Wadena County MN Genealogy

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Wadena Records by Type

Birth Records (7)
Cemetery Records (34)
Census Records (53)
Church Records (8)
City Directories (1)
Death Records (6)
Histories and Genealogies (4)
Immigration Records (5)
Land Records (7)
Map Records (12)
Marriage Records (6)
Miscellaneous Records (2)
Newspapers and Obituaries (36)
Probate Records (1)
School Records (12)

Wadena County Records by City/Town

Menahga Genealogy (37)
Sebeka Genealogy (47)

Verndale Genealogy (44)
Wadena Genealogy (65)

Overview of Wadena County Records

  • Wadena County was created in 1858 from Cass and Todd 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 Wadena County Clerk District Court has birth, marriage, and death records starting in 1873; divorce records; and court records starting in 1881.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.