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The following represents a comprehensive list of the resources available at the History Center. Indexed resources are searchable online in the Biographical, newspaper or subject index.
Each available index has been merged into a searchable biographical, early newspaper or subject index.
- Biographical index - cards
Index cards with references to documents, photos, files, newspapers articles, books, etc.
- Biographical index - database
A continuation of the biographical card index in a database format. Index searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Biographical, subject & business files
Files contain various types of information including documents, letters, photos, diaries, family information, manuscripts, etc.
- Cemetery records
Cemetery inscriptions for all of Olmsted and Wabasha Counties; cemetery inscriptions for some areas of Dodge, Winona, Goodhue, Fillmore & Houston counties; burial records for Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester. Index searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Census
Federal census for the entire state of Minnesota for 1850, 1857 for Olmsted County only, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930 (printed index for 1860, 1870; Soundex for 1880, 1900 & 1920); Minnesota state census for entire state for 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895 & 1905. Index for the
1857 Olmsted County census searchable under
Biographical Index on search page.
- City Directories
Rochester City Directories from 1873 to 2004; including listings for Olmsted County.
- Colonial records
DAR lineage books, various New England genealogical sources, Mayflower Families,
Index to Rev. War Pensions, etc.
- County histories
Histories of Olmsted County for 1866, 1883 and 1910; Wabasha County History for 1920; county histories for selected other counties in Minnesota. Index to 1910
Olmsted County and Wabasha County histories searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Family histories
Emphasis on Olmsted County and Minnesota, but also includes many other family groups.
- Funeral home records
Records from Rochester: Macken, Vine, Cronin, Lawler, Harkness, Paine, Ranfranz; Stewartville: Griffin-Gray; Pine Island: Mahler. Index searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Guardianship records (Olmsted County)
Files vary considerably in length and content. Indexsearchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Maps
Plat maps of Olmsted County for 1868 to
present; Sanborn insurance maps of Rochester for 1899, 1904, 1914, 1920 & 1928; maps of selected counties in Minnesota; Minnesota maps. The index for the 1868, 1878, 1896, 1914 plat maps has been merged into the searchable biographical database.
Index to 1868, 1878, 1896 and 1914 Olmsted County plat maps searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Military Resources
This biographical index includes newspaper articles, scrapbooks, GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) records, Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial records, military information sheets and other miscellaneous records. Some people who never served in the military are mentioned when their name appears in a draft list, etc. Also included are family members when they are mentioned in the resource. Index searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Newspapers
Microfilm of Rochester newspapers from 1859 to present; selected newspapers from Byron, Chatfield, Dover, Elgin, Pine Island, St Charles, Stewartville and Zumbrota (Complete list of newspapers on microfilm at the History Center)
Some indexing has been done after 1912 and an index to these references is searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Newspapers index cards
Index to Rochester newspapers from 1859 to 1912 only, (commissioned as a W.P.A. project). During this time period, the Rochester newspapers covered news for the entire county and surrounding areas. Index to Rochester newspapers (1859-1912 only) searchable under
Newspaper Index on search page.
- Obituaries
From the Rochester Post-Bulletin 1993-2008; misc. obituaries from other times periods have been indexed on a sporadic basis. Index searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Photographs
Many miscellaneous photos of families, street scenes, businesses, activities as well as the extensive collections from the Cutshall Studio, Harold Hoffman Photographs, Potter Photography and Elle's Photography and Breutzman Photography.
- Probate records (Olmsted County)
Most files will have an average of approximately 20 to 30 pages of genealogical and personal information. Files vary, but most will include date and place of death, list of heirs and inventory of property. Index searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- School Annuals
Rochester High School, John Marshall High School, Mayo High School, Century High School, Lourdes High School, Stewartville High School & Rochester Junior College; to selected misc. volumes. Index to some volumes (not complete) searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Town histories
Histories of Stewartville, Chatfield, Pleasant Grove, Chosen Valley, Rochester, Viola, Douglass and Oronoco. Indexsearchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Vital records
Microfilm of early vital records (birth, death, marriage) from the courthouses of Blue Earth, Carver, Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Jackson, Lincoln, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Pipestone, Rice, Scott, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca and Winona counties in Minnesota; Allamakee, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek in Iowa.
Note:
Olmsted County Births: 1871-1930
Olmsted County Deaths: 1871-1997
Olmsted County Marriages: 1855-1950
Rochester Births: 1871-1940
Rochester Deaths: 1871-1940
Indexto Olmsted County births, deaths and marriages is searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- Wedding scrapbooks
Clippings from the Rochester Post-Bulletin, 1935-1954.
Index searchable under Biographical Index on search page.
- World War I Draft Registrations
Microfilm of registrations from the entire state of Minnesota.
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