Kittson County, Minnesota
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Hello:
Kittson County has been rejuvenated and is available for adoption,
If you have a local connection to Kittson County and web design skills [or wish to learn],
please consider joining the MNGenWeb as a County Coordinator
Please contact the State Coordinator: Tim Stowell for more information.




Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ Lookups ~ What's New
Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images
Cemeteries ~ Military ~ Native American Resources ~ Odds & Ends

Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images

Basic Vitals: B ~ M ~ D
>>>New<<<
Minnesota Birth Files 1990-2020: Reclaim the Records
The files are in csv format
Uploaded in 2023
Please use this Link
If you wish to look at other MN County Birth Records, Please Use This Link

Vital Records for Kittson County specifically are in short supply.
Your best bet for B ~ M ~ D's is the use the Minnesota State Databases:
Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota Historical Society: Birth Records ~ Death Records
FS Wki: Minnesota Vital Records, Information and Links

Then go to FS for their Collections:
These are Searchable Databases.
Births & Marriages
MN Birth Index: 1935 > 2002 ~ 1840 > 1980
Marriages: 1860 > 1949 ~ 1849 > 1950 ~ 1958 > 2001

The nice folks over at Genealogy Trails have two pages for Marriages and Marriage Announcements, Thank You!

Death Records:
Family Search and Catalog Films
Deaths: 1908 > 2002 ~ Deaths & Burials: 1835 > 1990


Then for Kittson's Neighbors:
Pembina County, North Dakota Marriage Records ~ 1872 - 1932
FS List of Films: Searchable, Linked pdf

Family Search ~ "Collections" for Minnesota Neighboring States
Iowa ~ North Dakota ~ South Dakota ~ Wisconsin
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links

Family Search ~
Michigan Marriages
This link is for folks born in Minnesota and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925
[Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses]
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link.


Obituaries
Heritage Hub: 4 Newspapers
Star Tribune: Twin Cities (MN) ~ Crookston Daily Times (MN) ~ Duluth News Tribune: MN~ Grand Forks Herald [ND]

Heritage Hub is a fairly new Digital Newspaper Resource, it is available through local Public Libraries, Access with a Library Card.
Please use this link for the Index.

September 2024
Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years.
But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha


Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves
There is no information for Kittson specifically,
but check the two Files for '
Birth Place not Identified' and 'Minnesota'
Here is the Index for all of Minnesota
Here is the Index for the United States
Here is an index for Countries of the World


The Obituaries indexed on the Nieves Collection may be found using your local Library Resources.
Check in with your Library Card and look for "Heritage Hub" which is a digital database for newspapers.

Family Search Collections: Obituaries

Obituaries: American Historical Society German's from Russia, 1899-2012
[FS Searchable database with Newspaper Clippings]
Here is the WebSite for the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia


"Tidbits of Sublette County, Wyoming"
Compiled by:
Anna Lee Woffinden
They contain all sorts of newspaper articles:
Birth, Death, Marriages, Funeral & Burial Announcements and Accidents
Please use this Link: All Indexes for the Booklets: FS Link to Catalog
Log into your account, then use the link above

There is a website dedicated to Canadian Obits
from local papers.
Please use this link.US Obituaries

Obituary Index [Minnesota State University]
MiMinnesota Digital Library

The nice folks over at Genealogy Trails have a page for Obituaries, Thank You!

Obituaries, Newspapers & Bulletins
The Minnesota Historical Society has a great set of Digitized Newspapers.
Newspaper Listings for Kittson County
Please use this Link for the MN Historical Society Digital Newspaper Hub: Browse

The nice folks over at Genealogy Trails have a page for Miscellaneous News Articles, Thank You!
Minnesota Newspaper Directory
Chronicling America ~ Google News Archive

Minnesota Historical Society - Old Bulletins


Family Search: Historical Images & Catalog Databases
Records that are not available with the traditional FS Search
This set of links is for Miscellaneous Records [1879-2010]
Deeds & Reception Records ~ Land & Tax Records  ~ Immigration ~~ Naturalization [1881-1955] ~ Tax Records [1879-1910]
Wills [1882-1919] ~ Wills: Filmed Images #004413578 - 1882-1916
Probate Records: Collection: 1882-1918 ~ Collection: 1849-1985

and... In case you have Quaker Folk
Quaker Records for Minnesota: Family Search Catalog


Canadian Border Crossing Information: Certification ID's ~ Manifests of Alien, 1912-1924

More information on the Canadian Border Crossings
Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg, certificates of identity issued to U.S. citizens pre-examined at Winnipeg, Manitoba who entered the United States at Noyes, Minnesota and Pembina, North Dakota, 1929-1954
 
Manifests of alien, January 1912-July 1924, and citizen, January 1912-December 1956, arrivals at Noyes, Minnesota, and at Dunseith, Neche, Pembina, Saint John, and Walhalla, North Dakota

United States, border crossings from Canada to United States : Collection, 1894-1954
United States, border crossings from Canada to United States, records and certificates of aliens pre-examined at Winnipeg, Manitoba prior to admission at the U.S.-Canada border, 1917-1954

Note: If you want to do the searches for yourself:
To acess the Historical Images, log into your FS Account: Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images:
Enter Location of Interest



"The Fine Print"
Kittson County Coordinator:
State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote

For information about adopting a Minnesota County, Please Contact Tim

If you have an idea or comment please let us know.
Information contained on all of the pages within the Kittson County portion of the MNGenWeb Project
may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes.
Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator.
Any person donating information in the future retains the right to have it returned to them upon request

Site Updated: 24 September 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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