United States Resources: Minnesota

    Minnesota quilt square based on Maggie Malone's 1,001 Patchwork Designs

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Minnesota Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Minnesota Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-mn: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Minnesota--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-mn: Where to write for Minnesota vital records, Minnesota genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check Minnesota Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other Minnesota Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Minnesota Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium Minnesota County Links
  • Minnesota Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Minnesota
  • The Minnesota GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • KinSource Providing Resources That Specialize in Minnesota History and Genealogy

    General Resources

  • Minnesota Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: Minnesota
  • LDS Research Outline for Minnesota
  • Minnesota Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1860 U. S. Census
    • 1870 U. S. Census
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
    • 1930 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Minnesota
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of Minnesota
  • Minnesota Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Pioneering the Upper Midwest Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910
  • Minnesota Research Notes
  • Census Online: Minnesota
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Minnesota Migrations project
  • Minnesota Biographies Project
  • Ghost Towns of Minnesota
  • From Site to Site: The Upper Mississippi's Buried Past
  • Minnesota Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Historic House Museums in Minnesota
  • Minnesota Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • Genealogy Resources at the University of Minnesota Libraries
  • Genealogy Research at St. Olaf College
  • Immigration History Research Center
  • Northeast Minnesota Historical Center, University of Minnesota, Duluth
  • Freeborn County Museum and Historical Village
  • Plainview Area History Center
  • Stearns History Museum
  • St. Paul Family History Center

    Cemeteries

  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Minnesota Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Small / Abandoned/ Misc. Cemeteries

    Ethnic and Religious

  • Some Facts About Local Dakota History and Culture
  • The Dakota Conflict Trials, 1862
  • The Dakota Society of Minnesota
  • Huron History
  • The Itasca Bison Kill Site
  • The Lakota of the Plains
  • The Ogema Geshik Point Site
  • Ojibwe History
  • Red Wing Archaeological Preserve
  • Dahcotah; or Life and Legends of the Sioux by Mrs. Mary Eastman, 1849
  • Winnebago History

    Local History and Information

  • The History of Afton
  • Linkpendium Aitkin County
  • Linkpendium Anoka County
  • The City of Babbitt, Minnesota - History
  • Linkpendium Becker County
  • Linkpendium Beltrami County
  • Linkpendium Benton County
  • Linkpendium Big Stone County
  • Our History: Blackduck Telephone Company
  • Blaine's History
  • Linkpendium Blue Earth County
  • History of Brooklyn Park
  • Linkpendium Brown County
  • Canosia Township - Introduction
  • Linkpendium Carlton County
  • Linkpendium Carver County
  • Linkpendium Cass County
  • History of the City of Centerville
  • History of Chanhassen
  • Linkpendium Chippewa County
  • Chippewa County History
  • Linkpendium Chisago County
  • Linkpendium Clay County
  • Linkpendium Clearwater County
  • Linkpendium Cook County
  • Linkpendium Cottonwood County
  • Linkpendium Crow Wing County
  • History of the City of Crystal
  • Linkpendium Dakota County
  • Dakota County History
  • Linkpendium Dodge County
  • Linkpendium Douglas County
  • Eden Prairie History and Heritage
  • Fairmont's History
  • Linkpendium Faribault County
  • Fergus Falls Community History
  • Linkpendium Fillmore County
  • Historic Fort Snelling
  • Linkpendium Freeborn County
  • Linkpendium Goodhue County
  • Linkpendium Grant County
  • The History of Hastings Minnesota
  • Linkpendium Hennepin County
  • Linkpendium Houston County
  • History of Howard Lake
  • Linkpendium Hubbard County
  • Guide to Hutchinson
  • Linkpendium Isanti County
  • Linkpendium Itasca County
  • Linkpendium Jackson County
  • Linkpendium Kanabec County
  • Kanabec County History
  • Linkpendium Kandiyohi County
  • Linkpendium Kittson County
  • Linkpendium Koochiching County
  • Linkpendium Lac qui Parle County
  • Linkpendium Lake County
  • Local History of Lake Minnetonka
  • Linkpendium Lake of the Woods County
  • History of Lamberton
  • Linkpendium Le Sueur County
  • LeRoy Town History
  • Linkpendium Lincoln County
  • Linkpendium Lyon County
  • Linkpendium Mahnomen County
  • Maple Grove History
  • Linkpendium Marshall County
  • Linkpendium Martin County
  • Linkpendium McLeod County
  • Linkpendium Meeker County
  • Melrose Area History
  • Linkpendium Mille Lacs County
  • Minneota: fast facts
  • Linkpendium Morrison County
  • Linkpendium Mower County
  • Linkpendium Murray County
  • New Brighton - History
  • Linkpendium Nicollet County
  • Linkpendium Nobles County
  • Linkpendium Norman County
  • Linkpendium Olmsted County
  • History of Olmsted County
  • Orr History
  • Linkpendium Otter Tail County
  • Linkpendium Pennington County
  • Linkpendium Pine County
  • Pine River Area History
  • Linkpendium Pipestone County
  • Pipestone County Marriage Records 1879-1891
  • Linkpendium Polk County
  • Linkpendium Pope County
  • Linkpendium Ramsey County
  • Linkpendium Red Lake County
  • Linkpendium Redwood County
  • Linkpendium Renville County
  • Linkpendium Rice County
  • Linkpendium Rock County
  • Linkpendium Roseau County
  • Linkpendium Saint Louis County
  • Pig's Eye's Notepad: An Historical Encyclopedia of St. Paul, MN (1830-1850) Primo!
  • History in Saint Paul
  • The History of the Episcopal Church of The Good Samaritan Sauk Centre
  • Linkpendium Scott County
  • Brief History of Sebeka
  • Linkpendium Sherburne County
  • Linkpendium Sibley County
  • The History of Silver Bay
  • Linkpendium Stearns County
  • Linkpendium Steele County
  • Linkpendium Stevens County
  • Linkpendium Swift County
  • Linkpendium Todd County
  • Linkpendium Traverse County
  • Underwood History
  • ABC's of Virginia, Minnesota, History
  • Linkpendium Wabasha County
  • Biographies & Historical Sketches of Wabasha County, Minnesota
  • Linkpendium Wadena County
  • Linkpendium Waseca County
  • Linkpendium Washington County
  • History of Washington County and the Office of the County Surveyor
  • Linkpendium Watonwan County
  • The History of Whitewater River Valley
  • Linkpendium Wilkin County
  • Linkpendium Winona County
  • History of Winona County, Minnesota
  • History of Woodbury
  • The History of Woodbury
  • Linkpendium Wright County
  • Linkpendium Yellow Medicine County

