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Minnesota

Hennepin County

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

Minnesota Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Minneapolis Organized: June 23, 1852 Parent County(s): Dakota Neighboring Counties Anoka  • Carver  • Dakota  • Ramsey  • Scott  •  • Wright See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption This page is available for adoption

County Information

Description

The County was named for Father Louis Hennepin. The County is located in the east-central area of the state.

County Courthouse

Hennepin County Courthouse
300 S 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55487-0001
Phone: 612-348-8241
Hennepin County Website

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

Hennepin County, Minnesota Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1870	1853	1870	1853	1848	1855	1836
*Statewide registration started for births in 1900 and deaths in 1908. General compliance by 1915.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

Parent Counties: Created from Dakota County March 6, 1852. County seat: Minneapolis Organized Date: June 23, 1852 Interactive Map of Minnesota County Formation History (1790-1897) - animated maps illustrating Minnesota county boundary changes Minnesota Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this 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 St. Bonifacius St. Louis Park Tonka Bay Wayzata Woodland
Unorganized territories
Fort Snelling

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Hennepin County, Minnesota online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	BillionGraves Find A Grave Interment.net MN Gravestones MN Tombstone Transcription Project USGenWeb Archives
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	FamilySearch Places Find A Grave
See Minnesota Cemeteries for more information.

 

• 1860-1926 Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery Burial Records, 1860-1926 at FamilySearch-How to Use this Collection; index and images
• Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis.

Census Records

For links to Federal, State, and Territorial censuses, see Minnesota Census.

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	12,849	—
1870	31,566	145.7%
1880	67,013	112.3%
1890	185,294	176.5%
1900	228,340	23.2%
1910	333,480	46.0%
1920	415,419	24.6%
1930	517,785	24.6%
1940	568,899	9.9%
1950	676,579	18.9%
1960	842,854	24.6%
1970	960,080	13.9%
1980	941,411	−1.9%
1990	1,032,431	9.7%
2000	1,116,200	8.1%
2010	1,152,425	3.2%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

State Census

• 1835-1890 Minnesota, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1835-1890 at Ancestry ($)
• 1849-1905 Minnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 at Ancestry ($)
• 1865 Minnesota State Census, 1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1875 Minnesota State Census, 1875 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1885 Minnesota State Census, 1885 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1905 Minnesota State Census, 1905 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.

Church Records

Most church records are held by individual churches. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information, see Minnesota Church Records.

• FamilySearch Places
  

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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

• Minneapolis

Lutheran

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($) has the following information:
  • Bethany Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
  • Gethsemane Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
    
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church, Minneapolis'
  • Liberty Evangelical Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
• Minnesota Historical Society has a Collection Findng Aid for the following:
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church of America: An Inventory of Selected Congregational Records of the American Lutheran Church in Minnesota.

Directories

• 1859-1944 Hennepin County City Directories at Hennepin County Library
• 1865-1923 Minneapolis City Directories 1865-1923 at fold3 ($)

Emigration and Immigration

• 1912-1956 Minnesota Passenger and Crew Lists, 1912-1956 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.

Land and Property Records

The county register of deeds keeps land records once the land was transferred to private ownership. Abstracts and indexes for these records are generally available at the county courthouse.

Online Land Indexes and Records

• Pre-1908 Minnesota, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 at Ancestry ($)

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Hennepin County. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Minnesota Local Histories.

• Holcombe, Return Ira, Compendium of history and biography of Carver and Hennepin counties, Minnesota, (Chicago: Henry Taylor & Co., 1915); Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive.
• Holcombe, Return Ira; Bingham, William H.; Loring, Charles M.; Compendium of history and biography of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota (Chicago: Hanry Taylor & Co., 1914) Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust, Internet Archive.
• Warner, George E; Foote, C.M.; Neill, Edward D.; Williams, John Fletcher; History of Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis: including the explorers and pioneers ... (Minneapolis: North Star Publishing Company, 1881) Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust, Google Books.
• Minnesota Indexes at EveryNameIndex.com

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Simple map of Hennepin County at University of Minnesota libraries
• Minnesota Maps at David Rumsey Map Collections
• FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records

Multiple Wars

• 1861-1917 United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection
• 1898-1899 Minnesota Volunteers in the Spanish American War and the Philippine Insurrection at Ancestry ($)

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

Online Civil War Indexes and Records

• 1861-1865 U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 at Ancestry; Free index
• 1861-1865 Minnesota, U.S., Civil War Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry; Free index
• 1861-1865 Minnesota Civil War Soldiers at Ancestry; Free index
• 1861-1934 U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 at Ancestry; Free index

Spanish-American War

• 1898 U.S., Spanish American War Volunteers Index to Compiled Military Service Records, 1898 at Ancestry (Free collection)
• 1898-1899 Minnesota, U.S., Spanish American War Muster Rolls and Casualty Lists, 1898-1899 at Ancestry; Free index

World War I

• 1917-1918 U.S., World War I Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 at Ancestry (Free collection)
• 1917-1918 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 at Ancestry; Free index, images ($)
• 1918-1941 Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection.

