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Minnesota Genealogy
The best collection
of sources on Minnesota genealogy is the Minnesota
Historical Society. Located at the Minnesota History Center are
the Minnesota State Archives, a newspaper collection of approximately
5,000 Minnesota newspaper titles, an extensive manuscript collection,
and more than 500,000 books, pamphlets, periodicals, and government
publications. The Research Center also holds sound and visual collections,
oral histories, and maps.
The Minnesota Genealogical Society should
also be contacted for help with Minnesota research. The Society offers
classes in beginning and advanced genealogical topics.
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Dates
of Interest |
| 1763 |
Eastern
Minnesota ceded from France to Great Britain |
| 1774 |
Part
of Quebec |
| 1783 |
Eastern
Minnesota is ceded from Great Britain to the U.S. |
| 1787 |
Part
of Northwest Territory |
| 1803 |
Western
Minnesota is part of the Louisiana Purchase |
| 1803 |
All
residents of Minnesota become U.S. citizens by legislation,
except for Native Americans, whose tribes are considered a
separate nation until 1924 |
| 1820 |
Fort
Snelling is established at the site of St. Paul |
| 1830 |
Part
of the Michigan Territory; for pre-territorial federal census
see Michigan |
| 1836 |
Part
of the Wisconsin Territory |
| 1840 |
For
pre-territorial federal census see Wisconsin |
| 1849 |
Created
as a separate U.S. territory; territorical census, published
in "Census of the Minnesota Territory, June 11, 1849." Minnesota
Genealogist 11 (September 1980): 121-32; and http://www.parkbooks.com/Html/res_18~1.html |
| 1857 |
Special
federal territorial census (film 0944283 ff./M1175) |
| 1858 |
Statehood |
| 1865 |
State
census (film 0565714 ff.) |
| 1875 |
State
census (film 0565717 ff.) |
| 1885 |
State
census (film 0565334 ff.) |
| 1895 |
State
census (film 0565761 ff.) |
| 1905 |
State
census (rilm 0928767 ff.) |
| 1918 |
Alien
registration records of all non-U.S. citizens in Minnesota;
records hel at the Minnesota Historical Society |
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Handbooks
and Manuals
- Pope, Wiley R.
Tracing Your Ancestors in Minnesota: A Guide to the Sources..
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto F605 .P66x 1978 v.1-9
- Warren, Paula Stuart
and Ann H. Peterson. An Introduction to Minnesota Research Sources.
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1988.
- Location:
IHRC quarto F605 .W3x 1988
- Warren, Paula Stuart.
Minnesota Genealogical Reference Guide, 3rd ed. St. Paul, MN:
Warren Research and Publishing, 1997.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto F605 .W376 1997
Archival,
Library, and Museum Resources
- Kirkeby, Lucille
L. Holdings of Genealogical Value in Minnesota's County Museums.
Brainerd: Kirkeby, 1986.
- Location:
Wilson quarto F606 .K586x 1986
- Minnesota Historical
Society. Genealogical Resources of the Minnesota Historical Society:
A Guide. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1989.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto F605 .M56x 1989
- Northwest Minnesota
Historical Center. Guide to the Northwest Minnesota Historical
Center Collections. Moorhead, MN: Livingston Lord Library, Moorhead
State University, 1988.
- Location:
Wilson quarto F605 .N67x 1988
Cemeteries
- Anoka County
Historical Society. The Silent Cities: A Survey of Anoka County
Cemeteries, Public, Private, and Abandoned. Anoka: The Society,
1977.
- Location:
Wilson quarto 929.5 An78
- Pope, Wiley R.
Minnesota Cemetery Locations. St .Paul, MN: Minnesota Family
Trees, 1988.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Gazetteer) quarto F605 .P58x 1988
- Porter, Robert
B. The Secrets of Glader: Minnesota's Oldest Swedish Cemetery.
Center City: Ancestors, 1989
- Location:
Wilson F614 .C35 P67 1989
Census
Microfilm
of both Minnesota state and federal censuses can be found at the Minnesota
Historical Society's microfilm room and the University of Minnesota's
Government Publications Library. However, the University DOES NOT have
indexes to these censuses.
- Meissner, Dennis
E. Guide to the Use of the 1860 Minnesota Population Census Schedules
and Index. St. Paul: Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Minnesota
Historical Society, 1978.
- Location:
Wilson 317.68 M66g
- Minnesota. Secretary
of State. Minnesota State Population Census Schedule, 1885.St.
Paul: Minnesota State Archives and Record Service, 1966. 3 reels microfilm
- Location:
Wilson Mfilm 2494
Counties
- Anoka County,
Minnesota: A Collection of Historical Sketches and Family Histories.
Anoka County Historical Society. Anoka: The Society, 1982.
- Location:
Wilson folio 976.8 An78 An78
- Fillmore County,
Minnesota. Compiled by Fillmore County Historical Society. Dallas:
Taylor Pub. Co., 1984.
- Location:
Wilson folio F612 .F4 F55 1984
- First and
Early Settlers of Hennepin County, Minnesota. Compiled by John
McAuliffe. St. Paul: Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1991.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Minnesota) quarto F612 .H55 F57x 1991
- Fostveit, Donna
M. Waseca County, Minnesota, Landowners of Record, 1879: A Special
Project in Commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of Waseca County,
Minnesota. Waseca: Waseca County Historical Society, 1982.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Minnesota) quarto F612 .W17 F67 1982
- Self Portrait
of Marshall County: A History of One Minnesota County and Many People
Who Made that History. Nancy Solum, ed. Dallas: Taylor Pub. Co.,
1976.
