Martin County is located in southern Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Watonwan and Blue Earth counties to the north; Faribault county to the east; and Jackson county to the west.  The Iowa counties of Emmet and Kossuth are its neighbors to the south;

• Martin County, Minnesota
  
• The City of Fairmont, Minnesota
• Fairmont's History
• Martin County Historical Sites!
• Fairmont, MN: Sentinel Online
• Zoomable MAP of Martin County, Minnesota.
• Martin County Genealogical Society
    208 West Second Street, Room 104B - Fairmont, MN 56031.
    Mailing address:  P.O. Box 169 - Fairmont, MN 56031-0169
• Martin County, MN, Cemetery Index.
• Martin County Historical Society & Pioneer Museum
  
     304 E. Blue Earth Avenue - Fairmont, MN 56031   Phone: (507) 235-5178.
• MNGenWeb for Martin County Genealogy, by  Mike Borchardt.
• Traverse des Sioux Member Library: Clickable Map - Information about Individual Public Libraries in Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Seur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca and Watonwan Counties.
• Martin County Public Library
     110 North Park Street - Fairmont, MN 56031   Phone: (507) 238-4207.
• Martin County Recorder (For Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records)
    201 Lake Avenue - P.O. Box 785 - Fairmont, MN 56031   Phone: (507) 238-3213.

• 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

• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Minnesota State Legislature
• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
• Minnesota Elections and Voter Registration information.
• Minnesota State Archives - Collection - and Site Map.
• Minnesota's State Government Libraries.
• North Star: Minnesota Libraries.
• LDS: Minnesota Regional Public Library Systems Directory and MAP.
• Minnesota Secretary of State STUDENT PAGE! - includes the following and more:
• State Symbols
• History and Old Stuff :  Minnesota Timeline; Narrative;
• Constitution of the State of Minnesota
• MAPS : 1851 Territorial - 1857 Territorial - 1858 Territorial - 1895 MN State.
• Origin of Minnesota County Names.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory +
• +  Minnesota* + Page.
• Explore Minnesota: Tourism - Search by location - Order free publications & travel guides.
• 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.
• 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!
• USGS: Geographic Names Information System - Query form to locate features - including cemeteries, churches, populated places and more.
• The Political Graveyard, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
• 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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