Jackson County MN Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Jackson Records by Type Birth Records (7) Cemetery Records (40) Census Records (62) Church Records (15) City Directories (1) Death Records (8) Histories and Genealogies (6) Immigration Records (5) Land Records (11) Map Records (16) Marriage Records (6) Military Records (2) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (15) Probate Records (2) School Records (8)

Overview of Jackson County Records

• Jackson County was created in 1857 from Brown County.
• 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 Jackson County Court Administrator has birth records starting in 1870, death records starting in 1870, divorce records, probate records starting in 1870, court records starting in 1870, and marriage records starting in 1868.
• The Jackson County Recorder has land records starting in 1870.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.