Libraries

2010-02-19 11:08:54 By: Anita the Archivist

Rochester Public Library
101 Second St. SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Phone: (507) 285-8002
Web Address: http://www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/
Email: greg@rochester.lib.mn.us
Hours: Monday—Thursday 9:30 a.m.—9:00 p.m., Friday-Saturday 9:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m., Sunday 1:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m.

Books & Other Published Materials

The Genealogy Collection consists of basic sources for those tracing their family tree.

Cemetery Indexes (Olmsted County)

We have Olmsted County, Minnesota, cemetery inscriptions.

Census

Federal -- Minnesota, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920

State -- Minnesota, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905

City & County Directories

Rochester city directories are available for 1896-present. We also have rural resident directories, 1976-1986.

County Histories & Biographical Sketches

Olmsted County histories 1883 & 1910; also have county histories for southern Minnesota counties (Wabasha, Winona, Goodhue, Rice, Mower, Faribault, Steele & Dakota)

Newspapers published in Olmsted County

Have newspapers published in Rochester, 1899-present

Manuscripts & Public Records Collections

Olmsted County Naturalization Records, 1856-1957 on microfilm

Newspaper Indexes

Post-Bulletin personals index (births, marriages & deaths), 1984-present; also Rochester history in pamphlet file

Online Databases

The Rochester Public Library has subscriptions to Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest Online.

Plat maps and books

Olmsted County, 1928, 1956, 1965-present and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Rochester for 1884-1928 on microfilm

Other libraries in Olmsted Co., MN, were not contacted. To search a complete list of Minnesota public libraries, visit this link: www.mnlibs.org/dir/publib.cfm