Historical Land Ownership Records of Minnesota

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Swift County Minnesota Genealogy & Family History Resources
(Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Appleton, Benson, Clontarf, Danvers, De Graff, Kerkoven, Murdock, Regal, Swift Falls)

Established: February 18, 1870
Parent County: Chippewa
County Seat: Benson

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301 14th Street N
P.O. Box 50
Benson, MN 56215
Phone: (320) 843-3544
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Swift County Minnesota Migrations
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.
A History of The House of Emigrants
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University of Minnesota
A Select Bibliography of Works:
Norwegian-American Immigration and Local History
Swedish Immigration
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Velkommen to Trønderlag of America
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301 14th St N
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Benson, Minnesota 56215
[In Swift County, the records date back to the 1870's. The first Register of Deeds in Swift County took office in 1871]
Original Land Owners Indexed in the Government Land Office Records Database
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North Star Chapter of Germans From Russia
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Swift County Minnesota Genealogy & Family History Resources (Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities: Appleton, Benson, Clontarf, Danvers, De Graff, Kerkoven, Murdock, Regal, Swift Falls) Established: February 18, 1870 Parent County: Chippewa County Seat: Benson

Swift County Minnesota Genealogy & Family History Resources
(Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Appleton, Benson, Clontarf, Danvers, De Graff, Kerkoven, Murdock, Regal, Swift Falls)

Established: February 18, 1870
Parent County: Chippewa
County Seat: Benson