Freeborn County, Minnesota My name is Martha, I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil. I am the Coordinator for Freeborn County Questions? Research Query? I might be able to assist in locating that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'. Contact: Martha Table of Contents History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups ~ Queries Vital Records ~ Military ~ Obituaries ~ Cemeteries Native American's ~ Family Search: Films & Historical Images ~ Crime & Punishment ~Odds and Ends  'Minnesota Meanderings' [Off Site] Eclectic MN Resources Freeborn's Neighbors: Minnesota Faribault ~ Mower ~ Steele ~ Waseca ~ Dodge [Corner] Iowa Neighbors: Mitchell [Corner] ~ Winnebago ~ Worth Native American's ~ Family Search: Films & Historical Images ~ Crime & Punishment ~ Odds and Ends Native American Resources Tribal Nations in Minnesota "Tracing Your American Indian Ancestry" There are 11 federally recognized American Indian Tribes in Minnesota A search on Archive.org site using "Indians in Minnesota" gives this result. |||☺||| Native Americans ~ Wiki + Additional History which includes the Dakota Wars There are 11 federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota A search on the Archive.org Site shows these results. News Article: Burial Mounds U.S.,Records Related to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910 Family Search has a lot of information on Indian Enrollments and Allotments Family Search: Historical Images & Catalog Resources Family Search has an awesome collection of Resources, many of which are in separate sections: These are filmed records that are not typically found doing generic searches on FamilySearch Rather than put some of them with Vital Records, this whole set of new Resources will be listed below. Access all of them after you log into your Account: Search: Then either select 'Images' or 'Catalog' and use the links provided below. Some Vitals Birth & Death Records: 1870-1981 Marriage records, 1857-1917: FS Catalog Collections: Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949 Alden Twp, 1870-1981, Birth, also Delayed Birth Rec's, Death Rec's More Vitals, Birth, Marriage, Death: 1857-1981 |||☺||| Naturalization Records Petitions, Declaration of Intent, Citizenship |||☺||| Family Histories & Biographies: Films Family Histories: 008128235, Item 3 007549506, Biographies 007560991, Conger, Freeborn, MN, 1818-1999, Misc |||☺||| Wills, Probate and Court Records Minnesota will records : Collection Record, 1849-1985 Author: Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minnesota) Minnesota, Freeborn County, Wills, 1857-1974 Author: Minnesota. Probate Court (Freeborn County); Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minnesota) Wills, 1857-1925 Author: Minnesota. Probate Court (Freeborn County) Misc. Court Records: 1913-1920, Film 1315846, Item 1 [Vol C] Probate Case Files, 1857-1910; index to probate case files, 1857-1910 Author: Minnesota. Probate Court (Freeborn County) Case File Indexes, Film 2131621 / Item 2 Images: A - B: Img Range: 652-655 C - E: Img Range: 656-661 F - I: Img Range: 661-671 J - L: Img Range: 671-678 M - O: Img Range: 678-686 P - R: Img Range: 686-690 S - T: Img Range: 690-697 U - Z: Img Range: 697-699 Actual Files are Here: Probate Orders, v. 17, 1902-1919 Author: Minnesota. Probate Court (Freeborn County) |||☺||| And Lastly: Military Records Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941 Military, Muster Rolls, Society Rec's Minnesota DAR Records: FS Catalog Iowa DAR Records: FS Catalog |||☺||| Additionally there is a large list of Military Films Film #'s: 7552389: 1870-1992, 8610801: 1853-1939, 8594290: 1851-1976 8594291: 1819-1975, 8731285: 1919-1962, 8731283: 1917-1990 8731284: 1868-1990, 7796988: 1896-1936, 100132718: 1941-1946 4203990: 1918, 4204051: 1917-1918, 100132717: 1941-1946 Access: Log Into Family Search, Search, Catalog, Insert film # of Interest into 'Fiche/Film Slot Crime and Punishment "Professional Criminals of America" By Thomas Byrnes Inspector of Police and Chief of Detectives: New York City Cassell & Company, Limited 739 & 741 Broadway, New York Copyright, 1886 By Thomas Brynes The Addenda and Index begin on Page 412 Read Online or Download [FS] Minnesota Public Criminal History |||☺||| Family Search FS: United States Prison Records Family Search, Catalog, Film: Prison Records 1617966 ~ Mc Neil Island 1906: Crime Booklet 956170 ~ Territorial Prison at Yuma, AZ 978902 ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, 1851-1867 [Index] 978903 ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, 1851-1867, Register 978904 ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, 1876-1889, Register 