ANOKA COUNTY:
An Inventory of Its Birth Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
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OVERVIEW
| Creator: | ||
| Title: | Anoka County (Minn) birth records. | |
| Dates: | 1870-1945. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Birth record books (1870-1931, Reels 10.1-11), birth returns sent to the county clerk of court by township and village clerks (1870-1908, Reels 1-6), birth record amendments (1908-1930, Reels 6-10), and delayed birth records (1825, 1870-1930, Reel 10). They cover the entire county. | |
| Quantity: | 12 microfilm reels. | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
OTHER FINDING AIDS
Includes a birth records index, 1870-1945 (Reel 10).
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions:
This set of birth records contains no restricted data and is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Anoka County (Minn) Birth Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Microfilm Production:
Salt Lake City, UT : Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001
Available on interlibrary loan from the Minnesota Historical Society. Inquiries regarding purchase should be directed to the Genealogical Society of Utah.
Location of Originals:
Consult with county officials regarding location of the originals.
Provenance:
These records were originally kept by the Anoka County District Court.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 2003-62
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990028877390104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Reel | |||||||||||
| SAM 426 | 10.1 | Birth Records Indexes, 1870-1945. 1 partial reel: | |||||||||
| Indexes to Birth Records volumes A-C and Birth Reports volumes 1-2. The indexes are grouped by first letter of surname, then roughly chronological. Entries contain the full name, and date of birth (month, day, year). For birth records volumes A-C (1870-1910), the index entries cite the volume [book] and page number of the entry. For birth reports volumes 1-2, index entries cite the page and line number of the entry. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: The indexes contain entries through 1945, but the microfilmed volumes contain birth records only through 1931. | |||||||||||
| Volume 1, 1870-1929. | |||||||||||
| Volume 2, 1930-1945. | |||||||||||
| Birth Record Books, [1870]-1931. 1 reel and 1 partial reel: | |||||||||||
| The records give date of birth, name, sex, color, place of birth, “full Christian name of each parent,” with birthplace, occupation of father, and date registered. Later entries may include the time of birth and the birth order number of the child born. All fields are not completed for all entries. | |||||||||||
| Birth Record [A], 1870-1898. | |||||||||||
| Entries are by year, thereunder by township/village/city, thereunder usually by filing date. Supplemental reports are found on pages 157-158 and 25B at the end of the volume. | |||||||||||
| Birth Record [B], 1899-1906. | |||||||||||
| Entries are alphabetical by first letter of surname, thereunder roughly chronological. | |||||||||||
| Index only, A-Mc. | |||||||||||
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| SAM 426 | 11 | Index, Mc-Y. | |||||||||
| Birth records, 1899-1906. | |||||||||||
| Birth Register C, 1906-1910. | |||||||||||
| Entries are alphabetical by first letter of surname, thereunder roughly chronological. | |||||||||||
| Birth Report [No. 1], 1911-1919. | |||||||||||
| Entries are chronological by year, thereunder by jurisdiction, thereunder roughly chronological by month and day. | |||||||||||
| Note that the birth report entries span two pages in the original volume; each page is filmed on a separate frame. | |||||||||||
| Birth Report [No. 2], 1920-1931. | |||||||||||
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| SAM 426 | 1 | Township Birth Records, 1870-1908. 5 reels and 1 partial reel: | |||||||||
| This series of birth records consists of two main units of records: “returns” of birth sent to the county clerk of court by the town/village/city clerk and “birth amendments” gathered by the county clerk of court to provide additional documentation on births that were inadequately reported to the county clerk at the time of the birth. | |||||||||||
| Returns of births were sent periodically, usually annually, to the clerk of court and give the date of birth, name, sex, and color of the child; names, ages, and birthplaces of parents; and the date registered. After 1898, the occupation of the parents, number of children born to the mother, and name of physician are included. All elements of the return are not completed for all births. Returns are arranged by reporting jurisdiction in roughly alphabetical order and thereunder are filed in roughly chronological order. The returns date from 1870 to 1908, although reports are not complete for all jurisdictions. | |||||||||||
| Birth amendments include affidavits of corrections to incomplete birth records and related documents, or copies of documents, proving that a birth occurred. These include, among other items, baptismal certificates, extracts from church records, copies of state or federal census entries, school records extracts or school census entries, life insurance policies, or signed affidavits of individuals present at the birth. The births covered by these amendments date from 1870 (frequently later for individual jurisdictions) to 1908. They are arranged by jurisdiction of birth and thereunder chronologically by date of birth (not date of the document supporting the birth). Most of the documents contained in the birth amendments unit were prepared between 1940 and 1970. | |||||||||||
