Historical Societies

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

Winona County Historical Society
160 Johnson St.
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: (507) 454-2723
Web Address: http://www.winonahistory.org
Email: archives@WinonaHistory.org
Hours: Monday—Friday 10:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.; 1:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.

There is a $5.00 charge for non-members to visit the Archives.

Books & Other Published Materials

family histories
biographical/genealogical files
historical file

Cemetery Indexes (Winona County)

Index of cemeteries in Winona County (compiled in the late 1970s; have records of deaths since that time)

Census

Federal -- Minnesota, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
State -- Minnesota, 1857-1905

City & County Directories

Winona city directories 1866-present
Winona (city) telephone books, 1914-present

Civil War Journal, Company K, 1st Minnesota Regiment, Volunteer Infantry
http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/~history/civil_war/index.htm

County Histories & Biographicalal Sketches

Winona County histories and biographical sketches, 1883, 1895, 1913

Newspapers published in Winona County

Lewiston -- Lewiston Journal,  1981-present
St. Charles -- (various titles), 1877-1919; 1923-1995
Winona -- Daily News, 1954-present
Winona -- Daily Republican, 1860-1901
Winona -- Independent Post & Shopper, 1979-present
Winona -- Republican Herald, 1901-1954
Winona -- Weekly & Daily Herald, 1869-1901
Winona -- Weekly Republican, 1867-1880

Manuscripts & Public Records Collections

Photograph collection
Church records of Cedar Valley Lutheran Church (Winona Co.) on microfilm

Newspaper Indexes

Winona County newspaper obituary file
Birth, marriage and death index from Winona newspapers, 1860-1915; more recent in progress
St. Charles newspaper obituary index
Individual obituaries cost $3 each

Plat maps and books

Winona City, 1894, 1917
Winona County, 1867, 1894, 1914, 1927, 1957, 1982
Also have a subscription to the digital Sanborn Insurance Maps for Minnesota

Vital Records Indexes

Winona County births and death records, 1870-1929 (on microfilm)
Marriage licenses 1854-1940
Copies of marriage certificates are $3 each

Yearbooks

Lewiston -- Lewiston High School "Cardinal," 1914, some 1940s, 1953-1983
Winona -- Cotter High School, 1949
Winona -- Winona High School "Radiograph," 1906, 1913-1956, 1968
Winona -- College of St. Theresa “Aldine,” 1912, 1926-1928, 1958, 1959
Winona -- St. Mary’s College “Redmen,” 1947
Winona --  Winona State “Wenonah,” 1913-1950 (most years)