Pine County, Minnesota Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for the abundant pine trees in the area. The County is located in the east central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Clerk Distric Court has birth records from 1874, death records from 1879, marriage, divorce, court records from 1871. Probate Judge has probate records Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County

 * 1856--Pine County was created 1 March 1856 from Chisago and Ramsey Counties. County seat: Pine City
 * For a brief history of how Pine County was named, click here, then select Pine County.

Record Loss
1870 Courthouse was destroyed by fire, along with most of the county records. 1952 Courthouse burned by fire, but records were saved.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties

 * Aitkin
 * Burnett County, Wisconsin
 * Carlton
 * Chisago
 * Douglas County, Wisconsin
 * Isanti
 * Kanabec

Census
State Census
 * 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1912 - 1956 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1872-1962 - at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * Askov American - full-text digital issues in Google News Archive; covers 1915-2009

Obituaries

 * 1865 - 2006 - at FamilySearch— index and images

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

Marriage

 * 1860 - 1949 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1850-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1887-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Online Minnesota Death Records & Indexes

Societies and Libraries
Pine County Historical Society 305 Governors Way Sandstone 55704

Pine County Historical Society 6333 H C Andersen Alle Askov MN 55704 Telephone: 320-216-7636

Pine County Genealogy Society PO Box 115 Sandstone MN 55072-0015 Website

Family History Centers

 * Askov Minnesota Family History Center

Websites

 * Pine County MNGenWeb
 * Pine County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)