Hennepin County, Minnesota

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The MNGenWeb and The USGenWeb®

 
Hello, my name is Martha and I will be your guide to resources for Hennepin County.

I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil. However, if I can,
I'll be happy to try and direct you to resources that might help you
locate that missing piece of your "Ancestral Pie"

We have several great volunteers on the Lookups Page that will are willing to do research or
lookup information in resources available to them.
There are also many contributed records on our pages.
Please take a look around, send me your feedback with any ideas and of course contributions.


Questions? Send 'em along- Martha


Table of Contents
History ~ Biography ~ Maps ~ Search ~ What's New ~ Queries / Lookups
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Native American's ~ Crime & Punishment
Family Search: Historical Images ~ Naturalization Records ~ Odds and Ends


Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries

B ~ M ~ D's:
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Minnesota Birth Files 1990-2020: Reclaim the Records
The files are in csv format
Uploaded in 2023
Please use this Link
If you wish to look at other MN County Birth Records, Please Use This Link


There is a very nice selection of records for specific Hennipen Locations



 LDS Films
"Rural Birth Records: 1870- 1915 and 1870 - 1913 [Film Chart Below]
Minnesota District Count: Please use this link for the FS Catalog
Please use this link for a chart which lists available films.

More...Vitals
State of Minnesota [Births] ~ Minnesota Department of Heath [Vitals, Indexes]
Birth Records
MN Official Marriage System
Death Records
and...
Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980 [FS]
Family Search: Vital Records, Wiki [ Minnesota]
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Family Search ~ "Collections" for Minnesota Neighboring States
Iowa ~ North Dakota ~ South Dakota ~ Wisconsin
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links


Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages
This link is for folks born in Minnesota and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925
[Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses]
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link.

There are a huge amount of FS Films for Marriages

The First Set: Marriage License Indexes: Use this link for a Chart
The Second Set: Marriage Application Books / Marriage Affidavit Books: Use this Link for a Chart
The Third Set: Marriage License Books: Use this Link for a Chart
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And...
Marriages Recorded From
ST. John The Baptist Church
Dayton, Minnesota : June1864May 1921
The following marriages were transcribed by Ruth Charest, and submitted by Patty
Guimont. The transcriptions are hand-written, some difficult to read, and may contain
errors. Parents names were included in the original records, as well as witnesses and
officiating clergy.
Please use this Link: Searchable PDF
Also...
Family Search has a nice collection of Montana Marriages: 1865-1950
This Link contains records for folks born in Hennepin County and who were married in Montana
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"Rural Death Records" Use this Link for a Chart
Time Frame: 1870 - 1913 - Please use this link for the FS Catalog Films

Death Records: Minnesota Health Department
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And...
From the old Hennepin Files
Independence, Minnesota Deaths: Recorded 1881
A partial list

Submitted by Eugene Barnes
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As a matter of interest: Family Search has a nice collection of Vital Record Databases

Minnesota Birth Index 1935 - 2002 ~ Minnesota Births / Christenings 1840 - 1980
Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916 ~ Minnesota County Birth Records 1863 - 1983
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Minnesota County Marriages 1860 - 1949 ~ Minnesota Marriage Index 1958 - 2001
Minnesota Marriages 1849 - 1950 ~ Minnesota Divorce Index 1970 - 1995
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Minnesota Death Index 1908 - 2002 ~ Minnesota Death Records 1866 - 1916 ~ Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001
Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001 ~ Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955
Minnesota Deaths / Burials 1835 - 1990 ~ Minnesota Will Records 1849 - 1985 ~ Minnesota, Church Records
and...
Vitals from Newspapers [From old Hennepin Files]
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The Cemeteries of Hennepin County

"What's New"
LDS Film 868496
"A Descriptive List of 59 Old Minnesota Cemeteries
and
Names Of Those Buried Therein.[1936-1937]"
Images # 670 - 755
Introduction, TOC
According to the Introduction, these particular Cemeteries are no longer in use and have never been included in the "DAR Library".
 The Introduction and information is here.

I have only copied Pages for the Counties I host, or those for which I am Temporary County Coordinator:
Blue Earth ~ Faribault ~ Freeborn ~ Hennepin ~ Nicolett ~ Le Sueur
All of the files for the Counties above, along with the Table of Contents can be accessed Using this Link
In you are interested in any of the other Pages, use this link for the film [Images 670 - 755].

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There were several Cemetery Files in the old Hennepin Co., GW Files.
St's Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery~ Congregational Church Cemetery
Maple Hill [Excerp from MN Genealogical Magazine]
Maple Hill Cemetery Veteran Burials, Information and News Articles [With Thanks to Shawne]
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Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery Burial Records, 1860 - 1926
Years: 1859 - 1861, 1869 - 1871, 1879 - 1881,1889 - 1891, 1899 - 1901, 1909 - 1911, 1919 - 1921
Please Use This Link: This is an index that I created from the above FS Database
Explanation:
There are thousands of entries for this Cemetery,
the above linked Index is for the Census Years with 1 year before and after.
The index includes only the Name and
either the Year of Death or Burial.
The files are on Family Search and contain much more information. Link to the Search Function

Finally...
The rest of the Cemeteries for Hennepin County can be found on Find~A~Grave.
Family Search has a Search Function for F~A~G
There are 3 Cemeteries listed on Interment.net
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Obituaries
Obituary Indexes: Jose R Nieves Legacy Collection ~ Hennepin County
Note
The Obituaries indexed on the Nieves Collection may be found using your local Library Resources.
Check in with your Library Card and look for "Heritage Hub" which is a digital database for newspapers.


Other Obituary Databases: All with a connecton to Minnesota

Obituaries [Heritage Hub, etc] for the other MN Counties I host:
Blue Earth ~ Brown ~ St Louis ~ Watonwan

California, Oakland, Alameda Co.,  Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011
The images are available on Family Search,  Sign in for access.
Here is a set of resources for Oakland, Alameda Co., CA


Obituaries: 1865 > 2006 [
POB: Blue Earth, Carlton, Dakota, Hennepin & St Louis Co's, MN]

Obituaries: American Historical Society German's from Russia, 1899-2012
[FS Searchable database with Newspaper Clippings]
Here is the WebSite for the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia


Obituaries: 1986 - December 2023
These are from HeritageHub which includes NewsBank.
Please use this link for the updated index.
Lookups: Martha
or
Check in with your Library Card and look for "Heritage Hub" which is a digital database for newspapers.

Below is the list of Hennepin County Newspapers which were accessed.
Tribune: Web Edition Articles (Minneapolis, MN)
Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
Crow River News (Hennepin-Wright County, MN)

and... This is a really cool little set of Booklets
"Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY"
1912 - 2006 Some Years Missing
Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden
The Indexes for Each Booklet are Here
Or Go to the FS Catalog and download the booklets: Use this link
The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death / Funeral Notices and Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers
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Finally,
Remember that Obituaries can be found in the many free Digital Newspapers.
Below is a list of Free Online Digital Newspapers
Minnesota Historical Society - General Resources
Minnesota Historical Society: Digital Newspapers
"Ancestor Hunt" All sorts of Free Databases
Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives
Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection
Carnegie Mellon Library: Digital Collections
Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free]


"The Fine Print"
Hennepin County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
MNGenWeb State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
MNGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please review our "Volunteer" page and contact us!
There are many ways to participate. If you have an idea or comment please let us know.
Information contained on all of the pages within the Hennepin County portion of the MNGenWeb may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes.
Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator.
Any person donating information in the future retains the right to have it returned to them upon request
Site Updated: 23 April 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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