Chisago County, Minnesota First created in 1851.
County Seat is Center City.

Cities, towns and communities include:  Center City, Chisago City, Franconia, Harris, Lindstrom, North Branch, Rush City, Shafer, Sunrise and Taylor Falls.

Chisago County is located in eastern Minnesota, with the state of Wisconsin at its eastern boundary.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Pine county to the north; Washington county to the south; and Anoka, Isanti and Kanabec counties to the west.  The Wisconsin counties of Polk and Burnett are to the east.

• Welcome to Chisago County  has Maps
• Chisago County Historical Society
  • P. O. Box 146 - Lindstrom, MN  55045-0146   Phone:  (651) 257-5310
• Wild River State Park, Center City, CHISAGO, MN
• City of Center City
• Chisago City Hall
• Chisago Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, includes the combined areas of Center City, Chisago City and Lindstrom.
• City of Lindstrom
• Lindstrom Public Library
•    30525 Linden Avenue - Lindstrom, MN  55045 -  Phone: (651) 257-2817.
• City of Taylors Falls
• Taylors Falls, Minnesota
• Taylors Falls Public Library
    
• 473 Bench Street - Taylors Falls, MN 55084  -  Phone: (651) 465-6905.
• City of Wyoming
 
• Chisago County Court House
  • 313 North Main Street - Center City, MN 55012  -  Phone: (651) 257-1300.
• Chisago County, Minnesota
   
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Department of Health
• How to order a birth or death certificate from the Minnesota Department of Health.
Contact the Minnesota Department of Health for certified Birth records from 1900 and certified Death records from 1908.  Certificates may be ordered by mail, phone, fax, and in person at the office.  There is a fee for obtaining birth or death certificates.
Minnesota Department of Health
  Attention: Vital Records
  717 Delaware Street Southeast
  P.O. Box 9441
  Minneapolis, MN  55440-9441
  Phone: 612-676-5120 (For birth records, press 4; For death records, press 5)
Records prior to these years, may be requested from the County  Registrar/Recorder in the county where the event occurred.
• Instructions on obtaining certificates of marriage or divorce decrees and index search.
• MN Dept. of Health list of County Registrars/Recorders: choose county

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Additional Research Resources:

• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page.
• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Minnesota State Archives.
• Minnesota's State Government Libraries.
• North Star: Minnesota Libraries.
• Minnesota State Symbols.
• Minnesota Historical Society Library.
• MHS: Minnesota Women's History
Minnesota State History.
• Minnesota Genealogical Society Library
   5768 Olson Memorial Highway - Golden Valley, MN 55422 Phone: (612) 595-9347.
• Ancestry.com: Minnesota Resources
• NARA: National Archives and Records Administration.
• The Genealogy Page.
• Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Massachusetts town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
• U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for Minnesota.
• USA Veterans' Administration
  
• Animated MAPs: The Formation of the Contiguous States through additions of territories andstates and The Evolution of United States County Boundaries by Ed Stephans.
  

Professional  Research
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.  Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.

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Printed resources for this page include:

School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.
 
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