Mankato Genealogy (in Blue Earth County, MN)

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Mankato Birth Records

1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index Ancestry online

1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index MyHeritage online

Birth and death records, 1908-1953, Mankato (Minn.) Archive Grid

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

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

Registers of births and deaths, 1905-1915 FamilySearch Library

Vital records, ca. 1865-1927 FamilySearch Library

Mankato Cemetery Records

Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cemetery records FamilySearch Library

Cemetery records, 1873-1990 FamilySearch Library

Cemetery records, ca. 1869-1990 FamilySearch Library

Dakota (Sioux) Memorial - 1862 Find a Grave online

Glenwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Glenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Good Counsel Cemetery Billion Graves online

Good Counsel Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Good Counsel Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kerns-Oak Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

MeadowBrook Woods Find a Grave online

Minneopa Cemetery Find a Grave online

Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties Ancestry online

Mount Olivet Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Olivet Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Masonic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Masonic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pilgrims Rest Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pilgrims Rest Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tivoli Cemetery Billion Graves online

Woodland Hills Billion Graves online

Woodland Hills Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Mankato 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

Mankato Church Records

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

Church records, 1855-1955 (First Presbyterian Church (Mankato, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1866-1937, 1966 (St. John's Episcopal Church (Mankato, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1870-1990 (First Congregational Church (Mankato, Minnesota : United Church of Christ)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, ca. 1871-1956 (Grace Lutheran Church (Mankato, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Grace Lutheran Church (Immanuel) 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

Record of members, [1925]-1942 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mankato Branch (Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

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

Zion Presbyterian Church (Welsh), Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1950-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mankato City Directories

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Deaths recorded in Mankato City and Blue Earth County, Minnesota, directories 1892-1930 FamilySearch Library

Deaths recorded in Mankato city and Blue Earth County, Minnesota, directories, 1892-1930 WorldCat

Mankato City (Minnesota) city directories FamilySearch Library

Mankato City Directory 1900 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1902 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1906 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1914 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1919 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1921 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1936 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Mankato City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Mankato, MN 1902-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Mankato, MN; 1936 - 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1957 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1892 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1895 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1900 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Polk's Mankato City and Blue Earth County directory FamilySearch Library

Mankato Death Records

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1904-2001 Minnesota Death Index MyHeritage online

1908-2017 Minnesota Death Index Ancestry online

Birth and death records, 1908-1953, Mankato (Minn.) Archive Grid

Deaths recorded in Mankato City and Blue Earth County, Minnesota, directories 1892-1930 FamilySearch Library

Deaths recorded in Mankato city and Blue Earth County, Minnesota, directories, 1892-1930 WorldCat

Funeral records, 1926-1930;1987-1989 FamilySearch Library

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

Obituary Index of Mankato Weekly Review, 1869-1879 FamilySearch Library

Obituary Indexes For the Mankato Daily Free Press, Ca. 1888-1982 FamilySearch Library

Obituary indexes for the Mankato Daily Free Press, ca. 1888-1982. WorldCat

Registers of births and deaths, 1905-1915 FamilySearch Library

Vital records, ca. 1865-1927 FamilySearch Library

Mankato Histories and Genealogies

Mankato, its first fifty years : containing addresses, historic papers and brief biographies of early settlers and active upbuilders of the city FamilySearch Library

Mankato Immigration Records

Declarations of intention, 1906-1940; naturalizations, 1897-1944 FamilySearch Library

Minnesota, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920 Ancestry online

Minnesota, Naturalization Index, 1849-1985 Ancestry online

Naturalization petitions, 1897-1944, United States District Court (Minnesota : 2nd Division) Archive Grid

Naturalization records, ca. 1856-1906 FamilySearch Library

Naturalizations, 1897-1911; declarations of intention, 1900-1911 FamilySearch Library

Mankato Land Records

Deed records, ca. 1852-1884 ; Indexes, 1853-1886 FamilySearch Library

Mankato Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota 1870. Library of Congress online

Mankato, 1870 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Mankato, Minnesota 1993 Map American Geographical Society online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mankato, Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties, Minnesota, December 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mankato, Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties, Minnesota, July 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mankato, Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties, Minnesota, March 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mankato, Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties, Minnesota, May 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mankato, Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties, Minnesota, May 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Mankato, Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties, Minnesota, October 1884 Library of Congress online

Mankato Marriage Records

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

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

Vital records, ca. 1865-1927 FamilySearch Library

Mankato Newspapers and Obituaries

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Free Press 10/11/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Land 09/25/2009 to 06/20/2014 Genealogy Bank online

Mankato MN Weekly Union 1863-1867 Fulton History online

Mankato Record 05/02/1863 to 09/30/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Mankato Union 02/02/1866 to 09/29/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Mankato free press 10/31/1879 to 12/28/1923 Genealogy Bank online

