Lake County MN Genealogy

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Lake Records by Type

Birth Records (6)
Cemetery Records (14)
Census Records (44)
Church Records (2)
City Directories (2)
Court Records (1)
Death Records (6)
Histories and Genealogies (3)
Immigration Records (5)
Land Records (4)
Map Records (9)
Marriage Records (3)
Miscellaneous Records (1)
Newspapers and Obituaries (18)
Probate Records (1)
School Records (8)

Lake County Records by City/Town

Silver Bay Genealogy (37)

Two Harbors Genealogy (63)

Overview of Lake County Records

  • Lake County was created in 1855 from Itasca 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 Lake County Registrar has birth records starting in 1898, marriage records starting in 1891, death records starting in 1891, divorce records, and court records starting in 1892.
  • The Lake County Probate Judge has probate records starting in 1800s.
  • The Lake County City Clerk has burial records.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.