978905 ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, 1889-1897, Register 978906 Vol A ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, List of Convicts, AC 978906 Vol B ~ 978906 Vol C 978907 ~ CA State Prison, Folsom 978907 ~ Register, 1884-1886 [Prisoner #s 11092-12354] |||☺||| Historical Records: FBI "Vault" Historical Information: Minnesota State Prisons Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: Minnesota Odds and Ends >>>What's New<<< Book Assortment: Biography, Crime ~ Medical ~ Who's Who There are  download links for Archive.org & Google E Book Items  Minnesota Books Updated with Links All of the Books below may be found either in the FS Catalog, Archive. org Site or Google Books ~ They are fully searchable pdf files. "Men of Minnesota A Collection of the portraits of men prominent in business..." Published By The Minnesota Historical Company 215 Nat. Ger. Am. Bank Bldg: 1902 And new Edition for 1915. "Memorial Record Of Southwestern Minnesota, Illustrated" Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company: 1897 "Minnesota and Its People" Illustrated: Vol's III & IV Chicago: The S J Clarke Publishing company: 1924 "The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men" Minnesota Volume New York and Chicago American Biographical Publishing Company: 1879 "Who's Who in Minnesota" Centennial Edition: 1858 - 1958 Hugh L White, Publisher ~ Bernice White, Editor ~ Avis Person, Assoc. Editor Note: There are quite a few MN Sho's Who Books available. "Who's Who Among Minnesota Women..." Compiled and Published By Mary Dillon Foster: 1914 "The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States" Edited By: William B Atkinson, M D: Author of "Hints in the Obstertic Procedure," etc... Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878 There are three Indexes, "Alpha", "Local" & "Analytical" The two most useful are Alpha and Local There is a large collection of 'like' Books, Medically Related: Use this Link The Book can be read online or downloaded. "Woman's Who's Who of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada 1914-1915: John William Leonard, Editor-in-Chief New York: The American Commonwealth Company There is no Alpha Index, instead the Authors saw fit to make one that is titled: "Her Married Name". There is an Addenda - Corrections set of pages. The Bios are listed Alphabetically. The Addenda and 'Married Name' The book can be read online or downloaded "Men of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries Edited By: John W Leonard L R Hamersly & Company One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1908 There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical : Google Books: Read Online or Download "Men and Women of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries L R Hamersly & Company One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1910 Copyright 1909 By L R Hamersly & Company, New York There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical Read Online or Download "The American Bar" The Professional Directoy of Lawyers of the World Sarah Livermore: Editor Sixty-Second Annual Edition: 1980 Published by: Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates, Inc Minneapolis, Minnesota Please use this link for Index and Split Sections >>>New<<< A new Archive Service: Archive-It Here is a new way to search MN Digital Newspapers Please use this Link Canadian Records Canadian Digital Newspapers ~ Canadian Digital Archives ~ Canadian Genealogy There is a website dedicated to Canadian Obits from local papers.Please use this link |||☺||| Newspapers: More Lookups Free Digital Archival Newspapers Minnesota Historical Society - General Resources Minnesota Historical Society: Digital Newspapers |||☺||| Other Sources for Free Archival Digital Newspapers Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free] Carnegie Mellon Library: Digital Collections |||☺||| California Digital newspapers This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers, but many of them have articles from other States including Minnesota Use this Link |||☺||| "Reclaim the Records" The above site uses the 'Freedom of Information' act to initiate access to records. |||☺||| Freeborn 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: Here is the list of Counties All materials, images, sounds and data contained herein are not to be copied or downloaded for purposes of duplication, distribution or publishing without the express written permission of the Freeborn County Coordinator. All data will stay with the MNGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of theWebmaster. All Rights Reserved Online Continuosly Since 1997 Site Updated: 21 December 2024