Benton County, Minnesota:
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Projects

• Benton County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Benton County MNGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Mille Lacs County, MN  to the east
• Morrison County, MN  to the north
• Sherburne County, MN  to the south
• Stearns County, MN  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Benton Co, Minnesota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Benton County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Benton County, Minnesota Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)

Cemeteries

• Benton County  Minnesota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Benton County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Benton County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Benton County, MN Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Cemeteries of Benton County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (34)

Court and Legal Records

• Benton County Courthouse 

Directories

• Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties  Farm Directory, 1913-14     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sauk Rapids City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History

• Benton County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Benton County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Benton County History 
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Sauk Rapids History 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth and Brown County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Benton County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Sauk Rapids, MN Stove Accident, Mar 1907      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Sauk Rapids, MN Tornado, Apr 1886      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Sauk Rapids, MN Tornado, Apr 1886      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Sauk Rapids, MN Tornado, Apr 1886      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • St. Cloud & Sauk Rapids Tornado  April, 1886     (Source: GenDisasters)
  • St. Cloud & Sauk Rapids, MN Tornado, Apr 1886      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • WI, MN flood, May 1894      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Benton County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Benton County Historical Society and Museum  Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
• Benton County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Benton County, Minnesota     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Benton County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Benton County, MN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MNBENTON-L Benton County genealogy

  • MNBENTON-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MNBENTON-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MNBENTON-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (43)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Benton County, Minnesota     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Benton County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Benton County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Benton County, Minnesota  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Benton County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Benton County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Benton County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Benton County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Benton County obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Benton County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Minnesota--Rice.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Benton County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)

Societies

• Benton County Historical Society  Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (18)

Transportation and Industry

• Benton County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Building histories of Benton County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Patents  Benton County, Minnesota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Benton County  Minnesota Births
• Benton County Births      (Source: Minnesota Births)
• Benton County Minnesota Deaths      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Benton County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Minnesota Marriages  Benton County     (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Benton County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Benton County, Minnesota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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