If you are interested in researching your family tree or learning the history of our area, stop in and look over our genealogy collection. We have bound Journal-Patriot newspapers along with Stearns and Meeker County cemetery information. There are printed internment lists along with maps and online resources. For further information, contact the library @ 453-4434 or evlibrary@arvig.net. You can also contact us on our Facebook page. We'd love to help you in your search.
Genealogy Collection
Area Genealogy Binder
The Fink Book
History of Eden Valley Binder
Old Photos Binder
Atlases/Plat Books
US Atlas - 2012
Stearns County
Atlas – 1963
Atlas – 1965-1997
2005 Plat Book and Map Atlas
Old Plat Book and Farmers’ Directory (2 copies)
Official County Plat Book and Farmers’ Directory
Meeker County
Atlas – 1971
Cemetery Information
Area Cemetery Binder
Assumption – Eden Valley
Ebenezer Evangelical Church - Paynesville
Old St. Anne’s – Kimball
Old Saint Nicholas – Saint Nicholas
Watkins Pioneer Cemetery - Watkins
St. Anthony’s – Watkins
St. Peter’s – Eden Valley
Zion –Paynesville
Zion-Irving - Hawick, Kandiyohi County
Burr Lake – Union Grove
Eden Lake – Eden Valley
Meeker County Cemeteries
Old Eden Lake (binder and map)
PUBLICATIONS
The Eden Valley Journal
1902-1907
1912-1917
1933-1936
1939-1949
1951-1959
1961-1976
Eden Valley Watkins Journal Patriot
1993-1996
Eden Valley Journal Patriot
1997-2009
Eden Valley-Watkins VOICE
2012-2023
Please Note - Some editions are missing because of the wars and the depression, so it’s not a complete set.
Eden Valley High School Year Books 1951-2012
(Series is not complete)
Available Editions
1951
1953-1954
1963-1964
1968-1977
1990-2004
2011-2012
