Ortonville Genealogy (in Big Stone County, MN)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Ortonville are also found through the Big Stone County and Minnesota pages.


Ortonville Cemetery Records

Elim Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lakeside Cemetery Billion Graves online

Maple Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mound Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mound Cemetery Interment online

Mound Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Mound Cemetery Find a Grave online

Swedish Mission Cemetery Find a Grave online

West Saint Paul Cemetery Billion Graves online

Ortonville Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Ortonville, Minnesota LDS Genealogy online

Ortonville Church Records

Church records, 1921-1990 (Catholic Church. St. John (Ortonville, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Trinity Lutheran Church, Ortonville, MN : 100 years of our Lord's service; 1896 - Trinity Lutheran Church - 1996 FamilySearch Library

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

Ortonville Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota, August 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota, January 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota, November 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota, September 1899 Library of Congress online

Ortonville Newspapers and Obituaries

The Ortonville Independent 1920-1923, 1981, 1998-1999, 2002-2020 Small Town Papers online

The Ortonville independent, 2016-01-05 to 2017-12-26 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Offline Newspapers for Ortonville

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.

Big Stone County Herald. (Ortonville, Minn.) 1879-1887

Big Stone County Journal. (Ortonville, Minn.) 1892-1912

Journal-Star. (Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minn.) 1926-1927

Ortonville Headlight. (Ortonville, Minn.) 1884-1898

Ortonville Herald-Star. (Ortonville, Minn.) 1888-1912

Ortonville Independent. (Ortonville, Minn.) 1920-Current

Ortonville Journal Star. (Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minn.) 1927-1930

Ortonville Journal. (Ortonville, Minn.) 1913-1926

Ortonville North Star. (Ortonville, Minn.) 1878-1887

Ortonville School Records

Ortonville High School - Trojan Yearbook (Ortonville, MN), 1950 E Yearbook online

Ortonville High School yearbook, 1950, 1961, 1962 Classmates online

Ortonville High School yearbook, 1950, 1961, 1962 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ortonville High School yearbook, 1950, 1961, 1962 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online


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