Moorhead Genealogy (in Clay County, MN)

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Moorhead Birth Records

1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index Ancestry online

1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index MyHeritage online

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

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

St. Joseph's Catholic Church Baptisms - Moorhead, Minnesota Genealogy Trails online

Moorhead Cemetery Records

Cemeteries of Minnesota, Moorhead City, Clay County : Prairie Home, Evergreen & Memorial Gardens. WorldCat

Cemeteries of Minnesota, Riverside Cemetery : Moorhead, Clay County, MN., 1884-1994 WorldCat

Cemeteries of Minnesota, St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery & Church records, Moorhead, Clay County. WorldCat

Clara Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clara Cemetery Billion Graves online

Evergreen Cemetery Billion Graves online

Evergreen Cemetery : Moorhead, Minnesota, 1883-1996 FamilySearch Library

Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fridhem Swedish Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hoff Cemetery Billion Graves online

Index to Beck-Wright funeral records and A.J. Wright & Sons funeral records, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota : (history enclosed). WorldCat

Index to Wright Funeral Home records, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota : (history enclosed). WorldCat

Lutheran Church of Christ the King Columbarium Find a Grave online

Lutheran Church of The Good Shepherd Columbarium Find a Grave online

Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery Find a Grave online

Moorhead Memorial Gardens Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oak Mound Cemetery Billion Graves online

Prairie Home Cemetery Billion Graves online

Prairie Home Cemetery Find a Grave online

Riverside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Joseph's Cemetery Find a Grave online

Moorhead Census Records

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, Clay County, School Census Records, 1909-1962 Family Search 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

Moorhead Church Records

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

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

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

Early records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Moorhead, Minnesota, and missions of western Minnesota & eastern North Dakota. WorldCat

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

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

Index to Beck-Wright funeral records and A.J. Wright & Sons funeral records, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota : (history enclosed). WorldCat

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

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

St. Joseph's Catholic Church Baptisms - Moorhead, Minnesota Genealogy Trails online

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

Moorhead City Directories

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Fargo (Cass County, N.D.) and Moorhead (Clay County, Minn.) city directory : including Dilworth, West Fargo and West Fargo Industrial Park FamilySearch Library

Fargo (North Dakota) city directories FamilySearch Library

Fargo/Moorehead, ND-MN; 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1951 - 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

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

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

Moorhead, Minnesota, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Moorhead Death Records

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1904-2001 Minnesota Death Index MyHeritage online

1908-2017 Minnesota Death Index Ancestry online

Early funeral records of Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota : July 26, 1882 - December 3, 1888 FamilySearch Library

Early funeral records of Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota : July 26, 1882 - December 3, 1888 WorldCat

Index to Beck--Wright funeral records and A. J. Wright & Sons funeral records, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota : (history enclosed) FamilySearch Library

Index to Beck-Wright funeral records and A.J. Wright & Sons funeral records, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota : (history enclosed). WorldCat

Index to Wright Funeral Home records, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota : (history enclosed). WorldCat

Minnesota, Clay and Steele County Obituaries, 1865-2006 Family Search online

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

North Dakota, Select Funeral Home Indexes, 1903-1997 (includes Red River Valley in Minnesota) Ancestry online

The Forum index, obituaries : an index to the daily newspaper, the Forum, Fargo-Moorhead WorldCat

Moorhead Histories and Genealogies

A Century together; a history of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota FamilySearch Library

The last one hundred years in Moorhead Minnesota 1900-2000 : a century of change FamilySearch Library

Moorhead Immigration Records

Minnesota, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920 Ancestry online

Minnesota, Naturalization Index, 1849-1985 Ancestry online

Moorhead Land Records

Minnesota, Clay County Land and Property Records, 1872-1947 Family Search online

Moorhead Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, August 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, February 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, June 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, March 1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, October 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, October 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota, September 1906 Library of Congress online

Moorhead Marriage Records

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

Early records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Moorhead, Minnesota, and missions of western Minnesota & eastern North Dakota. WorldCat

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

Moorhead Newspapers and Obituaries

Minnesota, Clay and Steele County Obituaries, 1865-2006 Family Search online

Moorhead Daily News, 1923-1948 Newspaper Archive online

The Forum index, obituaries : an index to the daily newspaper, the Forum, Fargo-Moorhead WorldCat

The extra, 2016-01-07 to 2017-12-28 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Offline Newspapers for Moorhead

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.

Advocate. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1970s-Current

Bulletin. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1924-1925

Clay County Advocate. (Moorhead, Clay Co., Minn.) 1878-1880

Clay County Leader. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1917-1919

Clay Sunday Press and the Country Press. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1947-1953

Concordia Alumnus. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1940s-1961

Country Press. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1919-1947

Daily Argonaut. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1881-1882

Evening News. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1883-1887

Fargo News. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1940-1940s

Independent. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1891-1896

M.I.S.T.I.C. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1925-1931

Moorhead Advocate. (Moorhead, Clay Co., Minn.) 1877-1878

Moorhead Citizen. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1902-1918

Moorhead Daily News. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1882-1883

Moorhead Daily News. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1887-1957

Moorhead District Herald. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1923-1943

Moorhead Independent News. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1970-1971

Moorhead Independent. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1896-1913

Moorhead Republican. (Moorhead, Clay Co., Minn.) 1898-1899

Moorhead State Advocate. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1971-1970s

Moorhead State Mistic. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1964-1969

Moorhead Valley Times. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1967-1969

Moorhead Weekly Argonaut. (Moorhead, Clay Co., Minn.) 1881-1882

Red River Scene and Clay Sunday Press. (Moorhead, Minn.) 1953-1967

Red River Star. (Moorhead, Clay Co., Minn.) 1872-1877

Moorhead Probate Records

1801-1925 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Moorhead School Records

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Concordia College - Cobber Yearbook (Moorhead, MN), 1951, 1958 E Yearbook online

Concordia College yearbook, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1994, 1995 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fenton High School yearbook, 1955 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Minnesota State University Moorhead - Praeceptor Yearbook (Moorhead, MN), 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1959 E Yearbook online

Minnesota State University Moorhead yearbooks, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Moorhead High School - Cho Kio Yearbook (Moorhead, MN), 1925, 1926, 1927, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1958, 1960 E Yearbook online

Moorhead High School yearbook, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1939, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Moorhead High School yearbook, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1939, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1987 Classmates online

Moorhead High School yearbooks, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1939, 1940, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Moorhead State College yearbook, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Moorhead State Teachers College yearbooks, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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