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Winona Public Library
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1247
Location: 151 West 5th St.
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: (507) 452-4860

Web Address
Email: carolb@selco.lib.mn.us
Hours:  Monday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesday & Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Wednesday & Friday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday in Summer 9 a.m.-noon
Located in: Winona County, Minnesota
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Local History & Genealogy Materials Available Include the Following Types of Material. Click on a heading for more specific information about that subject.

Cemetery Indexes (Winona County)
Census Materials
City & County Directories
County Histories & Biographical Sketches
Local Newspapers
      Winona County
Newspaper Indexes
Plat Maps & Books
Yearbooks
 
CEMETERY INDEXES (Winona County)
The Resting Places of Winona County, Minnesota (7 vols.) published by the Winona County Genealogy Roundtable (1992?)
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CENSUS
County Dates Can Copy?
Minnesota--Federal Census
   Winona County

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890*, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
* denotes special Veterans census only Blue Earth-Yellow Medicine, MN

yes
 
yes
Minnesota--State Census
   Winona County

1857, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905

yes
yes
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CITY & COUNTY DIRECTORIES
Winona city directories, 1875-present (incomplete)
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COUNTY HISTORIES & BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
History of Winona County (1913)
Winona and its Environs... (1897)
History of Winona County (1883)
We have a searchable catalog online at our web address: www.selco.lib.mn.us/winona/default.htm.
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LOCAL NEWSPAPERS -- Published in Winona County
Place of Publication & Titles Dates Format Can Copy?
Winona
   Winona Daily News
   Winona Republican Herald

1954-present
1860-1954

microfilm
microfilm

yes
yes
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NEWSPAPER INDEXES
A card index to the newspaper (which includes obituaries) starts in the 1960s, then continues on computer disc.
Deaths Recorded in Winona City and County, Minnesota, Directories, 1906-1930
Index to Births, Deaths & Marriages Reported in the Winona Daily Republican-Herald, 1859-1901
Clipping files on popular historical subjects, e.g. Wilkie Steamboat, Princess Winona, Sugar Loaf, etc.
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PLAT MAPS & BOOKS
County Dates
Winona County 1867, 1894, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1988
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YEARBOOKS
Place & School Year Published
Winona, Winona Co., MN
   High School Alumni Directory

1993
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 Last updated: April 2004

 

 

 


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