Nobles County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Nobles County

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

County Courthouse
County Recorder has birth, marriage and death records from 1872 and land records. Court Admininistration has divorce records from 1882, court records from 1874 and proate records.

Parent County

 * 1857--Nobles County was created 23 May 1857 from Brown County. County seat: Worthington
 * For a brief history of how Nobles County was named, click here, then select Nobles County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cottonwood
 * Jackson
 * Lyon County, Iowa
 * Murray
 * Osceola County, Iowa
 * Pipestone
 * Rock

Church
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ellsworth


 * Records of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ellsworth, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * Rose, Arthur P. An Illustrated History of Nobles County. Worthington, MN: Norther History Publishing Co., 1908. Print.

Military

 * An Honor Roll Containing a Pictorial Record of the Gallant and Courageous Men from Nobles County, Minn., U.S.A., Who Served in the Great War, 1917-1918-1919 (digitized book)

Societies and Libraries
Nobles County Genealogical and Historical Society 407 12th St Suite 2 Worthington MN 56187-2472 Phone: 507 376-4431 Fax number is 507-376-3005 Email address is n.c.h.society@gmail.com Nobles County website

Southwest Minnesota Historical Center Social Science 141 Southwest Minnesota State University 1501 State Street Marshall, MN 56258 Phone: (507) 537-7373

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Nobles County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)