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A Guide to Minnesota Genealogy
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Research Outline, Minnesota
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Minnesota Biographies Project
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Minnesota Databases
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The Dalby Database
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People
Ancestry Groups in Minnesota
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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
Norwegians
Sources for Norwegian and Norwegian-American Genealogy
(Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
Norwegian Immigration
(emuseum)
Norwegian-American Genealogical Association
Swedes
Sources for Swedish and Swedish-American Genealogy
(Wilson Library, University of Minnesota)
Swedish Immigration
(emuseum)
American Swedish Institute
Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
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Genealogy & Historical Societies
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
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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
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
U.S. Military Records
(Ancestry)
U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
US Dakota War 1862, Minnesota County by County
MHS Library: U.S.- Dakota War of 1862
MHS: The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
Fort Snelling: U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
Brown County, Minnesota: 150th Anniversary of the U.S.- Dakota War of 1862
Dakota Conflict Trials
Civil War
150, Minnesota, Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
(National Park Service)
MN Civil War Soldiers
(Ancestry)
Civil War Military Records
(NARA)
Minnesota Civil War Map of Battles
Civil War Research
(Minnesota Historical Society)
Civil War Archive: Union Regimental Index - Minnesota
Civil War Rosters: Minnesota
Civil War Battle Summaries
(Minnesota)
Company D, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Company K, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
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 Commission)
World War I Military Records
(NARA)
World War I Draft Registration Cards
(Ancestry)
U.S. Naval Deaths WWI
(Ancestry)
World War II
World War II Casualty Search
(American Battle Monuments Commission)
World War II Military Records
(NARA)
Minnesota County WWII Casualties
(Access Genealogy)
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
(Ancestry)
World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942
(Ancestry)
World War II Army Enlistment Cards 1938-1946
(Ancestry)
Korean War
Korean War Military Records
(NARA)
Korean War Casualty Search
(American Battle Monuments Commission)
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
(Ancestry)
Vietnam War
Vietnam War Military Records
(NARA
Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
(Minnesota)
Vietnam Casualty Index
(Ancestry)
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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)
John R, 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
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Churches
Minnesota Church Records and Archives
(Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
Church Records
(Minnesota Historical Society)
Catholic
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, Haehn Museum
Protestant
Evangelical Lutheran Church America
Find a Congregation
Jewish
Minnesota Jewish Homepage
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Stakes and Wards, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Find an LDS Family History Center Near You
(FamilySearch)
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Cemeteries & Obituaries
Cemeteries
Cemetery Records
(Minnesota Historical Society)
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
Morrison County Cemeteries
(Morrison County Historical Society)
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 Society)
Personal Records listing
(Minnesota Historical Society)
County Registrars
(Minnesota Department of Health)
County Courthouse Addresses
(Genealogy.com)
Minnesota Archives
(GenWeb)
Census Records
1849 Minnesota Territorial "Scenes"
(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)
Becker County, Minnesota Federal and State Census information
(U.S. GenWeb)
Vital Records
Vital Chek
(Order birth, death, marriage, divorce records online)
Vital Records Info
(Minnesota Historical Society)
MN Statewide Death Records Index
(Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
Minnesota Marriage Records
(Research Notes, Park Genealogical Books)
Minnesota Official Marriage System
(MOMS)
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, 1900-1934
(Minnesota Historical Society)
County Records
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)
Finding naturalization records (citizenship papers)
(Minnesota Historical Society)
Minnesota Naturalization Search
(Iron Range research Center)
Land and Property 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)
Hennepin County Property Tax Database
Ramsey County Property and Tax Information
School Records
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)
Other Records
Poorhouse Records
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Libraries
Library of Congress
National Union Catalog of Manuscript 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
University of Minnesota, Duluth Libraries
Northeast Minnesota Historical Center
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
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 Museum and Manuscript Library
(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
MELSA
(Metropolitan Library Service Agency)
Hennepin County Library
Duluth Public Library
Ramsey County Library
St. Paul 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)
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Booksellers and Publishers
Bookstores in Minnesota
(Biblio.com)
Minnesota Bookstores
(NewPages.com)
AbeBooks
Alotofbooks
(Royalton)
Cambridge Books
(Cambridge)
Drowsy Owl
(Champlin)
James and Mary Laurie, Booksellers
(Minneapolis)
Lien's Bookshop
(Minneapolis)
Magers and Quinn Booksellers
(Minneapolis)
Minnehaha Books
(Minneapolis)
Old Mortality Antiquarian Books
(Roseville)
Plum Books
(St. Paul)
Reiner Books
(Minneapolis)
Ross & Haines Old Book Co
(Hudson WI)
Virg Viner
(Minneapolis)
Afton Press
(Afton)
Alibris
Amazon.com - Minnesota Genealogy
Arcadia Publishing
(neighborhood histories)
Beaver's Pond Press
(Edina)
Biblio.com
BookFinder.com
Book House
(Dinkytown)
Book Mecca
(Stillwater)
Brookhaven Press
(Wisconsin)
Common Good Books
(St. Paul, G. Keillor)
Edinborough Press
(Roseville)
Genealogical Publishing Company
Heritage Books
Higginson Book Company
The History Press
K.B. Slocum Books and Maps: Minnesota
Loome Books
(Stillwater)
Madigan's Books
(Genealogy)
Midway Used and Rare Books
(St. Paul)
Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association
(Antiquarian Book Dealers)
Minnesota Heritage Publishing
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Minnesota's Bookstore: History
Nodin Press
(Minneapolis)
North Star Press
(St. Cloud)
Park Genealogical Books
(Genealogy)
Quintin Publications
(Genealogy)
Reiner Books
(Minneapolis)
Rulon-Miller Books
(St. Paul)
Sixth Chamber Used Books
(St. Paul)
Thomas U. Tuttle
University of Minnesota Press
Used Book Central
Voyageur Books
(Wisconsin)
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Newspapers
Minnesota Newspapers
Duluth News Tribune
The New Ulm Journal
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rochester Post-Bulletin
St. Cloud Times
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Newspaper Collection
(Minnesota Historical Society)
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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)
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Volunteers
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness: Minnesota
Books We Own: Minnesota
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Minnesota Families
Minnesota Family Genealogies Online
Durrenberger Family Genealogy and DNA Report
Onan Family Genealogy and History
Surnames
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Midwest Resources
Minnesota Genealogical and Heritage Societies
Minnesota Historical Societies and Museums
Miscellaneous
Surnames