Sibley County Historical Society and Museum/Henderson, MN
Genealogical Resources
Genealogy is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the country. We are so fortunate that our
new office addition allows us to better serve those who are seeking genealogy information.
We have volunteers who will do research.
For said services, a free will offering to the Society or the purchase
of a Sibley County Historical Society membership is requested.
If you are interested in doing your own research, an appointment can be made
for a volunteer to be available to assist you. Genealogy requests must be made
by calling the Museum and leaving a message.
Call for an appointment with our research assistants
507-248-3434
If there is no answer, leave a message including your name and phone number and a volunteer
will call you back. You may also send in your request via email here.
The fee for this service is $10.00 per hour plus $.50 per copy of requested material. Please note
that our minimum payment for documents is $1.00. Up to two documents may be purchased
for $1.00. Payments are only made in $1.00 increments.
We regret that we cannot offer online payments for Services, such as genealogical research, due to prohibitive fees required by our website provider to add the capability to take online payments for services.
As such, payments for volunteer research (or documents) may be made by check to
Sibley County Historical Society
(Please write Genealogical Services in the memo line of the check.)
Mail to:
Sibley County Historical Society
P.O. Box 407
Henderson, MN 56044
Or (For Documents Only)
Products, such as document requests, fall under a different website fee structure, so online payments are accepted. You may pay via the button below which will take you to our products page. The first product
listed will pertain to documents. Please note: there will be a $5.00 per order S&H fee if mailed. If picking up at the Historical Society in Henderson, please pay by cash or check at the time of pickup and no S&H will be charged.
Obituaries
Starting in 1890
The Sibley County Historical Society has an extensive collection of obituaries that have been clipped from newspapers within Sibley County. Available obituaries can be ordered for a nominal fee. Complete information is accessed through the link HERE.
Minnesota Gen
In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. This lead to the USGenWeb project of which Minnesota is a part.
Newspapers
* Newspapers:
Arlington Enterprise (1906 - 1970)
* Newspapers and other records on microfilm:
Henderson Democrat (1856 - 1861)
Henderson Monitor (some partial issues)
Henderson Times (1872 - 1875)
Henderson Sibley County Independent
(1873 - 1949)
Gibbon Gazette (1894 - 1951)