Research

Volunteers assist the Faribault County Historical Society with entering burial records in the online death record index that includes about 30,000 names in forty two Faribault County cemeteries.
Additional information continues to come in to be processed.

If you are responsible for one of the Faribault County cemeteries and have not shared the information with the FCHS, please contact us at 526-5421 or click here to submit a message

Online Death Record Index for Faribault County Cemeteries





 Regular or certified copies of records may be available at the link below:

A second source is the Blue Earth Community Library at 124 W. 7th Street, Blue Earth, MN
WWW.becl.org  stop in and get acquainted with the back room genealogy center or visit the online catalog.
This library catalog will be your source for books on local history.  507-526-5012 email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Included are local newspapers and microfilm from 1868 to the present.
Access Census data on microfilm for Faribault County for the following years: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920.
Other microfilm available to read and/or print:
*1890-special Schedules Union Veterans& widows of the civil war.
*Dakota Civil War Union Soldiers Index 1st Battalion Dakota Cav.
*Faribault County Cemetery Register 18xx-1990
*J.A. Kiester History of Faribault County Vol. 1
*J.A. Kiester History of Faribault County Vol. 2