Le Sueur County, Minnesota Genealogy

Guide to Le Sueur County, Minnesota ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for the French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur who visited the area in 1700. The County is located in the south central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Clerk District Court has birth and death records from 1870, marriage records from 1854, divorce and court records from 1880 and some school records 1920-1945. Probate Judge has probate records1855. Register of Deeds has land records from 1850.

Parent County

 * 1853--Le Sueur County was created 5 March 1853 from Dakota County. County seat: Le Center
 * For a brief history of how Le Sueur County was named, click here, then select Le Sueur County.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties

 * Blue Earth
 * Nicollet
 * Rice
 * Scott
 * Sibley
 * Waseca

Census
State Census
 * 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1912 - 1956 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War
Civil War service men from Le Sueur County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Le Sueur County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry (Mounted Rangers), Company E.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company E
 * - 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company I.
 * - 4th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies E and I.
 * - 10th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company G.

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1872-1962 - at FamilySearch — index

Obituaries

 * 1865-2006 - at FamilySearch— index and images

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1801 - 1999 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records 1801-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Marriage

 * 1860 - 1949 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1850-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1887-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Le Sueur County Historical Society Museum and Genealogy Center PO Box 357 301 Second St. NE Elysian MN Telephone: 507-267-4620

Le Sueur Historians 709 North 2nd Street Le Sueur 56058

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Websites

 * Le Sueur County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)