This page last updated March 24, 2003

Volunteers Wanted! Clay County, Minnesota needs volunteers to help look up genealogical information. If you have any reference material related to Clay County and are willing to do limited lookups for others, please email the Clay County MNGenWeb Coordinator so your name and your reference material may be listed on this page. If your materials were published later than 1923, please refer to the USGenWeb Project's Official Copyright Policy.

1. Put Clay County Lookup in the subject line of your message.
2. Include the name of the reference in your message.
3. Limit your request to 1 or 2 specific names with approximate dates.
4. Don't forget to thank your volunteer for time and effort!

Clay County Family Album: A History of Rural Clay County
by the Western Minnesota Steamthreshers Association & Red River Valley Historical Society
I will look up families but would need to know what township if there is a name like Anderson, Olson, Johnson, etc. There are just so many of them and the index is last name only.
Contact Evelyn Karppinen at karppine@linkup.net

History of Clay and Norman Counties, MN: Their People, Industries, and Institutions
Volume 1: Historical (indexed by village, township, or city)
Volume 2: Biographical (indexed by surname)
by John Turner & C.K. Semling
Contact Maynard Oss at OssM@msn.com

History of Eksjo church
compiled by Victor Lindstrom
Eksjo served the Swedish immigrants who were establishing themselves in Clay County as well as Becker where the church is located.  It was the first church to serve the Swedes who settled in the Rollag area, Winnipeg Junction, etc. This book also contains a map of the cemetery and the occupants therein.
Contact Maynard Oss at OssM@msn.com

Hitterdal: 100 years (1884 - 1984)
compiled by Richard Melbye
This book is basically about the settlers in Goose Prairie and Highland Grove Townships in Clay County.
Contact Maynard Oss at OssM@msn.com

Journey Back to Hawley: A History of the Early Years of Hawley, MN
edited by Robert A. Brekken
Contact Barb Bednarz at barog@citlink.net

A Pioneer History of Becker County, MN
by Alvin H. Wilcox
This book covers the townships and churches adjacent to Clay County, and hence have some information on neighboring Clay County townships.
Contact Maynard Oss at OssM@msn.com

Spanning the Century: The History of Ulen, MN, 1886-1986
published by the Ulen Union
Contact Judy Holter at joker@minntaccdp.com

Or Becky Paulson at paulson@airmail.net

Utvandringshistorie fra Ringerikesbygderne
by O.S. Johnson
This book has some biographies of the Norwegians who immigrated to Minnesota, many of them in the Red River Valley.
Contact Maynard Oss at OssM@msn.com

1880 Clay County, MN Census
Please provide information from the 1880 Census Index.
Contact Cara Mumford at mumford@telusplanet.net

Minnesota Census Lookups
Contact Patricia Peterson at manby@spacestar.net (available from April 1 - October 1)

A.J. Wright Funeral Home Records Index (1882-1941)
Contact Cara Mumford at mumford@telusplanet.net

Cemeteries of Clay County, Minnesota (North of US Hwy #10)
Cemeteries of Clay County, Minnesota (South of US Hwy #10)
compiled by the Red River Valley Genealogy Society
These books do not include Moorhead Cemeteries
Contact Cara Mumford at mumford@telusplanet.net

Riverside Cemetery, Moorhead, Minnesota

Links to Lookup Sites

Books We Own - Minnesota
Genealogy Helplist - Minnesota
Genie Angels - Minnesota
Norway List Lookups Page
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Minnesota
Yahoo Genealogy Club Library
 

Back to the Clay County Main Page

Clay County MNGenWeb hosted by Cara Mumford
(If you encounter problems with any of these links, please let me know)

WeiRDgrrl: Writing, Research & Desigin & Limes with Orange