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| H2|| Lyon|| 607 West Main, Marshall 56258||1868 (1870) (1875)|| Redwood (abolished 1873)||1874||1871||1874||1870||1890||1875 | | H2|| Lyon|| 607 West Main, Marshall 56258||1868 (1870) (1875)|| Redwood (abolished 1873)||1874||1871||1874||1870||1890||1875 | ||
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− | | | + | | G3|| McLeod|| 2389 Hennepin Ave. N., Glencoe 55336||1856|| Carver/Sibley||1870||1865||1870||1856||1864||1867 |
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+ | | || Mahkahto|| || 1849'51 (disbanded)||unorganized/*Ramsey || |||||||||| | ||
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+ | | C2|| Mahnomen|| P.O. Box 380, Mahnomen 56557||1906|| Norman||1907||1907||1907||1904||1907||1907 | ||
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+ | | || Manomin|| ||1857'58 (disbanded)|| Ramsey *St. Louis/*Anoka/*Hennepin (eliminated 1869)|||||||||||| | ||
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+ | | A1|| Marshall|| 208 East Colvin Ave., Warren 56762||1879 (1881)|| Kittson/*Polk||1884||1881||1884||||||1882 | ||
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+ | | J3|| Martin|| 201 Lake Ave., Fairmont 56013||1857|| Brown/Faribault||1870||1862||1870||1857||1864||1861 | ||
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+ | | G3|| Meeker|| 325 N. Sibley, Litchfield 55355||1856 (1866)|| Davis (abolished 1856)*Carver Midway (eliminated 1858)||1869||1859||1869||1856||1858 ||1858 | ||
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+ | | E4|| Mille Lacs|| 635 2nd St. SE, Milaca 56353||1857 (1860)|| Ramsey/*Morrison||1871||1868||1872||1849||1875||1861 | ||
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+ | | || Monongalia|| || 1861 (1861)'1865 (disbanded)||Davis/Pierce/unorganized *Stearns, *Meeker (consolidated with Kandiyohi 1870)|| |||||||||| | ||
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Revision as of 15:35, 21 April 2010
This entry was originally written by Carol L. Maki and Michael John Neill for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Records at the county level are the responsibility of the following offices: office of the court administrator'birth, death, and marriage; county recorder'land records; office of the probate judge'probate files; and office of the court administrator'criminal and civil court records. Although years for birth, marriage, and death records indicated in the following chart are the earliest located in that county, not all records may start at that date and there may be different starting dates for different records within the county. The earliest year for probate records may be probate files or wills. Court records may be civil and/or criminal. In some counties, the earlier criminal files may be found in the civil court files.
For some counties there are two years for date of formation listed. The first is the year the county was created. The second is the year it was fully organized if it differs from the creation year. Under the heading 'Parent County/ies,' the name/s listed may be the county or counties from which the respective county was formed, or it may be names by which the county was originally known. 'Unorganized' denotes that it was formed from non-county areas. A county name in parentheses is the county to which the unorganized land may have been attached at that time. Counties listed with an asterisk (*) are not parent counties but other counties in which you may also find records for the respective county since it may have been 'attached' to that county for some period of time.
The files of the Minnesota Historical Society Research Center and the following have been consulted for county information:
- Dalquist, Alfred J. Minnesota Genealogical Journal. Brooklyn Park, Minn.: Park Genealogical Book Co., 1984'87.
- Pope, Wiley R. Tracing Your Ancestors in Minnesota: A Guide to the Sources. Vols. 1'8. St. Paul: Minnesota Family Trees, 1980'88. This source draws heavily on the WPA guides that were developed fifty years ago. Record sources have changed in the interim.
- The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1989'90. St. Paul: Election Division, Secretary of State, 1989.
What follows is a guide to the various record sources and is not to be considered a definitive explanation for the peculiarities of each county's holdings.
County addresses were obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health [online], Center for Health Statistics, 'Addresses of County Registrars/Recorders' at www.health.state.mn.us/index.html.
