Otter Tail County, Minnesota Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Otter Tail County Courthouse 121 W Junis Avenue Fergus Falls, MN 56537 Phone: 218.739.2271 Clerk Deeds Court has birth and death records from 1870, marriage records from 1869, divorce records from 1897, probate and court records from 1872

Parent County

 * 1858--Otter Tail County was created 18 March 1858 from Cass and Pembina (Old) Counties County seat: Fergus Falls
 * For a brief history of Otter Tail County's name, click here, then select Otter Tail County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Becker
 * Clay
 * Douglas
 * Grant
 * Todd
 * Wadena
 * Wilkin

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Fergus Falls

Local Histories

 * John W. Mason, ed. History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representive citizens and genealogial records of many of the old families. Indianapolis : B. F. Bowen, 1916
 * Tweton, Jerome D. The New Deal: At the Grass Roots. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1988. Print.

Military
Military History:

Listing of individuals from this county for these wars:


 * World War 1
 * World War II
 * Korean War
 * Vietnam War

Societies and Libraries

 * Otter Tail County Genealogical Society, 1110 W. Lincoln Avenue, Fergus Falls, MN 56537

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Otter Tail County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)