Martin County, Minnesota
This County is part of
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My name is Martha, I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil.
I am the Temporary Coordinator as Martin County is available for adoption.
If you have a local connection to Martin County and web design skils [or wish to learn],
please consider joining the MNGenWeb as a County Coordinator
Please contact the State Coordinator: Tim Stowell for more information.
In the meantime, I might be able to assist in locating that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'.
Contact: Martha
Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups ~ Queries
Vital Records ~ Military ~ Obituaries ~ Cemeteries
Native American's ~ Family Search: Films & Historical Images ~ Crime & Punishment ~ Odds and Ends
Martin's Neighbors: Minnesota
Blue Earth ~ Cottonwood ~ Faribault ~ Jackson ~ Watonwan
And in... Iowa
Emmet & Kossuth
| Vital Records ~ Military ~ Obituaries ~ Cemeteries 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 Here are Birth Records specific to Martin County: 1867 > 1942 Family Search "Collections" Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 ~ Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002 Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980 Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916 Martin County Birth Records: FS Catalog, Films Marriage Resources and Records Minnesota Marriage Index, 1958-2001 ~ Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950 Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-19 Martin County FS Historical Images: Marriages This File has clickable links for the films listed below  More Marriage Resources Because folks often 'ran away' to be married, it is a good idea to check neighboring Counties for Marriage Records. 'Gleanings from Family Search': Marriage Records: Males "Born in Martin County" Here are links to Marriage Records from the FS Historical Image Section. Be sure to sign into your FS Account before accessing the links. Minnesota Neighbors: Marriage Records Blue Earth County ~ Cottonwood ~ Faribault ~ Watonwan This File has clickable links for Watonwan Films of various Resources: Page 1, Page 2 Jackson County, Minnesota FS Historical Imgages Marriages 004703883: Marriages, Births, Vol G, P 240-End, 1870-1945, 004703882: Marriage Rec's, Vol D, P 490-End, Vol G P 1-241, 1901-1914 004703881: Marriage Rec's, 1871-1901 Iowa Neighbors Marriage Records : FS Catalog: Kossuth County Kossuth County, Iowa marriages 1857-1865 Marriage record, 1857-1928; marriage register, 1880-1908; index, 1857-1912 Author: Kossuth County (Iowa). Clerk of the District Court; Kossuth County (Iowa). Marriage records, 1866-1871, Kossuth County, Iowa : [1866-1869] Marriage records, 1866-1871, Kossuth County, Iowa : continued from page 89 |||☺||| If you think your people might have traveled even further than neighboring Counties, Consider These Resources Family Search ~ Marriage Records for 'Minnesota Neighboring States': Note: The FS Links are for "Collections: Vital Records" Iowa ~ North Dakota ~ South Dakota ~ Wisconsin 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.  Death Records: Death Registers ~ Certificates Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 / Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 / Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001 Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001 / Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955 Minnesota, County Deaths Martin County has Death Records & Obituaries: FS Historical Images  |||☺||| Martin County Neighbors Minnesota Neighbors: Death & Cemetery Records Blue Earth County ~ Cottonwood ~ Faribault ~ Watonwan Jackson County Films: FS Historical Images Death Certificates, Registers, Obituaries 6 Films: Certs & Registers: 1870 - 1935 / Obituaries 1960 - 2003 & 1985 |||☺||| Iowa Neighbors Death, Cemetery & Coroner's Records: Kossuth: FS Catalog FS: Catalog, All Kossuth Vitals Coroner's inquest and verdict, 1908-1947 Author: Kossuth County (Iowa). County Coroner Death records, 1880-1929 [Kossuth County, Iowa] Author: Kossuth County (Iowa). Clerk of the District Court; Iowa. County Court (Kossuth County) Death Certificates, 1921-1929 - 2 Films Greenwood Cemetery, Bancroft, Kossuth County, Iowa |||☺||| Emmet,IA - FS, Historical Image Section Divorce & Death Records: 3 Films 007422716: 1923 007422868: 1930-1932 007423071: 1936-1937 Death Records 007903341: (Item 8 of 13), Grave Registers 109084177: Death Certificates, Stillbirth Rec's, 1921-1929 Minnesota has a set of Divorce Records Minnesota Divorce Index, 1970-1995 There are Divorce Records for Kossuth & Emmet Counties FS, Historical Images, Kossuth, IA Divorces: Film # 007422716, 1923 Emmet, Iowa: 1906-1986 Please use this link [FS Library, Only] Military Records & Resources James Bryant Post # 119, Minneapolis Member Files, A-Y, 1890's-1920's "Personal History" - GAR Records FS Film #007580973 |||☺||| One Minnesota Revolutionary War Hero: Stephen Taylor War of 1812 ~ Minnesota in the Civil War 1883 Pensioners ~ Military Museum DAR Lineage Records: Minnesota "Soldiers of the Great War", V2 - Minnesota [Nice Photos] |||☺||| Civil War Veteran Burial Listings