Todd County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Todd County

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

County Courthouse
Details Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1880, court records from 1874 and probate records. County Records has birth and death records from 1870, marriage records from 1867, land records, school census from 1914.

Parent County

 * 1855--Todd County was created 20 February 1855 from Cass County. County seat: Long Prairie
 * For a brief history of Todd County's name, click here, then select Todd County.

Cities

 * Bertha
 * Browerville
 * Burtrum
 * Clarissa
 * Eagle Bend
 * Grey Eagle
 * Hewitt
 * Long Prairie
 * Osakis
 * Staples
 * West Union

Townships

 * Bartlett
 * Bertha
 * Birchdale
 * Bruce
 * Burleene
 * Burnhamville
 * Eagle Valley
 * Fawn Lake
 * Germania
 * Gordon
 * Grey Eagle
 * Hartford
 * Iona
 * Kandota
 * Leslie
 * Little Elk
 * Little Sauk
 * Long Prairie
 * Moran
 * Reynolds
 * Round Prairie
 * Staples
 * Stowe Prairie
 * Turtle Creek
 * Villard
 * Ward
 * West Union
 * Wykeham

Neighboring Counties

 * Cass
 * Douglas
 * Morrison
 * Otter Tail
 * Pope
 * Stearns
 * Wadena

Directories
The 1913-1914 Farmer's Directory of Todd County is included in:


 * Webb Publishing Co. of St. Paul, MN. Collection of Minnesota County Atlases, #175, Roll 8. St. Paul, MN, USA: Minnesota Historical Society, 1913-1914. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Local Histories

 * Hendrickson, A.H., O.B. DeLaurier, and John H. Sheets. Todd County, Minnesota, Histories: Containing Reproductions of the Original Histories of Todd County Written by John H. Sheets, A. H. Hendrickson, O. B. DeLaurier. Other Articles of Interest. Long Prairie, Minn.: Todd County Bicentennial Committee, 1976..

Maps



 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

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

Societies and Libraries
Todd County Historical Society 333 Central Avenue PO Box 146 Long Prairie 56347 Phone: 320 732-4426 Website

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Todd County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)