Hennepin County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States Minnesota  Hennepin County

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

County Courthouse
Clerk District Courth has birth and death records from 1870, marriage, divorce and court records.

Parent County

 * 1852--Hennepin County was created 6 March 1852 from Dakota County. County seat: Minneapolis
 * For a brief history of how Hennepin County was named, click here. Then select Hennepin County.

Cities
Bloomington | Brooklyn Center | Brooklyn Park | Champlin | Chanhassen | Corcoran | Crystal | Dayton | Deephaven | Eden Prairie | Edina | Excelsior | Golden Valley | Greenfield | Greenwood | Hanover | Hopkins | Independence | Long Lake | Loretto | Maple Grove | Maple Plain | Medicine Lake | Medina | Minneapolis | Minnetonka | Minnetonka Beach | Minnetrista | Mound | New Hope | Orono | Osseo | Plymouth | Richfield | Robbinsdale | Rockford | Rogers | Shorewood | Spring Park | St. Anthony Village | St. Bonifacius | St. Louis Park | Tonka Bay | Wayzata | Woodland

Townships
Hassan Township

Unincorporated
Fort Snelling

Neighboring Counties

 * Anoka
 * Carver
 * Dakota
 * Ramsey
 * Scott
 * Wright

Cemeteries

 * Eden Prairie Cemetery, Eden Prairie BillionGraves
 * Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, has a name search.
 * Cemeteries listings. US Gen Web Archives.  Bloomington, Chaplin, Crystal Lake, Fort Snelling, Greenwood, Lakewood, Summit Park, Unitarian Wyzata, Evangelical Bohemian Presbyterian Minnetonka

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


 * Minneapolis

Lutheran
Bethany Lutheran Church, Minneapolis


 * Records of the Bethany Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis


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

Gethsemane Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Minneapolis


 * Records of Gethsemane Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Minneapolis


 * Records of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Liberty Evangelical Lutheran Church, Minneapolis


 * Records of Liberty Evangelical Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, 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.

Maps



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


 * Simple map of Hennepin County Communities and Townships

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry (Mounted Rangers), Company A.
 * - 1st Battalion, Minnesota Infantry Volunteers, Company B.
 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company E.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry, Company D.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies G and I.
 * - 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company A.
 * - 4th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company C.
 * - 6th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies B, C, and D.
 * - 8th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies A and K.
 * - 9th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies A and B.
 * - 10th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company K.
 * - Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies B and C.
 * - Hatch's Independent Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies A, B, C and E.
 * - 1st Minnesota Company Sharpshooters, First Company only

Newspapers

 * Newspaper Links - Minnesota Historical Society
 * Chronicling America (Library of Congress) This freely accessible website, available from any Internet connection, hosts historic newspapers (1860-1922) from across the United States for noncommercial, educational and research purposes. Currently the following Minnesota titles are available on Chronicling America, with more to follow:
 * Daily Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1880-1884
 * St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1884-1896
 * The Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Minn.) – 1896-1905
 * The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.) – 1901

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

 * Anoka Minnesota Family History Center
 * Bloomington Minnesota Family History Center
 * Minneapolis Minnesota Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Hennepin County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Hennepin County US Gen Web Site
 * Hennepin County US Gen Web Archives Site
 * ancestry.com Hennepin County Resource Page ($ need ancestry.com subscription)
 * Hennepin County Genealogy (Minnesota Genealogy)
 * Hennepin County Genealogy (Minnesota Genealogy)