Minnesota Genealogical Resources

Minnesota

• Minnesota State Info (50states.com)
• Ghost Counties, America's Dead, Forgotten Counties
• North Star: Minnesota State Government Online
• Local Government MN
• Explore Minnesota! (Tourism)
• Minnesota Secretary of State Student Page
• State Symbols
• Origins of Minnesota County Names
• This Day in Minnesota History (Minnesota Historical Society)

General Information

• Minnesota Research Notes (Park Genealogical Books)
• Minnesota Local History and Genealogy Guide
• Minnesota GenWeb Project
• Counties
• Archives
• U.S. - Minnesota - MN (Cyndi's List)
• Minnesota Mailing Lists (John Fuller)
• Minnesota Resources (RootsWeb)
• Minnesota Web Sites (RootsWeb)
• ROOTS-L United States Resources: Minnesota (RootsWeb)
• A Guide to Minnesota Genealogy (GeneaSearch)
• Research Outline, Minnesota (FamilySearch)
• Minnesota Biographies Project
• Minnesota Authors Biographies Project (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Minnesota Databases (Ancestry)
• The Dalby Database (RootsWeb)
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People

• Ancestry Groups in Minnesota (Minnesota Planning)
• People (Minnesota Historical Society)

African-American

• African-American Genealogy (Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
• African Americans (Minnesota Historical Society)

Asians and Pacific Islanders

• Asians and Pacific Islanders (Minnesota Historical Society)

Germans

• German and German-American Genealogy (Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
• German Immigration (emuseum)
• Germanic Genealogical Society
• North Star Chapter, Germans from Russia
• German-Bohemian Heritage Society
• Ostfriesen Genealogical society of Minnesota
• German Settlers in Winona

Hispanic

• Hispanic History in Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society)

Irish

• Irish and Irish-American Genealogy (Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
• Irish Genealogical Society International

Jewish

• Jewish Genealogy (Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
• Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

Native Americans

• Tribes and Villages of Minnesota
• Minnesota Native American Genealogy
• US GenWeb Archives: Native Americans

Swedes

• Sources for Swedish and Swedish-American Genealogy (Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
• Swedish Immigration (emuseum)
• American Swedish Institute
• Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota

Norwegians

• Sources for Norwegian and Norwegian-American Genealogy (Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
• Norwegian Immigration (emuseum)
• Norwegian-American Genealogical Association

Genealogical Societies, Heritage and Lineage Associations

• Addresses of Minnesota Genealogical and Historical Societies (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Society Hill: Minnesota
• Minnesota Museums (MuseumStuff.com)
• Minnesota Genealogical and Heritage Societies
• Minnesota Historical Societies and Museums

History

• Minnesota Local History and Genealogy
• Minnesota History (MN Secretary of State Student Page)
• County, Local, Town, and Village Histories

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Military Information

• Military Service and Pension Records (NARA)
• Research in Military Records (NARA)
• American Battle Monuments Commission (Database of U.S. War Dead)
• Military Records (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Minnesota Veteran's Homes
• Iron Range Area Veterans History
• Minnesota Air Guard Museum
• Eighth Air Force Historical Society of Minnesota
• History of the Minnesota National Guard
• Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
• Camp Ripley, Little Falls MN
Military History Museum
• Fort Snelling (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Fort Ridgely (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Becker County Military Records

Dakota Conflict

• Picture Story of the Sioux Uprising
• Dakota Conflict Trials

Civil War

• Civil War Soldies and Sailors System (National Park Service)
• MN Civil War Soldiers (Ancestry)
• Civil War Records (NARA)
• Minnesota Civil War Map of Battles
• Civil War Research (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Civil War Archive: Union Regimental Index - Minnesota
• Civil War Units: Minnesota
• Civil War Rosters: Minnesota
• Civil War Battle Summaries (Minnesota)
• First Minnesota, Volunteer Infantry 1861-1864
• Company D, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
• Company K, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
• Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry
• Rice County, MN in the Civil War
• Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From Wabasha County, Minnesota
• Minnesota Civil War Burials at Annapolis National Cemetery
• Minnesota Union soldiers interred in the Military Asylum Cemetery, D.C.
• 1893 Roster of Nebraska Veterans Minnesota Enlistees

Spanish-American War

• MN Volunteers in the Spanish American War (Ancestry)
• Spanish-American War: The 12th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
• Spanish-American War: The 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
• Spanish-American War Records (NARA)

World War I

• World War I Casualty Search (American Battle Monuments Commision)
• World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards (NARA)
• U.S. Naval Deaths WWI (Ancestry)

World War II

• World War II Casualty Search (American Battle Monuments Commision)
• World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from: Minnesota (NARA)
• State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel from: Minnesota (NARA)
• Minnesota County WWII Casualties (Access Genealogy)
• World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas (Ancestry)

Korean War

• Korean War Casualty Search (American Battle Monuments Commision)
• Korean Conflict: Casualty Lists: Minnesota (NARA)
• World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas (Ancestry)

