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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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. <<<New>>> Found on RootsWeb before the Change-Over 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 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] ~ Read Online or Download [Archive.org] "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 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 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. Historical Maps Perry - Castaneda Collection ~ David Rumsey Collection Note: The Rumsey Collection now features 'Searching Text in/on Maps' 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 Mail Lists, Lookup Volunteers, This is the Mail List for Minnesota: iogroups, Minnesota 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. ~ New Link for John's Database I have access to the following Subscription Database and am happy to do limited lookups: Databases [Library Editions] ~ Newspapers.com 'America's Genealogy Bank' ~ HeritageHub History Hub' = New Lookup Service Search for Living People: Zaba Search And RAOGK <<<What's New>>> 31 May 2025 Also New... Tutorial on How to Search PDF Books and Publications on the Archive.org Site "Minnesota Medical Magazine" [Archive Link] Here is the Link at the Harvard Library, all of the Issues are linked to the Archive.org Site Volume 17-25 (1897-1905) of Northwestern Lancet, 26-31 (1906-1911) of the Journal of the Minnesota State Medical Association and Northwestern Lancet, 32-43, 45, 48-84, 86-88 (1912-1923, 1925, 1928-1964, 1966-1968) of Journal-Lancet, and 1-83 (1918-2000) of Minnesota Medicine are available online Owned and Published by The Minnesota Medical Association There are three 'Versions' beginning with the:  "Journal Lancet" [3 Issues] "The Journal Of The Minnesota State Medicae Association The Northwestern Lancet" [9 Issues] Then the final Version:" Minnesota Medical Magazine" [Still in Publication] These Magazines vary widely in Topic, but the baseline is Medical in Nature. When I began digging into them I discovered a unique window into Minnesota's Medical History. There Journal Articles about Diseases, Maladies, Surgical Procedures, along with the growth of the Medical Industry. There is such a wide variety, it was difficult to figure out what to share and leave the rest of the information for the Individual Researcher to glean. I have parsed out the Indexes: Please use this Link Along with the Indexes, there are Obituaries and Memorials. Some of the Memorials were lenghty: They can be found Here The Minnesota Medical Association has the Authority to prosecute persons who violate their laws. In almost every Volume there were Criminal Prosecutions. Some of the Cases were included on the pages with the memoirals Because there were dozens of Magazines to go thourgh, I created Yearly Sections of Information Indexes, Medical Rosters, Memorials, Obituaries, Articles 1904 - 1650 ~ 1951 - 1960 ~ 1961 - 1970 ~ 1971 - 1975 ~ 1976 - 1999 Lastly, There were Histories of Medicine  written for some Counties: The Chart Below gives the Year when the Article was Written and the Name of The MN County There are also Articles on Homeopathic Medicine, Lake Superior, Missabe Range, Pioneer Doctors . Also a History of the MN Medical Association and Early MN Hospitals Please Use This Link for the County Histories   Medical Directories: "Medical and Surgical Directory of The United States" R L Polk & Co, Publishers, These Books are just chock full of great data... Military Information is also included in these Books. Such As... Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards. Medical Corps of the United States Navy Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service. Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards. Note: Directories for the following years: Scroll [Archive.org Site] Years: 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917 "American Women : The official who's who among the women of the nation" by Howes, Durward, 1899- Publication date, 1937 - V2 There are two interesting Indexes: Geographical, Occupational There is one page of Necrology [Names, no Dates, A - K] The Biographies are Alpha and split into Sections. The Index for Minnesota and Missouri is here Read Online or Download [Archive.org] The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be viewed and downloaded. Please use this link for access. 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. FS adds to and creates new Collections on a regular basis. Here is the link to all of the Collections for Minnesota "Minnesota, Church Records, 1798-1991" Family Search Database: Please use this Link

"The Fine Print"
Blue Earth County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote

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