Other Goodhue County Resources


Goodhue County Courthouse
509 W. 5th Street, Red Wing, MN  55066
(651) 385-3000--information line

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Resources:
Recorders Office: Marriage records, 1854-1968; Birth and Death records, 1870-present; Land Deeds (available with legal description), 1855-present; Mortgage and Miscellaneous records, 1870-1945
Probate: Probate records, c.1860-present
Auditor: City plat maps (updated editions only)

Copies of records are available for varying fees. The public can research records, and the courthouse staff will answer short research questions.



Goodhue County Abstract Company
433 W. 3rd Street, Suite 100, Red Wing, MN  55066
(651) 388-5929

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Resources:
Abstracts to platted county land with tract index (lists previous owners).  You must have a legal description of the property to locate records (i.e. block/lot, quarter section)

The public can research records.  Call ahead if possible.



Red Wing Public Library
225 East Avenue, Red Wing, MN  55066
(651) 385-3645 RWPL@SELCO.lib.mn.us
Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday,
10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Closed Sundays.
 

Resources:
Genealogy index to Red Wing newspapers, 1857-1967 (alphabetical name index to birth, death and marriage notices in Red Wing papers)
Red Wing Newspapers, 1857-present
Federal and State censuses for Goodhue County
Dakota Tribal Annuity Rolls, 1849-1935
Directories, phonebooks and plat books, years vary

The public can research records.  A microfilm reader/printer is available.



Cannon Falls Library
306 W. Mill Street, Cannon Falls, MN  55009
(507) 263-2804   e-mail: cfl_ill@selco.info
Hours: Monday & Friday,  10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday,  Thursday, noon  - 8 p.m.,  Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Resources:
Cannon Falls Beacon index for birth, death, and marriage notices, 1876-1992
Cannon Falls Beacon, 1876-1992 on microfilm
Select church and cemetery records
Federal and State censuses for Goodhue and Dakota Counties
LDS Family Search Computer Program

A microfilm printer/reader is available.



Cannon Falls Historical Museum
Cannon Falls, MN  55009
(507) 263-4080  e-mail: cfmuseum@rconnect.com

Hours: Friday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Resources:
Select area church, cemetery records
Family histories for Cannon Falls area
Photograph collection
Cannon Falls Beacon, 1922-present
Manuscript materials


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