Other Goodhue County Resources

Goodhue County Courthouse
509 W. 5th Street, Red Wing, MN  55066
(651) 385-3000--information line
Website
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) 388-8891
Website
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 email: rwpl@selco.info
Website
 Hours: Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. - 3 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
General Goodhue County references

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


Red Wing City Hall
315 West Fourth Street, Red Wing, MN  55066
(651) 385-3600 
Website
Resources:
Cemetery records for city-owned Burnside and Oakwood Cemeteries.

Family History Center - Red Wing
580 Hi Park, Red Wing, MN  55066
(651) 267-2455 email: redwingfhc@yahoo.com
Website
 Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Friday, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Resources:
Genealogical general reference books and aids
Area books and information
Software put out by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (U.S. 1880 census, Pedigree Resource File, Ancestral file, IGI, etc.)
Access to over 2 million records on microfilm/microfiche from main FHL in Salt Lake City.
Services: Internet access and free Ancestry subscription; capability to order microfilm on short term loan; ongoing classes on genealogy


Cannon Falls Library
306 W. Mill Street, Cannon Falls, MN  55009
(507) 263-2804   e-mail: cfl_ill@selco.info
Website
 Hours: Monday & Friday,  10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday,  Thursday, 12 p.m.  - 8 p.m.,  Saturday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Resources:

Cannon Falls Beacon, 1874 - present on microfilm
Cannon Falls Beacon index for birth, death, and marriage notices, 1876-1992
Select church and cemetery records
Federal and State censuses for Goodhue and Dakota Counties
1870 census index
LDS Family Search Computer Program
Naturalization records for Goodhue and Dakota Counties
County histories and select family histories

A microfilm printer/reader is available.

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