Vietnam War

• Vietnam War: Casualty Lists: Minnesota (NARA)
• Vietnam Veteran's Memorial (Minnesota)
• Vietnam Casualty Index (Ancestry)

Geographical Information and Maps

• MN Maps and Atlases Info (Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
• Minnesota Territorial Map (MNGenWeb)
• Minnesota Digital Map Library (MNGenWeb Archives)
• Territorial Map 1851 (MN Secretary of State)
• Territorial Map 1857 (MN Secretary of State)
• Territorial Map 1858 (MN Secretary of State)
• State Map 1895 (MN Secretary of State)
• 1895 U.S. Atlas: Minnesota
• American Memory: MN Panoramic Maps, 1847-1929 (Library of Congress)
• American Memory: Railroad Maps (Library of Congress)
• Minnesota Maps (The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection)
• The Andreas Atlas, Minnesota 1874 (Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
• Map Collection, Minnesota Historical Society
• Borchert Map Library (University of Minnesota)
• Ancestry Maps from the 1900 Census
• County Maps (Minnesota's Bookstore)
• Plat Maps (Minnesota's Bookstore)
• Empson Archives (19th Century Books and Maps, Mpls., St. Paul)
• Minneapolis Maps
• St. Paul Maps

Churches

• Minnesota Church Records and Archives (Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
• Church Records (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Local Catholic Church History and Catholic Ancestors of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota
• Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
• Genealogical Queries
• Diocese of Crookston
• Diocese of Duluth
• Diocese of New Ulm
• Diocese of St. Cloud
• Diocese of Winona
• Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, Monastic Heritage Museum
• United Methodist Church Referral Page
• Evangelical Lutheran Church America
• Congregations in Minnesota
• Minnesota Jewish Homepage
• Stakes and Wards, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Find an LDS Family History Center Near You (FamilySearch)

Cemeteries & Obituaries

Cemeteries

• Cemetery Records (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Cemeteries of Minnesota: Index of Counties
• Minnesota Cemetery Junction
• Interment.net: Minnesota Cemeteries
• Find-A-Grave: Minnesota
• Minnesotans in Annapolis National Cemetery
• Catholic Cemeteries of Minneapolis and St. Paul
• The Political Graveyard: Minnesota
• Lakewood Cemetery Online
• Highland Cemetery, Dakota County
• Morrison County Cemetery Search
• Upsala, Minnesota Cemetery Index
• Riverside Cemetery of Kelsey
• Olmsted and Wabasha County Cemetery Records
• Cemetery Records of Otter Tail County
• St. Mary's Cemetery (Minneapolis)

Obituaries

• Rochester Post Bulletin Obituary Database (1993 to 1997)
• Perham Enterprise Bulletin

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Records

General Information

• Guide to Personal Records (Minnesota Historical Scoiety)
• Personal Records listing (Minnesota Historical Society)
• County Registrars (Minnesota Department of Health)
• County Courthouse Addresses (Genealogy.com)
• Minnesota Archives (GenWeb)

Census Records

• Minnesota Census Images (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• 1849 Minnesota Territorial "Sences" (Park Genealogical Books)
• U.S. Census Population Microfilm (Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
• Census Records (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Minnesota Census Indexes, 1835-90 (Ancestry)
• MN 1835-1839 Tax Lists Index
• MN 1849 Territorial Census Index
• MN 1850 Federal Census Index
• MN 1850 Mortality Schedule
• MN 1860 Federal Census Index
• MN 1870 Federal Census Index
• MN 1870 Mortality Schedule
• MN 1880 Federal Census Index
• MN 1890 Veterans Schedule
• U.S. Federal Census Images, 1920 and 1930 indexes (Ancestry)
• How to Research the 1930 Census Microfilm (NARA)
• 1857 Census of Olmsted County
• 1885 Minnesota State Census Lookup (KinSource Specialized Research)
• Morrison County 1910 Census Search
• Becker County, Minnesota Federal and State Census information (U.S. GenWeb)
• HeritageQuest (Digital U.S. Federal Census CDs)

Vital Records

• Vital Records (Minnesota Historical Society)
• MN Statewide Death Records Index (Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
• Minnesota Marriage Records (Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
• Vital Records Information for Minnesota (vitalrec.com)
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Obtaining a Non-certified Birth or Death Record
• Social Security Death Index (Ancestry)
• Social Security Death Index (RootsWeb)
• MN Death Certificate Index, 1908-2001 (Minnesota Historical Society)
• MN Death Index, 1908-2002 (Ancestry.com)
• MN Birth Index, 1900-1916 (Minnesota Historical Society)

County Records

• Hennepin County Birth Records (1870 to the present)
• Hennepin County Death Records (1870 to the present)
• Hennepin Marriage licenses (1853 to the present)
• Morrison County Death Index (before 1907)
• Pipestone County Marriage Records (Pipestone County Museum)
• Rochester Death Records Index (Olmsted County Historical Society)
• St. Louis County Death Records (GenWeb)
• Records of Births and Deaths in Perham, Otter Tail County, 1882-1900

