Faribault County, Minnesota Genealogy

United States

Minnesota

Faribault County

Guide to Faribault County, Minnesota ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Minnesota Online Genealogy Records

Faribault County, Minnesota
Map
Location in the state of Minnesota, United States Genealogy
Location of Minnesota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 20, 1855
County Seat	Blue Earth
Courthouse
Address	Faribault County Courthouse 415 North Main Street Blue Earth, MN 56013 Phone: 507-526-6225 Phone: 507-526-6252 Faribault County Website

County Information

Description

The County was named for Jean-Baptiste Faribault, a settler and French fur trader among the Sioux Indians. The County is located in the south central area of the state.

Faribault County, Minnesota Record Dates

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1870	1870	1870	1950	1862	1870	1836
Statewide registration started for births in 1900 and deaths in 1908. General compliance by 1915.

County Courthouse

Court Administrator has birth, marriage, divorce and probate from 1870, court records from 1950 and naturalization records.
Register of Deeds has land records.

History

Parent County

• 1855--Faribault County was created 20 February 1855 from Blue Earth County. County seat: Blue Earth

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Blue Earth Bricelyn Delavan Easton	Elmore Frost Kiester Minnesota Lake	Walters Wells Winnebago
Unincorporated communities
Baroda BrushCreek Dell	Guckeen Huntley Marna	Pilot Grove
Townships
Barber Blue Earth City Brush Creek Clark Delavan Dunbar Elmore	Emerald Foster Jo Daviess Kiester Lura Minnesota Lake Pilot Grove	Prescott Rome Seely Verona Walnut Lake Winnebago
Ghost towns
Clayton	Homedahl

Neighboring Counties

• Blue Earth
• Freeborn
• Kossuth County, Iowa
• Martin
• Waseca
• Winnebago County, Iowa

Resources

Cemeteries

Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Tombstone Transcriptions in Print	List of Cemeteries in the county
Findagrave.com	Family History Library	Findagrave.com
USGenWeb	WorldCat	Billion Graves
MNGenWeb Archives		FamilySearch Places
Tombstone Project
MNInterment
Billion Graves
See Minnesota Cemeteries for more information.

Census

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	1,335	—
1870	9,940	644.6%
1880	13,016	30.9%
1890	16,708	28.4%
1900	22,055	32.0%
1910	19,949	−9.5%
1920	20,998	5.3%
1930	21,642	3.1%
1940	23,941	10.6%
1950	23,879	−0.3%
1960	23,685	−0.8%
1970	20,896	−11.8%
1980	19,714	−5.7%
1990	16,937	−14.1%
2000	16,181	−4.5%
2010	14,553	−10.1%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

State Census

• 1865 - Minnesota State Census, 1865 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1885 - Minnesota State Census, 1885 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1905 - Minnesota State Census, 1905 at FamilySearch — index and images

Church

Most church records are held by individual churches. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information, see Minnesota Church Records.

Lutheran

Faribault County

• Records of the American Lutheran Church, Faribault County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Kiester

• Records of Cedar Creek Lutheran Church, Hayfield, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Silo (Shiloh) Lutheran Church, Elmore

• Records of Silo (Shiloh) Lutheran Church, Elmore, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

South Blue Earth Lutheran Church, Bricelyn

• Records of South Blue Earth Lutheran Church, Bricelyn, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Wells

• Records of the American Lutheran Church, Wells, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Emigration and Immigration

• 1912 - 1956 - Minnesota Passenger and Crew Lists, 1912-1956 at FamilySearch — index and images

Land

The county register of deeds keeps land records once the land was transferred to private ownership. Abstracts and indexes for these records are generally available at the county courthouse.

Land records for Minnesota are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

MINNESOTA, Faribault – LAND AND PROPERTY

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Local Histories

Local histories are available for Faribault County, Minnesota Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Minnesota Local Histories.

Maps

• FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

Military

Civil War

Civil War service men from Faribault County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are many companies or regiments that were formed from men of Faribault County.

- 1st Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry (Mounted Rangers), Companies B and K.

- 1st Regiment, Minnesota Heavy Artillery, Company F.

- 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies H and K.

- 5th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies C and F.

- 9th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company D.

- Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Company B.

World War II

• 1940-1945 - Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947 at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

• 1872-1962 - Minnesota Naturalization Records and Indexes, 1872-1962 at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Faribault County, Minnesota Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat
• FamilySearch. Do a Faribault County, Minnesota Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see, FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).

• To find if your town's newspaper is in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, you can click on the link to find their catalog of newspaper holdings. They also sell microfilm copies of their newspaper holdings.

Obituaries

• 1865-2006 - Minnesota Obituaries 1865-2006 at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate

Probate records may include wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. They may include the decedent’s date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, etc. See Minnesota Probate Records for additional information. Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1801 - 1999 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records 1801-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation

Since Minnesota tax records include only persons who owned taxable property, many residents were not included. Still they complement land records and can be used in place of missing censuses or the years between censuses. There may also be gaps. For more information, see the wiki page Minnesota Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents.

A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also Minnesota Vital Records. Faribault County Recorder (fee for copies)

Birth

• 1900-1934 Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934 at MyHeritage($) — index
• 1900-1934 Minnesota Births, 1900-1934 at Minnesota Historical Society - free index, images ($)

Marriage

• 1850-2019 WEB: Minnesota, Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2019 at Ancestry($) — index
• 1860 - 1949 Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1976-2003 Minnesota, Marriages, 1976-2003 at MyHeritage($) — index

Death

• 1850-2001 - Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1887-2001 - Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1904-2001 Minnesota, Death Index, 1904-2001 at MyHeritage($) — index
• 1904-2001 Minnesota Deaths, 1904-2001 at Minnesota Historical Society - free index, images ($)

Societies and Libraries

• Faribault County Historical Society
  405 E. Sixth Street
  Blue Earth, MN 56013
  Phone: 507-526-5421
  Website
• Bricelyn Area Historical Society
  309 N. Main Street
  Bricelyn, MN 56014
  Phone: 507-653-4644
• Minnesota Lake Area Historical Society
  Kremer House
  Box 225
  Minnesota Lake, MN 56068
  Phone: 507-462-3420
• Winnebago Area Museum
  16 Main Street South
  Winnebago, MN 56098
  Phone: 507-893-4660
  Website
• Elmore Area Historical Society
  108 South Henry Street
  Elmore, MN 56027
  Phone: 507-943-3855

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

• Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Introduction to Family History Centers

Websites

• The Faribault County MNGenWeb Project, a member of The MNGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
  
• FamilySearch Catalog
• Cyndi's List: Faribault County

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