Map | County | County Address | Date Formed | Parent County(ies) | Birth | Marriage | Death | Land | Probate | Court |
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D4 | Aitkin | 209 2nd St. NW, Aitkin 56431 | 1857 (1885) | Pine/Ramsey 1887/*Crow Wing/*Morrison | 1874 | 1885 | 1885 | 1872 | 1890 | 1862 |
Aitkin County was spelled Aiken until 1872 | ||||||||||
Andy Johnson | 1862 | (as Toombs; renamed 1862; disestablished, 1864; renamed Wilkin, 1868) Pembina *Stearns/*Crow Wing/*Douglas | ||||||||
F5 | Anoka | 325 E. Main St., Anoka 55303 | 1857 | Ramsey | 1870 | 1858 | 1870 | 1857 | 1858 | 1858 |
D2 | Becker | 915 Lake Ave., Detroit Lakes 56501 | 1858 (1871) | Cass/Pembina/*Stearns/*Crow Wing/*Douglas | 1871 | 1871 | 1871 | 1872 | 1872 | 1871 |
B3 | Beltrami | 619 Beltrami Ave. NW, Bemidji 56601 | 1866 (1897) | Itasca/Pembina/Polk/unorganized *Becker | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1874 | 1896 | 1897 |
F4 | Benton | 531 Dewey St., Foley 56329 | 1849 | St. Croix/unorganized | 1865 | 1850 | 1867 | 1850 | 1852 | 1850 |
Big Sioux | 1857'58 (abolished 1858) | Brown | ||||||||
F1 | Big Stone | 20 SE 2nd St., Ortonville 56278 | 1862 (1881) | Pierce *Renville/*Stevens | 1881 | 1881 | 1881 | 1873 | 1881 | 1881 |
J3 | Blue Earth | 204 S. Fifth St., Mankato 56001 | 1853 | Dahkota | 1870 | 1865 | 1870 | 1853 | 1858 | 1854 |
Breckenridge | 1858'62 | (renamed Clay, 1862) Pembina | ||||||||
B3 | Brown | Box 248, New Ulm 56073 | 1855 (1856) | Blue Earth | 1870 | 1857 | 1870 | 1857 | 1856 | 1857 |
Buchanen | 1857'61 | (abolished 1861; became part of Pine) Pine *Chisago/*St. Louis | ||||||||
D5 | Carlton | 301 Walnut Ave., Carlton 55718 | 1857 (1870) | Pine/St. Louis | 1870 | 1871 | 1870 | 1870 | 1870 | 1871 |
G4 | Carver | 600 E. Fourth St., Chaska 55318 | 1855 (1855) | Hennepin/Sibley | 1870 | 1856 | 1870 | 1856 | 1857 | 1854 |
D3 | Cass | Walker 56484 | 1851 (1872) (1897) | Dakota/Pembina/Mahkato/Wahnahta (abolished 1876)*Benton/*Stearns/*Crow Wing/*Morrison | 1896 | 1897 | 1896 | 1864 | 1897 | 1888 |
Disestablished 1876; became part of Crow Wing; reorganized, 1897. | ||||||||||
G2 | Chippewa | 629 N. 11th St., Montevideo 56265 | 1862 (1869) | Davis/Pierce *Renville | 1870 | 1870 | 1870 | 1870 | 1872 | 1870 |
F5 | Chisago | 313 N. Main, Center City 55012 | 1851 (1852) | Ramsey/Washington | 1870 | 1858 | 1870 | 1852 | 1857 | 1858 |
D1 | Clay | 807 11th St. North, Moorhead 56560 | 1858 | (as Breckenridge; renamed 1862) (1872) *Stearns/*Crow Wing/*Douglas/*Becker | 1872 | 1872 | 1872 | 1864 | 1872 | 1872 |
