Blue Earth County, Minnesota
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Hello:
My name is Martha and I am the County Coordinator for Blue Earth.
I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil.
I am happy to answer questions and assist with locating research resources.
I can be contacted via Email using this link.

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History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ Lookups ~ What's New
Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images
Cemeteries ~ Military ~ Native American Resources ~ Odds & Ends

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Blue Earth County Neighbors:
Brown ~ Nicollet ~ Le Sueur ~ Waseca
Faribault ~ Martin ~ Watonwan

History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ Lookups ~ What's New Brief History of Blue Earth County The Wiki for Blue Earth County can be found here. Blue Earth County Historical Society The Blue Earth County Government Site has a very informative history. |||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\||| <<<New>>> Found on RootsWeb before the Shut-Down: Marriage Indexes: Mankato Free Press; 1947 & 1948 Obituary Indexes: Mankato Free Press: 1947 & 1948 Blue Earth County Historical Society Transcriptions. I cannot find digital Copies of 1947 or 1948, but FS may have the Marriage Records The Obituaries might be found in the Mary Zin Collection |||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\||| Biographies ~ Books "Personal Recollections Of Minnesota and Its People" Early History of Minneapolis John H Stevens, Minneapolis, Minn, 1890 The Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download "The Remarkable Men From Garden City" [Blue Earth County, Minnesota] Carlos Boynton ~ George M Palmer ~ George F Piper ~ Adoniram J Rockwood ~ Chelsea Rockwood ~ Amos W Warner Ellsworth C Warner ~ Eli S Warner ~ Fernando H Wellcome ~ Henry S Wellcome by E Winston Grundmeier Blue Earth County Historical Society Mankato, MN: 2003 Read Online or Download [FS Catalog-Books] "History of Blue Earth County With Biographies of it's Leading Citizens" Hughes, Thomas, Chicago Middlewest Publishing Company, Publishers, 1901 The Biographical Index is Here [Surnames] ~ Biographies are Here ~ Townships are Here [More Township Histories Here] "History of the Minnesota Valley": Blue Earth County By Edward B Neill : 1882 Index for Blue Earth County [Thanks Tim] I am happy to send scans. The book can be downloaded here, it is full of great information. "History of the Great Northwest and it's Men of Progress" CGW Hyde, 1901 Pub: The Minneapolis Journal - The Index is here. Read Online or Download "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography " by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Publication date 1900 Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes] Biographies from other County Histories. "With a connection to Blue Earth County" This collection was done a long time ago for the US Bio Project. I found the various County Histories on Heritage Quest and the Internet Archives The file is a searchable pdf. Happy Hunting The FS Wiki has a long list of Biographical Information for Minnesota / Use this link Individual Biography: William J Glynn Blue Earth County Historical Society |||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\||| More Historical Resources There are a lot of books that have been written about Minnesota, many of them have information about Individuals who either were born or who lived there for a time. Most of the Indexes for the books on the Archive.org site linked below do not break down the location, so searching them using "Blue Earth" is required. Using " Minnesota History" on the Archive.org Site gives these results. I found two books written about Swedish Immigrants in Minnesota. They are chock full of very interesting information: Biographies & Genealogies |||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\||| Blue Earth County Neighbors: Brown ~ Nicollet ~ Le Sueur ~ Waseca Faribault ~ Martin ~ Watonwan Interactive Map of Minnesota [1916] ~ Township Plat Maps Interested in another Minnesota County? Here is the List of Counties. Blue Earth Township Histories: Please use this link. |||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\||| Historical Maps Perry - Castaneda Collection ~ David Rumsey Collection MN Department of Natural Resources ~ Railroad Maps More... From the Alabama Collection ~ Historic Map Works ~ Earthquake Fault Maps UWM Libraries Digital Collections ~ Humboldt State University Map Collection ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps ~ MapGoose Surveyors Maps: 1850's [Base Maps] [Click on 'Download County' at left] Maplandia for Minnesota |||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\||| Mail Lists, Lookup Volunteers, This is the Mail List for Minnesota: iogroups, Minnesota |||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\||| Lookup Volunteers and "Help Wanted" Types of Lookups: Obituaries ~ Books about Blue Earth Military Records ~ City Directories Please contact Martha if you have access to any of the above resources. Donald Broadwell lives in Mankato and is willing to look up information on birth and death records after 1870 John Dalby will do lookups in an extensive database and list of publications. ~ Database features. I have access to the following Subscription Databases and am happy to do limited lookups: Databases [Library Editions] ~ Newspapers.com 'America's Genealogy Bank' ~ HeritageHub My Heritage Below are the Catagories of Resources in the Library Edition of "My Heritage" Census & Voter Lists ~ Histories, Memories & Biographies ~ Birth, Marriage & Death Public Records ~ Schools & Universities ~ Directories, Guides & References Maps ~ Immigration & Travel ~ Books & Publications Military ~ Newspapers ~ Family Trees ~ Photos ~ Government, Land, Court & Wills I will do limited lookups on My Heritage: contact Martha History Hub' = New Lookup Service Search for Living People: Zaba Search And RAOGK |||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\|||☺|||/VVV\||| "What's New" The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free accessed. The Chart below is linked to each resource: Entitled: "Browse by Category" Genealogy/ Personal History Private Sector Wars/ International Relations Time Spans Businesses Civil War 1800 –1900 Foundations World War II 1900 –1940 Casualties Labor Unions Korean War 1940 –1955 Civilians Securities Vietnam War 1955 –1965 Military Personnel Places Cold War 1965 –1975 Immigrants Countries Diplomatic Records 1975 –1985 Prisoners of War States Government Spending 1985 –1995 Indexes to Counties Contracts 1995 – present Photographs Cities/Towns Textual Records Zip Codes Grants and Assistance Browse by Subject Family Search "Collections" There is a wealth of Family and Historical information contained on the FamilySearch WebSite. It can be overwhelming to figure out where to start. So, I have created concentrated categories of databases which are accessible via linked pdf files. All of the pdf files for the information listed below can be found using this link. Cemeteries, Etc [Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves] Church Records[ Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]] Legal Documents and Resources [Court, Estate, Probate Records] Migration - Naturalization - Travel [ Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports] Military [Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]] Odds and Ends [Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home] Vital Records [Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records] "Minnesota, Church Records, 1798-1991" Family Search Database: Please use this Link