Watonwan County, Minnesota:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Blue Earth County, MN  to the east
• Brown County, MN  to the north
• Cottonwood County, MN  to the west
• Jackson County, MN  to the southwest
• Martin County, MN  to the south

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

• Biographies for Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties, Minnesota      (Source: Online Biographies)
• History of Cottonwood and Watonwan counties, Minnesota  Volume 2     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Watonwan Co, Minnesota, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Watonwan County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Watonwan County, Minnesota Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Cemeteries (15)

Census Records and Indexes (28)

Court and Legal Records

• The Bar of Watonwan County 
• Watonwan County Courthouse 

History

• History of Cottonwood and Watonwan counties, Minnesota  Volume 1     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Cottonwood and Watonwan counties, Minnesota  Volume 2     (Source: Internet Archive)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Watonwan County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Watonwan County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Madelia Minnesota History 

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

  • Saint James, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Various Towns, SD, MN Tornado Damage, July 1938      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona and Wright County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Watonwan 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  Watonwan County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Watonwan County, Minnesota     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Watonwan County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MNWATONW-L Watonwan County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (38)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Watonwan 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 Watonwan County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Watonwan County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Watonwan County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Butterfield Advocate      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mountain Lake Observer  and Butterfield Advocate
• Plaindealer, St. James      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• St. James Plaindealer 
• St. James, Minnesota Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Watonwan County obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb)

School Records and Histories

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

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

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

Societies

• Watonwan County Historical Society 
• Watonwan County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (42)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

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

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