Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Location:The
Otter Tail County Historical Society is located at 1110 West Lincoln, Fergus
Falls, Minnesota 56537.
Hours
Museum hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday -
Friday
1:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m., Saturday
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Sunday from June
to September
Research
library hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
The
Society can be contacted by
- Phone:
(218) 736-6038
- Fax:
(218) 739-3075
- Mail: Otter Tail County Historical Society, 110 West Lincoln, Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56537
- Email: otchs@prtel.com
- web
site: http://www.otchs.org
Historical
Collections at the Society
The E. T. Barnard Library collects and preserves both manuscript materials
and artifacts dealing with the history of the county.These materials include letters, census records, township records, land
records, platbooks, maps, newspapers and photographs.
Recently,
the Society has begun compiling materials concerning the rural schools and the
churches of Otter Tail County.These
materials, which are being located by the Township Historians organization of
the Society, are currently being organized.
Genealogical
Materials at the Center
The Barnard Library’s genealogical materials include both Federal
and Minnesota census records for the county newspapers.Access to county birth and death records can be arranged.In addition the Library has citizenship records, biography files, and the
Alien Registration records of 1918.
Services
Offered by the Center
The Center staff will do research for patrons who submit mail
or telephone questions, for a fee of $10.00 per hour (minimum of one hour
charged).
For genealogy searches, the Society requires a
minimum fee of $20.00 per surname for the search, which includes Courthouse
research (birth, death, marriage, and land records). Material can be copied for
$0.20 per photocopy, and varying charges for photograph and oral history tapes.Consult the Society’s web site for a table of charges.
In order to do the best possible job in the search,
patrons need to state specifically what information you request. Please give the
Society as much background information as possible, including:
Full Name - include Maiden
Birth Date - Mo/Day/Yr
Death Date - Mo/Day/Yr
Residence - Township & Village
For
further information, see the Society’s web site.