World War II

• 1940-1947 Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1940-1947 U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 at Ancestry; Free index, images ($)
• 1942 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 at Ancestry; Free index, images ($)

Naturalization and Citizenship

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

• 1849-1985 Web: Minnesota, U.S., Naturalization Index, 1849-1985 at Ancestry (Free Collection)
• 1872-1962 Minnesota Naturalization Records and Indexes, 1872-1962 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1880-1920 Minnesota, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920 at Ancestry ($)
• 1918 Web: Minnesota, U.S., Alien Registration Index, 1918 at Ancestry (Free collection)

Newspapers

• Newspaper Collection - Minnesota Historical Society's Gale Family Library
• Minnesota Newspapers at Chronicling America (Library of Congress) Currently the following Minnesota titles are available on Chronicling America, with more to follow:
  • 1889-1922 The Appeal. (Saint Paul, Minn.) African-American newspaper
  • 1901 The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Obituaries

• 1865-2006 Minnesota, Obituaries 1865-2006 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1891-2003 Web: Minnesota, U.S., Obituary Index, 1891-2003 at Ancestry; Free index

Probate Records

Probate records may include wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. They may include the decedent’s date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, etc. See Minnesota Probate Records for additional information.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1801-1925 Minnesota, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1925 at Ancestry ($); index and images

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

Since Minnesota tax records include only persons who owned taxable property, many residents were not included. Still they complement land records and can be used in place of missing censuses or the years between censuses. There may also be gaps. For more information, see the wiki page Minnesota Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents.

A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also Minnesota Vital Records.

• 1900-2001 Minnesota People Records Search at Minnesota Historical Society; Index only, search by name, date, a related surname, or county.

Birth

• 1840-1980 Minnesota, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 at Ancestry ($)
• 1900-1934 Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934 at MyHeritage($); index
• 1900-1934 Minnesota Births, 1900-1934 at Minnesota Historical Society; free index, images ($)
• 1935-2000 Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1935-2000 at Ancestry ($)

Marriage

• 1850-2019 WEB: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019 at Ancestry (Free Collection)
• 1860 1949 Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1885-present Minnesota Official Marriage System at MOMS.mn.gov; search by county, name or date, and request copy.
• 1970-2003 Minnesota Marriage Records Index, 1970-2003 at Archive ($)
• 1976-2003 Minnesota, Marriages, 1976-2003 at MyHeritage($); index

Death

• 1850-2001 Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1887-2001 Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images.
• 1904-2001 Minnesota, Death Index, 1904-2001 at MyHeritage($); index
• 1908-2017 Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017 at Ancestry ($)

Divorce

• 1970-1995 Minnesota, U.S., Divorce Index, 1970-1995 at Ancestry ($)
• 1970-2003 Minnesota Divorce Records Index, 1970-2003 at Archives ($)

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Hennepin County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Minnesota Archives and Libraries.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

• Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Anoka Minnesota Family History Center
• Bloomington Minnesota Family History Center
• Minneapolis Minnesota Family History Center
• St Paul Minnesota Family History Center
• Hennepin County Library - an affiliate library
• University of Minnesota Libraries - an affiliate library
• Minnesota Genealogical Society - an affiliate library
• Scott County Historical Society - an affiliate library
• Minnesota Historical Society - an affiliate library
• Ramsey County Public Library - an affiliate library

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Hennepin County. For state-wide library facilities, see Minnesota Archives and Libraries.

University of Minnesota Libraries
65 Wilson Library
309 19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Website

Immigration History Research Center (IHRC)
University of Minnesota
Elmer L. Andersen Library, Suite 311
222 21st Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439
612-625-4800
Website

Hennepin County Library
James K. Hosmer Special Collections
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-543-8200
Locations
Website

Museums

Hennepin History Museum
2303 3rd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55404-3505
612-870-1329
Website

Wayzata Depot Museum
402 Lake St E
Wayzata, MN 55391-1651
952-473-3631
Website

Societies

Listed below are societies in Hennepin County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Minnesota Societies.

Champlin Historical Society
11955 Champlin Dr
Champlin, MN 55316
FaceBook

Eden Prairie Historical Society
Eden Prairie City Center
8080 Mitchell Rd
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952-949-8580
Website

Golden Valley Historical Society
6731 Golden Valley Rd
Golden Valley, MN 55427
763-588-8578
Website

Hopkins Historical Society
Hopkins Activity Center
33 14th Avenue N
Hopkins, MN 55343
952-548-6480
Website

Plymouth Historical Society
3400 Plymouth Blvd
Plymouth MN 55447-1448
Website

Richfield Historical Society
6901 Lyndale Ave S
Richfield, MN 55423
612-798-6140
Website

St. Louis Park Historical Society
3700 Monterey Dr
St Louis Park, MN 55416-4902
952-924-2538
Website

Wayzata Historical Society, at the Depot
402 Lake St E
Wayzata, MN 55391-1651
952-473-3631
Website

Brooklyn Historical Society
5600 85th Ave
Brooklyn Center, MN 55443
763-392-5356
Website

Westonka Historical Society
Westonka History Museum
5341 Maywood Rd
Mound, MN 55364
952-472-9800
Website

Websites

• The Hennepin County MNGenWeb Project, a member of The MNGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• USGenWeb Archives for Hennepin County.
• Hennepin County Resource Page at Ancestry ($)
• Cyndi's List: Hennepin County
• Hennepin County MN Genealogy at LDS Genealogy
• Minnesota Historical Society
• Iron Range Research Center
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

This website requires a paid subscription for full access.

The collection is free on this subscription website.

FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a family history center.