C2 | Clearwater | 213 Main Ave. North, Bagley 56621 | 1902 | Beltrami | 1898 | 1903 | 1903 | 1903 | 1903 | 1903 |
B8 | Cook | 411 W. 2nd St., Grand Marais 55604 | 1874 (1897) | Lake/*St. Louis | 1897 | 1897 | 1897 | 1892 | ||
H2 | Cottonwood | 900 Third Ave., Windom 56101 | 1857 (1873) | Brown *Redwood/*Watonwan | 1871 | 1871 | 1871 | 1871 | 1871 | 1871 |
D4 | Crow Wing | 326 Laurel St., Brainerd 56401 | 1857 | (disestablished 1858)-1866 (disestablished 1867) (1871)Ramsey *Morrison | 1873 | 1871 | 1874 | 1857 | 1874 | 1871 |
In 1858 Crow Wing was disorganized and attached to Morrison; in 1866 it was fully organized; again disestablished in 1867 and attached to Morrison; in 1871 it was fully organized. | ||||||||||
H5 | Dakota | 1560 Hwy., 55 West, Hastings 55093 | 1849 (1853) | unorganized *Ramsey | 1870 | 1853 | 1870 | 1852 | 1863 | 1853 |
Davis | 1855 | (abolished 1862; became part of Chippewa and Lac Qui Parle) Cass/Nicolet/Pierce/Sibley *Stearns | ||||||||
J5 | Dodge | 22 E 6th St., Mantorville 55955 | 1855 (1855) | Rice/unorganized | 1870 | 1858 | 1870 | 1856 | 1857 | 1859 |
Doty | 1855 | (renamed Newton, 1855; abolished 1856; became part of St. Louis) Itasca | ||||||||
J4 | Faribault | P.O. Box 130, Blue Earth 56013 | 1855 (1857) | Blue Earth | 1870 | 1870 | 1870 | 1854 | 1858 | 1870 |
J6 | Fillmore | 101 Fillmore St., Preston 55965 | 1853 | Wabasha | 1870 | 1856 | 1870 | 1853 | 1857 | 1856 |
J5 | Freeborn | 411 S. Broadway, Albert Lea 56007 | 1855 (1857) | Blue Earth/Rice | 1870 | 1857 | 1870 | 1854 | 1866 | 1857 |
H5 | Goodhue | 509 W. 5th St., Red Wing 55066 | 1853 (1854) | Dakota/Wabasha | 1870 | 1854 | 1870 | 1853 | 1854 | 1854 |
E1 | Grant | 10 Second St. NE, Elbow Lake 56531 | 1868 (1883) | Stevens/Traverse/Wilkin *Douglas | 1877 | 1869 | 1879 | 1872 | 1875 | 1872 |
G4 | Hennepin | 300 S. Sixth St., Minneapolis 55487 | 1852 (1852) | Dakota *Ramsey | 1870 | 1853 | 1870 | 1848 | 1855 | 1853 |
J7 | Houston | P.O. Box 29, Caledonia 55921 | 1854 | Fillmore | 1870 | 1854 | 1870 | 1856 | 1867 | 1857 |
C3 | Hubbard | 301 Court St., Park Rapids 56470 | 1883 (1887) | Cass *Wadena | 1885 | 1884 | 1887 | 1883 | 1884 | 1884 |
F5 | Isanti | 555 18th Ave. SW, Cambridge 55008 | 1857 | (disestablished 1858; reorganized, 1871)Ramsey/*St. Louis/*Anoka | 1873 | 1871 | 1873 | 1857 | 1868 | 1880 |
C4 | Itasca | 123 Fourth St. N.E., Grand Rapids 55744 | 1849 (1857) | (disestablished 1858; reorganized, 1891) *Washington/*Benton/*Chisago/*Crow Wing/*Morrison/*St. Louis/*Aitkin | 1893 | 1891 | 1894 | 1868 | 1898 | 1891 |
