The pre-1907 vital records are not complete by any means. Whether it is a waste of money to send a request directly to the county is questionable. I have a ggggrandmother who died at Fairchild, on the border of Eau Claire and Jackson counties but a death record can't be found for her 16 Feb 1890 death. The questionable part is this: I have looked at Eau Claire's corthouse when I went home for a visit several years ago and didn't find it. That did not surprise me because their farm was actually in Garden Valley, Jackson County. But a letter to Jackson Co. yielded a response of 'not found'. A great aunt told me before she died that someone else in the family had gotten the same answer to a letter and didn't believe it, so they went to Jackson Co. courthouse and looked in person. (An option I don't have) She says they found it but before the days of copy machines in every public office, apparently wrote down the death date and that is all. On the other hand, I have found the Eau Claire courthouse to be quite helpful by mail. No easy answer to this one. I hope I haven't confused you more! Susan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 10:23 PM Subject: [WIEAUCLA-L] Pre-1907 Vital Records >Hi All, >I assume that everyone is familiar with the pre-1907 WI birth, death and >marriage indexes. Does anyone know how complete they are? If I do not see a >death record for a relative in the index, who should be in there, am I >wasting my time sending a request with a check for a records search to the >appropriate county? I know that there are a number of typos in the indexes, >some of my relatives names were mispelled. I'm stuck on this line and a death >certificate or(highly unlikely) a birth certificate might help. Otherwise, >further research will have to wait pending some future visit to cemeteries and >libraries(to look up obits) in the Eau Claire area. Suggestions or info, >anyone? >Reid Olson > > >==== WIEAUCLA Mailing List ==== >Eau Claire Co. WI Lookups Available! >http://users.rootsweb.com/~wieaucla/elookups.htm > >