The Wright County Historical Society's Library and Archive
Our library holds extensive information, including:
- Wright County history books
- Wright
County Marriage Index (prior to 1900)
- Wright County Real & Property tax records (1930-1976)
- Wright County
Plat maps (1879-present)
- Wright County Cemetery Index
- family histories completed and donated to WCHS
- Czech
Immigration passenger lists (1834-1899) Baltimore (1846-1914) Galveston (1847-1896) New York (1852-1899) New Orleans
- Famine
Immigrants series of ship passenger lists of Irish to America (1846-1851)
- German to America series of ship passenger
lists (1840-1897)
- Maps of Germany and Prussia in the 19th century
- Town and Parish histories
Microfilm
Holdings include:
- Wright County newspapers
- Wright County death record cards (1900-1907)
- Wright
County death certificates (1908-1966)
- Wright County state and federal census records (1860-1930)
- Wright County
area Roman Catholic church records
- some Lutheran church records
- Wright County probate records (1891-1926)
- WWI
Selective Service Draft Cards for Wright County
In our library we offer online services for our
Historical Society members including:
- GenLine.com (Search your Swedish ancestry in millions of pages of
original Swedish Church Records on the Internet). GenLine.com is available to our membership thanks to a generous donation
by Leann and John Norman.
- Ancestry.com (the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in
worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy information). Ancestry.com is available to our membership
thanks to the generousity of an anonymous donor.
Research Requests
All visitors are admitted free into the Society's
museum and library. The staff will assist reference library patrons at no charge, however research must be completed
on your own.
The Wright County Historical Society charges for all library and archival research performed by
the museum's staff. The minimum fee for a single research request is for one hour at the rate of $15/hour. There
is an additional charge of $0.25/page for copies made. Payment must be received before a patron's research is mailed
to them.
A written summary of work done by the staff will be submitted with the invoice. The fee is charged for
staff time involved in completing the research whether or not an answer is found to the research question.
Researchers
requesting searches for Wright County naturalization records, MN state censuses, death records and Wright County area local
obituaries have the option of completing your own research by borrowing the appropriate microfilm(s) on Inter-library loan
through the Minnesota Historical Society. Their address is: 345 Kellogg Blvd W, St. Paul MN 55102-1906.
Their website is: www.mnhs.org/library/about/loan.html or www.mnhs.org/library/about/index.html.
Come visit our gift shop!
We have a variety of toys, books, and other gifts available in our gift shop. Stop by to visit our museum or check out
our archives, then have a look at our gift shop and take something home with you.