resources
delve into the past......
The Kevin Savick Research Library collections accommodate amateur genealogists to professional historians. Guests have access to Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, resources listed below, and more. Visit our RESEARCH page for fees and how to make a research request.
Resources include but are not limited to:

Freeborn County history books (1882, 1911, 1988)
Local newspapers
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Albert Lea Enterprise (1872 – 1905)
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Albert Lea Examiner (1919 – 1922)
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Albert Lea Posten (1883 – 1885)
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Albert Lea Tribune (1897 – 2022)
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Alden Advance (1897 – 2022)
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Alden Eagle (1879 – 1880)
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Bancroft Pioneer (1858)
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Emmons Leader (1902 – 1905, 1925 – 1981)
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Freeborn County Eagle (1858 – 1860)
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Freeborn County Standard (1860 – 1931)
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Freeborn County Times (1895 – 1905)
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Freeborn County Register (1993 – 1995)
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Freeborn Herald (1860 and 1861)
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Freeborn Patriot (1934 – 1937)
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Hartland Herald (1907 – 1924, 1928)
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Glenville Leader-Press (1981 – 1992)
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Glenville Progress (1903 – 1961)
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Semi-weekly Tribune (1902 – 1908)
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Shellrock Press (1976 – 1981)
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Times-Emterprise (1905 – 1923)
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Southern Minnesota Star (1857 – 1858)
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The Weekly Review (1991 – 1993)
Newspaper index
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The Times, Enterprise, Standard, Times-Enterprise (1865 – 1931) – items indexed include birth, death, marriage, anniversary, divorce, birthday, probate, biographical sketches, and baptism notices
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Hartland Herald—items include births, deaths, marriages, and probates
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Emmons Leader – items include births, deaths, marriages, and probates
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Alden Advance – items include births, deaths, marriages, and probates
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Glenville Progress—items include births, deaths, marriages, and probates
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Vital records (birth, death, marriage), (end dates vary by record type)
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Marriage Books A – G (1857 – 1917)
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Marriage Records (1917 – 1953)
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General Index - Deeds - Grantor & Grantee Vol. 1 – 8 (1857 – 1920)
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General Index - Mortgages - Grantor & Grantee Vol. 1 – 7 (1857 – 1916)
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Record of Wills (1857 – 1925)
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Obituary index for the Enterprise, Tribune, Standard, Times, Times-Enterprise
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Obituary clippings notebooks
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Index to Deaths (1870 – 1959)
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Birth index (1870 – 1921)
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Funeral Home records
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Probate and Guardianship records
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Plat maps
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Plat maps for Freeborn County: 1874 to date
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Name index for: 1878, 1895, 1901, 1913, and 1928
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City directories (1899 to date)
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Telephone books for Albert Lea (1905 to date)
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Insurance maps for Albert Lea (1884 – 1931)
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High school yearbooks
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Albert Lea High School (1913-2020)
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Alden High School (1946-1949, 1951, 1964-1966, 1980, 1984-1986)
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Alden-Conger High School (1989-1991, 1995-1996, 1998, 2001-2004, 2006-2010, 2013-
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2014)
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Emmons High School (1950, 1961-1963, 1965-1968, 1970,1973-1978, 1980-1981, 1983-1988)
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Freeborn High School (1927-1987)
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Glenville High School (1957-1973)
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Cemetery transcripts for Freeborn County
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Surname index to the cemetery transcripts
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Federal census
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State census
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Scrapbooks
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Photographs of people, places and events
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Oral Histories
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Church histories and records
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Family histories and genealogies
Southern Minnesota newspapers available on microfilm (Faribault, Mower, Steele & Waseca Counties)
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Blooming Prairie Times (1897, 1898–1899, 1901, 1917–1988)
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Blooming Prairie News (1989 – 1993)
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Bricelyn Sentinel (1899–1909, 1911–1981)
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Ellendale Eagle (1901–02, 1904–1918, 1919–2007)
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Kiester Courier (1905, 1907 – 1981)
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Lyle Tribune (1897 – 1903)
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New Richland Review (1884 – 1885)
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New Richland North Star (1886 – 1906)
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New Richland Star (1906 – 2007)
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New Richland Star Eagle (2007 – 2008)
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Owatonna People’s Press (weekly) (1888 – 1921)
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Wells Atlas (1870 – 1875)
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Wells Faribault County Leader (1874 – 1875)
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Wells Advocate (1881, 1885 – 1906)
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Wells Forum (1898 – 1906)
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Wells Forum Advocate (1906 – 1912, 1915 – 1925)
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Wells Mirror (1913 – 2007)
Albert Lea High School Yearbooks
The Albert Lea High School yearbooks are available in the library, as well as online.