Lyon County, Minnesota:
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Projects

• Lyon County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lyon County MNGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Lyon County, Minnesota      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Lincoln County, MN  to the west
• Murray County, MN  to the south
• Pipestone County, MN  to the southwest
• Redwood County, MN  to the east
• Yellow Medicine County, MN  to the north

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

• An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota  1912     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lyon County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Tracy GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Church Records

• St. Eloi Church Roster      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Court and Legal Records

• Lyon County Courthouse 

History

• History of Lyon County  1884     (Source: Internet Archive)
• An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota  1912     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lyon County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Lyon County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Lyon County History  and Description, 1884     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Prairie Town History  Marshall, Minnesota
  • The Sounds of a Developing Prairie Town  Marshall, Minnesota 1872-1918     ($)
  • Community of Strangers  Change, Turnover, Turbulence and the Transformation of a Midwestern Country Town (Marshall, Minnesota)     ($)
  • A Town's Thirst  Marshall, Minnesota     ($)
  • In Search of the 1920's Farm Depression  A Study of Rock Lake Township, Lyon County, Minnesota     ($)

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

  • Lac Qui Parle, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln and Lyon County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Lyon County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Marshall, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Tracy, MN explosion, Jun 1908      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Tracy, MN School Fire, Feb 1912      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Tracy, MN Tornado Causes Death And Damage, June 1968      (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  Lyon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• The Center for Rural and Regional Studies 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Lyon County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Norseth-Larsen House  Cottonwood, Minnesota
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lyon County, Minnesota     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Southwest Minnesota Regional Research Center 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Lyon County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Lyon County, MN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• lyoncountyminnesota  Lyon County Minnesota - Your place for Lyon County, MN genealogy.     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MNLYON-L Lyon County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (41)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Lyon County, Minnesota  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • Rally of Resolve  The Home Front in Lyon County, Minnesota     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Lyon County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Lyon County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Headlight Herald  Tracy, Minnesota
• Independent  Marshall, MN     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lyon County obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Minneota Mascot 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Lyon County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tracy      (Source: Touring Turn-of-the-Century America)

School Records and Histories

• Lynden School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Lyon County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)

Societies

• Captain Comfort Starr Chapter  Tracy     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Prairieland Genealogical Society 
• Society for the Study of Local & Regional History  Southwest Minnesota

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (44)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lyon County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lynn County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Lyon County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Lyon County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Lyon County, Minnesota     (Source: Google Patents)
• You Can Never Say We Didn't Try  The National Farmers Organization in Lyon County, Minnesota, 1962-1988     ($)

Vital Records

• Lyon County  Minnesota Births
• Lyon County Births      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lyon County Births      (Source: Minnesota Births)
• Lyon County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Minnesota Marriages  Lyon County     (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Lyon County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)
• Minnesota, County Birth Records  1863-1983     (Source: Family History Library)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Lyon County, Minnesota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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