CEMETERY
INDEXES (Olmsted County)
We have indexed transcripts from Olmsted, Mower, Wabasha & Winona
counties (MN), and some from Dodge, Goodhue, Fillmore, & Houston
counties.
We have indexed funeral home records from many Olmsted County undertakers and
records of one funeral home in Pine Island, Goodhue County. We also have a scrapbook
from Vine Funeral Home in Olmsted County that is indexed.
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COUNTY
HISTORIES & BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Histories
of 40 other Minnesota counties for surrounding counties
Biographical index to military resources at Olmsted County Historical Society
Library.
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| County |
Dates |
Can
Copy? |
| Minnesota--Federal
Census |
1850, 1860*, 1870 *,
1880#, 1900#,
1910, 1920#, 1930 (on order)
* denotes printed index
# denotes Soundex microfilm index |
yes
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Minnesota--State
Census
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1857*, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905
* denotes index (Olmsted Co. only) |
yes
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CITY & COUNTY
DIRECTORIES
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Rochester
city directories, 1873-1993
Olmsted County directories
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LOCAL
NEWSPAPERS -- Published in Olmsted County
The newspaper coverage is from 1859-present for the city of
Rochester. We also have some microfilm of area newspapers: Byron, Chatfield,
Dover, Elgin, Eyota, Pine Island, St. Charles and Stewartville.
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| Place
of Publication & Titles |
Dates |
Format |
Can Copy? |
Byron
Byron Bulletin
Byron Review
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1913-1914
1868-1970 |
microfilm
microfilm
|
yes
Yes
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Chatfield
Chatfield Democrat
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1857-1902 |
microfilm
|
yes
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Dover
Dover Independent |
1906;
1908;
1941-1945 |
microfilm
|
yes
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Elgin
Elgin Monitor |
1904-1942 |
microfilm
|
yes
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Eyota
Eyota Advertiser |
1869-1878
(Ju-Dec 1876
missing) |
microfilm
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yes
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Pine Island
Pine Island Journal
Pine IslandRecord |
1882-1885;
1890-1891
1891-1910 |
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm |
yes
yes
yes |
Renville
Star Farmer |
1917
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microfilm
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yes
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Rochester
Central Record
Daily Post & Record
Federal Union
Minnesota Record
Olmsted County Democrat
Post & Record Record & Union
Rochester City News
Rochester City Post
Rochester Daily Bulletin
Rochester News
Rochester Post
Rochester Post-Bulletin
Rochester Republican |
1871-1872
1899-1919
1871-1874
1872-1874
1886-1912
1899-1912
1877-1899
1859-1860
1859-1866
1887-1924
1859
1860-1899
1925-present |
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm |
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes |
St. Charles
St. Charles Herald
St. Charles Times |
1867-1974
1874-1882;
1891-1901 |
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm |
yes
yes
yes |
Stewartville
Stewartville Star
Stewartville Times |
1893-1894;
1904-1915;
1918-1934;
(some missing
issues)
1936-1976
1898-1906 |
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm
microfilm |
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes |
MANUSCRIPTS & PUBLIC
RECORDS COLLECTIONS
Rochester city clerk's records, 1858-1958
Vertical files, pertaining to Rochester & Olmsted County, containing
photographs,
family histories, manuscripts, pamphlets, etc.
Wedding scrapbooks, 1934-1959 (indexed)
Church Records
Immanuel Lutheran Church Records (Potsdam, MN) (indexed)
Photographs
Cutshall photography collection [first 40,000 of approximately 65,000 are indexed]
Hoffman photo collection (not indexed)
Probate Records
Indexed probate & guardianship records from Olmsted County, 1864-mid 1950s
War Information
World War II service information sheets for Olmsted County (indexed)
Draft registrations for World War I for Minnesota (whole state)
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NEWSPAPER
INDEXES
Index 1859-1912 of early Rochester newspapers
Biographical index to miscellaneous sources
Obituary index to the Rochester Post-Bulletin, 1979-present
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| County |
Dates |
| Olmsted |
1877, 1896,
1964, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1993 |
We have some plat maps for surrounding counties.
We also have Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Rochester for 1899, 1904, 1914, 1920,
1928. |
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| VITAL
RECORDS INDEXES |
We have vital records from:
City of Rochester birth & death, 1871-1940 (indexed)
Olmsted County
Births, 1871-1930 (indexed)
Marriages, 1856-1955
Deaths, 1871-1997 (missing mid 1992-mid 1994)
Other Minnesota counties for which we have birth, marriage & death
records include:
Blue Earth
Carver
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Jackson
Mower
Nicollet
Pipestone
Rice
Scott
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Iowa counties for which we have birth, marriage & death records include:
Allamakee
Howard
Mitchell
Winneshiek
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| Place & School |
Year Published |
Rochester,
Olmsted Co., MN
High Schools
Century
Lourdes (Catholic)
Mayo
Rochester
Post-Secondary
Rochester Junior College
(later Rochester Community College) |
1998-present
1946-1994 (some issues missing)
1967-present (missing 1987, 1988, 1992)
1914-present (some earlier issues)
1928-1984
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| Last
updated: April 2002 |
