Brown County, Minnesota
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Hello:
My name is Martha and I am the County Coordinator for Brown County.
I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil.
I am happy to answer questions and I may be able to help you locate that 'missing piece of your Ancestral Pie'
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
Search Brown County
This Site is part of
The MNGenWeb and The USGenWeb®
Hello:
My name is Martha and I am the County Coordinator for Brown County.
I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil.
I am happy to answer questions and I may be able to help you locate that 'missing piece of your Ancestral Pie'
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
Search Brown County
Brown County Neighbors:
Blue Earth ~ Cottonwood ~ Nicollet
Redwood ~ Renville ~ Watonwan
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| History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ Lookups ~ What's New The Wiki for Brown County can be found here. [wikiwand] Brown County Townships & Villages History, Formation, Misc Info "History of Brown County, Minnesota," 1916, Fritsche, L A Chapter VIII Pages 298-345  Brown County Historical Society [Massive amount of Resources, but no Online Links]  Biographies ~ Books "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 Indexes and Sections are Here Read Online or Download [Archive.org] "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 "History of Brown County, Minnesota Its People, Industries And Institutions " L. A. Fritsche, M D, Editor With Biographical Sketches Of Representative Citizens And Genealogical Records Of Many Of The Old Families Volumes I & II, 1916 B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana The Index is Here: Historical and Biographical
"History of the Minnesota Valley"
Table of Contents listing the Page Numbers for the Chapters
"Who's Who in Minnesota" 1958: Centennial Edition Lithographed in USA Brown Printing Co., Waseca, Minn. The Index is Here ~ Brown County Pages are Here The book can be downloaded here. "Memorial Record of Southwestern Minnesota" Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897 Brown County Pages are Here The Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download "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] Blue Earth County is a Neighbor, be sure to check there for Biographies Nicollet County is also a Neighbor: The FS Wiki has a long list of Biographical Information for Minnesota / Use this link  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. 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 Historical Maps Plat Map - 1916: Brown County Click on Township of Interest, a Plat with Land / Property Owners names pops up. Perry - Castaneda Collection ~ David Rumsey Collection Note: The Rumsey Collection now has a 'Search Text in Maps' feature MN Department of Natural Resources ~ Railroad Maps More... From the Alabama Collection ~ 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 Queries, Mail Lists, Lookup Volunteers Cyndi's List has a list of Sites that may be used for posting Queries This is the Mail List for Minnesota: iogroups, Minnesota Lookup Volunteers and "Help Wanted" Types of Lookups: Obituaries ~ Books about Brown County Military Records ~ City Directories Please contact Martha if you have access to any of the above resources. I have access to the following Subscription Databases and am happy to do limited lookups: HeritageHub ~ My Heritage [Library Edition] and... 'History Hub' = New Lookup Service Search for Living People: Zaba Search And RAOGK "What's New" Medical Directories: "Medical and Surgical Directory of The United States" R L Polk & Co, Publishers, 1886 [MN Files] "Medical and Surgical Register of The United States" R L Polk, Publishers, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago 1890 [MN Files] 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: There are more of these Directories for the following years: Scroll [Archive.org Site] Years: 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898,1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917 The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free accessed. 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 try and 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] And a specific Set of Records "Minnesota, Church Records, 1798-1991" Family Search Database: Please use this Link |
"The Fine Print"
Brown 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
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Information contained on all of the pages within the Brown County portion of the MNGenWeb Project may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes.
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