Cass County MN Genealogy

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Cass Records by Type

Birth Records (6)
Cemetery Records (62)
Census Records (97)
Church Records (6)
Death Records (6)
Histories and Genealogies (10)
Immigration Records (5)
Land Records (5)
Map Records (12)
Marriage Records (4)
Military Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (1)
Newspapers and Obituaries (31)
Probate Records (1)
School Records (21)

Cass County Records by City/Town

Bena Genealogy (33)
Boy River Genealogy (33)
Cass Lake Genealogy (54)
Federal Dam Genealogy (33)
Hackensack Genealogy (37)

Pillager Genealogy (37)
Pine River Genealogy (40)
Remer Genealogy (44)
Walker Genealogy (42)

Overview of Cass County Records

  • Cass County was created in 1851 from Dakota, Pembina, Mahkato, and Wahrahta counties.
  • Birth records from 1900 to the present and death records from 1908 to the present can be obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health.
  • The Cass County Treasury has birth and death records starting in 1896 and marriage records starting in 1897.
  • The Cass County Clerk District Court has divorce records starting in 1899, court records starting in 1898, probate records starting in 1888, and naturalization records.
  • The Cass County city or town clerks have burial records.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.