Hennepin County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Hennepin County

County Courthouse
Clerk District Courth has birth and death records from 1870, marriage, divorce and court records.

Parent County

 * 1852--Hennepin County was created 6 March 1852 from Dakota County. County seat: Minneapolis
 * For a brief history of how Hennepin County was named, click here. Then select Hennepin County.

Cities
Bloomington | Brooklyn Center | Brooklyn Park | Champlin | Chanhassen | Corcoran | Crystal | Dayton | Deephaven | Eden Prairie | Edina | Excelsior | Golden Valley | Greenfield | Greenwood | Hanover | Hopkins | Independence | Long Lake | Loretto | Maple Grove | Maple Plain | Medicine Lake | Medina | Minneapolis | Minnetonka | Minnetonka Beach | Minnetrista | Mound | New Hope | Orono | Osseo | Plymouth | Richfield | Robbinsdale | Rockford | Rogers | Shorewood | Spring Park | St. Anthony Village | St. Bonifacius | St. Louis Park | Tonka Bay | Wayzata | Woodland

Townships
Hassan Township

Unincorporated
Fort Snelling

Neighboring Counties

 * Anoka
 * Carver
 * Dakota
 * Ramsey
 * Scott
 * Wright

Cemeteries

 * Eden Prairie Cemetery, Eden Prairie BillionGraves
 * Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has a name search.
 * Cemeteries listings. US Gen Web Archives.  Bloomington, Chaplin, Crystal Lake, Fort Snelling, Greenwood, Lakewood, Summit Park, Unitarian Wyzata, Evangelical Bohemian Presbyterian Minnetonka

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Minneapolis

Directories

 * Fold3.com ($) has Minneapolis City Directories 1865-1923 (4 yrs. missing) available online.
 * Fold3.com ($) has St. Paul City Directories 1863-1924 (4 yrs. missing) available online.

Maps

 * Simple map of Hennepin County Communities and Townships

Civil War
Civil War service men from Hennepin County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Hennepin County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry (Mounted Rangers), Company A.
 * - 1st Battalion, Minnesota Infantry Volunteers, Company B.
 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company E.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry, Company D.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company A.
 * - 4th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company C.
 * - 6th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies B, C, and D.
 * - 8th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies A and K.
 * - 9th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies A and B.
 * - 10th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company K.
 * - Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies B and C.
 * - Hatch's Independent Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies A, B and E.
 * - 1st Minnesota Company Sharpshooters, First Company only

Newspapers

 * Newspaper Links - Minnesota Historical Society
 * Chronicling America (Library of Congress) This freely accessible website, available from any Internet connection, hosts historic newspapers (1860-1922) from across the United States for noncommercial, educational and research purposes. Currently the following Minnesota titles are available on Chronicling America, with more to follow:
 * Daily Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1880-1884
 * St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1884-1896
 * The Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1896-1905
 * The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.) – 1901

The appeal. (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1889-19?? African-American newspaper. More than 1,500 issues between 1889 and 1922 have been digitized and are fully searchable on-line at the Library of Congress, Chronicling America website.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Anoka Minnesota Family History Center
 * Bloomington Minnesota Family History Center
 * Minneapolis Minnesota Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Hennepin County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Hennepin County US Gen Web Site
 * Hennepin County US Gen Web Archives Site
 * ancestry.com Hennepin County Resource Page ($ need ancestry.com subscription)
 * Hennepin County Genealogy (Minnesota Genealogy)
 * Hennepin County Genealogy (Minnesota Genealogy)