Welcome to Freeborn County Minnesota Genealogy and History part of the Genealogy Trails Family 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. 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. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] DONATE YOUR DATA! 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 newspaper 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 are unable to perform personal research for you. All data we come across is added to this site, so please keep checking back! 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  TOWNSHIP MAP Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Newspaper Data Obituaries Postcards and Pictures School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Nov. 2012: Obits: Armstrong, Flindt, Hayes, Hindon, Lovely, Lundberg, Nienhaff, Tellett, Wanger Marriages: Belsheim – Blacklin; Hewe - Wilcox; Bessinger - Boals; Chapman - Hill; Swanson - Blacklin; Winjun – Hammer; Reichenbach – Stadhem; Rasmussen - Olson Bios: Anderson, Dahl, Jacobson, Jahr July 2012: Bio: Carlson June 2012: Bios: Clementson, Greene, Larson, Thomas May 2012: Obit: Thorson; Bios: Angus, Armstrong, Bahe Apr. 2012: Bios: Dwyer, Edwards, Fosburg, Gibbs, Gordon, Greene, Morgan, Ransom Mar. 2012: Obits: Austin, Bong, Brady, Buckley, Haar, Hall, Howard, Keefe, Lightly, Morgan, Olson, Roberts, Stamm; Bios: Chamberlain, Clement, Flatness, Griffin, Gulbrandson, Hammond, Harrison Feb. 2012: WW2 Army Honor List; obit for Young children; bios: Bessesen, Biornstad, Blackner, Blunt, Brainerd, Day, Dunn, Kittelson; Crime News: Lovely's House Robbed; Schools: Glenville School Report Previous Updates: Bio for STRAND; 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 List of Cemeteries; 14 Vanished Communities; Communities and their histories; Town Histories SEARCH OUR SITES Join our Genealogy Trails Upper Midwestern States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Upper Midwest States of : North Dakota -- South Dakota -- Minnesota -- Wisconsin -- Michigan 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 Many thanks to previous host Michael Nelson for his work on this site! Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.