Welcome To the USGenWeb page for
Swift County, Minnesota!
Go To:
- Swift County Queries to read/submit Swift County queries
- Swift County, MN Archives
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- Swift County Lookups
- Swift County Information
- Counties Surrounding Swift County
- Genealogical Societies
- Other Minnesota Links
- About The USGenWeb Project
Hello!
My name is Michael Andrews and I grew up just south of this county around a tiny farm town called Milan and I have many relatives in Swift county. I am the person responsible for the USGenWeb page for Swift County, Minnesota.Swift County Lookups
Ann Minter used to do lookups. Due to health problems, she can no longer volunteer.
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The town of Clontarf has blog on its history.
History of Clontarf, Minnesota
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The experts for genealogy in any county would be a local genealogical or historical society.
Try sending a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and see what they can do for you.
Swift County Historical Society
2135 Minnesota Ave. #2 (Mailing)
West Highway 12 (Museum)
Benson, MN 56215
320-843-4467
Ex. Director: Marlys M. Gallagher
Write to the society for current membership info and again please include a SASE.
Email: SwiftMuseum@embarqmail.com
Website: Museum for Swift County Minnesota
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Swift County Information
Swift County CourthouseBenson, MN Chamber of Commerce
Minnesota County Historical Societies
Prairie Waters Community Pages
- Swift County Place Names: Appleton, Benson, Clontarf(first called Randall), Danvers, De Graff, Hagen/Hagan (part of), Holloway(first called Norton), Kerkhoven, Murdock, Regal, Swift Falls
- Swift County Ghost Towns: Carlson, Cashel, Fairfield, Hegbert, Swenoda
- Swift County 1900 towns/post offices: Appleton, Benson, Carlson, Cashel, Clontarf, Danvers, De Graff, Fairfield, Hegbert, Kerkoven, Murdock, Swenoda, Swift Falls
- Swift County Townships: Appleton, Benson, Camplake, Cashel, Clontarf, Dublin, Edison, Fairfield, Hayes, Hegbert, Kerkhoven, Kildare, Marysland, Moyer, Pillsbury, Shible, Six Mile Grove, Swenoda, Tara, Torning, West Bank
- Swift County Political Graveyard Page
- Swift County, Minnesota Cemeteries
- Minnesota Places Location Finder
- Swift County Census Bureau Data
- Minnesota Courthouses
- How to obtain Minnesota Birth and Death Certificate
- How to obtain certificates of marriage and divorce certificate
- Minnesota County Registrars/Recorders
- Newspapers
- How is the weather in Benson?
- National Weather Service - Benson, Minnesota
- 1895 Swift County Map
- More Maps Click on Interactive Atlas and enter city/state
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- Cyndi's Genealogy Sites One of the best on the net. If you want to start your family tree but don'tknow where to begin try Cyndi's Family Tree Starter.
- Cyndi's Genealogy Sites for Minnesota
- Search the Social Security Death Index
- Rootsweb main page
- Connect with other family historians Rootsweb has a very large surname database. Enter the surname in lower case and leave the location blank then click on submit. Next page will be a list of historians so click on the right end of each line for email/usmail address/webpage. Once you are familiar with abbreviations and follow their strict posting guidelines then you should post your surnames. Rootsweb.com needs donations/membership to keep them up and running so please visit
Rootsweb main page for membership info. - Minnesota Family Reunions Register your next family reunion on the Minnesota GenWeb page. If you know of a family reunion in Minnesota try to get them to post an entry and if theydo not have access then please consider posting info for them.
- What's in a First Name?
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Surrounding Swift County, MN Links
Northwest: Stevens County, MN
Northeast: Pope County, MN
East: Kandiyohi County, MN
South: Chippewa County, MN
Southwest: Lac Qui Parle County, MN
West: Big Stone County, MN
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Related Genealogical and Historical Societies
Other Minnesota Links
USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb
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About The USGenWeb Project
 | In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entrypoint for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. At the same time, volunteers were found who were willing to coordinatethe collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web page. |
| In June, as the Kentucky Project was coming to completion, it was decidedto create this page for all states. Volunteers were found who were willingto coordinate the collection of county pages for each state page. If youwould like to contribute your data or create a county page within Minnesota, please contact the MNGenWeb State Coordinator. |
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Acknowledgements
The purple arrows are from Kira's Icon Library. Michael Andrews / Minneapolis MN / MNGenWeb@AOL.COM 
Copyright© 1997 to 2009 by Michael Andrews from Milan, Minnesota.