- Location:
Wilson quarto 976.8 M358 Se48
- Rose, Arthur
P. An Illustrated History of Jackson County, Minnesota. Jackson,
Minn.: Northern History Publ. Co., 1910-1979. 2 v.
- Location:
Wilson F612 .J2 R7 v.1-2
Church
Records
- Anderson, George
Watkins. Early Records of the LeSueur River Church of Waseca and
Steele Counties, Minnesota. Brooklyn Park, MN: Park Genealogical
Books, 1993.
- Location:
Wilson quarto F612 .W17 L4 1993
- Hage, Anne A.
Church Records in Minnesota: A Guide to Parish Records of Congregational,
Evangelical, Reformed, and United Church of Christ Churches, 1851-1981.
Minneapolis: Minnesota Conference, United Church of Christ, 1983.
- Location:
Immigration Hist Res Ctr quarto BX9884.A2 M6x 1983
- Swedish Evangelical
Lutheran Church at Chisago Lake (Center City, Minn.) Chisago Lake-formsamlingen
i Minnesota: fortechkning over de aldsta medlemmarna 1855-1867.
Växjö: Emigrantinstitute, 1973
- Location:
Wilson 929.373 C447
Maps
- Finnell, Arthur
Louis. Every Name Index to the 1896 Plat Book of Cottonwood County,
Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1990.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Minnesota)
- Finnell, Arthur
Louis. Every Name Index to the 1886 Plat Book of Faribault County,
Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1990.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Minnesota) quarto G1428 .F3 B76x 1886 In
- Finnell, Arthur
Louis. Every Name Index to the 1887 Plat Book of Jackson County,
Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1990.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Minnesota) quarto G1428 .J2 I58x 1887 In
- Finnell, Arthur
Louis. Index to Property Owners in Plat Book of Jackson County,
Minnesota. Marshall, Minn.: A.L. Finnell, 1979
- Wilson Borchert
Map (Minnesota) quarto G1428 .J2 I5x 1987 Index
- Finnell, Arthur
Louis. Every Name Index to the 1902 Plat Book of Lyon County, Minnesota.
St. Paul: Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1990.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Minnesota) quarto G1428 .L9 N635x 1902 I
- Finnell, Arthur
Louis. Every Name Index to the 1886 Plat Book of Rock County, Minnesota.
St. Paul: Minnesota Genealogical Society, 1990.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Minnesota) quarto G1428 .R7 I58x 1886 In
Newspaper Sources
- Minnesota. Secretary
of State. List of Minnesota Newspapers and Their Publishers, Arranged
by Counties. Minneapolis: Secretary of State, (1982?)
- Location:
Wilson 016.07 M66
- Newspapers
of the Minnesota Frontier, 1849-1860. George Sigurd Hage, ed.
St. Paul: Minn. Hist. Soc., 1967.
- Location:
Wilson 070.9768 H12 (copy 2)
Records
and Registers
- Historical Records
Survey (Minn.). Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Minnesota:
Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals. St. Paul, Historical Records Survey,
1942.
- Location:
Wilson quarto 976.8 H619gui
Miscellaneous
- Minnesota's
Mining Accidents, 1900-1920, and Mining Death, 1889-1990.
Stina B. Green, comp. Roseville, MN: Park Genealogical Books, 1995.
- Location:
Immigration Hist. Res. Ctr. quarto HD7269 .M72 U64 1995
- Society of Colonial
Wars, Minnesota. Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Minnesota:
Register of Members and Ancestors, 1901. St. Paul: 1901.
- Location:
Wilson 369.121 So11mr
Please note:
The location designation IHRC refers to the Immigration History Research
Center, a non-circulating collection which is an international resource
on American immigration and ethnic history. The IHRC web site is: http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/
Searching
MNCAT
You can use MNCAT,
the University Libraries' computerized catalog, to search for specific
subjects. The following are some examples of useful subject terms for
genealogists; other examples are found in the Library of Congress Subject
Headings books located in Wilson Reference.
- american newspapers--minnesota--bibliography
- cemeteries--minnesota--directories
- church records
and registers--minnesota
- [city name] (minn.)--genealogy
- [county name}
County (minn.)
- [county name}
County (minn.)--census
- [county name}
County (minn.)--directories
- [county name}
County (minn.)--genealogy
- [county name}
County (minn.)--history
- [county name}
County (minn.)--maps--indexes
- For example:
- waseca county
(minn.)--genealogy
- steele county
(minn.)--genealogy
- hennepin county
(minn.)--maps--indexes
- [ethnic group]--minnesota
- jews--minnesota
- scandinavians--minnesota
- genealogy--bibliography--catalogs
- genealogy--library
resources--minnesota
- genealogy--sources--bibliography
- immigrants--minnesota
- inscriptions--minnesota
- iron miners--minnesota
- land titles--minnesota
- loggers--minnesota
- minnesota--biography
- minnesota--census
- minnesota--emigration
and immigration
- minnesota--history--sources--bibliography--catalogs
- minnesota--genealogy
- minnesota--genealogy--archival
resources
- minnesota--genealogy--bibliography--catalogs
- minnesota--genealogy--directories
- minnesota--genealogy--handbooks,
manuals, etc
- minnesota--genealogy--sources
- minnesota historical
society--catalogs and collections
- minnesota--statistics,
vital
- names, personal--minnesota
- pioneers--minnesota
- real property--minnesota--[county
name] county--indexes
- real property--minnesota--rock
county--indexes
- registers of
births, etc.--minnesota
- swedish americans--minnesota
- women--minnesota
- women immigrants--minnesota
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