Steele County, Minnesota This County is part of The MNGenWeb and The USGenWeb® My name is Martha, I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil. I am the new Coordinator for Steele County Questions? Research Query? I might be able to assist in locating that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'. Contact: Martha With Thanks to Kathy Hines for her years of dedication to the MNGenWeb Table of Contents History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ What's New ~ Lookups ~ "Old Steele County Files" Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical & Catalog Resources Cemeteries ~ Military ~ Native American Resources ~ Crime & Punishment ~ Odds & Ends 'Minnesota Meanderings' [Off Site] Eclectic MN Resources Search Steele County Pages Search Steele County Neighbors: Dodge ~ Freeborn ~ Goodhue  & Mower [Corners] Rice ~ Waseca Interested in another Minnesota County? Here is the List of Counties. History ~ Biographies  ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Queries and Lookups ~ 'Old Steel County Files' A little bit of History... Minnesota was organized as a territory in 1849. Steele County was split February 20, 1855 from Rice County. It remained attached to Rice County awhile for civil and judicial purposes. At that time, Steele County included all of Waseca County and later the eastern Steele townships were added from Dodge County. Steele County Communities Biographies ~ Books ~ Family Stories "History of Rice and Steele Counties, Minnesota" Compiled By: Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge  [1881-1950] Illustrated, Volume II, Chicago: H C Cooper, Jr & Co, 1910 The Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download |||~☺~||| "History of Steele and Waseca Counties, Minnesota" : an album of history and biography, history of Minnesota Illustrated, Chicago: Union Publishing Company, 1887 The Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download |||~☺~||| "Who's Who in Minnesota" 1958: Centennial Edition Lithographed in USA Brown Printing Co., Waseca, Minn. Read Online or Download |||~☺~||| "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography " by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Publication Date 1900  Note: Appleton's also contains bios for Native American Folk Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes] The FS Wiki has a long list of Biographical Information for Minnesota / Use this link |||~☺~||| "American Women : The official who's who among the women of the nation" by Howes, Durward, 1899- Publication date, 1937 - V2 There are two interesting Indexes: Geographical, Occupational There is one page of Necrology [Names, no Dates, A - K] The Biographies are Alpha and split into Sections. The Indexes and Sections are Here Read Online or Download [Archive.org] |||~☺~||| "Compendium of History of Northern and Central Minnesota" George A Ogle & Co., Chicago Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers, 1904 Read Online or Download |||~☺~||| I found one Family History in the FS 'Books' Section "Tracks in Time" A History of the Von Ruden, Lechner & Langrehr Families By Mary Lampson, Woodinville, WA 98072 Printed in 1997 Miscellaneous Maps Plat Maps for Steele County 1897 Plat Maps The Plat Map File Indexes have been reformatted: Fully Searchable pdf Files: Please Use These Links: Alpha by Township: Au-Cl ~ D-Med ~ Mer-Su The Images for the Plats are here, linked to each Township. Clinton Falls: 1879 Land Owners ~ Summit Twp. 1879 Land Owners ~ [Indexes courtesy of John Haberman] 1927 Landowners of Record Combined [Indexes] ~ By Township: [courtesy of Ron Houghtelin of Owatonna, 2004] Interactive Geo Maps Perry - Castaneda Collection ~ David Rumsey Collection MN Department of Natural Resources ~ Railroad Maps "NETR" Maps Online: Minnesota Minnesota Plat Maps Steele County GIS Interactive Mapping From the Alabama Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps UWM Libraries Digital Collections ~ Humnormalt State University Map Collection ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps ~ MapGoose Surveyors Maps: 1850's [Base Maps] [Click on 'Download County' at left] Maplandia for Minnesota Queries, Mail Lists, Lookup Volunteers Cyndi's List has a list of Sites that may be used for posting Queries This is the Mail List for Minnesota: iogroups, Minnesota Lookup Volunteers and "Help Wanted" Types of Lookups: Obituaries ~ Books about Steele County Military Records ~ City Directories Please contact Martha if you have access to any of the above resources. and... Lookups & Free Digital Archival Newspapers I have access to the following Subscription Databases and am happy to do limited lookups: Heritage Hub ~ Access World News ~ LA Times ~ NY Times Contact: Martha - MNGenWeb Volunteer and... 'History Hub' = New Lookup Service Search for Living People: Zaba Search And RAOGK <<<What's New>>> Medical Directories: "Medical and Surgical Directory of The United States" R L Polk & Co, Publishers, 1886 [MN Files] "Medical and Surgical Register of The United States" R L Polk, Publishers, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago 1890 [MN Files] Military Information is also included in these Books. Such As... Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards. Medical Corps of the United States Navy Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service. Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards. Note: There are more of these Directories for the following years: Scroll [Archive.org Site] Years: 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898,1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917 The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free accessed. Please use this link for access. The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that are free to view and download: Use This Link "Old Steele County Files" There was an interesting collection that Kathy put together: 4 Items Below were Labeled "New" See Tom Brown's tax statements in Berlin Township - Contributed by: Karl Heuterman 1882 taxes (paid in 1883) in $8.70 - County Treasurer was J.H. Cansdell 1883 taxes (paid in 1884) in $25.39 - County Treasurer was S. Peterson Tom Brown's Diary from 1871 |||☺||| Steele County Resources: Miscellaneous Bios - listed by surname, contributed by various researchers Bradley family of Ireland - Jerry Franck, Deceased. Brain, Alice Irene [Daniels] (b.1863) Contributed by Jean Lonergan family of Ireland - Jerry Franck, Deceased |||☺||| Census Information : The Census Files were all reformatted: Please use these Links, the Files are Static, they will not be changed, corrected or updated. Census Headings: 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930 1860 Census: Surnames with Township Locations 1880: A-Z ~ 1900; A-Z ~ 1910: A-Z ~ 1920: A-Z ~ 1930: A-Z Norwegians in Havana and Aurora Townships Data for Dates: 1857-1900 (offsite) - contact  Christine Larson |||☺||| Marriage Records Index - Books A & B These indexes have been reformatted: Please Use This Link ~ The File is a fully searchable pdf. |||☺||| Odds and Ends From the Old Steele County Pages Norwegians (offsite) - Chris Larson's web site Chris has focused on the community of Norwegian immigrants in Havana and Aurora Townships, Steele County, Minnesota.Owatonna's City web site (offsite) Post Card: 1907 - Mailed from Northwood (Iowa?) to Blooming Prairie, Steele co., MN to Miss Lella Thorson. (front - back) Steel County Government web site(offsite) Steele County Historical Society (offsite) Steele Co. in the National Register of Historic Places (offsite) Minnesota Newspaper Hub ~ Minnesota Genealogical Society "The Fine Print" Steele County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham State Coordinator:Tim Stowell Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote For information about adopting a Minnesota County, please contact Tim: Here is the  list of Counties All materials,  sounds and data contained herein are not to be copied or downloaded for purposes of duplication, distribution or publishing without the express written permission of the Steele County Coordinator. All data will stay with the MNGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster. All Rights Reserved Online Continuosly Since 1997 Site Updated: 26 September 2024 Steele County, MN ~ MNGenWeb ~ USGenWeb® Project ~ USGenWeb Archives Back to Top