Vol X Sherman Lee Pompey Covering Men In Regiments From Minnesota Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville, 1866 ~ Book, Archive.org The Book also has Army and Navy Burials |||☺||| Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Civil War Units ~ Battlefield Maps Civil War Burials - National Search Engine ~ Civil War Veteran Burials Compiled Service Records: Union Soldiers Civil War Pension Records Military Forts in Minnesota ~ Fort Snelling Military Land Warrants in MN 1854-1863 Military & Minnesota Territory |||☺||| Minnesota and 'The Wars' Colonial Wars ~ Dakota War of 1862 ~ 150 Years Later 1862 Indian War Claims ~ Civil & Indian Wars: 1861-1865 Spanish American War & Philippine Insurrection G A R Membership Records Modern Wars, WW I, WW II, Korea [Ralph Carlson] Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941 WW II Honor List of Dead or Missing |||☺||| FS has Prison Burial Records and Burials in National Cemeteries in their Catalog Homes for Disabled Veterans: 1866-1938: Searchable Database on FS] Military Headstone Applications: FS 1890 Veteran's Schedule: FS Searchable Database |||☺||| Military Medical Records: National Archives Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery |||☺||| Military Historical Resources on Family Search US World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 ~ US World War II Draft Registration Cards ~ US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Minnesota National Guard ~ US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Minnesota, G A R Membership Records, 1869-1940 US Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957 ~ Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 |||☺||| "Alphabetical Index To Places of Interment Of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various States & Territories As Specified in Rolls of Honor, Nos I - XIII Being those issued from the Quartermaster General's Office Between June 15 1865 and August 27 1867" Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868 FS: There are many Volumes |||☺||| Military Odds This Link is for Military Prison Records on FS GAR Records [NARA] ~ Search the DAR ~ Search the SAR Soldiers / Sailors Database Gale Family Library ~ Military Service Records [WWII] WW II ~ "The American War Library" Current / Historic Military Facilities RAOGK, MN Volunteers for History National Archives: Awesome Resourse for Military Data lastly... MINNESOTA 1st Cavalry [Mounted Rangers] 2nd Cavalry Col. Brackett's Battalion, Cavalry Hatch's Independent Battalion, Cavalry 1st Heavy Artillery 1st-3rd Independent Battery, Light Artillery 1st-3rd Infantry (NARA Series M594, Roll 90) [LDS Film 1488542] Log In, Search, Catalog, Enter Film # in Fiche/Film Slot Obituaries Here are a few pages of Obituaries from the old Martin Co Site 'Born in Martin County' - Obituary Gleanings from FamilySearch Obituaries Heritage Hub [Subscription Site] When trying to find Martin County Obituaries on Heritage Hub, there are problems. Because "Martin" is a given name, the results are sketchy at best. So, I will do lookups... Please send names and dates of interest: Contact Martha or Locate Heritage Hub at your local Public Library: Access usually requires a Library Card "Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY" 1912 - 2006 Some Years Missing Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden FS Catalog: Download the booklets: Use this link The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death / Funeral Notices and Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers There are Indexes at the end of each Booklet Cemeteries LDS Film 868496 "A Descriptive List of 59 Old Minnesota Cemeteries and Names Of Those Buried Therein.[1936-1937]" Images # 670 - 755 Introduction, TOC According to the Introduction, these particular Cemeteries are no longer in use and have never been included in the "DAR Library". The Introduction and information is here. The Chart Below gives the image numbers for the TOC Use this link for access.  There are three Cemeteries listed for Martin County: True Farm Cemetery ~ Welcome Farm Cemetery ~ Fraser Cemetery |||☺||| I found 8 Volumes of Cemetery Booklets in the FS Book Section. I have created a page with the Tables of Contents for the Books. Here is the link for the Books ~ Use the link, then scroll as you look for the booklet of interest |||☺||| Minnesota Cemetery Report, WPA 1936-1937 Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |||☺||| Faribault County cemetery record, ca. 1857-1990 [Films] |||☺||| The Reverend George Clarence Alborn and his pastoral records [Film] Author: Peddle, Jean Larson; Alborn, George Clarence, 1877-1956 |||☺||| Find~A~Grave / Billion Graves [FS Search] People Legacy ~ American Cemeteries: Minnesota ~ Interment.net: Rice Lake ~ Riverview Looking for really old Cemetery Info? Use FamilySearch Catalog and check the films for DAR Records. They did a lot of work from about 1940 to the late 1960's to Document and Transcribe old Cemeteries. |
Temporary Martin County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
For information about adopting a Minnesota County, please contact Tim: Here is the list of Counties
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