Mower County, Minnesota:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Dodge County, MN  to the north
• Freeborn County, MN  to the west
• Howard County, IA  to the southeast
• Mitchell County, IA  to the south
• Olmsted County, MN  to the northeast
• Steele County, MN  to the northwest
• Worth County, IA  to the southwest

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

• Mower County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Mower County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Mower County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Mower County  Minnesota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Mower County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Mower County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Mower County, MN Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (32)

Court and Legal Records

• Judicial History of Mower County  and The Bar of Mower County
• Mower County Courthouse 

Directories

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

History

• The History of Mower County, Minnesota  1911     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Mower County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Mower County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Mower County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • History of Austin 
  • LeRoy Town History 
  • Lyle Town History 

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

  • Austin, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Austin, MN Bus And Truck Collision, Feb 1951      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Austin, MN Tornado Destruction, Aug 1928      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lyle, MN Fire, May 1891      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lyle, MN Tornado, Jun 1897      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • McLeod, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower and Murray County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Mower County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

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  Mower County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Census Schedules on Microfilm  Austin Public Library
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Hormel Historic Home 
• Mower County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Newspapers on Microfilm  Austin Public Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Mower County, Minnesota     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MNMOWER-L Mower County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (51)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Mower County, Minnesota  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Austin Daily Herald (Austin, Minnesota)  1896-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Austin Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Chronicling America  Mower County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Austin Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• LeRoy Independent      (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• Mower County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Austin Daily Herald 
• Austin Daily Herald      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Clasen-Jordan Mortuary  Austin, Minnesota
• Mower County obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Ranfranz & Vine Funeral Homes  Brownsdale, Rochester, Plainview and Lake City, Minnesota

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Austin  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Mower County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Minnesota--Mower County--Austin Homesteads.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Minnesota--Mower County--Austin.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Adams School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Austin High School - Austinian Yearbook (Austin, MN)  Class of 1928     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Austin High School - Austinian Yearbook (Austin, MN)  Class of 1929     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Austin School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

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

Societies

• Mower County Historical Society 
• Red Cedar Chapter  Austin     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (108)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Mower County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• History of Hormel Foods 
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Mower County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Mower County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Mower County, Minnesota     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

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

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