Stearns County MN Genealogy

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Stearns Records by Type

Birth Records (9)
Cemetery Records (124)
Census Records (117)
Church Records (27)
City Directories (50)
Court Records (1)
Death Records (15)
Histories and Genealogies (21)
Immigration Records (6)
Land Records (13)
Map Records (32)
Marriage Records (10)
Military Records (4)
Minority Records (1)
Miscellaneous Records (2)
Newspapers and Obituaries (125)
Probate Records (2)
School Records (67)
Tax Records (3)

Stearns County Records by City/Town

Albany Genealogy (50)
Avon Genealogy (42)
Belgrade Genealogy (52)
Brooten Genealogy (49)
Cold Spring Genealogy (55)
Collegeville Genealogy (47)
Eden Valley Genealogy (52)
Fairhaven Genealogy (41)
Grove Genealogy (41)
Holdingford Genealogy (42)
Kimball Genealogy (41)

Lake Henry Genealogy (39)
Lynden Genealogy (41)
Melrose Genealogy (52)
Paynesville Genealogy (55)
Richmond Genealogy (39)
Sartell Genealogy (50)
Sauk Centre Genealogy (70)
St Cloud Genealogy (182)
St Joseph Genealogy (53)
Waite Park Genealogy (41)

Overview of Stearns County Records

Stearns County was created in 1855 from Cass, Nicollet, Pierce, and Sibley 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 Stearns County Court Administrator has divorce records, probate records starting in 1859, and court records starting in 1857.
The Stearns County Recorder has land records starting in 1855.
The Stearns County License Center has birth, marriage, and death records starting in 1870.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.