Wright County, Minnesota:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Anoka County, MN  to the east
• Carver County, MN  to the south
• Hennepin County, MN  to the southeast
• McLeod County, MN  to the southwest
• Meeker County, MN  to the west
• Sherburne County, MN  to the north
• Stearns County, MN  to the northwest

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

• Wright Co, Minnesota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Wright County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Minnesota Archives)
• Wright County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (33)

Court and Legal Records

• Bench and Bar of Wright County 
• Wright County Courthouse 

History

• History of Wright County, Minnesota  Volume 1     (Source: Internet Archive)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Wright County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wright County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Wright County Township History 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Origin of Albertville 
  • Early History of Buffalo 
  • Historic Clearwater 
  • Postcards from the Old Man  and Other Correspondence from Clearwater, Minnesota     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
  • History of Howard Lake 
  • City of Maple Lake History 

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

  • Clearwater Lake, MN Boat Capsized, June 1896      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Cokato, MN Hotel Fire, June 1977      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Maple Lake, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona and Wright County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • WI, MN flood, May 1894      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Wright 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  Wright County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Hennepin, Wright Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Stearns, Wright Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cokato Museum & Gust Akerlund Studio 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Hubert H. Humphrey Museum  Waverly, Minnesota
• Minnesota Pioneer Park  Annandale, Minnesota
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Wright County, Minnesota     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wright County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)

Lookups

• Wright County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MNWRIGHT-L Wright County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (50)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• 1885 Birthplaces  A breakdown of where 1885 county residents were originally born     (Source: KinSource)
• Migrations through Wright County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Wright County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Wright County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Wright County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (15)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Wright County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wright County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Annandale High School Class Lists 
• Monticello School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

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

Societies

• Cokato Finnish-American Historical Society 
• Cokato Historical Society 
• Wright County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (338)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Wright County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Wright County, Minnesota     (Source: Google Patents)
• Wright County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Wright County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

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

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