Faribault County, Minnesota
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My name is Martha, I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil.
I am the Coordinator for Faribault County
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History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups ~ Queries ~ Old Faribault Files
Vital Records ~ Military ~ Obituaries ~ Cemeteries
Native American's ~ Family Search: Films & Historical Images ~ Crime & Punishment ~Odds and Ends
Faribault's Neighbors: Minnesota
Blue Earth ~ Freeborn ~ Martin & Shares a Corner with Waseca
And in... Iowa
Kossuth ~ Winnebago
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History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups ~ Queries Historical Odds & Ends & Local Resources: Faribault County, Minnesota [FS Wiki] Cities, Unincorporated Communities & Townships   Biographies and Books The History of Faribault County Minnesota "In Three Parts"... By J A Kiester, Attorney At Law Minneapolis, Minn Harrison & Smith, Printers 1896 There is no specific 'Biographical Section' but there are brief sketches of leading folk and pioneers. The General Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download |||☺||| "Memorial Record Of The Counties Of Faribault, Martin, Watonwan And Jackson, Minnesota." Illustrated: Chicago. The Lewis Publishing Company. 1895. The Biographical Index Is Here Read Online Or Download |||☺||| "The American Bar" The Professional Directory of Lawyers of the World Sarah Livermore, Editor Gail Trowbridge, International Editor Sixty-Second Annual Edition: 1980 Published by: Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota The Minnesota Section 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 |||☺||| "Encyclopedia of Biography of Minnesota" by Judge Charles E Flandrau Vol I Chicago: The Century Publishing & Engraving Company, 1900 The Index is here: Download or Read Online |||☺||| "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] |||☺||| "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography " by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Publication date 1900 / Read Online or Download Appleton Review Historical Maps Getty Geographical Thesaurus ~ Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles Surveyor's Base Maps Historic Map Works ~ Genealogical University of Minnesota ~ Maps ~ Bureau of Land Management Minnesota Mining Maps ~ USGS Maps ~ 1869 Railroad Map ~ Sanborn Maps: Library of Congress Michael Fox Map Collection ~ Digitized Plat Maps / Atlases Map Goose ~ MN Department of Natural Resources The Alabama Collection ~ Surveyors Maps: 1850's [Base Maps] Borchert Map Library ~ "Home Town Locator" "Past Maps of Faribault County, Minnesota" 1916 Plat Map: Faribault County, Minnesota 1886 Plat Map: Faribault County, Minnesota [Blank Pgs Stripped] FS Catalog: Plat Maps Author: Faribault County (Minnesota). Register of Deeds Farmer's & Breeder's Plat Book: 1921 More...Plat Maps Author: Faribault County (Minnesota). Register of Deeds 1854 [Survey] & 1891 [Copied] Film 1703821, Item 2 <<<What's New>>> >>>New<<< 31 May 2025 Also New... Tutorial on How to Search PDF Books and Publications on the Archive.org Site "Minnesota Medical Magazine" [Archive Link] Here is the Link at the Harvard Library, all of the Issues are linked to the Archive.org Site Volume 17-25 (1897-1905) of Northwestern Lancet, 26-31 (1906-1911) of the Journal of the Minnesota State Medical Association and Northwestern Lancet, 32-43, 45, 48-84, 86-88 (1912-1923, 1925, 1928-1964, 1966-1968) of Journal-Lancet, and 1-83 (1918-2000) of Minnesota Medicine are available online Owned and Published by The Minnesota Medical Association There are three 'Versions' beginning with the: "Journal Lancet" [3 Issues] "The Journal Of The Minnesota State Medicae Association The Northwestern Lancet" [9 Issues] Then the final Version:" Minnesota Medical Magazine" [Still in Publication] These Magazines vary widely in Topic, but the baseline is Medical in Nature. When I began digging into them I discovered a unique window into Minnesota's Medical History. There Journal Articles about Diseases, Maladies, Surgical Procedures, along with the growth of the Medical Industry. There is such a wide variety, it was difficult to figure out what to share and leave the rest