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United States Minnesota Winona County

County Courthouse

Winona County Courthouse
171 W 3rd Street
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: 507-457-6340

Clerk District Court has birth and death records from 1870
probate records from 1871 and school records 1909-1939. ^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1854--Winona County was created 4 April 1854 from Fillmore and Wabasha Counties.  County seat: Winona ^[2]
• For a brief history of how Winona County was named click here.  Then select Winona County.

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

History Books

"The History of Wabasha County"  Online history book of early Wabasha and Winona Counties published in 1884.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Cities

Altura | Dakota | Elba | Goodwin | La Crescent | Lewiston | Minneiska | Minnesota City | Rollingstone | St. Charles | Stockton | Utica | Winona

Townships

Dresbach | Elba | Fremont | Hart | Hillsdale | Homer | Mt. Vernon | New Hartford | Norton | Pleasant Hill | Richmond | Rollingstone | Saratoga | St. Charles | Utica | Warren | Whitewater | Wilson | Wiscoy

Unincorporated Communities

Ashton | Enterprise | Grover | Homer | Whitewater Falls

Wikipedia for Winona County

Neighboring Counties

• Buffalo County, Wisconsin
• Fillmore
• Houston
• La Crosse County, Wisconsin
• Olmsted
• Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
• Wabasha

Resources

Cemeteries

• USGenWebProject - Winona County Cemeteries
• Cemeteries in Winona County - hosted by rootsweb

Censuses

• 1850

United States Census 1850  Searchable FamilySearch Wiki leads to name index and images available for free.

• 1860

United States Census 1860 Searchable FamilySearch Wiki leads to name index available for free.

• 1870

United States Census 1870  Searchable FamilySearch Wiki leads to name index available for free.

• 1880

United States Census 1880    Searchable FamilySearch Wiki leads to name index available for free.

• 1900

United States Census 1900]     Searchable FamilySearch Wiki leads to name index available for free.

• 1910

United States Census 1910  Searchable FamilySearch Wiki leads to name index available for free.

• 1920

United States Census 1920  Searchable FamilySearch Wiki leads to name index available for free.

• 1930

United States Census 1930  Searchable FamilySearch Wiki leads to name index available for free.

Church

Court

• Winona County Third District Court
• Minnesota Court Records

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• 1874 Map of Winona County.  Includes landowners, churches, cemeteries.  From the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Military

Civil War

Civil War service men from Winona County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are many companies or regiments that were formed from men of Winona County.

- 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company A.

- 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies G, I and L.

- 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company K.

- 7th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies B and D.

- 7th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company D.

- Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Company A.

- Hatch's Independent Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, Company B.

Newspapers

• Minnesota Newspapers Directory   Locations and contact information for Winona County newspapers.
• Winona Newspaper Project   Online newspapers from the historical Winona Argus, the Winona Daily Republican and the Winona Republican Herald newspapers.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

• Laird Lucas Memorial Library & Archives    Houses the Winona County Historical Society Archives and contains historical books, newspapers, manuscripts, documents and photographs.
  
• Winona County Historical Society website

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Winona County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
• Family History Library Catalog
• Family History 101 - My Minnesota Genealogy  This site has information on Winona Co. and where to find county records.

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Winona County, Minnesota page 370, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).