| Stevens Point, St. Peter | 1876 | 1877 | 1876 |
| Stevens Point, St. Stanislaus | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 |
| Almond/Heffron, G.Angels/St. John | 1904 | 1904 | 1905 |
| Amherst, St. James | 1873 | 1888 | 1906 |
| Buena Vista, St. Martin | 1951 | 1951 | 1950 |
| Custer, Immaculate Conception | 1886 | 1886 | 1886 |
| Fancher, St. Mary of Mt. Carmel | 1886 | 1886 | 1886 |
| Junction City, St. Michael | 1883 | 1883 | 1883 |
| Lanark, St. Patrick | 1890 | 1891 | 1890 |
| Mill Creek, St. Bartholomew | 1892 | 1892 | 1892 |
| Plover, St. Bronislava | 1896 | 1896 | 1896 |
| Polonia, Sacred Heart | 1875 | 1888 | 1888 |
| Rosholt, St. Adalbert | 1899 | 1899 | 1899 |
| Torun, Immaculate Conception | 1899 | 1900 | 1900 |
| Thorp Deanery | |||
| Thorp, St Bernard | 1889 | 1901 | 1903 |
| Thorp, St. Hedwig | 1891 | — | 1894 |
| Abbotsford, St. Bernard | 1912 | 1913 | 1917 |
| Alma Center, Immaculate Conception | 1905 | 1906 | 1906 |
| Chili, St. Stephen | 1912 | 1912 | 1951 |
| Colby, St. Mary Help of Christians | 1886 | 1887 | 1886 |
| Czestochowa, St. Mary | 1908 | 1909 | 1909 |
| Dorchester, St. Louis | 1897 | 1897 | 1897 |
| Fairchild, St. John Cantius | 1887 | 1890 | 1888 |
| Fairview, St. Joseph | 1876 | 1876 | 1876 |
| Greenwood, Mary Help of Christians | 1909 | 1911 | 1909 |
| Loyal, St. Anthony | 1892 | 1893 | 1892 |
| Neillsville, St. Mary | 1879 | 1880 | 1882 |
| Owen, Holy Rosary | 1917 | 1925 | 1924 |
| Willard, Holy Family | 1908 | 1919 | 1918 |
| Withee, Sacred Heart | 1919 | 1913 | 1912 |
| Tomah Deanery (previously Sparta and Mauston deaneries) | |||
| Black River Falls, St. Joseph | 1870 | 1899 | 1911 |
| Camp Douglas, St. James | 1918 | 1917 | 1918 |
| Cashton, Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1918 | 1918 | 1918 |
| Elroy, St. Patrick | 1884 | 1884 | 1884 |
| Kendall, St. Joseph | 1895 | 1894 | 1900 |
| Lyndon Station, St. Mary | 1877 | 1873 | 1922 |
| Mauston, St. Patrick | 1864 | 1866 | 1901 |
| Necedah, St. Francis of Assisi | 1887 | 1887 | 1887 |
| New Lisbon, St. Paul | 1887 | 1949 | 1949 |
| Norwalk, St. Augustine | 1904 | 1904 | 1903 |
| Pine Hollow, Sts. Peter and Paul | 1876 | 1879 | 1877 |
| Sparta, St. Patrick | 1871 | 1872 | 1871 |
| St. Mary’s Ridge, Nativity of the BVM | 1866 | 1866 | 1866 |
| Summit, St. John the Baptist | 1878 | 1898 | 1898 |
| Tomah, St. Mary | 1867 | 1871 | 1871 |
| Wilton, St. John | 1895 | 1892 | 1900 |
| Wausau Deanery | |||
| Wausau, St. Mary, Imm. Conception | 1872 | 1872 | 1875 |
| Wausau, St. Michael | 1888 | 1890 | 1888 |
| Wausau, Holy Name of Jesus | 1947 | 1947 | 1947 |
| Wausau, St. Anne | 1950 | 1950 | 1950 |
| Wausau, St. James | 1905 | 1905 | 1905 |
| Athens, St. Anthony | 1882 | 1896 | 1927 |
| Bevent, St. Ladislaus | 1886 | 1887 | 1886 |
| Brokaw, Our Lady of Perpetual Help | 1910 | 1911 | — |
| Cassel, Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1887 | 1887 | 1889 |
| Edgar, St. John the Baptist | 1901 | 1901 | 1902 |
| Galloway, St. Joseph | 1921 | 1922 | 1921 |
| Halder, St. Patrick | 1913 | 1914 | 1914 |
| Hatley, St. Florian | 1902 | 1903 | 1903 |
| Knowlton, St. Francis Xavier | 1918 | 1918 | 1918 |
| Marathon, Nativity of the B.V.M. | 1863 | 1863 | 1863 |
| Milan/Wuerzburg, S.Thomas/S.John | 1914 | 1915 | 1914 |
| Mosinee, St. Paul | 1885 | 1890 | 1900 |
| Norrie, St. Francis of Assisi | 1899 | 1901 | 1899 |
| Peplin, St. John the Baptist | 1927 | 1927 | 1927 |
| Poniatowski, Holy Family/Holy Trinity | 1882 | 1887 | 1886 |
| Rothschild, St. Therese | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
| Wisconsin Rapids Deanery | |||
| Wisconsin Rapids, SS. Peter & Paul | 1857 | 1857 | 1860 |
| Wisconsin Rapids, St. Lawrence | 1904 | 1904 | 1904 |
| Wisconsin Rapids, Queen of Heaven | 1948 | 1947 | 1950 |
| Adams/Friendship, St.Joseph/St. Leo | 1901 | 1903 | 1916 |
| Altdorf, St. Joseph | 1961 | 1962 | 1962 |
| Arpin, St. Francis | 1925 | 1925 | 1927 |
| Babcock, All Saints | 1961 | 1961 | 1962 |
| City Point, North American Martyrs | 1950 | 1968 | 1967 |
| Nekoosa, Sacred Heart of Jesus | 1901 | 1903 | 1900 |
| Pittsville, St. Joachim | 1908 | 1908 | 1908 |
| Port Edwards, St. Alexander | 1941 | 1941 | 1941 |
| Rudolph, St. Philomena/St. Philip | 1884 | 1884 | 1884 |
| Sigel, Holy Rosary | 1904 | 1904 | 1904 |
| Vesper, St. James | 1919 | 1919 | 1937 |