Winona County, Minnesota
Genealogy, History & Facts

County Vital Records ∣ County Census Records ∣ County Courthouse and Government Records ∣
County Societies, Family History Resources and County Genealogy Links

Winona County, Minnesota Facts

When was Winona County, MN Created?
Winona County was founded on April 4, 1854 from Fillmore County and Wabasha County.

What is the County Seat of Winona County, MN?
The County Seat is located in Winona and the county government website is http://www.co.winona.mn.us/

What counties are adjacent to Winona County, MN?
Bordering Counties are Wabasha County, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Houston County, Fillmore County, Olmsted County.

Winona County, MN Vital Records

Where can find Winona County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Winona County vital records can be found at the Minnesota Office of Vital Records which has copies of birth resords from 1900 and death records from 1908. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Minnesota for current fees and application process.

You can search online for Winona County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Minnesota Birth Certificate and Death Certificates Applications to mail.

• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• Social Security Death Index
• Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980
• Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983
• Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002
• Minnesota, Marriages Index, 1849-1950
• Minnesota, Divorce Index, 1970-1995
• Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002
• Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990

Winona County, MN Census Records

What Winona County, MN census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Winona County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

Winona Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1860, 1870 and 1880. Winona Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules can be found for 1860, 1870 and 1880. Winona Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890.

Winona Co. territorial and state censuses exist for the years 1849-1905.. There is free down-loadable and also printable census forms to help you with your research. See Also Minnesota Census Records Research Guide

• Search The U.S. Federal Census Collection
• Minnesota Census, 1835-90
• Winona County, MN Census Records Link
• Winona County, MN Census QuickFacts

Winona County, MN Courthouse and Government Records

Winona County Courthouse

What genealogical records can I find in the Winona County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Winona County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Minnesota courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Minnesota residents.

The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Winona County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Minnesota Corthouse Records Research Guide.

• Winona County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
  • Address: 171 W. Third Street, Winona , MN 55987
  • Phone: (507) 457-6385
• Winona County Recorder
  • Birth / Death Records: 1870
  • Marriage Records: 1854
  • Land Records: 1853
• Winona County Court Administrator
  • Probate Records: 1856
  • Court Records: 1855
• Minnesota, Will Records, 1849-1985
• Minnesota Land Records
• BLM Land Records

Winona County, MN Societies and Family History Resources

What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Winona County, MN?
A list of Winona County Historical  and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Minnesota Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.

• Winona County Historical Society, 160 Johnson St, Winona MN 55987-0363, Phone: 507 454-2723
• Minnesota Historical Society Research Center, 1500 Mississippi Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, (612) 296-6980
• Minnesota State Archives, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102-1906 • 651-259-3260
• Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1185 Concord St. N. Suite 218, South St. Paul, MN 55075-1187
• Minnesota Historical Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102-1906 . 651-259-3000

Where can I connect with other Winona County, MN Researchers through message boards and forums?

https://www.archives.gov/research/census
• Minnesota Genealogy Network Community (plus.google.com)
• Minnesota State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
• Winona County, Minnesota Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
• Winona County, Minnesota Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)

What other genealogical resources are available in Winona County, MN?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Winona County. Each of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Professional Sites, Personal Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some have to have a fee. This is simply a list which has been gathered or submitted. I do not endorse or promote one genealogy site above another.

Winona Co. MN Books, Newspapers & Publications

• Minnesota Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
• Minnesota historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
• Historical Newspapers from Minnesota (1849 – 1922) (genealogybank.com)
• Winona County, Minnesota Books (amazon.com)
• Search Minnesota Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
• Winona County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)

Winona Co. MN Cemeteries & Church Records

• Minnesota Cemetery Research Guide
• Winona Co., Minnesota Graves (findagrave.com)
• Winona County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
• Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties  (search.ancestry.com)
• Winona Co., Minnesota Cemeteries (Internment.net)
• Winona Co., Minnesota Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
• Minnesota Church & Bible Research Guide
• Winona County, Minnesota Church Books (amazon.com)

Winona Co. MN Family Websites, Pictures & Histories

•  Minnesota Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)

Winona Co. MN General and History Websites

• See Also State History for Minnesota
• Winona County, Minnesota Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• Winona County, Minnesota Wiki (familysearch.org)
• Winona Co. MN Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
• Family History Library (familysearch.org)
• Winona County, Minnesota (linkpendium.com)
• Cyndi’s List – United States – Minnesota – Counties – Winona (cyndislist.com)
• Winona County Minnesota (genealogytrails.com)
• Winona Co. MNGenweb (rootsweb.ancestry.com)
• Winona County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
• Winona Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)

Winona Co. MN Immigration & Naturalization

• See Also Statewide Immigration and Naturalization Links for Minnesota
• Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, 1854-1957  (search.ancestry.com)

Winona Co. MN Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

• See Also Map of Minnesota Links and Information
• 1895 Winona County Map (livgenmi.com)
• Winona County D.O.T. Road and Highway Maps

Winona Co. MN Military Records

• Minnesota Military Records Research Guide
• Minnesota, Civil War Records, 1861-1865  (search.ancestry.com)
• Minnesota Military Records (fold3.com) will provide easy access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the Minnesota men and women who served. Suitable for Winona County genealogists, researchers, historians and more.