Mankato independent, 1861-08-22 to 1861-12-13 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Mankato weekly independent, 1857-06-06 to 1861-08-19 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Newspaper Clippings of the Bode Family, 1988-1989 FamilySearch Library

Obituary Index of Mankato Weekly Review, 1869-1879 FamilySearch Library

Obituary Indexes For the Mankato Daily Free Press, Ca. 1888-1982 FamilySearch Library

Obituary indexes for the Mankato Daily Free Press, ca. 1888-1982. WorldCat

The Free press, 2009-07-01 to 2018-12-31 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

The Mankato union, 1864-12-09 to 1867-09-27 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

The Mankato weekly union, 1863-07-17 to 1864-12-02 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Offline Newspapers for Mankato

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.

Among Ourselves. ([Mankato, Minn.]) 1926-1929

College Reporter. (Mankato, Minn.) 1935-1968

College Spirit. (Mankato, Minn.) 1933-1935

Daily Review. (Mankato, Minn.) 1892-1919

Echoes. (Mankato, Minn.) 1921-1956

Free Press. (Mankato-North Mankato, Minn.) 1973-Current

Loyolan. (Mankato, Minn.) 1930s-1930s

Mankato Daily Free Press. (Mankato, Minn.) 1887-1931

Mankato Free Press. (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924

Mankato Free Press. (Mankato, Minn.) 1931-1973

Mankato Independent. (Mankato, Minn.) 1861-1863

Mankato Journal. (Mankato, Minn.) 1889-1916

Mankato Ledger. (Mankato, Minn.) 1916-1936

Mankato News. (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1924-1957

Mankato Post. (Mankato, Minn.) 1886-1918

Mankato Record. (Mankato, Minn.) 1869-1879

Mankato Register. (Mankato, Minn.) 1885-1891

Mankato Semi-Weekly Record. (Mankato, Minn.) 1860-1862

Mankato State Daily Reporter. (Mankato, Minn.) 1970-1974

Mankato State Reporter. ([Mankato, Minn.) 1969-1970

Mankato State University Independent. (Mankato, Minn.) 1976-1977

Mankato State University Reporter. (Mankato, Minn.) 1977-1978

Mankato Telegram and Union News. (Mankato, Minn.) 1923-1924

Mankato Telegram. (Mankato, Minn.) 1922-1923

Mankato Union. (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1864-1868

Mankato Weekly Independent. (Mankato, Minn.) 1857-1861

Mankato Weekly Record. (Mankato, Minn.) 1859-1869

Mankato Weekly Review. (Mankato, Minn.) 1869-1878

Mankato Weekly Union. (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1863-1864

Mankato Weekly Union. (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1868-1879

Minnesota Sportslite. (Mankato, Minn.) 1963-1960s

Otaknam. (Mankato, Minn.) 1910s-1920s

Reporter. (Mankato, Minn.) 1968-1969

Reporter. (Mankato, Minn.) 1974-1976

Reporter. (Mankato, Minn.) 1978-Current

Review. (Mankato, Minn.) 1878-1919

School Spirit. (Mankato, Minn.) 1929-1933

Union News. (Mankato, Minn.) 1918-1923

Weekly Ledger. (Mankato, Minn.) 1890-1916

Mankato Probate Records

1801-1925 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Mankato School Records

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Grace High School yearbook, 1983 Classmates online

Grace High School yearbook, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Immanuel Lutheran High School yearbook, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Katonian : [yearbook] - 1934, Mankato State Teachers College Genealogy Gophers online

Katonian : [yearbook] - 1949, Mankato State Teachers College Genealogy Gophers online

Mankato Central High School yearbook, 1969 Classmates online

Mankato Central High School yearbook, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mankato Central High School yearbook, 1969 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Mankato East High School yearbook, 1937, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Classmates online

Mankato East High School yearbook, 1937, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Mankato East High School yearbooks, 1937, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mankato High School - Closed 1973 yearbook, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973 Classmates online

Mankato High School - Closed 1973 yearbook, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Mankato High School - Otaknam Yearbook (Mankato, MN), 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962 E Yearbook online

Mankato High School 1938-1945, Mankato: School Board and Faculty and Roster of Seniors School Years 1938-1945 US Gen Web Archives online

Mankato High School yearbook, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mankato High School-Closed 1973 yearbooks, 1934, 1961, 1964, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mankato State College yearbook, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mankato State Teachers College yearbooks, 1924, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mankato State University yearbook, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Minnesota State University - Katonian Yearbook (Mankato, MN), 1924, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1970 E Yearbook online

Minnesota State University yearbooks, 1932, 1933, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University of Southern Minnesota yearbooks, 1963, 1964, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West High School yearbook, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

West High School yearbook, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1996, 1997 Classmates online

West High School yearbook, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1996, 1997 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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