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Apr 26, 2013 
In History section, added link to Brainerd History Group website. In Newspapers section, added link to Historic Brainerd Newspapers available online. In Directories section, added link to Historic Brainerd City Directories available online. May 01, 2011 In History, added link to digital photo archive search at Minnesota Historical Society. Nov 08, 2010 Added Newspapers section and moved obituary info into that section. Jul 03, 2010 In Cemeteries, belatedly added link to Civil War Veteran burials other than in Evergreen. May 23, 2010 In Cemeteries, added "Cemetery Records of Crow Wing County, Minnesota" book transcription. Apr 28, 2010 In History, added link to Lakes'N'Woods (fabulous Brainerd postcard collection). Apr 02, 2010 In Vital Records, added a link to the Crow Wing County Early Marriages project. Mar 14, 2010 In Place Names / Maps, added a link to the 1875 Halsted Plat Map for Brainerd. Mar 10, 2010 In Vital Records, added a link to the Minnesota Official Marriage System.
- Crow Wing County Place Names at the Minnesota Historical Society
- Crow Wing County Map from MapQuest
- Crow Wing County Map from MNDOT State Maps
- Crow Wing County 1874 Map on Pp. 164-165 of "An illustrated historical atlas of the state of Minnesota", 1874 at the Minnesota Historical Society Online Digital Maps Archive
- Crow Wing County 1874 Map from "Township and railroad map of Minnesota published for the Legislative Manual, 1874." at the Library of Congress American Memories Map Collections
- Crow Wing County 1895 Map
- Crow Wing County 1913 Plat Map at the Minnesota Digital Library web site
- Crow Wing County 1914 Map
- Crow Wing County Townships Map
- Crow Wing County Individual Township Maps at the Crow Wing County web site
- Crow Wing County Individual Plat Maps
at the Crow Wing County web site
(Not sorted by township - you need to know the specific name of the Addition.) - Crow Wing County 1856 Township Survey Maps
at the Crow Wing County web site
(Some have markings showing later changes such as locations of highways.) - Crow Wing County Place Names at the Minnesota Historical Society
- City of Brainerd Historical Maps
- 1875 Halsted Plat Map for Brainerd (9 MB PDF file)
- 1883 Heinze Bros. Plat Map for Brainerd (9 MB PDF file)
- 1892 Sanborn Fire Map for Brainerd (30 MB PDF file)
- 1913 Ogle Plat Map for Brainerd (6 MB PDF file)
- 1917 Sanborn Fire Map for Brainerd (32 MB PDF file)
- Minnesota County Formation Animated Map
at My Minnesota Genealogy
(Note, especially, the 1889 expansion of Crow Wing county west of the Mississippi.) - General Land Office Records (Crow Wing) at the Federal Bureau of Land Management
- Explanation of Township and Range System at Infobahn Outfitters
- USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
- Crow Wing County Treasurer's Office
(where the vital records are kept)
- Minnesota Birth Index (1900-1934) at the Minnesota Historical Society
- Minnesota Birth Index (1935-2002) at Ancestry.com [$$]
- Minnesota Death Index (1904-2001) at the Minnesota Historical Society
- Minnesota Death Index (1908-2002) at Ancestry.com [$$]
- Minnesota Marriage Index (1958-2001)
at Ancestry.com
[Free]
- Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS)
- Crow Wing County Early Marriages through 1921
- Marriages: 1852-1870 St Francis Assisi
- Marriages: 1873-1889 First Methodist Church
- Marriages: 1890-1900 First Methodist Church
- Marriages: 1883-1895 from Brainerd Dispatch
- Complete List of Crow Wing County Cemeteries and Transcriptions (Database Project)
- Partial List of Cemeteries in Crow Wing County from USGS GNIS database
- Crow Wing County Cemeteries with Burial Entries at Find-A-Grave
- Complete transcription of "Cemetery Records of Crow Wing County,
Minnesota" book
by Earl and Laura Leslie (has all non-family cemeteries as of 1980 except for Evergreen). - Evergreen Cemetery Association - Evergreen Cemetery (Brainerd) and Memorial Gardens burial records
- Dalby Database Cemetery Search - Data from Leslie's book + some Evergreen data circa 2000
- Crow Wing County Data Archive
at the USGenWeb Archives
includes these Cemetery Transcriptions:
- Bay Lake Cemetery in Bay Lake Township
- Deerwood/Scandia Cemetery in Deerwood Township
- Dykeman/Union Cemetery near Grave Lake in Garrison Township
- Garrison Cemetery in Garrison Township
- Jenkins Cemetery in Jenkins Township
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Iron Hub near Crosby
- Lakewood Cemetery near Crosby/Ironton/Deerwood
- Maple Grove Cemetery near Grave Lake in Maple Grove Township
- Merrifield Cemetery in Lake Edward Township
- Mission Cemetery in Mission Township
- Norwood Cemetery in Jenkins Township
- Oak Grove Cemetery near Grave Lake in Nokay Lake Township
- Oakland Cemetery in Crow Wing Township
- Our Savior's Lutheran Cemetery in Pequot Lakes
- Pequot Lakes Village Cemetery in Pequot Lakes
- Vaale Cemetery in Maple Grove Township
- Oak Grove Cemetery Transcription
- List of Civil War Veteran Burials in Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd
- List of Civil War Veteran Burials in other county cemeteries
- 1850 Minnesota - Village of Crow Wing
- 1850-1870 Our French Canadians
- 1857 Minnesota - Crow Wing County
- 1890 Federal - Special Census of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, etc.
