Carver County, Minnesota First created in 1855 from Hennepin County.
County Seat is Chaska.

Cities, towns and communities include:  Carver, Chanhassen, Chaska, Cologne, Mayer, Norwood and  Waconia.

Carver County is located in central Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Wright and Hennepin counties to the north; Hennepin county to the east; Scott county to the southeast; Sibley County to the southwest; and McLeod county to the west.

• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council - Shakopee Mdewakanton
• Welcome to Carver County, Minnesota!
• Carver County Historical Society
   555 West First Street, Waconia, MN
   Phone:  612-442-4234 - Fax:  612-442-3025 - E-mail:  historical@co.carver.mn.us
• A Very Brief History of Carver County, by Leanne Brown, Exec. Director of the Carver Co. Historical Society.
• Who was Jonathan Carver?, by Leanne Brown, Exec. Director of the Carver Co. Historical Society.
• The Chaska Historical Society -
   205 East Fourth Street - Chaska, MN  55318 (612) 448-6077.
• MNGenweb for Carver County Genealogy, by  Kathy Hines, includes
• 1880 township plat maps for Benton, Camden, Chanhassen, Chaska, Dahlgren, Hancock, Hollywood, Lake Town, San Francisco, Waconia, Watertown and Young America  townships.
• Selected Carver County Census.
• Village of Chanhassen with History
• Chaska, MN (Chamber of Commerce site) - information and directory with area churches
• Carver County Libraries:
• Chaska Library
  3 City Hall Plaza - 4th and Pine Streets - Chaska, MN 55318 Phone: (612) 448-3886.
• Carver County Courthouse
  
   600 East 4th Street - Chaska, MN 55318-2158  -  Phone: (612)-361-1500.
• Carver County Recorder
  
   600 East 4th Street,   Chaska, Mn 55318  -  Phone: (612) 361-1930.

• 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
• 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!
• Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, General Land Office, allows for a search of land patents in Minnesota, between 1820 and 1908.
• 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.

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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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