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WELCOME
to
SCOTT COUNTY
MINNESOTA
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Hello, my
name is Claudia and I'm the Scott County GenWeb
Coordinator. I'm hoping that
with help from all of you we can get
transcriptions of records, photographs, vital
records, and misc. genealogical information added
on this site. If you have material to add,
or are willing to do lookups, please please
contact me. I don't live in Scott County so
I'm unable to do research, and getting access to
records is difficult. I'll do my best, but
help from all of you will be greatly
appreciated! Please take a look
around, send me your feedback with any ideas, and
of course, contributions!
The purpose of this site is to
provide a collection of genealogical information
and resources for Scott County. Our goal is to
include the transcription of many public records,
such as, vital records, census, marriage, and
cemetery records and to provide a forum for
freely sharing that information.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
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BOOKS |
DO YOU OWN ANY SCHOOL
ANNUALS OR BOOKS ABOUT SCOTT COUNTY AND
WOULD BE WILLING TO DO LOOKUPS IN THEM? |
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CEMETERY |
COULD YOU RECORD TOMBSTONE
RECORDS FROM A LOCAL CEMETERY? ARE YOU A
SCOUT LEADER AND NEED A PROJECT FOR YOUR
TROOP? |
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HISTORY |
COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME
LOCAL HISTORY INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OF
THE COMMUNITIES LISTED ON THE COMMUNITIES
PAGE? |
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LOOKUPS |
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO
LOOKUPS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OR ANY
GENEALOCIAL RECORDS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO? |
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PHOTOS |
PLEASE CONSIDER SENDING ME
YOUR "OLD TYME" PHOTOS RELATED
TO SCOTT COUNTY. A LANDMARK, OLD LIBRARY
BUILDING, CHURCHES, ETC. |
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SOCIETIES |
IF YOU BELONG TO EITHER
THE LOCAL HISTORY OR GENEALOGY SOCIETY,
PLEASE CONTACT ME SO WE COULD CORROBORATE
OUR EFFORTS? |
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VETERANS |
WOULD YOU COMPILE A LIST
OF VETERANS WHO SERVED IN ANY OF THE WARS
FOR HONORABLE LISTING ON THE SITE. |
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Scott
County was formed in 1853 from Dakota County and
is one of the
7
counties that make up the Twin Cities
Metro Area. It contains within its borders the
cities of: Belle Plaine, New Market, Savage,
Elko, New Prague, Shakopee, Jordan, Prior Lake.
It also contains within its borders the minor
civil divisions (MCDs) of: Belle Plaine, Jackson,
Sand Creek, Blakely, Louisville, Savage, Cedar
Lake, New Market, Shakopee, Credit River, Prior
Lake, Spring Lake, Helena, Saint Lawrence. For more information be
sure to visit the Scott County Historical Society
webpages at
http://www.scottcountyhistory.org/index.html |
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Map
of MN.
Established March 5,
1853, this county was named in honor of Gen.
Winfield Scott, who was commander in chief of the
U.S. Army from 1841 to 1861. He was born near
Petersburg, Va., June 13, 1786, and died at West
Point, N.Y., May 29, 1866; entered the army as a
captain in 1808; served with distinction in the
War of 1812 and was made a brigadier general and
brevet major general in 1814; was chief commander
in the Mexican War, 1847; and was an unsuccessful
Whig candidate for president in 1852. General
Scott visited Fort St. Anthony in the spring of
1824 for inspection of its construction, then
completed, and on his recommendation its name was
changed to Fort Snelling by a general order of
the war department, January 7, 1825.
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