- 1880 Federal (with Crow Wing pre-selected) at FamilySearch.Org
Message Boards / Mailing Lists / Societies
- Crow Wing County Message Board at Ancestry
- Crow Wing County Message Board
at Genforum
- Crow Wing County Mailing Lists
at RootsWeb
- Crow Wing County Genealogical Society
- Crow Wing County Historical Society
- Crosslake Area Historical Society
- Cuyuna Iron Range Heritage Network
- Nisswa Area Historical Society
PO Box 896
Nisswa, MN 56468
218-963-3570
Hours: The Depot and Pioneer Village is open 10 - 4 pm Wed. thru Sat.
through Labor Day weekend and also the next 3 Saturdays.
- Pequot Lakes Area Historical Society
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Volunteers are needed to take requests for lookups in resources related to Crow Wing County.
Please send an email to John Van Essen if you have a resource you would like to make available.
- Evergreen Cemetery Burial Index Lookups can now be done online at their Directory of the Dead index.
- Obituary Lookups by Michelle Ross ($1 per page plus postage).
- Obituary Lookups (and more) by volunteers at the
Crow Wing County Historical Society.
- FTM Genealogy-related CD Lookups by volunteer owners
- FTM World Family Tree CD Lookups by volunteer owners
- Historic Brainerd Newspapers online as PDF files - weekly Dispatch 1883-1901 and weekly Tribune 1872-(ongoing).
- Brainerd Daily Dispatch has online obituary archives back to June 30, 1998.
- Crosby-Ironton Courier (weekly - current issue only - no online archive).
- Lake Country Echo & Pine River Journal (weekly - current issue only - no online archive).
- Crow Wing County Historical Society has microfilm of all county
newspapers - click on Research Library.
- Crow Wing County Data Archive at the USGenWeb Archives includes Obituaries.
- Obituary Lookups by volunteers at the
Crow Wing County Historical Society using the Obituary Card Index
which indexes all known obituaries in county newspapers.
- Obituary: Chauncey Bedford Sleeper (1838-1888)
- Historic City Directories
at Ancestry.com
[$$]
(there are 17 for Brainerd 1903-1959)
- Dex Online Phone Directories
(then follow steps below for Brainerd Area phone book)
- Click on Minnesota in the map
- Click on #3 "Brainerd Lakes" in the left column
- Click on "View Directory Online"
- Click on "CONTENTS" in the left column
- Click on "White Pages" in the left column
- Click on "Residence" in the left column
- Click on a Tab for the first letter and explore
- Brainerd History Group website
has photos, stories, and news about ongoing projects.
- History of Crow Wing County (from Brainerd Daily Dispatch Centennial Edition)
- History of Brainerd Lakes Area and Its People (Brainerd Daily Dispatch Centennial Edition)
- Brief histories of various communities (the Brainerd Gallery page has a fabulous postcard collection)
- Photo archive at Minnesota Historical Society (search form - enter Brainerd or enter Crow Wing)
- Genealogy Sites for Crow Wing County at Cyndi's List
- Genealogy Sites for Crow Wing County
at Linkpendium
- Iron Range Research Center Searchable Database has a Naturalization Index
- Resources for Crow Wing County at RootsWeb
- Resources for Crow Wing County at FamilySearch (LDS)
- Wikipedia Entry for Crow Wing County
- Park Genealogical Books (enter Crow Wing in the search box)
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This site is part of USGenWeb - a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.
The Crow Wing County GenWeb site is maintained by volunteers from the Crow Wing County Genealogical Society. This site is hosted at RootsWeb and was created in March 2005. Prior to then, the site was hosted and maintained by Mike Panger of San Diego.
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