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The
Library
Welcome!
The Freeborn County Historical Museum(FCHM) Library and Archives is
located at the Freeborn County Historical Museum, 1031 Bridge Avenue,
Albert Lea, Minnesota. The collection's main emphasis is Freeborn
County. Historical and genealogical research can be conducted in the
library. The Freeborn County Genealogical Society's (FCGS) library
collection is also housed at the museum.
Hours
Tuesday - Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Other times by appointment - Closed Mondays & Holidays
Library
and Research Fees
Admission
FCHM & FCGS members: free
Non members: $5 general admission fee to museum
Photocopies
25¢ per page
Research
Services
Mail and Phone requests: $15.00 per hour (genealogical and historical
queries)
Audio tape player, Photocopy Machine, Microfiche Readers, Microfilm
Readers, Microfilm Reader-Printer.
Subject to change without notice (6/29/07)
Questions? Email L. Evenson, Librarian
Library and Archives
Resources
Freeborn
County History Books: 1882, 1911, 1988
(surname indexes for 1882 and 1911)
Freeborn County Newspapers - on Microfilm:
ALBERT LEA ENTERPRISE 1875-1879, 1881-82,
1989-1905
ALBERT LEA POSTEN 1883-1885
ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE 1899 -1965, 1988-2001
ALDEN ADVANCE 1897-1996
ALDEN EAGLE 1879-1880
EMMONS LEADER 1948-1981
FREEBORN COUNTY EAGLE 1858-1860
FREEBORN COUNTY STANDARD 1860-1931
FREEBORN COUNTY TIMES 1895-1905
FREEBORN HERALD 1860 & 1861
HARTLAND HERALD 1907-1924, 1928
GLENVILLE LEADER-PRESS 1981-1992
GLENVILLE PROGRESS 1903-1961
SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE 1902-1908
SHELLROCK PRESS 1976-1981
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA STAR 1857-1858
TIMES-ENTERPRISE 1905-1923
Freeborn County newspapers - bound volumes
ALBERT LEA TRIBUNE 1999-2006
ALBERT LEA EXAMINER 1919-1920, 1922
ALDEN ADVANCE 1997-2001
EMMONS LEADER 1902-1905, 1925-1948
FREEBORN COUNTY REGISTER 1993-1995
FREEBORN PATRIOT 1934-1936
HARTLAND HERALD 1907-1924, 1928
THE WEEKLY REVIEW 1991-1993
Newspaper index for the TIMES, ENTERPRISE, STANDARD,
TIMES-ENTERPRISE: 1865-1931. Items indexed include birth,
death, marriage, anniversary, divorce, birthday, probate,
iographical sketches, and baptism notices.
HARTLAND HERALD index. Items include births, deaths, marriages, and
probates.
EMMONS LEADER index. Items include births, deaths, marriages, and
probates.
COMMUNITY MAGAZINE 1921-1964
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Obituary
index for the ENTERPRISE, TRIBUNE, STANDARD,
TIMES, TIMES-ENTERPRISE
Obituary clippings notebooks
Cemetery transcripts for Freeborn County
Surname index to the cemetery transcripts
Census for Freeborn County - on microfilm:
Federal: 1857, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
State: 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905
Index for 1870 and 1910
Naturalization records - Freeborn County 1870-1956
City Directories for Freeborn County: 1899 to date
Telephone books for Albert Lea 1905 to date
Yearbooks for Albert Lea High School (1913-1998),
Alden High School (1946-1949, 1951, 1964-1966. 1984-1986),
Freeborn High School (1927-1987), Alden, Conger, Freeborn
High School (1989-1991)
Plat maps for Freeborn County: 1874 to date
Name index for: 1878, 1895, 1901, and 1913
Vertical files (biographical and subject) pertaining to Albert Lea
and Freeborn County - includes pamphlets, certificates, newspaper
clippings, letters, etc.
Marriage Books A-G, 1857-1917 (on microfilm)
General Index - Deeds - Grantor & Grantee
Vol. 1- 8, 1857 - 1920 (on microfilm)
General Index - Mortgages - Grantor & Grantee
Vol. 1 - 7, 1857 - 1916 (on microfilm)
Record of Wills, 1857 - 1925 (on microfilm)
Index to Deaths, 1870 - 1959 (on microfilm)
Birth Index, 1870 - 1921 (on microfilm)
Photographs, Oral Histories, Church Histories and Records,
Family Histories and Genealogies
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