Carver County Historical Societies


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Welcome to Carver County Historical Society's Research List!

Carver County Home Page	Census Records	U.S. 1880, 1881 Canada, & 1881 British census records
County Historical Societies	1880 Plat maps	Lookups and Volunteers	View Carver Co. Archives
Carver Historical Soc. books	Germania passenger list - 1863	Wills & Probates	Add to Carver Archives
Carver Newspapers at MHS	Cemetery readings	Pre-1908 MN Land Patent Grants	Links of Interest
CCHS newspaper index	Message Board	Minnesota Genealogical Society	Rootsweb resources

Special Research Resources	List of Books available for sale
New Exihibits	Veteran's Military Collection

Resources at the Carver Co. Historical Society

State and Federal census records for Carver County on microfilm (3 microfilm readers available)

Carver County naturalization records on microfilm

Plat maps: 1880, 1898, 1916, 1927, some from 1940s-current

Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of Chaska and Carver County dating from 1885 - 1925 on microfilm

(Note: the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps have very detailed descriptions of properties - worth checking out)

Local history books including Carver County chapter from Edward Neill's 1882 "History of the Minnesota Valley"

Carver County newpapers on microfilm:

Carver	Carver County Democrat	1859 (part)
	Carver Free Press	1884 - 1897
	Valley Transcript	1862 (part)
Chanhassen	Chanhassen Sailor	1988 - 1990
	Chanhassen Villager	1988 - present
Chaska	Valley Herald	1862 - 1880; 1882 - present
East Union	East Union News	1891 - 1899
Norwood	Norwood Times	1890 - present
Waconia	Carver County News	1887 - 1897
	Waconia Patriot	1903 - present
Watertown	Carver County News	1897 - 1903; 1941 - present
Young America	Young America Eagle	1904 - 1943; 1945 - 1947

Newspaper index that cover individuals, businesses, organizations, government bodies and subjects (Waconia and Young America papers are fully indexed to 1994 while Chaska Herald is currently indexed to 1908)

Collection of over 10,000 photographs indexed biographically and by subject

Various family histories

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