Rochester Genealogy (in Olmsted County, MN)

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Rochester Birth Records

1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index Ancestry online

1900-1934 Minnesota Birth Index MyHeritage online

Birth registers, 1871-1930 ; indexes, 1870-1999 FamilySearch Library

City birth & death registers, Rochester, Minnesota, 1871-1940 FamilySearch Library

Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 (selections) Ancestry online

Minnesota, Birth Records, 1900-present Minnesota Department of Health

Rochester Cemetery Records

Bethel Lutheran Church Columbarium Billion Graves online

Bethel Lutheran Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Burials, 1965-1984 (St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Rochester, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Calvary Cemetery inscriptions, Rochester, Minnesota FamilySearch Library

Calvary Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Card index, 1863-1998 and cemetery records, 1878-1998 FamilySearch Library

Congregational Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Fairview Cemetery Billion Graves online

First Presbyterian Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

First Unitarian Universalist Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Fitch Cemetery Billion Graves online

Grandview Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Grandview Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Haverhill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Haverhill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lenora Cemetery WorldCat

Mayowood Cemetery inscriptions, Rochester Township, Minnesota FamilySearch Library

Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties Ancestry online

Minnesota, Olmsted County, Oakwood Cemetery Records, 1863-1998 Family Search online

Mount Hope Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Olive Lutheran Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Oakwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oakwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oakwood Cemetery inscriptions, Rochester, Minnesota FamilySearch Library

Oakwood East Cemetery Find a Grave online

Obituary and cemetery record, 1879-1965, Rochester State Hospital (Minn.) Archive Grid

Our Saviors Lutheran Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Pleasant Prairie Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Prairie Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant Prairie Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant Prairie Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Rochester State Hospital Cemetery Billion Graves online

Rochester State Hospital Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rochester State Hospital Cemetery Burials (Now part of Quarry Hills Nature Center) US Gen Web Archives online

Rochester State Hospital Cemetery records WorldCat

Rochester State Hospital cemetery records FamilySearch Library

Rosemont Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Lukes Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Zumbro Lutheran Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Rochester Census Records

1857 Minnesota Territorial Census MyHeritage online

1857 Minnesota Territorial Census Ancestry online

1865 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1865 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

1875 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1875 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

1885 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1885 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

1895 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1895 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

1905 Minnesota State Census MyHeritage online

1905 Minnesota State Census Ancestry online

Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Rochester Church Records

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Bethel church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Burials, 1965-1984 (St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Rochester, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1857-1949 (First Methodist Episcopal Church (Rochester, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1858-1946 (Calvary Church (Rochester, Minnesota : Protestant Episcopal)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1859-1923 (Congregational Church (Rochester, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1867-1967 (Trinity Lutheran Church (Rochester, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1875-1917 (Rochester Frste Norsk-Dansk Evangelisk-Lutherske Menighed (Rochester, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1905-1985 (Peace United Church of Christ (Rochester, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Gloria Dei church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 (selections) Ancestry online

Record of members, [1927]-1942 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rochester Branch (Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

Records, 1873-1984 (Sisters of Saint Francis (Rochester, Minnesota)) FamilySearch Library

St Andrew Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1947-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Zumbro church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Rochester City Directories

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Rochester (Olmsted County, Minn.) city directory FamilySearch Library

Rochester City Directory 1909 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1911 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1913 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1915 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1917 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1919 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1921 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1923 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Rochester City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Rochester, MN 1909-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1943 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester, Minnesota, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rochester Death Records

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1904-2001 Minnesota Death Index MyHeritage online

1908-2017 Minnesota Death Index Ancestry online

City birth & death registers, Rochester, Minnesota, 1871-1940 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1871-1997 ; indexes, 1870-1984 FamilySearch Library

Deaths from Rochester, Minnesota Newspapers 1859 - 1912 FamilySearch Library

Funeral records, ca. 1930-1980 FamilySearch Library

Minnesota, Death Records, 1908-present Minnesota Department of Health

Record of funerals, 1897-1917 FamilySearch Library

Registers of funerals, 1909-1929 FamilySearch Library

Rochester Immigration Records

Minnesota, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920 Ancestry online

Minnesota, Naturalization Card Index, 1930-1988 MyHeritage online

Minnesota, Naturalization Index, 1849-1985 Ancestry online

Rochester Land Records

Index to deeds, 1855-1901 FamilySearch Library

Rochester Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota 1869. Library of Congress online

