Interested in
your Roots? Freeborn
County Genealogical
Society
FCGS
Library
The library is located at
the Freeborn County
Historical Museum,
1031 Bridge Avenue,
Albert Lea, MN 56007. The library is open
year-round Wednesday -
Saturday, 10 am - 1 pm and
1:30 - 4:00 pm Closed Holidays &
Fair Week Call 507-373-8003 for
more information.
A
Cautionary Note
Subject:
[MAPLYMOU] FamilySearch
Probate Images - A
Cautionary Note
The images of Plymouth
County probate records
at FamilySearch.org are
an
invaluable resource for
genealogical
researchers, but I have
a cautionary
note for researchers.
The "old series" probate
records (1686-1881)
exist in
two image collections of
case files on the site.
Those images were
apparently filmed at
different times, and
some images of some
documents are
found only in one
collection.
The reason why the
beginning date of this
collection is 1633 is
that it
includes the New
Plymouth Colony probate
records. The 1686-1881
case files
are in image sets with
titles of the form
"Probate case files
1686-1881 no
10073-10149."
and its images sets have
titles of the form "Case
no 10057-10122 Hickey,
John-Hiller, Moses."
As an example of items
missing from one set, in
the second collection in
image set "Case no
3217-3294, Buck, Eunice
P.-Bumpus, Nathan" case
file
#3273 is represented
only by an image which
says "Missing Document"
at image
789. However, in the
first collection in
image set "Probate case
files
1686-1881 no 3215-3286"
case file #3273 is found
complete at images
721-728.
Researchers who are
looking for images of
1686-1881 case files
need to check
both collections to
insure that they have
seen all available
images.
Dale H. Cook, Member,
NEHGS and MA Society of
Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA
Coordinator for the
USGenWeb Project
Administrator of
http://plymouthcolony.net
Research
Policy
(Research done at
$15.00 per hour)
Sources: Freeborn County History
Books: 1882, 1911, 1988(surname
indexes for 1882 and 1911)
Freeborn County
Newspapers - on Microfilm:
ALBERT LEA ENTERPRISE
1889-1905
ALBERT LEA POSTEN 1883-1885
ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE
1899,1919-1958, 1988-1998
ALDEN ADVANCE 1897-1900,
1923-1996
ALDEN EAGLE 1879-1880
EMMONS LEADER 1948-1981
FREEBORN COUNTY EAGLE
1858-1860
FREEBORN COUNTY STANDARD
1860-1931
FREEBORN COUNTY TIMES
1895-1905
FREEBORN HERALD 1860 &
1861
GLENVILLE LEADER-PRESS
1981-1992
GLENVILLE PROGRESS 1903-1961
SHELLROCK PRESS 1976-1981
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA STAR
1857-1858
TIMES-ENTERPRISE 1905-1923
Freeborn County
newspapers - bound volumes
ALBERT LEA ENTERPRISE
1876-1882
ALBERT LEA EXAMINER 1919-1920,
1922
ALDEN ADVANCE 1997-1999
EMMONS LEADER 1902-1905,
1925-1948
FREEBORN COUNTY REGISTER
1993-1995
FREEBORN PATRIOT 1934-1936
HARTLAND HERALD 1907-1924,
1928
THE WEEKLY REVIEW 1991-1993
Newspaper indexfor the TIMES,
ENTERPRISE, STANDARD,
TIMES-ENTERPRISE: 1865-1931.
Items indexed include birth,
death, marriage, anniversary,
divorce, birthday, probate,
biographical sketches, and
baptism notices.
HARTLAND HERALD index. Items include
births, deaths, marriages, and
probates.
EMMONS LEADER index.
Items include births, deaths,
marriages, and probates.
COMMUNITY MAGAZINE
1921-1964
Obituary index
for the ENTERPRISE, TRIBUNE,
STANDARD, TIMES,
TIMES-ENTERPRISE
Obituary
clippings notebooks
Cemetery transcripts
for Freeborn County
Surname index to
the cemetery transcripts
Census for Freeborn
County - on microfilm:
Federal: 1857, 1860, 1870,
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
State: 1865, 1875,
1885, 1895, 1905
Index for 1870 and 1910
Naturalization records
- Freeborn County 1870-1956
City Directories
for Freeborn County: 1899 to
date
Telephone books
for Albert Lea 1905 to date
Yearbooks for
Albert Lea High School
(1913-1996),
Alden High School (1946-1949,
1951, 1964-1966. 1984-1986),
Freeborn High School
(1927-1987), Alden, Conger,
Freeborn High School
(1989-1991)
Plat maps for
Freeborn County: 1874 to date
Name index for: 1878, 1895,
1901, and 1913
Vertical files
(biographical and subject)
pertaining to Albert Lea and
Freeborn County - includes
pamphlets, certificates,
newspaper clippings, letters,
etc.
Marriage Books A-G,
1857-1917 (on microfilm)
General Index - Deeds -
Grantor & Grantee
Vol. 1- 8, 1857 - 1920 (on
microfilm)
General Index -
Mortgages - Grantor &
Grantee
Vol. 1 - 7, 1857 - 1916 (on
microfilm)
Record of Wills,
1857 - 1925 (on microfilm)
Index to Deaths, 1870
- 1959 (on microfilm)
Birth Index,
1870 - 1921 (on microfilm)
Photographs,
Oral Histories, Church
Histories and Records, Family
Histories and Genealogies Further
searching can be done by:
Placing a query in the
Tracer, the bi-monthy
newsletter of the FCGS.
This is free to members
and $2.00 for non-members.
