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Douglas County Historical Society

Alexandria, MN 56308

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Public Research

The Douglas County Historical Society is the home to extensive historical and genealogical resources.  Histories of townships/villages, churches, cemeteries, schools, family files, plat maps, birth, death, & marriage indexes from the Douglas County courthouse records, census records, and 125 years of area newspapers are just a few of the materials that can be found in our research library.

Educational resources include slide show programs of each towns/villages in Douglas County, oral history interviews, a photo collection, materials for identification of significant buildings and sites in Douglas County, a vintage clothing and uniform collection, and several books on the history of Douglas County.

Members and non-members are welcome to come and do their own research or we can do the research for you. 

Please submit your request through email or by postal mail.  Include your mailing address, e-mail address, and a daytime phone number to be reached incase we have questions about your request.

Include the following information in your request:

  • Full name of individual. 

  • Birth date

  • Death date

  • Church affiliation if known

  • Schools attended if known

  • as much information as possible you have pertaining to the individual.

  •  The more information we have to work with, the greater chances of success.

 

Research Fees

You do the Work

  • Members may research for free; the non-member fee is $7.50 a day.  We will assist you in using our resources and in the use of the microfilm reader.

We do the Work

  • Fees begin at $15.00  Our resources include:

  • Family Files, Family Histories and Biographies

  • Index of Birth, Marriage and Death records from the Douglas County Courthouse

  • Cemetery records

  • Obituary, marriage and birth files

  • County, township and city files

  • Veterans' index

  • Buisness and industry files

  • Homestead Records (Grantor/Grantee)

  • Directories

  • Minnesota Federal Census for 1850-1930 on microfilm

  • Douglas County Naturalization Records on microfilm

  • Area newspapers from 1872-2005 on microfilm

  • Plat maps 1886, 1902, 1912, 1926, 1040 and more

  • Douglas County tax records

  • And more

Additional Services available:

  • Scanning service for photos and documents

PLEASE NOTE:

 OUR INFORMATION IS ONLY AS ACCURATE AS WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN THE PAST

Print a copy of the request form and send to

Douglas County Historical Society

1219 Nokomis St

Alexandria, MN 56308

or email request

 

 


 

 

Last modified: 05/10/07