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Minnesota locations
  • Minnesota from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Minnesota Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • Civil War Sites in Minnesota
  • Minnesota Civil War Map of Battles
  • Union Regimental Index: Minnesota
  • Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men from Wabasha County, Minnesota - The Great Rebellion - The American Civil War
  • Narrative of the First Regiment of Minnesota Heavy Artillery
  • History of the Fourth regiment of Minnesota infantry volunteers
  • History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • American West Images: Minnesota
  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Minnesota
  • Toils Induced by Weak Soils: a photo essay about the 1906 construction of a railroad grade in northwestern Minnesota
  • Capturing the Hearts of Minnesota Myron Hall, 1911-1996, 2nd Edition Online Photography Exhibit

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Minnesota Genealogical Society
  • Minnesota Genealogical Journal with tables of contents plus research tips for Minnesota research
  • Minnesota Historical Society
  • Minnesota Historical Society -- State Historic Preservation Office

      Ethnic and Religious

    • Czechoslovak Genealogical Society
    • The Dakota Society of Minnesota
    • Cokato Finnish-American Historical Society
    • German-Bohemian Heritage Society
    • Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
    • Norwegian-American Historical Association
    • Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota

      Lineage

    • The Minnesota Society - Sons of the American Revolution

      Railroad

    • Chicago and North Western Historical Society
    • Great Northern Railway Historical Society

      Regional

    • Ox Cart Trails Historical Society serving Pembina and Walsh Counties, North Dakota; Kittson and Marshall Counties, Minnesota
    • Red River Valley Genealogical Society

      Local

    • Afton Historical Society
    • Aitkin County Historical Society
    • Anoka County Genealogical Society
    • Anoka County Historical Society
    • Becker County Historical Society
    • Blue Earth County Historical Society
    • Bricelyn Area Historical Society
    • Canosia Township Historical Society
    • Carver County Historical Society
    • Chippewa County Historical Society
    • The Clay County Historical Society
    • Clearwater County Historical Society
    • Cokato Historical Society
    • Cokato Finnish-American Historical Society
    • Crow Wing County Genealogical Society
    • Crow Wing County Historical Society
    • Dakota County Historical Society
    • Douglas County Genealogical Society
    • Douglas County Historical Society
    • Goodhue County Historical Society
    • Heart-O-Lakes Genealogical Society
    • Hubbard County Genealogical Society
    • Hubbard County Historical Museum
    • Kanabec County Genealogical Society
    • Kanabec County Historical Society
    • Lakeville Area Historical Society
    • Le Sueur County Historical Society
    • Maplewood Area Historical Society
    • Minnetonka Historical Society
    • Minnkota Genealogical Society
    • Mower County Historical Society
    • Nicollet County Historical Society
    • Nobles County Genealogical Group
    • Olmsted County Genealogical Society
    • Olmsted County Historical Society
    • Otter Tail County Historical Society
    • History Museum of East Otter Tail County
    • Pipestone County Historical Society
    • Pope County Historical Society
    • Prairieland Genealogical Society
    • Ramsey County Historical Society
    • Redwood County Genealogical Society
    • Renville County Genealogical Society
    • Roseau County Historical Society
    • St. Cloud Area Genealogist's Inc.
    • Scott County Historical Society
    • Sherburne County Historical Society
    • Virginia Area Historical Society
    • Upsala Area Historical Society
    • Waseca County Historical Society
    • Washington County Historical Society
    • Winona County Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Minnesota Department of Health How to obtain a birth or death certificate or non-certified copy of a record
  • Minnesota Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Minnesota Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay
  • MHS Death Certificate Index Search Form

    Commercial

  • Afton Historical Society Press
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • The Gregath Publishing Company
  • Higginson Book Company
  • Lakota Books
  • Minnesota Historical Society Press
  • Park Genealogical Books
  • Images of America: Sauk Rapids and Benton County
  • SK Publications Minnesota Census CDs
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