Welcome to this Genealogy Trails site for Freeborn County Genealogy and History Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is available for adoption. Many thanks to previous host Michael Nelson for his work on this site! We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as we can make it. If you are interested in joining our group by hosting one of the available county websites, view our Volunteer Page for further information about us and then contact Kim. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] All information you find on this site is submitted by people like you and me, searching for their family roots. We welcome any information you may wish to provide for the free research of others. So, dust off those old scrapbooks you have in your attic, dig out those old newspapers, or anything else you feel is of interest to this County, and send them our way. We are looking for obituaries, newspaper stories, biographies, Birth, Death and Marriage records, as well as interesting tidbits from years gone past - the items YOU used to put together your family trees. If you have information that you'd like to share with us on the history of this county and its people, please send it to us and we'll make sure it gets posted online. We regret that we do not have the time to perform personal research for anyone. Founded February 20, 1855 County Seat: Albert Lea Named for William Freeborn, a territorial settler and legislator Cities Townships Freeborn County Government Center 411 South Broadway Albert Lea, Minnesota 56007 1-507-377-5299 Albert Lea Alden Clarks Grove Conger Emmons Freeborn Geneva Glenville Gordonsville Hartland Hayward Hollandale Manchester Myrtle Oakland Twin Lakes Albert Lea Township Alden Township Bancroft Township Bath Township Carlston Township Freeborn Township Freeman Township Geneva Township Hartland Township Hayward Township London Township Manchester Township Mansfield Township Moscow Township Newry Township Nunda Township Oakland Township Pickerel Lake Township Riceland Township Shell Rock Township Website Data BIRTHS OBITS MARRIAGES CEMETERIES CENSUS INFO BIOGRAPHIES DEATHS CHURCHES NEWS & GOSSIP HISTORY  TOWNSHIP MAP  POSTCARDS AND PIX   Website Updates: Mar 2009: Bio for STRAND Nov 2008: Partial listings for Alden, Carlston & Greenwood Cemeteries Obits for: Dills, Gay, Hall, Johnson, Krebs, Lemke, Noble, Orrie & Williams Marriage announcements for: Robinson, Reynolds, Larson, Olson, Knudson & Mauseth Deaths notices for: Christenson, Davis, Gilmore & Walaski July 2008: List of Cemeteries; 14 Vanished Communities; Communities and their histories; Town Histories   Adjacent Counties: * Steele County (northeast) * Mower County (east) * Worth County, Iowa (south) * Winnebago County, Iowa (southwest) * Faribault County (west) * Waseca County (northwest) VISIT THE NATIONAL SITE OF GENEALOGY TRAILS BACK TO THE MINNESOTA STATE PAGE All data on this website is © Copyright 2009 by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.