Brown County is located in southern Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Renville and Nicollet counties to the north; Blue Earth county to the east; Watonwan and Cottonwood counties to the south; and Redwood county to the west.

Brown County Townships:
Albin, Bashaw, Burnstown, Cottonwood, Eden, Home, Lake Hanska, Leavenworth, Linden, Milford, Mulligan, North Star, Prairieville, Sigel, Stark, and Stately Townships.

• Brown County, Minnesota
• Brown County MAPS.
• Main Street in New Ulm, MN (ca. 1880-1899)
• New Ulm, MN
• The New Ulm Web - News, Information and Links.
• "Liberal Union Hall": Photo of A Hanska Landmark.
• Traverse des Sioux Library System or Traverse des Sioux Library System
• Member Library Information: Clickable Map - For Information about Individual Public Libraries in Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Seur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca and Watonwan Counties.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page.
• Brown County Historical Society
  
   2 N Broadway Street - New Ulm, MN 56073 Phone: (507) 354-2016.
• Brown County Recorder
  
   P.O. Box 248 - New Ulm, MN 56073-0248  Phone: (507) 233-6657.
• Brown County Courthouse
  
    14 South State Street, New Ulm, MN 56073  Phone: (507) 233-6660 - Fax: (507) 359-1430.
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Department of Health
• How to order a birth or death certificate from the Minnesota Department of Health.
Contact the Minnesota Department of Health for certified Birth records from 1900 and certified Death records from 1908.  Certificates may be ordered by mail, phone, fax, and in person at the office.  There is a fee for obtaining birth or death certificates.
Minnesota Department of Health
  Attention: Vital Records
  717 Delaware Street Southeast
  P.O. Box 9441
  Minneapolis, MN  55440-9441
  Phone: 612-676-5120 (For birth records, press 4; For death records, press 5)
Records prior to these years, may be requested from the County  Registrar/Recorder in the county where the event occurred.
• Instructions on obtaining certificates of marriage or divorce decrees and index search.
• MN Dept. of Health list of County Registrars/Recorders: choose county

• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page.
• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
• Tribes in the Minnesota area.
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Minnesota State Archives.
• Minnesota's State Government Libraries.
• North Star: Minnesota Libraries.
• Minnesota State Symbols.
• Minnesota Historical Society Library.
• MHS: Minnesota Women's History
Minnesota State History.
• Minnesota Genealogical Society - Library
   5768 Olson Memorial Highway - Golden Valley, MN 55422 Phone: (612) 595-9347.
• Association of Minnesota Counties.
• History of County Government.
• HPI: Counties in Minnesota.
• Minnesota Township Directory.
• Ancestry.com: Minnesota Resources
• NARA: National Archives and Records Administration.
• The Genealogy Page.
• Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Massachusetts town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
• Cyndi's List for Minnesota.
• U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for Minnesota.
• USA Veterans' Administration
  
• Animated MAPs: The Formation of the Contiguous States through additions of territories andstates and The Evolution of United States County Boundaries by Ed Stephans.
  

School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.
 
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