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MEETINGS: 3RD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH 7:30 P.M.
LOCATION: OTTER TAIL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S E.T. BARNARD LIBRARY
1110 LINCOLN AVENUE WEST, FERGUS FAILS, MN 56537 (218) 736-6038
MEMBERSHIP PLUS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER: $8.00 PER CALENDAR YEAR $10.00 IF MAILED.

The quarterly newsletter contains a President's Message; Queries related to the Otter Tail County area; a short review of some of the Books Already in Our Library; a brief history of an Otter Tail County Township which includes a listing of the 1880 Census, a listing of the township landowners from an 1884 platbook, and a listing of the cemeteries found in that township with the surnames of those buried there; Otter Tail County Naturalization Index from the late 1800's and later; Index to surnames found in "History of Otter Tail County" by John W. Mason, 1916; Helpful Suggestions, Ideas, and Hints for doing genealogical research.


PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE OTTER TAIL COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

**Otter Tail COUNTY CEMETERY RECORD BOOKS
Induded are all cemeteries and private burial lots in Otter Tail Co. Townships:
1- Perham
2- Pelican Rapids, Norwegian Grove
3- Trondhjem, Erhards Grove
4- Girard, Henning, Inman, Oak Valley
5- Arnor, Everts, Dead Lake, Maine, Maplewood, Star Lake
6- Homestead, Blowers, Bluffton, Butler
7- Otto, Rush Lake, Newton
8- Edna Hobart, Gorman, Corliss, Pine Lake
9- Dora, Dunn, Candor, Lida, Scambler
10- Oak Grove in Fergus Falls - Vol 1 - A-K, Vol 2 - L-Z
11- Poor Farm, State Hospital, Vets-Ft. Snelling
12- Compton, Deer Creek, Leaf Lake, Ottertail
13- Fergus Falls, Buse, Dane Prairie
14- Orwell, Carlisle, Oscar, Friberg, Elizabeth, Aurdal
15- Western, Aastad, Tumuli
16 Elmo, Woodside, Parkers Prairie, Eastern
17- Folden, Leaf Mountain, Nidaros, Effington
18- Sverdrup.Tordemskjold, Eagle Lake, St. Olaf, Clitheral

Each Book $12.50 + tax at Otter Tail County Museum; $16.00 postpaid by mail order

**INDEXED OTTER TAIL COUNTY PLATBOOK
118-Page reproduction of the 1884 Otter Tail County Platbook is printed on archival paper with velo binding. It contains an index of all the names printed on the land.
$32.50 + tax at Otter Tail County Museum; $35.00 postpaid by mail order.

**OTTER TAIL COUNTY LANDOWNERS IN PLATS 1884, 1902, and 1912.
Index compiled by Nancy A. Carter
Index to names of landowners found in the Otter Tail County Platbooks of 1884, 1902 and 1912.
271 pages.

** INDEX TO HISTORY OF OTTER TAIL COUNTY 1916
Compiled by Nancy A. Carter
Index to surnames and given names in HISTORY OF OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MINNESOTA: Its, People, Industries, and Institutions. John Mason, Editor - Volumes I & II.

**INDEX TO 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS OF OTTER TAIL COUNTY
Compiled by Nancy A. Carter
Contains 5,000+ names of Heads of Households and others in house with different surnames.
55 pages. $20 postpaid by mail order.

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1110 W. Lincoln Avenue
Fergus Falls, MN 56537

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