Naturalization Records

• Naturalization Records Info (Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
• Fourth Judicial District Court, State of Minnesota - Naturalization records
• Finding naturalization records (citizenship papers) (Minnesota Historical Society)
• PALS Online: MN Naturalization records search (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Minnesota Naturalization Search (Iron Range research Center)

Land Records

• Land Records (Minnesota Historical Society)
• General Land Office Records (Bureau of Land Management Records)
• A Brief History of Land Settlement in Minnesota (Becker County GenWeb)
• Becker County Land Records (Becker County GenWeb)

School Records

• Finding MN School Records (Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
• School Records (Minnesota Historical Society)

Adoption Records

• Finding MN Adoption Records (Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
• Adoption Records (Minnesota Historical Society)

Court Records

• Court Records (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Olmsted County Guardianship Records (Olmsted County Historical Society)
• Olmsted County Probate Records (Olmsted County Historical Society)

Other Records

• Poorhouse Records

Resources and Libraries

• Library of Congress
• Library of Congress: National Union Catalog of Manuacript Collections (NUCMUC)
• American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
• Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
• Minnesota: Repositories of Primary Sources (University of Idaho)
• The On-Line Books Page (University of Pennsylvania, Library)
• The On-Line Books Page: Minnesota
• Minnesota Genealogical Society Library
Online Library Catalog
• Family History Library, Salt Lake City (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Family History Library Catalog: Minnesota
• Find a Family History Center Near You
• St. Paul Family History Library
• Minnesota Library Directory
• MN State Government Libraries

College and University Libraries

• University of Minnesota Libraries
• Elmer L. Andersen Library (Special Collections and Archives)
• John R. Borchert Map Library
• Genealogy Resources
• Government Publications
• Immigration History Research Center
• Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers
• MNCAT, Online Catalog
• University of Minnesota, Duluth Libraries
• Special Collections
• Northeast Minnesota Historical Center
• Minnesota State Universities
• Web Pals (Online Catalogs)
• Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Southern Minnesota Historical Center
• Minnesota State University, Moorhead
• Heritage Education Commission
• Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
• St. John's University, College of St. Benedict's Libraries
• Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Resources (St. John's University)
• St. Olaf College Libraries
• Special Collections
• University of St. Thomas Libraries
• Special Collections
• Concordia University-St. Paul Libraries

Public Libraries

• Minnesota Public Libraries
• Twin Cities Public Libraries
• Duluth Public Library

Historical Societies and Regional Historical Research Centers

• Minnesota Historical Society, Library Catalog
• Listing of Regional Historical Research Centers (Minnesota Historical Society)
• Iron Range Research Center (Chisholm)
• Northeast Minnesota Historical Center (University of Minnesota, Duluth)
• Northwest Minnesota Historical Center (Minnesota State University, Moorhead)
• Southern Minnesota Historical Center (Minnesota State University, Mankato)
• Southwest Minnesota Regional Research Center (Southwest State University, Marshall)
• West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (University of Minnesota, Morris)

Book Sellers and Publishers

• Park Genealogical Books
• Catalog
• What's New
• Minnesota Genealogical Journal
• Research Notes
• Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Uiversity of Minnesota Press
• Afton Historical Press
• Minnesota Heritage Publishing
• Minnesota's Bookstore: History
• Midway Used and Rare Books (St. Paul)
• Rulon-Miller Books (St. Paul)
• Book Mecca (Stillwater)
• Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (Antiquarian Book Dealers)
• Sixth Chamber Used Books (St. Paul)
• Edinborough Press
• Storbecks: MN Genealogy Books
• K.B. Slocum Books and Maps: Minnesota
• Higginson Book Company
• Madigan's Books
• Brookhaven Press (Reprints and CDs)
• Quintin Publications
• Origins Genealogy Bookstore
• Heritage Books
• Genealogical Publishing Company
• Willow Bend Books
• Advanced Book Exchange (ABE)
• Used Book Central
• BookFinder.com
• Alibris
• Amazon.com - Minnesota Genealogy
• Arcadia Publishing (neighborhood histories)

Newspapers

• Daily Newspapers
• Duluth News Tribune
• The New Ulm Journal
• Minneapolis Star Tribune
• Rochester Post-Bulletin
• St. Cloud Times
• St. Paul Pioneer Press
• Non-Daily Newspapers
• AskRon Newspaper Database (Minnesota Historical Society)

Professional Services

• Board for Certification of Genealogists - Minnesota
• Independent Researchers in Minnesota
• Professional Genealogical Research Specializing in Southeastern Minnesota
• African American and Native American Research in Minnesota
• William J. Flowers, Specializing in Minnesota and Wisconsin
• KinSource, Specialized Research
• Smith Printing Company (Ramsey, Minnesota)

Volunteers

• Genealogy Helplist Minnesota
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness: Minnesota
• Books We Own: Minnesota

Minnesota Families

• Minnesota Family Genealogies Online
• Onan Family Genealogy and History
• Goblirsch Family
• Seifert Family

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