Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images Basic Vitals: B ~ M ~ D's Here is a Link for Brown County Births: 1870 > 1933 If you wish to look at other MN County Birth Records, Please Use This Link Minnesota Birth Files 1990-2020: Reclaim the Records The files are in csv format Uploaded in 2023 Please use this Link There are a lot of the Vitals for Brown County in the Family Search Catalog, BUT, they are only accesible using a FS Computer at their FHL's. So... here is what I can find for now: The Links below are from the "Historical Images" Section Brown County, Birth Records ~ Brown County, Marriage Records ~ Brown County Death Records Here is a list for B~M~D's from the Historical Images Collection: These are filmed records not found in the 'Regular FS Search] There are Marriage Records for Neighboring Counties in the "Historical Images" Section First, for other the MN Counties I currently host, and some that I formerly hosted] Blue Earth, Nicollet, Watonwan Another Set of Marriages: Nicollet Watonwan: Historical Images: Marriage Records Then for Brown's Neighbors: The only online records I find for Renville that might have vitals are in the USGW Archive Collection bios/ ~ cemeteries/ ~ church/ ~ history/ ~ military/ ~ obits/ ~ plats/ ~ vitals/ Family Search ~ "Collections" for Minnesota Neighboring States Iowa ~ North Dakota ~ South Dakota ~ Wisconsin Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages This link is for folks born in Minnesota and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925 [Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses] Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link. More FS Records: These are Searchable Databases and Films Births ~ Marriages ~ Deaths MN Birth Index: 1935 > 2002 ~ 1840 > 1980 Marriages: 1860 > 1949 ~ 1849 > 1950 ~ 1958 > 2001 Deaths: 1908 > 2002 ~ Deaths & Burials: 1835 > 1990 Obituaries <<<New>>> 26 October 2024 Family Search has a very large collection of Obituaries that were included in "family Genealogies" It is supposed that these Genealogies all relate to Brown County Folk. These Files were given to FS by the Brown County Historical Society, New Ulm, Brown, MN  and Scanned in 1990 for their Catalog: There are 44 Films, The Time Frame is 1853 - 1992 Below the Films on the above web page, you will find the "Family Genealogies" They are labeled and sorted by year. The Charts below detail each Film with Dates, Alpha Ranges, and Image Ranges. Each Film is linked to the FS Catalog. The First Chart is for three Films which are all Alphabetical Alpha Indexes / 3 Films Alpha Indexes / 3 Films Alpha Indexes / 3 Films 1704524 / A - Has 1704525 / Hat - Pe 1704526 / Pe - Z A  / 4 - 227 Hat - I / 4 - 523 Pe - Q / 4 - 310 B / 228 - 1000 J / 524 - 730 R  / 311 - 675 C / 1001 - 1215 K / 731 - 1262 S / 676 - 1631 D - E / 1216 - 1684 L / 1263 - 1625 T / 1632 - 1816 F  / 1685 - 2031 M / 1626 - 2172 U - V / 1817 - 1935 G / 2032 - 2420 N / 2173 - 2331 W - Z / 1936 - 2368 H - Has / 2431 - 2609 O / 2332 - 2474 Pa - Pe / 2176 - 2538 The second Chart details all the Films that are Indexed by Year. Each year section is alphabetical Film 1887783 / 1853 - 1899  1887576 / 1957 - 1962 Alpha Ind / Img Rge 1963 [A - Ch] Item 1 1957 - 1958 / 2 - 595 A - G / 5 - 21 1959 - 1960 / 596 - 1279 H - L / 21 - 31 1962 / 1280 - 1858 M - Q / 31 - 38 1962 / 1859 - 2703 R - V / 38 - 49 1963 / 2704 - 2868 W - Z / 49 -51 Item 2 1887577 / 1963 - 1965 1900 - 1901 / 54 - 276 1963 [Ch-Z] / 6 - 906 1902 - 1903 / 277 - 538 1964 / 907 - 2002 1904 - 1905 / 539 - 727 1965 [A-Sch / 2003 - 2893 1906 - 1907 / 728 - 922 1908 - 1909 / 923 - 1220 1887878 / 1965 - 1977 1910 - 1911 / 1221 - 1552 Missing Years: 1968 - 1976 1912 - 1913 / 1553 - 1827 1965 [Sch-Z] / 5 - 199 1914 - 1915 / 1828 - 2203 1966 / 200 - 1349 1916 - 1917 / 2204 - 2547 1967 / 1650 - 2261 1977 [A-Sch] / 2262 - 3116 1887573 / 1918 - 1930 All A- Z / Img Rge 1887579 / 1977 - 1980 1918 / 4 - 235 1977 [Sch-Z] / 6 - 256 1919 / 236 - 408 1978 / 257 - 1303 1920 / 409 - 551 1979 / 1304 - 2336 1921 / 552 - 713 1980 [A-Rei] / 2337 - 3080 1922 / 714 - 836 1923 / 837 - 980 1887639 / 1980 - 1983 1924 / 981 - 1205 1980 [Re--Z] / 6 - 275 1925 / 1206 - 1512 1981 / 276 - 1186 1926 / 1513 - 1861 1982 / 1187 - 2073 1927 / 1862 - 2174 1983 / 2074 - 3004 1928 / 