Brainerd Genealogy (in Crow Wing County, MN)

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Brainerd Birth Records

1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index Ancestry online

1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index MyHeritage online

Birth and death records, 1887, 1907-1953, Brainerd (Minn.) Archive Grid

Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 (selections) Ancestry online

Minnesota, Birth Records, 1900-present Minnesota Department of Health

Brainerd Cemetery Records

Baxter Cemetery Billion Graves online

Evergreen Cemetery Find a Grave online

Evergreen Cemetery annual burial report : 1105 NE 3rd Avenue, Brainerd, Minnesota, 56401. WorldCat

Evergreen Cemetery annual burial report, December 31, 1989 FamilySearch Library

Evergreen Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Gull River Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oak Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Francis Assisi Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint John Holy Cross Cemetery Find a Grave online

Vaale Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brainerd Census Records

1857 Minnesota Territorial Census MyHeritage online

1857 Minnesota Territorial Census Ancestry online

1865 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1865 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

1875 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1875 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

1885 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1885 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

1895 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1895 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

1905 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1905 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Brainerd Church Records

First Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 (selections) Ancestry online

Trinity Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Vaale Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd City Directories

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Brainerd (Minnesota) city directories FamilySearch Library

Brainerd City Directory 1905 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1927 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1946 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1951 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Brainerd City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Brainerd, MN 1903, 1905, 1907, 1908-1909, 1910-1911, 1922-1923, 1927-1928 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Brainerd, MN; 1937 - 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Brainerd, Minnesota, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Polk's Brainerd (Crow Wing County, Minn.) city directory FamilySearch Library

Brainerd Death Records

1904-2001 Minnesota Death Index MyHeritage online

1908-2017 Minnesota Death Index Ancestry online

Birth and death records, 1887, 1907-1953, Brainerd (Minn.) Archive Grid

Minnesota, Death Records, 1908-present Minnesota Department of Health

Obituary Files, 1890-2004, Crow Wing County, Minnesota FamilySearch Library

Brainerd Histories and Genealogies

75 Brainerd, Minnesota, 1871-1946, seventy-fifth anniversary 75 FamilySearch Library

Brainerd Immigration Records

Minnesota, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920 Ancestry online

Minnesota, Naturalization Index, 1849-1985 Ancestry online

Brainerd Map Records

Brainerd, 1914c, Aerial View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Map of Brainerd, "City of Mines." 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, April 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, August 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, December 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, January 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, October 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, October 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, September 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, September 1892 Library of Congress online

Brainerd Marriage Records

1850-2019, Minnesota, Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System Ancestry online

Minnesota Marriages Index, 1849-1950 (selections) Ancestry online

Brainerd Newspapers and Obituaries

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Brainerd Daily Dispatch 1901-1931 Newspapers.com online

Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 1901-1977 Newspaper Archive online

Brainerd Dispatch Newspaper, 1883-1891 City of Brainerd online

Brainerd Dispatch, 1883-2013 Newspaper Archive online

Brainerd Tribune Newspaper, 1872-1882 City of Brainerd online

Brainerd dispatch, 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Obituary Files, 1890-2004, Crow Wing County, Minnesota FamilySearch Library

Pineandlakes echo journal, 2016-01-07 to 2018-12-27 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Offline Newspapers for Brainerd

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Brainerd Arena. (Brainerd, Minn.) 1899-1910

Brainerd Community College Inkslinger. (Brainerd, Minn.) 1976-1977

Brainerd Daily Dispatch. (Brainerd, Minn.) 1901-Current

Brainerd Dispatch. (Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minn.) 1881-1932

Brainerd Journal Press. (Brainerd, Minn.) 1910-1953

Brainerd Tribune. (Brainerd, Crow Wing Co., Minn.) 1872-1882

Brainerd Tribune. (Brainerd, Minn.) 1880s-1946

Crow Wing County Review. (Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minn.) 1930-1979

Daily News. (Brainerd, Minn.) 1887-1888

Weekly Journal. (Brainerd, Minn.) 1882-1898

Weekly News. (Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minn.) 1887-1888

Brainerd Probate Records

1801-1925 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Brainerd School Records

Brainerd High School - Brainonian (Brainerd, MN), 1937, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1969 E Yearbook online

Brainerd High School yearbook, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Brainerd High School yearbook, 1937, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Brainerd High School yearbook, 1937, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Classmates online

Washington High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 Classmates online

Washington High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Washington High School yearbook, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online



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