Lincoln County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Lincoln County

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

County Courthouse
Clerk District Court has birth, and marriage records from 1879, death and court records from 1880 and divorce records from 1891. Probate Judge has probate records from 1877. Register of Deeds has land records from 1873.

Parent County

 * 1873--Lincoln County was created 4 November 1873 from Lyon County. County seat: Ivanhoe

Populated Places
For a list of cities and towns go to hometownlocator.com or wikipedia.com.

Neighboring Counties

 * Brookings County, South Dakota
 * Deuel County, South Dakota
 * Lyon
 * Moody County, South Dakota
 * Pipestone
 * Yellow Medicine

Local Histories

 * Radzilowski, John.Out on the Wind: Poles and Danes in Lincoln County, Minnesota, 1880-1905. Marshall, MN: Crossings Press, 1992. Print.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Lincoln County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)