Ramsey County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Ramsey County

Guide to Ramsey 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 death records from 1870, marriage records from 1850, divorce and court records from 1900 and probate records from 1849. Historical Society has court records 1858-1899 and land records.

Parent County
1849--Ramsey County was created 27 October 1849 from old St. Croix County in Wisconsin Territory. County seat: St. Paul


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

Neighboring Counties

 * Anoka
 * Dakota
 * Hennepin
 * Washington

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * St. Paul

Lutheran
Ramsey County


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, St. Paul, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

St. Mathew's Lutheran Church


 * Records of the St. Mathew's Lutheran Church, Ramsey County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

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.

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry (Mounted Rangers), Company G.
 * - 1st Battalion, Minnesota Infantry Volunteers, Company A.
 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies A and F.
 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Heavy Artillery, Companies G and H.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies B, D, F, G, H, I and K.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry, Company A.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company B.
 * - 4th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies E, G, and K.
 * - 5th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies D, E, F, and I.
 * - 6th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies A and G.
 * - 7th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company H.
 * - 8th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies H and K.
 * - 10th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies H and K.
 * - Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies A and C.
 * - Hatch's Independent Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies A and D.
 * - 2nd Minnesota Company Sharpshooters, Second Company only.

Newspapers
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

 * St Paul Minnesota Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Ramsey County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Ramsey County Genealogy (Minnesota Genealogy)
 * Ramsey County Genealogy (Minnesota Genealogy)