Beltrami County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Beltrami  County

Guide to Beltrami County, Minnesota ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Court Administrator Customer Service has birth, marriage and death records from 1896. Clerk Courts has divorce records from 1951, probate and court records. Recorder Office has military records. Historical Society has land records prior to 1969.

Parent County

 * 1866--Beltrami County was created 28 February 1866 from unorganized territory, Itasca, Pembina (Old), and Polk Counties.

County seat: Bemidji


 * For a brief history of how Beltrami County was named, click here, then select Beltrami County.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Minnesota County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Minnesota County Boundary Maps" (1849-1960) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Cities
Bemidji | Blackduck | Funkley | Kelliher | Solway | Tenstrike | Turtle River | Wilton

Townships
Alaska Township | Battle Township | Bemidji Township | Benville Township | Birch Township Buzzle Township | Cormant Township | Durand Township | Eckles Township | Frohn Township Grant Valley Township | Hagali Township | Hamre Township | Hines Township | Hornet Township Jones Township | Kelliher Township | Lammers Township | Langor Township | Lee Township Liberty Township | Maple Ridge Township | Minnie Township | Moose Lake Township Nebish Township | Northern Township | O'Brien Township | Port Hope Township | Quiring Township Roosevelt Township | Shooks Township | Shotley Township | Spruce Grove Township Steenerson Township | Sugar Bush Township | Summit Township | Taylor Township Ten Lake Township | Turtle Lake Township | Turtle River Township | Waskish Township Woodrow Township

Unorganized
Brook Lake | Lower Red Lake | North Beltrami | Shotley Brook | Upper Red Lake

CPDs
Little Rock | Ponemah | Red Lake | Redby

Other
Pinewood | Puposky | Shooks

Neighboring Counties

 * Cass
 * Clearwater
 * Hubbard
 * Itasca
 * Koochiching
 * Lake of the Woods
 * Marshall
 * Pennington
 * Roseau

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1801 - 1999 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records 1801-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Societies and Libraries
Beltrami County Historical Society P.O. Box 683 Bemidji 56601 Website

See also a List of Minnesota Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies


 * Beltrami Historical Society

Family History Centers

 * Bemidji Minnesota Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Beltrami County, MN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Minnesota Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Minnesota Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Beltrami County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Beltrami County GenWeb
 * Cyndi's List: Beltrami County
 * Cyndi's List: Beltrami County