See Tom Brown's tax statements in Berlin Township - Contributed by: Karl Heuterman
1882 taxes (paid in 1883) in $8.70 - County Treasurer was J.H. Cansdell
1883 taxes (paid in 1884) in $25.39 - County Treasurer was S. Peterson

Tom Brown's diary from 1871


Visit the Steele County Historical Society's web site - great photos!
One of my personal favorites is this 1864 photo of a wagon train in downtown Owatonna.

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Steele county resources

• Archives for Steele County
• Bios - listed by surname, contributed by various researchers
• BRADLEY family of Ireland - contact Jerry Franck
• BRAIN, Alice Irene (DANIELS) (b.1863), - contact Jean
  
• LONERGAN family of Ireland - contact Jerry Franck
• Books
• History of Steele and Waseca Counties, Minnesota: An Album of History and Biography - see index
  
• Cemetery Locations
• Cemetery Transcriptions
• 53 Cemeteries - contact  Ron Houghtelin
• Aurora Lutheran Cemetery (offsite) - contact  Christine Larson
• Dalby database and lookups (offsite) - contact John Dalby
• Thompson Cemetery (offsite) - contact  Christine Larson
• Union Cemetery in rural Blooming Prairie (offsite) - contact Gary Jacobsen
• Census Information
• 1857, 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1895, 1900 Norwegians in Havana and Aurora Townships (offsite) - contact  Christine Larson
• 1860 Census Images and partial index by name (Tom Hintz & Kathy Hines, some day I'll finish this)
• 1880 Federal Census Index (courtesy of John Haberman ) - Description, Surnames: A-C D-G H-K L-O P-S T-Z
• 1900 Federal Census Index (courtesy of John Haberman ) - Description, Surnames A-B C-F G-H I-K L-N O-R S T-Z
• 1910 Federal Census Index (courtesy of John Haberman ) - Description, Surnames A-B C-E F-H I-K L-N O-R S T-Z
• 1920 Federal Census Index (courtesy of John Haberman ) - Description, Surnames A-B C-F G-H I-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
• 1930 Federal Census Index (courtesy of John Haberman ) - Description, Surnames A-B C-D E-G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
• Churches
• Brorson Danish Lutheran Church (known as Trinity Lutheran Church since 1940) - contact Gary Jacobsen
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Owatonna - contact Jeanne Catron
  
• Lookups and Volunteers
• Mail list archives (offsite)
• Browse old messages in MNSteele
  
• Search old messages in MNSteele
  
• Marriage Records Index - Books A & B
• Groom's Surname Index - A - F, G - M, N - Z
• Bride's Surname Index - A - F, G - M, N - Z
• Message Board (offsite)
• Online researchers' resources for Steele Co., MN (offsite)
  
• Norwegians (offsite) - Chris Larson's web site
  Chris has focused on the community of Norwegian immigrants in Havana and Aurora Townships, Steele County, Minnesota.
• Owatonna's City web site (offsite)
• Owatonna history from the Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism (offsite)
• Plat Maps
• 1879 Plat Index for surnames by township: Clinton Falls Township, Summit Township (courtesy of John Haberman )
• 1897 Plat maps
• 1927 Landowners of Record, by township: (courtesy of Ron Houghtelin of Owatonna, 2004)
  • Aurora Township, Berlin Township, Blooming Prairie Township
  • Clinton Falls Township, Deerfield Township, Havana Township
  • Lemond Township, Medford Township, Meriden Township
  • Merton Township, Owatonna Township, Somerset Township, Summit Township
• Postcards
• 1907 - Mailed from Northwood (Iowa?) to Blooming Prairie, Steele co., MN to Miss Lella Thorson. (front - back)
• Steel County Government web site(offsite)
• Steele County Historical Society (offsite)
  
• Steele Co. in the National Register of Historic Places (offsite)
  
• Steele Co Newspapers at the MHS
• Park Books' listings for Steele Co (offsite)

 

Steele County History Minnesota was organized as a territory in 1849. Steele County was split February 20, 1855 from Rice County. It remained attached to Rice County awhile for civil and judicial purposes. At that time, Steele County included all of Waseca County and later the eastern Steele townships were added from Dodge County. Steele County's page with courthouse contact information. Steele Co general sites including the public library. More specifically, visit the Public Library Genealogy Resources page.

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