Rochester, 1870 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, April 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, June 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, June 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, June 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, June 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, October 1920 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, September 1884 Library of Congress online

Rochester Marriage Records

1850-2019, Minnesota, Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System Ancestry online

Marriage records, Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1855-1951 ; indexes, 1855-1984 FamilySearch Library

Minnesota Marriages Index, 1849-1950 (selections) Ancestry online

Rochester Military Records

Membership register index [Grand Army of the Republic. Custer Post #44 (Rochester, Minn.)] WorldCat

Rochester Newspapers and Obituaries

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Deaths from Rochester, Minnesota Newspapers 1859 - 1912 FamilySearch Library

Federal union, 1868-01-04 to 1873-12-26 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Index To Rochester Newspapers, Ca. 1859-1912 FamilySearch Library

Rochester Republican 06/01/1864 to 02/15/1866 Genealogy Bank online

Rochester Republican, 1860-11-07 to 1867-05-02 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Rochester city news, 1859-11-09 to 1860-10-31 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Rochester daily post and record, 1917-10-01 to 1922-12-30 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Rochester news, 1859-11-02 to 1859-11-02 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Rochester semi-weekly central record, 1871-02-04 to 1871-09-30 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Rochester weekly central record, 1871-10-07 to 1871-12-30 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

State Fair post, 1867-10-01 to 1867-10-04 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

The Minnesota record, 1872-01-27 to 1874-03-07 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

The Post and record, 1899-02-03 to 1916-09-29 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

The Rochester city post, 1859-11-12 to 1864-09-03 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

The Rochester post, 1866-02-03 to 1899-01-27 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

The record and union, 1874-03-13 to 1899-01-27 Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub online

Offline Newspapers for Rochester

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Daily Post and Record. (Rochester, Minn.) 1899-1917

Federal Union. (Rochester, Minn.) 1866-1874

Minnesota Record. (Rochester, Minn.) 1872-1874

Nordisk Folkeblad. (Rochester, Minn.) 1868-1875

Post and Record. ([Rochester, Minn.) 1899-1916

Post-Bulletin. (Rochester, Minn.) 1982-Current

Record and Union. (Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn.) 1874-1899

Rochester City News. (Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minn.) 1859-1860

Rochester City Post. (Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn.) 1859-1866

Rochester Daily Bulletin. (Rochester, Minn.) 1891-1925

Rochester Daily Leader. (Rochester, Minn.) 1892-1893

Rochester Daily Post and Record. (Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn.) 1917-1925

Rochester Daily Post. (Rochester, Minn.) 1893-1899

Rochester Democrat. (Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn.) 1857-1858

Rochester Journal. (Rochester, Minn.) 1929-1931

Rochester Post-Bulletin. (Rochester, Minn.) 1925-1982

Rochester Post. (Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minn.) 1866-1899

Rochester Republican. (Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minn.) 1860-1867

Rochester Weekly Central Record. (Rochester, Minn.) 1871-1872

State News. (Minneapolis ;) 1928-1939

Rochester Probate Records

1801-1925 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Membership register index [Grand Army of the Republic. Custer Post #44 (Rochester, Minn.)] WorldCat

Rochester School Records

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Century High School yearbook, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Century High School yearbook, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

John Marshall High School - Rochord Yearbook (Rochester, MN), 1959, 1962, 1964 E Yearbook online

John Marshall High School yearbook, 1925, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

John Marshall High School yearbook, 1925, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2010 Classmates online

John Marshall High School yearbook, 1925, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lourdes High School - Raconteur Yearbook (Rochester, MN), 1945, 1974 E Yearbook online

Lourdes High School yearbook, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1972, 1974 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Lourdes High School yearbook, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lourdes High School yearbook, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Mayo High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Mayo High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mayo High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1993, 2010 Classmates online

Methodist Kahler School of Nursing - Link Yearbook (Rochester, MN), 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1966, 1968 E Yearbook online

Methodist Kahler School of Nursing yearbooks, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1966, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rochester Community College - Rajuco Yearbook (Rochester, MN), 1974 E Yearbook online

Rochester Community College yearbook, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rochester High School - Rochord Yearbook (Rochester, MN), 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957 E Yearbook online

Rochester High School yearbook, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1965 Classmates online

Rochester High School yearbook, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rochester High School yearbook, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1965 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online



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