Erwin Glenn Fitzgerald
1895 - 1953


Blue Earth County, Minnesota
This Site is part of
The MNGenWeb and The USGenWeb®

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.

Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ Lookups ~ What's New
Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images
Cemeteries ~ Military ~ Native American Resources ~ Odds & Ends
New Site> 'Minnesota Meanderings' [Off Site] Eclectic MN Resources

Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images

Basic Vitals: B ~ M ~ D

Minnesota Birth Files 1990-2020: Reclaim the Records
The files are in csv format
Uploaded in 2023

Please use this Link
If you wish to look at other MN County Birth Records, Please Use This Link

Mankato Births & Deaths

Births: 1913 > 1914- Index [Film # 1685537] ~ Deaths: 1913 > 1915-Index [Film # 1685537]
Please use this link for the film.

Family Search ~ "Collections" for Minnesota Neighboring States

Iowa ~ North Dakota ~ South Dakota ~ Wisconsin
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links

Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages
This link is for folks born in Minnesota and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925
[Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses]
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link.

LDS Vital Records: Births & Marriages
MN Birth Index: 1935 > 2002 ~ 1840 > 1980
Marriages: 1860 > 1949 ~ 1849 > 1950 ~ 1958 > 2001
LDS Film 868493: Marriages, 1865-1866 & 1870
DAR Film: Images 52 - 78 - Please use this link for the film
Copied by Grace Brewster
Anthony Wayne Chapter, DAR

Death Records:
Family Search and Catalog Films
Deaths: 1908 > 2002 ~ Deaths & Burials: 1835 > 1990

From the FS Catalog: Birth and Death Records: LDS films
1915 Birth index 1870-1927 Births and deaths, v. 1-A - v. 2
1870-1885

Birth register, v. 3 1886-1895
LDS Film 1309284

Birth register, v. 3 1886-1895
LDS Film 1309284

Birth registers, v. 4 - v. 7 1896-1927 Death index 1870-1927
LDS Film: 1309285

Births and deaths, v. 1 - v. 2 1875-1885 (deaths only)
Death registers, v. 3 - v. 7 1871-1927
LDS film: 1309286

and...
Funeral cards, 1987-1989
Mankato Mortuary (Mankato, Minnesota) LDS Film 1651939
1987: Images 4 - 141
1988: Images 142 - 404
1989: Images 405 - 644
12 Mar 1989 [Last Entry]
The information on the cards are not always complete but could give: the name and address of the deceased and the informant, birthdate and place of deceased, death date and place, where buried, length of residence in community and prior residence, parents' names and birthplace, spouse's name and marriage date, occupation, church membership, survivors' names, funeral costs, and other information.

Obituaries

Obituaries from 2 Mankato Newspapers [Family Search Catalog]
Mankato Weekly Review: FS, Film #1671511 - A - Z Card Index, 1869-1879, Item #2
Mankato Daily Free Press: 1888 - 1982 ~ Please use this Link for Film List

Obituaries: Updated and Combined: 2009 - December 2023

HeritageHub: Mankato Free Press
Please use this link for the Index
Note: HeritageHub is available in local Public Libraries, access with your Library Card

September 2024
Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years.
But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha

There is a website dedicated to Canadian Obits
from local papers.
Please use this link.US Obituaries

The J R Nieves Legacy Collection of Obituary Indexes
This is the link for all of the United States
This is the link for Minnesota
This is the link for Countries of the World


California, Oakland, Alameda Co., Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011
The images are available on Family Search, Sign in for access.
Here is a set of resources for Oakland, Alameda Co., CA


Obituaries: American Historical Society German's from Russia, 1899-2012
[FS Searchable database with Newspaper Clippings]
Here is the WebSite for the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia


"Tidbits of Sublette County, Wyoming"
Compiled by:
Anna Lee Woffinden
Please use this Link: There are Indexes for the Booklets
They contain all sorts of newspaper articles:
Birth, Death, Marriages, Funeral & Burial Announcements and Accidents

Obituary Index [Minnesota State University]
Minnesota Digital Library

Obituaries, Newspapers & Bulletins
The Minnesota Historical Society has a great set of Digitized Newspapers.
There are 4 early ones for Mankato:
Mankato Free Press: 1879-1924
Mankato Independent: 1857-1863
Mankato Record: 1859-1879
Mankato Union: 1863-1879
Please use this Link for the MN Historical Society Digital Newspaper Hub

Chronicling America ~ Google News Archive
Minnesota Historical Society - Old Bulletins

<<<New>>>
23 October 2024
The Family Search Catalog has an extensive collection of Obituaries from the Mankato Daily Press
Author:

