Brighton Genealogy (in Nicollet County, MN)
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Brighton Birth Records
1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index Ancestry 
1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index MyHeritage
Index birth records, 1870-1981; birth records, 1870-1914 FamilySearch Library
Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 (selections) Ancestry
Minnesota, Birth Records, 1900-present Minnesota Department of Health
Brighton Cemetery Records
Church records, 1907-1989 (Catholic Church. Visitation (Swan Lake, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library
Lakeview Cemetery, Brighton M.E. Church : record of interments made in M.E. Church Cemetery, town of Brighton, Nicollet County, Minnesota FamilySearch Library
St Marys Catholic Church of Visitation US Gen Web Archives
Brighton Census Records
1857 Minnesota Territorial Census MyHeritage
1857 Minnesota Territorial Census Ancestry
1865 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage
1865 Minnesota State Census Ancestry
1875 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage
1875 Minnesota State Census Ancestry
1885 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage
1885 Minnesota State Census Ancestry
1895 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage
1895 Minnesota State Census Ancestry
1905 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage
1905 Minnesota State Census Ancestry
Census 1920, Brighton Township US Gen Web Archives
Federal Census of 1940, Brighton, Minnesota LDS Genealogy
Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Brighton Church Records
Church records, 1854-1978 (Brighton United Methodist Church (Brighton Township, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library
Church records, 1868-1989 (Swan Lake Lutheran Church (Brighton Township, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library
Church records, 1900-1989 (Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Brighton Township, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library
Church records, 1907-1989 (Catholic Church. Visitation (Swan Lake, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library
File for Brighton Methodist Church FamilySearch Library
File for Church of the Visitation (Swan Lake) FamilySearch Library
File for Norwegian Methodist -- Swan Lake FamilySearch Library
File for Swan Lake Lutheran [Church] FamilySearch Library
File for Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Brighton) FamilySearch Library
Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 (selections) Ancestry
Brighton Death Records
1904-2001 Minnesota Death Index MyHeritage
1908-2017 Minnesota Death Index Ancestry
Index to deaths, 1870-1981; death records, 1870-1914 FamilySearch Library
Minnesota, Death Records, 1908-present Minnesota Department of Health
Brighton Immigration Records
Minnesota, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920 Ancestry
Minnesota, Naturalization Index, 1849-1985 Ancestry
Naturalization records, 1860, 1867-1911 FamilySearch Library
Brighton Land Records
General index to deeds, 1853-1976; miscellaneous index, 1905-1966; deed record, 1853-1949 FamilySearch Library
Brighton Marriage Records
1850-2019, Minnesota, Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System Ancestry
Marriage records, 1853-1914 FamilySearch Library
Minnesota Marriages Index, 1849-1950 (selections) Ancestry
Brighton Probate Records
1801-1925 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
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