Le Sueur County, Minnesota
The MNGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb® Project
Hello,
Welcome to the Le Sueur County portion of the MNGenWeb.
Le Sueur County is available for adoption:
If you have a local connection to Le Sueur County or an interest in Minnesota in general,
please consider joining the MGGenWeb
as a County Coordinator.
Requirements are simple, peruse them here.
and... Contact Tim if you are interested.
And...
My Name is Martha and I am the Temporary County Coordinator.
I live on the Central Coast of California, so cannot do 'on the ground research in Le Sueur County.'
But, that said, I am an experienced Online Researcher and might be able to
help you locate that 'missing piece of your Ancestral Pie'
I can be reached via email: Contact: Martha
Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ Family Web Pages ~ What's new ~ Queries and Lookups ~ Cemeteries
~ FS Collections & Databases
Vital Records ~ Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~
Family Search: Historical Images ~ Odds and Ends
Le Sueur Neighbors:
Blue Earth, Nicolett, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Waseca
Le Sueur County Townships
[Scroll Down]
Interactive Map of Minnesota [1916]
Search LeSueur County
History ~ Biographies ~
Maps ~ Family Web Pages ~ What's new ~ Queries and Lookups ~ Cemeteries
Interested in another Minnesota County?
Here is the List of Counties and Towns Settled in 1862
Le Sueur County was part of the Big Woods and is nestled in the Minnesota River Valley.
The county seat is Le Center. Here is the WIKI
The county was created in 1853, when Minnesota was still a territory. Minnesota became a state in 1858.
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Biographies There are several old History Books that contain Biographical Data:
Links to Indexes will be listed below. All of the books are available on either FS or the Archive.org Site
"History of the Minnesota Valley, 1882" ~ "History of SouthWestern Minnesota, 1897"
"History of Nicollet & Le Sueur Counties, Minnesota": 1913 & 1916
"History of Minnesota, 1878" [Military & Native Americans]
Additional Biographies can be found here.
Minnesota Historical Society
"Personal Recollections Of Minnesota and Its People" Early
History of Minneapolis John H Stevens, Minneapolis, Minn, 1890
The Index is
Here ~
Read Online or Download
and...
"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication date 1900 / Read Online or Download
Appleton Review
"History of the Great Northwest and
it's Men of Progress" CGW Hyde, 1901
Pub: The Minneapolis
Journal -
The Index is here.
Read Online
or Download
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"What's New"
The
National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free
accessed. The Chart below is linked to each resource: Entitled: "Browse by
Category"
Funeral cards, 1987-1989 Authors: Mankato Mortuary [Mankato,
Minnesota] Film # 1651939 Microfilm of original records.
The
funeral cards are divided into three alphabets, one for each year
1987-1989. The information on the cards are not always complete but could
give: the name and address of the deceased and the informant, birthdate
and place of deceased, death date and place, where buried, length of
residence in community and prior residence, parents' names and birthplace,
spouse's name and marriage date, occupation, church membership, survivors'
names, funeral costs, and other information. Image Ranges: 1987: 4 -
141 1988: 142 - 410 1989: 411 - 644
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Historical
'Odds' There were some old files on the Le Sueur pages that have been reformatted for this site.
