[Contact: Webweaver] Rice County, Minnesota
History <-> Genealogy

First created, in 1853, from Dakota and Wabasha counties.
County Seat is Faribault.
Cities, towns and communities include:  Dundas, Faribault, Lonsdale, Morristown, Nerstrand, Northfield, Shieldsville, Warsaw and Webster.

Rice County is located in southeast central Minnesota.  Neighboring Minnesota counties include:  Scott and Dakota counties to the north; Goodhue county to the east; Steele and Waseca counties to the south; and Lesueur county to the west.

• Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Nerstrand, Rice County, MN

• Sakatah Lake State Park
  

• Rice County Historical Society and Museum
  
   1814 N.W. 2nd Avenue - Faribault, MN  55021  -  Phone: (507) 332-2121.


• The Political Graveyard for Rice County, Minnesota., includes memorial sites and information about politicians who were born, lived, or died in Rice County.

 

• Rice County Genealogical Society
  
     408 Division Street - Northfield, MN  55057.


• Rice County, Minnesota Cemeteries, by  Kimberly J Beecher Engelhardt.

• The City of Faribault Chamber of Commerce (Tourist Information)
   530 Wilson Avenue - P.O. Box 434 - Faribault MN 55021
   Phone: (507) 334-4381 or (800) 652-2354.


• Buckham Memorial Library
  
    11 Division Street East - Faribault, MN 55021  Phone: (507) 334-2089.


• Minnesota Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
         388 SE 6th Avenue - Faribault, MN 55021  Phone: (507) 333-4828 or 1-800-722-0550

• Morristown Township Home Page.

• Morristown: The Best Little Town By a Dam Site! - community directory and  information, with area lakes map.

• Morristown Historical Society
  
   P.O. Box 113 - Morristown, MN 55052


• About Northfield, MN includes History, from founding in 1855, and "Northfield Notables".

• Northfield Chamber of Commerce - includes "Yesterday and Today, an online business directory, community profile, information and links.

• Jesse James (James-Younger Gang) defeat in Northfield, MN

• Northfield Historical Society Museum

• Northfield Historical Society
  
    408 Division Street - Northfield, MN 55057  - Phone: (507) 645-9268.


• Northfield City Library
    210 Washington Street - Northfield, MN   Phone: (507) 645-6606.


• Rice County Recorder (for property records, probate)
   320 Northwest Third Street - Suite 10 - Faribault, MN 55021-6146
   Phone:  (507) 332-6114.  

 

• Minnesota Historical Society Library
• Minnesota Online Death Index, 1908 through 1946.

 

• 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

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Professional  Research
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.

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Printed resources for this page include:

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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