J2 | Jackson | Box 209, Jackson 56143 | 1857 (1866) | (abolished, Sioux uprising 1862)Brown *Martin | 1870 | 1868 | 1870 | 1866 | 1867 | 1871 |
E5 | Kanabec | 18 N. Vine, Mora 55051 | 1858 (1881) | Pine/*Chisago | 1880 | 1885 | 1880 | 1859 | 1888 | 1882 |
G3 | Kandiyohi | 400 Benson Ave. SW, Wilmer 56201 | 1858 (1871) | Davis/Meeker/Pierce/Renville (disbanded 1866)(see Monongalia) | 1870 | 1880 | 1870 | 1858 | 1867 | 1871 |
A1 | Kittson | 410 S. 5th St., Hallock 56728 | 1878 (1897) | (see Pembina)*Polk | 1877 | 1881 | 1881 | 1879 | 1899 | 1897 |
A4 | Koochiching | 715 Fourth St., International Falls 56649 | 1906 | Itasca | 1906 | 1906 | 1906 | 1907 | 1907 | 1907 |
Lac Qui Parle (old) | 1862'68 (disbanded) | Davis/Pierce/*Renville | ||||||||
G1 | Lac Qui Parle (present) | P.O. Box 132, Madison 56256 | 1871 (1873) | Redwood | 1872 | 1872 | 1872 | 1871 | 1868 | 1885 |
B7 | Lake | 601 3rd Ave., Two Harbors 55616 | 1856 (1891) | (see St. Louis OLD)*Benton/*St. Louis | 1891 | 1888 | 1891 | 1874 | ||
A3 | Lake of the Woods | P.O. Box 808, Baudette 56623 | 1922 | Beltrami | 1922 | 1923 | 1923 | 1896 | 1923 | 1922 |
H4 | Le Sueur | 88 S. Park Ave., Le Center 56057 | 1853 | Dakota | 1870 | 1854 | 1870 | 1856 | 1853 | 1853 |
Lincoln (old) | 1861'68 (disbanded) | Renville/*McLeod | ||||||||
H1 | Lincoln (present) | P.O. Box 119, Ivanhoe 56142 | 1873 (1881) | Lyon/*Redwood | 1879 | 1879 | 1879 | 1874 | 1878 | 1880 |
H2 | Lyon | 607 West Main, Marshall 56258 | 1868 (1870) (1875) | Redwood (abolished 1873) | 1874 | 1871 | 1874 | 1870 | 1890 | 1875 |
G3 | McLeod | 2389 Hennepin Ave. N., Glencoe 55336 | 1856 | Carver/Sibley | 1870 | 1865 | 1870 | 1856 | 1864 | 1867 |
Mahkahto | 1849'51 (disbanded) | unorganized/*Ramsey | ||||||||
C2 | Mahnomen | P.O. Box 380, Mahnomen 56557 | 1906 | Norman | 1907 | 1907 | 1907 | 1904 | 1907 | 1907 |
Manomin | 1857'58 (disbanded) | Ramsey *St. Louis/*Anoka/*Hennepin (eliminated 1869) | ||||||||
A1 | Marshall | 208 East Colvin Ave., Warren 56762 | 1879 (1881) | Kittson/*Polk | 1884 | 1881 | 1884 | 1882 | ||
J3 | Martin | 201 Lake Ave., Fairmont 56013 | 1857 | Brown/Faribault | 1870 | 1862 | 1870 | 1857 | 1864 | 1861 |
G3 | Meeker | 325 N. Sibley, Litchfield 55355 | 1856 (1866) | Davis (abolished 1856)*Carver Midway (eliminated 1858) | 1869 | 1859 | 1869 | 1856 | 1858 | 1858 |
E4 | Mille Lacs | 635 2nd St. SE, Milaca 56353 | 1857 (1860) | Ramsey/*Morrison | 1871 | 1868 | 1872 | 1849 | 1875 | 1861 |
Monongalia | 1861 (1861)'1865 (disbanded) | Davis/Pierce/unorganized *Stearns, *Meeker (consolidated with Kandiyohi 1870) |