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
Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 4 pm
Special summer hours:
Open May - September
Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm
Closed Mondays & Holidays
Open other times by
appointment. Call (507)
373-8003 for more information.
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 1853-1956
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.