of the information for the Individual Researcher to glean. I have parsed out the Indexes: Please use this Link Along with the Indexes, there are Obituaries and Memorials. Some of the Memorials were lenghty: They can be found Here The Minnesota Medical Association has the Authority to prosecute persons who violate their laws. In almost every Volume there were Criminal Prosecutions. Some of the Cases were included on the pages with the memoirals Because there were dozens of Magazines to go thourgh, I created Yearly Sections of Information Indexes, Medical Rosters, Memorials, Obituaries, Articles 1904 - 1650 ~ 1951 - 1960 ~ 1961 - 1970 ~ 1971 - 1975 ~ 1976 - 1999 Lastly, There were Histories of Medicine written for some Counties: The Chart Below gives the Year when the Article was Written and the Name of The MN County There are also Articles on Homeopathic Medicine, Lake Superior, Missabe Range, Pioneer Doctors . Also a History of the MN Medical Association and Early MN Hospitals Please Use This Link for the County Histories  Medical Directories: "Medical and Surgical Directory of The United States" R L Polk & Co, Publishers, 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: 1886, 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. and... The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be freely viewed and downloaded. Please use this link for access. |||☺||| Family Histories - Books [FS Catalog] Pioneer Heritage A McColley Family History The Ancestors and Descendants of Alexander and Polly [Razey] McColley Who settled in Faribault County, Minnesota in 1864 By Dallas G McColley Rt 1, Box 172, Waseca, MN 56093 1993 The Table of Contents is Here ~ Download from the FS Book Section |||☺||| The Ancestor Hunt' There is a great site that has all sorts of links to free Historical and Genealogical Data Please Use Link Above Contents: Topics Digital Newspapers ~ Year Books & Alumni Books School Records ~ Obituaries ~ Coroner, Mortuary & Cemetery Records BMD's ~ Birth & Marriage Records ~ Divorce & Death Records ~ Probate & Tax Records ~ Institutional & Military Records ~ Naturalizations & Immigration ~ Criminal & Digital Archives ~ Directories ~ Photos & Voter Records Scroll down, left side has the menu Queries and Lookups Queries may be posted using links on Cyndi's List or They may be posted on the MN Mail List If there is anyone who has access to local records, and wishes to volunteer, please contact the County Coordinator: Martha |||☺||| Lookups & Free Digital Archival Newspapers I have access to the following Subscription Databases and am happy to do limited lookups: Heritage Hub ~ NewBank ~ Access World News ~ LA Times ~ NY Times Contact: Martha - Volunteer |||☺||| also... 'History Hub' = New Lookup Service Search for Living People: Zaba Search And RAOGK Old Faribault County Files Sadly, there were not a lot of files left on the RootsWeb Server that were viable. But, that said I did find a nice partial index from this book: “In The World War 1917-1918-1919” Faribault County Minnesota Published by The Forum Advocate Co. Wells, Minnesota, Val Kuechenmeister, Managing Editor No Copyright date listed Transcribed by Kim “Skip” (Place) Murray March 22, 2005 Kim never finished the Project. He created 20 files of indexes, they have been compiled and reformatted: Please use this link Each File had notations at the bottom: Here they are. This book is available in the FS Catalog The Image Pages for the Index and the remaining records are here. Page Images 60 - 96 contain more names and photos. Additionally, there are 'Registration Lists' - The particulars are listed below ~ The Pages are Here 5 June 1917: Regiatration, Img Pgs 97-108 5 June 1918: Registration, Img Pgs 109-110 24 August 1918: Registration, Img Pg 110 12 September 1918: Registration, Img 110 - Continued: Imgs 111 -125 |||☺||| Cemetery Indexes The Recordings were done a long time ago, the information on the Web Page is static and will not be updated. They can be found Here ~ There are also links to plat maps and GIS Coordinates |||☺||| Census Transcriptions: 1860 Federal Schedule: Faribault County The Files have been converted to fully searchable pdf's The Index is Here |
"The Fine Print"
Faribault 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
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