Mankato State University (Minnesota). Southern Historical Center
I have created a chart which gives the image ranges for each of the 15 films.
Each Film is linked.
Film #  / Years Img Rge Film #  / Years Img Rge
1672663 / 1888 - 1936 1671512 / Item 1 / 1940 - 1960
A  5 - 764 A - B 5 - 200
Ba - Bu 765 - 2651 C - E 201 - 400
F - I 401 - 681
1672664 / 1888 - 1936 J - L 682 - 929
Bu  - By  4 - 294 Mc - O 930 - 1175
C 295 - 1718 P - R 1176 - 1312
D 1719 - 2912 S - V 1313 - 1627
W - Z 1628 - 1767
1671363 / 1888 - 1936
E  4 - 645 1671512 / Item 2 / 1973 - 1981
F  646 - 1599 A 1771 - 2255
G 1600 - 2647 B - Brak 2256 -3197
Ha - Hal 2648 - 2880
1671513 / 1973 - 1981
1671364 / 1888 - 1936 Bran - Bz 4 - 435
Hal  - Hy 4 - 1929 C 436 - 1040
I 1930 - 2004 D 1041 - 1649
J - Jones, W 2005 - 2941 E  1650 - 2022
F 2023 - 2606
1671365 / 1888 - 1936 Ga - Gu 2607 - 3201
Jones, W - Ju 4 - 102
K 103 - 1414 1671514 / 1973 - 1981
L 1415 - 2733 Gu - Gz 4 - 79
Ma - Mc Duff, S 2735 - 2949 H 80 - 1316
 I 1317 - 1365
1671366 / 1888 - 1936 J 1360 - 1950
Mc Duff. W - Mc Wo 4 - 266 K 1951 -2864
M  267 - 1921 L - La 2865 - 3127
N 1922 - 2472
O - Ow 2473 - 2946 1671515 / 1973 - 1981
Lea - Ly 4 - 453
1671367 / 1888 - 1936 M - Ma 453 - 810
Ow - Cont'd 4 - 51 Mc 811 - 954
P 52 - 1358 Me - My 955 - 1709
Q 1359 - 1414 N 1710 - 2143
R 1415 - 2658 O 2144 - 2520
S - Schme 2659 - 3042 P 2521 - 3204
1671510 / 1888 - 1936 1671616 / 1973 - 1981
Schmi - Sz 4 - 2328 Q 4 - 59
T 2329 - 3158 R 60 - 799
S 80 - 1643
1671511 /  Item 1 / 1888 - 1936 T 2644 - 3154
U 4 - 78
V 79 - 273 1671617 / Item 1 / 1973 - 1981
W 274 - 1961 U 4 - 56
Y  1962 - 2076 V 57 - 224
Z 2077 - 2251 W 225 - 1138
X Y Z 1139 - 1345
1671511 / Item 2/ 1869 - 1879
Mankato "Weekly Review" 1671617 / Item 2/ 1934 - 1982
A - C 2256 - 2289 Cooper, C H / DOD 1934 1349
D - J 2390 - 2571 Ford, L A / DOD 1967 1350
K - O 2572 - 2709 Petterson, G S / DOD 1965 1351
P - Z 2710 - 2916 Wigley, E J / DOD 1982 1352


Mankato Weekly [Union]

1863 - 1867
This roll of film was found on the Archive.org Web Site
There are some months missing in various years, but it is still a
wonderful resource. Especially since Chronicling America does not have some
of these years. [Chron Am, Blue Earth Newspapers]
The whole roll is huge, over 700 pages and 600 mb, but it is a searchable pdf file.
So...
Here are sections split out to years that can be downloaded and searched.
1863 ~ 1864 ~ 1865 ~ 1866 ~ 1867

Below is a 'sample article'
Wouldn't it be great to find this to add to your 'family stories?'

Source:
The Mankato Weekly Union, Friday, August 7,1863

Family Search: Historical Images
Records that are not available with the traditional FS Search
Locations:
Amboy, Garden Center, Lincoln Township, Vernon Center,
Mankato and St Clair

The various types of Records:
Church Records:
Baptisms, Funerals, Pastor & Congregation Members

Misc Birth Records
Biographies ~ Brands
Burials ~ Funeral Cards ~ Cemetery Data ~ Obituaries
Naturalization & Declaration of Intent ~ Military Data ~ Tax Lists
Time Frames: 1859 - 1989

Vital Records: Blue Earth Neighbors:
Brown, Nicolett, Le Sueur, Faribault, Martin, Waseca & Watonwan Counties

Please use this Link for the Chart with the Film Descriptions and Number
Then:Search, Catalog, and plug in the DGS Film number of interest from the
Chart in the 'Fiche-Film' slot

Note: If you want to do the searches for yourself:
To acess the Historical Images, log into your FS Account: Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images:
Enter Location of Interest

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

For information about adopting a Minnesota County, Please Contact Tim

If you have an idea or comment please let us know.
Information contained on all of the pages within the Blue Earth County portion of the MNGenWeb Project
may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes.

Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator.
Any person donating information in the future retains the right to have it returned to them upon request

Site Updated: 24 October 2024
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