Watonwan 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. Watonwan Records by Type Birth Records (13) Cemetery Records (41) Census Records (50) Church Records (25) City Directories (1) Death Records (12) Histories and Genealogies (8) Immigration Records (5) Land Records (8) Map Records (20) Marriage Records (5) Military Records (2) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (30) Probate Records (2) School Records (19) Tax Records (1)

Overview of Watonwan County Records

• Watonwan County was created in 1860 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 Watonwan County Clerk District Court has birth, marriage, and death records starting in 1863; divorce records; and court records starting in 1865.
• The Watonwan County Probate Judge has probate records starting in 1890.
• The Watonwan County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1859.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.