Fillmore County Minnesota Resources

The Fillmore County History Center and Library, located in Fountain MN, has the following items available. Write or phone them about researching their records for you. The address, phone and email address are listed below.

• Census Index - 1860 and 1870
• Minnesota and US census through 1920
• Books
  • 1858 History of Fillmore County
  • 1882 History of Fillmore County
  • 1912 History of Fillmore County
  • 1984 History of Fillmore County
• Index of Veterans
  • Civil War
  • Spanish American War
  • WW I
• 1878 Plat and Index of Land Owners
• Plat of Fillmore County
  • 1896
  • 1904
  • 1915
  • 1984
• Index of Naturalization
• Biographical Files - donated by families.  Submit your family genealogy for reference by future generations.
• Obituary Files - lists the microfilmed newpaper in which the obituary was printed.
• Cemetery Index - lists the cemetery and plot location plus dates inscribed on headstones.
• Surname Files
• Photo/Portraits Files
• Church Histories
• City Histories
• Birth, marriage and death records 1870 - 1935  (Records for dates after 1935 can be found at the Fillmore County Court House, Preston MN 55965.)
• Newspaper Microfilms:
  • Chatfield
    • Republican: Oct 25 1856 - Oct 15 1861
    • Democrat: Jan 5 1861 - Dec 26 1863; Jan 2 1864 - Dec 29 1866; Jan 5 1867 - May 15 1902
    • News: May 20 1897 - May 15 1902; Jan 7 1932 - Dec 30 1976
    • News-Democrat: May 22 1902 - Dec 31 1931
  • Harmony
    • News: Jan 6 1898 - Dec 29 1921; Jan 3 1946 - Feb 22 1989
  • Lanesboro
    • Harding's Herald: May 1 1880 - Oct 9 1880
    • Journal: Oct 3 1890 - Jun 28 1907
    • Leader: Oct 15 1898 - May 15 1915; Jan 3 1946 - Feb 6 1964
    • Levang's Weekly: Jan 7 1915 - Dec 30 1920; Jan 4 1923 - Dec 25 1924; Jan 5 1933 - May 11 1933
  • Mabel
    • Enterprise: Jan 16 1890 - Jul 11 1895
    • Record: Aug  22 1930 - Dec 28 1978
    • Sentinel: May 7 1903 - Sep 21 1905
    • Tribune: Jul 18 1895 - Apr 30 1903
  • Preston
    • Democrat: Mar 6 1884 - Jun 24 1886
    • Fillmore Co. Republican: Nov 4 1870 - Sep 17 1875
    • National Republican: Sep 8 1881 - Apr 28 1887; Jun 9 1887 - Jul 27 1893
    • Republican: Jan 16 1863 - Jun 30 1865; Jan 5 1866 - Oct 28 1870; Nov 4 1875 - Feb 21 1884; Oct 23 1903 - Dec 31 1920; Jan 4 1945 - Mar 30 1961; Apr 6 1961 - Feb 2 1967; Jan 1 1970 - Dec 28 1972
    • Times: Sep 23 1886 - Dec 29 1921
  • Rushford
    • Journal: May 5 1871 - Feb 14 1873
    • Labor Reform: Apr 22 1872 - Jul 7 1873
    • Star: Aug 11 1876 - Mar 6 1902
    • Star Republican: Mar 13 1902 - Sep 6 1923
    • Tri-County Record: Nov 4 1945 - Dec 29 1921; Jan 4 1945 - Dec 30 1982
  • Spring Valley
    • Mercury: Feb 3 1887 - Oct 27 1904; Jan 2 1914 - Dec 31 1920; Jan 2 1925 - Dec 31 1926
    • Mercury-Vidette: Nov 3 1904 - Dec 26 1913
    • Sun: Sep 2 1892 - Aug 31 1913
    • Vidette: Sep 22 1877 - Jan 11 1901
    • Western Progress: Aug 10 1870 - Sep 12 1877
    • Tribune: Jan 4 1945 - Feb 27 1947; Mar 6 1947 - Jul 26 1951; Aug 8 9 1951 - Nov 18 1954
  • Wykoff
    • Advertiser: Apr 16 1897 - Nov 26 1897
    • Enterprise: Jul 15 1910 - Dec 10 1954
    • Messenger: Feb 15 1900 - Dec 3 1908
    • Messenger-Enterprise: Jan 1 1909 - Jul 8 1910

Visit or write to the Fillmore County Historical Society at:

FILLMORE COUNTY HISTORY CENTER
202 Co. Rd. 8
Fountain, MN 55935
phone: 507-268-4449
e-mail: FCHC@mleaf.net
Visit the history center's new web site at FILLMORE COUNTY HISTORY CENTER

Winter Hours
Mon - Fri: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. central time
Closed holidays and weekends

Summer Hours (mid June - Labor Day)
Museum and Genealogy Library: Mon - Fri: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. central time
Call for weekend museum hours. The Genealogy Library is not open on weekends.

This page was last updated Thursday, 03-Apr-2008 17:41:45 MDT

copyright Marge Utley, 1997