| Retakes: Anoka Township Returns, 1871-1873. | |||||||||||
| Anoka Township Returns, 1871-1907. | |||||||||||
| Anoka Township Amendments, 1873-1908. | |||||||||||
| Anoka (city) Returns, 1878-1884. | |||||||||||
| Anoka County. Report of Births, 1886. | |||||||||||
| Report of births for the entire county arranged by township or city. | |||||||||||
| Anoka (city) Returns, 1885. | |||||||||||
| Anoka Township Returns, 1907. | |||||||||||
| Anoka (city) Returns, 1886-1897. | |||||||||||
| Anoka (city) Amendments, 1897. | |||||||||||
| Anoka (city) Returns, 1898-1907. | |||||||||||
| Amendments and returns are occasionally interfiled. | |||||||||||
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| SAM 426 | 2 | Anoka (city) Returns, 1907-1908. | |||||||||
| Anoka (city) Amendments, 1874-1888. | |||||||||||
| Anoka (city) Returns, 1903-1907. | |||||||||||
| [These are duplicated on roll 1]. | |||||||||||
| Anoka (city) Amendments, 1889-1908. | |||||||||||
| Bethel Township Returns, 1870-1895. | |||||||||||
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| SAM 426 | 3 | Bethel Township Returns, 1895-1907. | |||||||||
| Bethel Township Amendments, 1872-1908. | |||||||||||
| Blaine Township Returns, 1877-1907. | |||||||||||
| Blaine Township Amendments, 1882-1908. | |||||||||||
| Burns Township Returns, 1871-1907. | |||||||||||
| Burns Township Amendments, 1874-1908. | |||||||||||
| Centerville Township Returns, 1870-1902. | |||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||
| SAM 426 | 4 | Centerville Township Returns, 1890, 1902, 1897-1907. | |||||||||
| Many returns appear to be filed the year after the birth. Some of the returns in this grouping are duplicated on roll 3. | |||||||||||
| Centerville Township Amendments, 1874-1908. | |||||||||||
| Champlin Township Amendments, 1893. | |||||||||||
| 1 entry. | |||||||||||
| Columbia Heights (village) Returns, 1900-1905. | |||||||||||
| Linwood Township Returns, 1905. | |||||||||||
| 1 document. | |||||||||||
| Columbia Heights (village) Amendments, 1905. | |||||||||||
| Columbus Township Returns, 1872-1887. | |||||||||||
| Ham Lake Township Returns, 1905. | |||||||||||
| 1 document. | |||||||||||
| Columbus Township Returns, 1888-1907. | |||||||||||
| Columbus Township Amendments, 1881-1908. | |||||||||||
| Fridley Township Returns, 1875-1905. | |||||||||||
| Labeled Manomin Township to 1879. | |||||||||||
| Fridley Township Amendments, 1882-1908. | |||||||||||
| Grow Township Returns, 1871-1907. | |||||||||||
| Grow Township Amendments, 1874-1902. | |||||||||||
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| SAM 426 | 5 | Grow Township Amendments, 1902-1908. | |||||||||
| Ham Lake Township Returns, 1872-1907. | |||||||||||
| Ham Lake Township Amendments, 1876-1908. | |||||||||||
| Linwood Township Returns, 1872-1907. | |||||||||||
| Linwood Township Amendments, 1878-1906. | |||||||||||
| Oak Grove Township Returns, 1871-1907. | |||||||||||
| Oak Grove Amendments, 1870-1908. | |||||||||||
| Ramsey Township Returns, 1870-1895. | |||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||
| SAM 426 | 6 | Ramsey Township Returns, 1895-1907. | |||||||||
| Ramsey Township Amendments, 1873-1904. | |||||||||||
| Centerville Township Amendments, 1905. | |||||||||||
| Ramsey Township Amendments, 1905-1908. | |||||||||||
| Saint Francis Township Returns, 1871-1907. | |||||||||||
| Saint Francis Township Amendments, 1880-1908. | |||||||||||
| Birth Record Amendments, 1908-1930. 3 reels and 2 partial reels: | |||||||||||
| Supporting documents similar to those described in the birth amendments above. Filed by year (or group of years), thereunder alphabetically (with some misfilings). | |||||||||||
| 1908-1910 (as one group): | |||||||||||
| A-O. | |||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||
| SAM 426 | 7 | P-Z. | |||||||||
| 1911-1916 (as individual years). | |||||||||||
| Reel | |||||||||||
| SAM 426 | 8 | 1917-1922 (Nelson) (as individual years). | |||||||||
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| SAM 426 | 9 | 1922 (Nelson)-1928 (Erickson) (as individual years). | |||||||||
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| SAM 426 | 10 | 1928 (Erickson)-1930 (as individual years). | |||||||||
| Delayed Birth Records, 1825, 1870-1930. 1 partial reel. | |||||||||||
| Filed in chronological order by date of birth. Some of these entries are amendments to incomplete returns (similar to those appearing on earlier rolls) and some appear to have been totally unrecorded in the original records. Affidavits and related papers date through 1968 and are similar to those of the birth amendments above. | |||||||||||
| The 1825 entry is really a 1916 death record for Jonas Stromgren (born 1825) with correspondence correcting the entry dating back to 1835. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Vital statistics.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota. District Court (Anoka County).
- Places:
- Anoka County (Minn.) -- Statistics, Vital.
- Document Types:
- Birth records -- Minnesota -- Anoka County.
- Microforms.
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