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Genealogy and local history resourse materials

State and Federal census records for Scott County on microfilm and hardcopy

(need years here)

Scott County Naturalization records on microfilm

Church records (marriages, births, deaths)

(need names of churches & their city here)

Sanborn Fire Insurance maps for (need city names here).  Please make an appointment to view these maps with the curator (tnorman@scottcounthyhistory.org)

Local history books, including The Shakopee Story by Julius Coller, and the Scott County chapter of the 1882 History of the Minnesota Valley

Scott County Newspapers on microfilm

(need list of newspaper names and years of microfilms here)

Other newspapers on microfilm

(need list of other newspaper names and years of microfilms here)

Subject index

Listing newspaper and book articles on organizations, businesses, governments, disasters, and more.

The Scott County Historical Society uses a database to manage its collections - including photographs, objects, personal papers, oral histories and more.  We hope by making that database available to you it will aid in your own research and increase your personal understanding of Scott County.

If you have any questions about the collections or would like to make a donation, please contact the curator at 952-445-0378,ext. 302, or email at tnorman@scottcountyhistory.org.

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