Blue Earth County, Minnesota:
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Projects

• Blue Earth County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Blue Earth County MNGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Brown County, MN  to the northwest
• Faribault County, MN  to the south
• Le Sueur County, MN  to the southeast
• Martin County, MN  to the southwest
• Nicollet County, MN  to the north
• Waseca County, MN  to the east
• Watonwan County, MN  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Blue Earth Co, Minnesota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Blue Earth County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Blue Earth County GEDCOM Index 
• History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens  1901     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries

• Blue Earth County  Minnesota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Blue Earth County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Blue Earth County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Blue Earth County, MN Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index  Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur, McLeod, Olmsted, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Steele, and Waseca counties and also in the cities of St. Paul and Winnebago Minnesota; and Beloit, Illinois.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (32)

Court and Legal Records

• Blue Earth County Courthouse 

Directories

• Mankato City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History

• Blue Earth County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Blue Earth County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Blue Earth County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• Blue Earth County History 
• The Dakota Conflict of 1862 
• History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens  1901     (Source: Internet Archive)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Mankato, Its First Fifty, 1852 - 1902  Containing Addresses, Historic Papers and Brief Biographies of Early Settlers and Active Upbuilders of the City     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
  • Mankato History 
  • Mankato History 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth and Brown County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Blue Earth County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Mankato and Wells, MN Tornado, Aug 1946      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Mankato, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Mankato, MN College Fire, Dec 1915      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Mankato, MN Fire Burns Mankato Block, Mar 1898      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Mankato, MN Storm, Jun 1899      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Mankato, MN Teachers' School Fire, Feb 1922      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Blue Earth, Nicollet Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Blue Earth County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Blue Earth County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Blue Earth County, Minnesota     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center  Minnesota State University Mankato
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Blue Earth County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Blue Earth County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Blue Earth County, MN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MNBLUEEA-L Blue Earth County genealogy

  • MNBLUEEA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MNBLUEEA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MNBLUEEA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (51)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Blue Earth County, Minnesota     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Blue Earth County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Blue Earth County Civil War Veterans 

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Blue Earth County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Blue Earth County, Minnesota  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • World War II Memories  Our Community's "Rendezvous with Destiny"

Miscellaneous Data

• Blue Earth County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Blue Earth County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Blue Earth County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Blue Earth County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chronicling America  Blue Earth County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Lake Region Times  Madison Lake, Minnesota     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• Lake Region Times  Jan 1, 2003 - Apr 15, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Madison Lake Times  Jan 1, 1925 - Nov 22, 2006     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Blue Earth County obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Blue Earth County, Minnesota Death Notice Collection      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• The Free Press  Mankato     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mankato Free Press 
• Mankato Free Press  Mankato, MN     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mankato, Minnesota Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Blue Earth County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Blue Earth County Historical Scrapbook 
• Blue Earth County Historical Society Images  Minnesota Reflections
• Historical Postcards of Blue Earth County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mankato  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mankato Postcards and Photographs      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• Penny Postcards from Minnesota      (Source: USGenWeb Minnesota Archives)

School Records and Histories (10)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Blue EARTH County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)

Societies

• Blue Earth County Historical Society (BECHS) 
• Anthony Wayne Chapter  Mankato     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Blue Earth County Historical Society 
• Rapidan Heritage Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (143)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Blue Earth County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Blue Earth County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Building histories of Blue Earth County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Michigan, Popular Summer Resorts, 1884      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Blue Earth County, Minnesota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (10)

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