The files were mostly historical in nature and will be found linked below:
Cornelius Ronayne, 1926 ~ 1858 Le Sueur Murder ~ Le Sueur County Commissioners
Le Sueur Historical Newspapers [List]
Naming of Tyrone ~ Tyrone Property Tax List, 1898 ~ Tyrone Cave, 1933
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Historical Maps
Getty Geographical Thesaurus
~ Perry Castaneda ~
Quadrangles
Surveyor's Base
Maps
Historic Map Works ~
Genealogical ~
Borchert Map Library
University of
Minnesota ~ Maps
~ Bureau of
Land Management
Minnesota Mining Maps ~
USGS Maps ~
1869
Railroad Map ~
Sanborn Maps:
Library of Congress
Michael Fox Map Collection
~
Digitized Plat Maps / Atlases
Map Goose ~
MN Department of Natural Resources
The Alabama Collection
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Surveyors Maps:
1850's [Base Maps]
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Family Web Pages can be found linked below:
Ahlf ~ Irish Families [connected to Le Sueur] ~ Bacon ~ Durrenberger & Simonett ~ Guertin ~ Oblinger
Pufpaff Triplets ~ Purfeerst ~ Robbins Roemhildt & Werlich ~ Sauter ~ Schnoor ~ Straub & Briegal ~ Straub Lynch
Links to Family Web Pages are welcome, please contact the County Coordinator for information
Note: After January 2024, RootsWeb / Ancestry
is moving all 'Free' Hosted Sites. If you find one that does not work, let
me know and I will see if I can find it on their new Server.
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'What's New'
The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that
can be free accessed. The Chart below is linked to each resource:
Entitled: "Browse by Category"
The Ancestor Hunt'
There is a great site that has all sorts of links to free Historical and Genealogical Data
Please Use Link Above
Contents: Topics
Digital Newspapers ~ Year Books & Alumni Books School Records ~ Obituaries ~ Coroner, Mortuary & Cemetery Records
BMD's ~ Birth & Marriage Records ~ Divorce & Death Records ~ Probate & Tax Records ~ Institutional & Military Records ~ Naturalizations & Immigration ~ Criminal & Digital Archives ~ Directories ~ Photos & Voter Records
Scroll down, left side has the menu
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Queries and Lookups
Queries may be posted using links on Cyndi's List
There is one Volunteer for Lookups: Barbara has this to say:
"I will do look ups for Le Sueur County, I will go to Le Center Court House and in Summer the Genealogy Center (It is closed for the winter). I am also a Member of Blue Earth and Nicolett Historical Societies. I am within driving distance to all of these, will charge only for copies." Please use this link to reach Barbara..
If there is anyone who has access to local records, and wishes to volunteer,
please contact the County Coordinator: Martha [Temporary]
Lookups & Free
Digital Archival Newspapers
I have access to the following Subscription
Databases and am happy to do limited lookups:
Heritage Hub ~ NewBank ~ Access World News ~ LA
Times ~ NY Times Contact:
Martha - Volunteer
My Heritage: Library Edition -
Collections Census & Voter Lists ~ Histories, Memories & Biographies ~
Birth, Marriage & Death Public Records ~ Schools & Universities ~
Directories, Guides & References Maps ~ Immigration & Travel ~ Books &
Publications Military ~ Newspapers ~ Family Trees ~ Photos ~
Government, Land, Court & Wills I will do limited lookups on My
Heritage:
Contact
Martha
and... 'History
Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living
People: Zaba Search
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The Cemeteries of Le Sueur County:
Dalby Database ~ Find~A~Grave ~ USGW Archives ~ Billion Graves
Burial At Sea and Other Locations: POB: LeSueur County
St Thomas Cemetery [1934]~ St Thomas Cemetery Plots
Since Nicollet County is a neighbor and has a lot of Church Cemeteries, it might be worth checking.
People
Legacy ~
National
Cemetery Association
Family Search "Collections"
There is a wealth of Family and Historical information contained on the FamilySearch WebSite.
It can be overwhelming to figure out where to start.
So, I have created concentrated categories of databases which are accessible Here
Cemeteries, Etc [Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves]
Church Records [ Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]
Legal Documents and Resources [Court, Estate, Probate Records]
Migration - Naturalization - Travel [ Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports]
Military [Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]]
Odds and Ends [Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home]
Vital Records [Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records]
Minnesota "Only Collections"
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"The Fine Print"
County Coordinator:
State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
All materials, images, sounds and data contained herein are not to be copied or downloaded for purposes of duplication, distribution or publishing without the express written permission of the Le Sueur County Coordinator.
Site Updated: 17 January 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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