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Guide to Stevens County Minnesota genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Steven County, Minnesota
Map
Location in the state of Minnesota
Location of Minnesota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 20, 1862
County Seat	Morris
Courthouse
Address	Steven County Courthouse 400 Colorado Avenue Morris, MN 56267 Phone: 320-589-7287 Phone: 320.589.7414 Stevens County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk District Court has birth and death records from 1872,
marriage records from 1869, divorce and court records
from 1873 and probate records from 1901.
County Recorder has land records from 1871. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1862--Stevens County was created 20 February 1862 from Pierce (Eliminated 20 Feb 1862) County and unorganized territory.
County seat: Morris ^[2]

• For a brief history of how Stevens County was named, click here, then select Stevens County.

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places^[3]

Cities

• Alberta
• Chokio
• Donnelly
• Hancock
• Morris

Townships

• Baker
• Darnen
• Donnelly
• Eldorado
• Everglade
• Framnas
• Hodges
• Horton
• Moore
• Morris
• Pepperton
• Rendsville
• Scott
• Stevens
• Swan Lake
• Synnes

Neighboring Counties

• Big Stone
• Douglas
• Grant
• Pope
• Swift
• Traverse

Resources

Cemeteries

• The Stevens County Historical Society has a free cemetery transcription database available here.

Church

Court

Land

• Land Deeds; Starting 1872; County Recorder

Local Histories

• Stevens County Historical Society. Stevens County. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. Print.
• Stevens County Historical Society. The 40s: A Time of War and a Time of Peace - Stevens County in World War II. Morris, MN: Stevens County Historical Society, 1995. Print.
  
• Hall, Grace Cynthia. The Wadsworth Trail. Morris, MN: Stevens County Historical Society, 2007. Print.
• Busch, Edna Mae. History of Donnelly. 1972. Print.
• Foley, JoAnne. Keeping Track of Alberta. 1998. Print.
• Busch, Edna Mae. The History of Stevens County.1978. Print
• Ritter, Carol. Progress on the Prairie - Chokio Centennial 1898-1998. Print.

Maps

• 1874 Map of Big Stone, Grant, Stevens, and Traverse counties

Military

• Military Discharges; Starting 1919; County Recorder

Newspapers/Periodicals^[4]

• Stevens County Genealogical Society Newsletters
• Morris Sun Tribune ( July 2000-Current; Weekly, Semi-Weekly)
  
• Morris Tribune ( 1880-June 2000; Weekly)
• The Morris Sun ( January 1895-June 2000; Weekly)
• The Sun ( October 1882-January 1895; Weekly)
  
• The Hancock Record ( September 1982-Current; Weekly)
  
• The Hancock Record and Cyrus Dispatch ( November 1978-August 1982; Weekly)
  
• Hancock Record ( February 1899-October 1978; Weekly)
  
• The Morris Times ( June 1900-January 1906; Weekly)
  
• The Republican Times (September 1898 [?]-May 1900 [?]; Weekly)
  
• The Chokio Review ( 1913 [?]- Current; Weekly)
  
• The Chokio Times ( February 1897-September 1898; Weekly)
  
• The Morris Journal ( August 1882-1883 [?]; Weekly)
  
• Stevens County Tribune ( June 1877 [?]- April 1880 [?]; Weekly)
• Frontier Business ( August 1876-September 1876 [?]; Weekly)
• The Donnelly Star ( 1915 [?]-August 1918 [?]; Weekly)
• Stevens County Review ( 1900 [?]- After March 1904 [?]; Weekly)
  

History of The Chokio Review

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Minnesota, Stevens County Genealogical Society Records, 1876-2006
  
• Births, Marriages, and Deaths; Starting 1870s; County Recorder
  

Societies and Libraries

• Stevens County Historical Socety

116 West 6th Street
Morris, MN 56267
320-589-1719

• Stevens County Genealogical Society
  

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Minnesota, Stevens County Genealogical Society Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

c/o Morris Public Library
102 East 6th Street
Morris, MN 56267

• Morris Public Library
  

102 East 6th Street
Morris, MN 56267
320-589-1634 (phone)
320-589-8892 (fax)

• Hancock Community Library

662 6th Street
P.O. Box 305
Hancock, MN 56244
320-392-5666 (phone)
320-392-5666 (fax)

• University if Minnesota-Morris Library (Includes West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center) 

600 East 4th Street
Morris, MN 56267
320-589-6176

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Stevens County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
• Family History Library Catalog 
• Stevens County GenWeb
• Cyndi's List: Stevens County

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Stevens County, Minnesota page 369, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Stevens County Government Webpage. http://www.co.stevens.mn.us/index.aspx?nid=871 (accessed November 7, 2011).
4. ↑ Minnesota Historical Society Library Catalogue: Stevens County Newspapers. http://mnhs.mnpals.net/F/EPR3BN3GQDS2N8QYT7LATNLQYYAQAQ7RYS84XN6H67KNCYVFT3-63997?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=082018474 (accessed November 7, 2011).

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