Rice County Historical Society at…

• LibraryThing – to access our Library Catalog of Non-Circulating books
• Facebook

Rice County History Resources:

• Carleton College Archives
• City of Faribault
  • Faribault HPC
• Dalby Database
• Book: “History of Rice County “, Neil, Edward, 1882
• Book: “History of Rice and Steele Counties, Minnesota: Vol. 1“, Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn, 1910
• Book: “History of Rice and Steele Counties, Minnesota: Vol. 2“, Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn, 1910
• Maps:
  • 1854-55 Public Land Survey Maps
  • Rice County Highway Map (Current)
  • Other Rice County Maps (Rice County)
• Rice County’s National Register of Historic Places
• Rice County Cemetery Map
• St. Olaf College Archives: Shaw-Olson Center For College History
• History of Rice County Railroads

Local Historical Societies and Organizations:

• Historic Christdala Church and Cemetery Association
• German Union Cemetery
• Northfield Historical Society
• Old Trondhjem Church
• Rice County Steam and Gas Engines, Inc:
• Valley Grove Preservation Society

Helpful Genealogical Society Resources:

• Bureau of Land Management’s General Land Office Records 
  • Rice County – Beacon: Current Property Search 
• Dalby Database
• Danish-American Genealogical Society 
• Find A Grave
• Germanic Genealogy Society
• Minnesota Genealogical Society
• Minnesota Online Marriage System
• NAHA: Norwegian-American Historical Association
• Rice County Genealogical Society (RCGS)
  • Rice Gleanings (The RCGS Newsletter)
• Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota

Rice County Celebrations:

• Faribault Heritage Days
• Lonsdale Community Days
• Northfield’s Defeat of Jesse James Days
• Rice County Fair

Other Links of Note:

• Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community
• How Libraries Are Revolutionizing Family Tree Research