Martin County, Minnesota This County is part of The MNGenWeb And The USGenWeb Project® My name is Martha, I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil. I am the Temporary Coordinator as Martin County is available for adoption. If you have a local connection to Martin County and web design skils [or wish to learn], please consider joining the MNGenWeb as a County Coordinator Please contact the State Coordinator: Tim Stowell for more information. In the meantime, 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 ~ Old Faribault Files Vital Records ~ Military ~ Obituaries ~ Cemeteries Native American's ~ Family Search: Films & Historical Images ~ Crime & Punishment ~Odds and Ends Martin's Neighbors: Minnesota Blue Earth ~ Cottonwood ~ Faribault ~ Jackson ~ Watonwan And in... Iowa Emmet & Kossuth 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 WA Indian Enrollment / Allotments, 1911-1919 Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 : All Vol's [Note: There are Bios for Native Americans] 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. Naturalization Records Petitions, Declaration of Intent, Citizenship FS, His Images: Migration Dec of Intent, Naturalization Rec's, Citizenship Records Naturalization Records Minnesota, Faribault County, naturalization records, 1850-1954 Author: Minnesota. District Court (Faribault County); Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minnesota) Minnesota, Faribault County, Naturalization Records, 1918 Author: Minnesota. Commission of Public Safety; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minnesota) Miscellaneous Naturalization Papers, ca. 1850-1905 Author: Faribault County (Minnesota). Clerk of District Court Add Naturalization Records, 1858-1929 ; index, ca. 1869-1945 Author: Faribault County (Minnesota). Clerk of District Court; Minnesota. County Court (Faribault County) Wills, Probate and Court Records Minnesota will records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1849-1985 Author: Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minnesota) 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 Minnesota Public Criminal History |||☺||| Family Search FS: United States Prison Records Family Search, Catalog, Film: Prison Records Please use this link for a large selection of Crime & Punishment Resources Scroll to where it says "Crime-Prison" 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: Crime, Biography, Medical There are  download links for Archive.org & Google E Book Items "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 The Indexes are Here 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 "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 Index and Sections are Here Read Online or Download [FS] and lastly... A new Archive Service: Archive-It Here is a new way to search MN Digital Newspapers Please use this Link There were some 'Family Stories' found in the old Martin County Files: Names Include: Marian Elaine Schwager Ehlers ~ Henry Schwager ~ Herman Schwager [Mr & Mrs] There were two other items that may be of interest Pleasant Prairie School, 1895 and a brief history of Fairmont |||☺||| 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 |||☺||| Free Digital Archival Newspapers Minnesota Historical Society - General Resources Minnesota Historical Society: Digital Newspapers There are two old Newspapers for Martin County Martin County Atlas ~ Martin County Review: 1868 - 1872 |||☺||| Other Sources for Free Archival Digital Newspapers Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free] |||☺||| 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. Temporary Martin 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 Martin 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 the Webmaster. All Rights Reserved Online Continuosly Since 1997 Site Updated:29 July 2024