2175 - 2422  1929 / 2423 - 2652 1887640 / 1984 - 1986 1930 / 2651 - 2805 1984 / 5 - 969 1985 / 970 - 1922 1887574 / 1931 - 1944, 1945 1986 / 123 - 2894 A - New 1931 - 1932 / 4 - 361 1887641 / 1987 - 1989 1933 - 1934 / 362 - 626 1987 / 5 - 942 1935 - 1936 / 627 - 1082 1988 / 970 - 1922 1937 - 1938 /1083 - 1544 1989 / 1923 - 1926 1939 - 1940 / 1545 - 1953 1941 - 1942 / 1954 - 2365 1887642 / 1990 - 1992 1943 - 1944 / 2366 - 2761 1990 / 5 - 975 1945 / 2762 - 2894 1991 / 976 - 2079 1992 / 2080 - 3126 1887575 / 1945 - 1956 New - Z 1945 / 6 - 85 1946 - 1947 / 86 - 509 1948 - 1949 / 510 - 945 1950 - 1951 / 946 - 1407 1952 - 1953 / 1408 - 1913 1954 - 1955 / 1914 - 2424 1956 / 2425 - 2705 Heritage Hub: The Star Tribune December1989 - 31 December 2023 Please use this link for the Index September 2024 Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years. But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha There are also Brown County Obituaries in the "Mankato Free Press" The Mankato Free Press is on HeritageHub which may be available in your local Public Library Check: Digital Resources, etc, and access with your Library Card Obituaries from the FS Catalog Minnesota, Brown County, Obituaries, 1855-1990 - Family Search Mary Zins Obituary Collection and Marriages, ca. 1896-1988 Zins, Mary Ann [Author] Filmed Newspaper Clippings Aastrom, Anna, Mrs. - Door, Blanche Film: 1888040 Door, Blanche - Janos, Karl, Film: 1888041 Janos, Karl - Michels, Kenneth Film: 1888042 Michels, Kenneth - Schultz, Bernard G. Film: 1888043 Schultz, Bernard G. - Zwaschka, A., Mrs. Film: 1888201 Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves  Here is the Index for Brown County Here is the Index for all of Minnesota Here is the Index for the United States Here is an index for Countries of the World The Obituaries indexed on the Nieves Collection may be found using your local Library Resources. Check in with your Library Card and look for "Heritage Hub" which is a digital database for newspapers. Obituaries [Heritage Hub, etc] for the other MN Counties I host: Blue Earth ~ Cottonwood ~ Freeborn ~ Faribault ~ Hennepin ~ St Louis ~ Steele ~ Watonwan California, Oakland, Alameda Co.,  Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011 The images are available on Family Search,  Sign in for access. Here is a set of resources for Oakland, Alameda Co., CA Obituaries: American Historical Society German's from Russia, 1899-2012 [FS Searchable database with Newspaper Clippings] Here is the WebSite for the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia "Tidbits of Sublette County, Wyoming" Compiled by: Anna Lee Woffinden Please use this Link: All Indexes for the Booklets They contain all sorts of newspaper articles: Birth, Death, Marriages, Funeral & Burial Announcements and Accidents The Booklets are in the FS Catalog: Log into your account: Search, Catalog, Enter 'Woofinden' in the Author Slot, Big Piney Examiner will be listed. There is a website dedicated to Canadian Obits from local papers. Please use this link.US Obituaries Obituary Index [Minnesota State University] Minnesota Digital Library Obituaries, Newspapers & Bulletins The Brown County Public Library has an impressive Digital Archive The Minnesota Historical Society has a great set of Digitized Newspapers. Newspaper Listing: Aberdeen, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye Please use this Link for the MN Historical Society Digital Newspaper Hub Minnesota Newspaper Directory Chronicling America ~ Google News Archive Minnesota Historical Society - Old Bulletins Family Search: Historical Images Records that are not available with the traditional FS Search This set of links is for Miscellaneous Records Brown County "Legal Records" ~ Court, Probate, Foreclosure Brown County "Biography" Records ~ Newspapers, Obits, Vitals, Genealogy Records Brown County "Religious" Records ~ Baptism, Confirmation, Birth, Burial, Funeral Home Records Brown County, Naturalization Records Brown County "Odds and Ends" Marriage, Burial, Cemetery, Sale Records Note: If you want to do the searches for yourself: To acess the Historical Images, log into your FS Account: Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images: Enter Location of Interest

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