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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OTTER TAIL COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
1110 W. Lincoln Avenue
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
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