Nicollet 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 Temporary Coordinator as Nicollet County is available for adoption.
If you have a local connection to Nicollet 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 and Queries
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends

Nicollet County Neighbors:
Blue Earth ~ Brown ~ Le Sueur ~ Renville

Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends Historical & Military Information Military Forts in Minnesota Military Land Warrants in MN 1854-1863 Military & Minnesota Territory Minnesota G A R ~ Minnesota D A R "What's New" Civil War Veteran Burial Listings Vol X Sherman Lee Pompey Covering Men In Regiments From Minnesota "The American Civil War: A collection of free online primary sources" Please use this Link Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals Minnesota and 'The Wars' Colonial Wars ~ Dakota War of 1862 ~ 150 Years Later 1862 Indian War Claims ~ Civil & Indian Wars: 1861-1865 Spanish American War & Philippine Insurrection G A R Membership Records Modern Wars, WW I, WW II, Korea [Ralph Carlson], Vietnam WW II Honor List of Dead or Missing Prison Burials - Roll of Honor: 1865-1867 Register of Patients in Naval Hospitals Military Personell, WWI Nicollet County: 1916-1918 L DS Film # 1749941: Item #1 / Military Card File This linked chart will give you the alpha range, log into FS, Catalog, enter film number where it says "Fiche,Film" then key in the Image Numbers of Interest There are also brief bios on this film: Item #2, 1917-1919 Image Range: 1678-1916 Film # 1750364: Minnesota 9th Regiment Volunteers Item 3, Images 0378-0484 Veteran Burials Item 4, Cemetery & Image Ranges on linked Chart. Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville, 1866 The Book is arranged alphabetically by State and is fully searchable. There are also Army & Navy Burial Lists at the end of the State Lists. "Alphabetical Index To Places of Interment Of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various States & Territories" As Specified in Rolls of Honor, Nos I - XIII Being those issued from the Quartermaster General's Office Between June 15 1865 and August 27 1867 Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868 Film # 1445832 One Minnesota Revolutionary War Hero: Stephen Taylor War of 1812 ~ Minnesota in the Civil War 1883 Pensioners ~ Military Museum Nicollet in the Civil War: Roster Nicollet & Minnesota All database Indexes are searchable pdf files: DisAblVets, Nicollet & Le Sueur,MN IA-ArmForcGrvReg,MN ~ MilhdApp,Nicollet MN Soldiers of the Great War, MN-V2 Family Search has an impressive collection of Military Records. This is the Link to the 'Military Collection' - Here is a link to FS Resources "Crime & Punishment" This just in... FBI "Vault" - Public accessible FBI Records "National Bureau of Criminal Investigation" [US Album of Criminals] The Book is on Ancestry, but here is the index. Use the information in conjunction with Digital Newspapers to find articles. Minnesota Public Criminal History PA Prisons-1829-1971-MN Prison Records: Family Search Films - Please use this link for chart Odds and Ends 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] A new Archive Service: Archive-It Here is a new way to search MN Digital Newspapers Please use this Link The Funeral Cards listed below are left here because of the wide variety of locations of folks Funeral cards, 1987-1989 Authors: Mankato Mortuary [Mankato, Minnesota] Film # 1651939 Microfilm of original records. The funeral cards are divided into three alphabets, one for each year 1987-1989. The information on the cards are not always complete but could give: the name and address of the deceased and the informant, birthdate and place of deceased, death date and place, where buried, length of residence in community and prior residence, parents' names and birthplace, spouse's name and marriage date, occupation, church membership, survivors' names, funeral costs, and other information. Image Ranges: 1987: 4 - 141 1988: 142 - 410 1989: 411- 644 Naturalization ~ Immigration ~ Wills and Probate Records US Naturalization Records: Minnesota - 1872-1962 These records are for women who married Alien's and lost their Citizenship. When the relationship was terminated, they could apply for Citizenship under an Act passed in 1936. Naturalization Records: FS Catalog: Chart with Film Numbers Nicollet Probate and Will Records Family Search: Nicollet Probate Records: Film Nicollet County: Wills, Family Search Film: Chart with Film Numbers and Dates Miscellaneous FS Catalog Records Tax Records: 1857 - 1910 There is a huge list of Tax Records for Nicollet County Use this Link, if it does not work, log in, then use it. Nicollet's Neighbor: Brown County There are a lot of very good films and records for Brown County Some Samples: Brown County, Minnesota, Poor Farm Records, 1901-1937 Film #1705086 ~ Item 2 Brown County Obituaries: 1855 - 1990 [Searchable Collection] There are over 1400 Obits, etc for Nicollet Folk Or... Go Here: This is a huge Collection for Family Files: Brown County Historical Society Records "History of Brown County, Minnesota" L A Fritsche, MD, Editor Vol I, 1916: B F Bowen & Company, Inc Indianapolis, Indiana "Nicollet Folk" ~ Please use this link for a chart with page numbers Download from FS Catalog Note: The book can be searched at the link - use Nicollet as a search parameter. There are a lot of Canadian Records that contain Minnesota Folks Canadian Marriage & Death Records Family Search has a nice collection of Databases for Canada FS Catalog has a huge collection of records, especially Church Records There is a website dedicated to Canadian Obits from local papers. Please use this link. Vital Records: Toronto Star Newspaper 1976-1988 There are no indexes to these films, but they are chronological. Please use this link for film numbers and dates

Temporary Nicollet 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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Site Updated: 21 September 2024
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