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U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880

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Please choose a county in Minnesota:

Unknown Houston Polk
Aitkin Isanti Pope
Anoka Itasca Ramsey
Becker Jackson Redwood
Becker and Polk Kandiyohi Renville
Beltrami Kittson Rice
Benton Lac Qui Parle Rock
Big Stone Lake Scott
Blue Earth Le Sueur Sherburne
Brown Lincoln Sibley
Carlton Lyon St Louis
Carver Mahnomen Stearns
Cass Marshall Steele
Chippewa Martin Stevens
Chisago McLeod Swift
Clay Meeker Todd
Cook Mille Lacs Traverse
Cottonwood Monongalia Wabasha
Crow Wing Morrison Wadena
Dakota Mower Waseca
Dodge Murray Washington
Douglas Nicollet Watonwan
Faribault Nobles Wilkin
Fillmore Olmsted Winona
Freeborn Otter Tail Wright
Goodhue Pembina Yellow Medicine
Grant Pine
Hennepin Pipestone

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.