Minnesota Cemeteries
Find links and information on locating cemeteries in Minnesota...[More]
http://www.uscemeteries.net/minnesota/cemeteries.htm

Minnesota Obituaries
Learn how and where to locate obituaries and death records in Minnesota...[More]
http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/minnesota/obituaries.htm

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
This collection of abstracts of grave sites contains information originally published in the Senate documents of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the Society magazine. Veterans and patriots of the Revolutionary War whose graves were found between 1900 and 1987 are included in this first volume. Included in eac...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4110

Alice Mendenhall George, Story of My Childhood
This brief autobiography written for the author's children and illustrated with photographs pays particular attention to children's activities and education in mid-nineteenth century Minnesota. George describes the journey her family made when she was an infant from Indiana to Le Sueur County, Minnesota, and reminisces about her childhood in the vi...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3885

Andreas Ueland, Recollections of a Minnesota Immigrant
In the nineteenth century Minnesota drew thousands of immigrants from northern Europe. Andreas Ueland, an immigrant from Norway, arrived in the United States in 1871. This narrative recounts his life in the Rushford, Farmington, and Minneapolis areas of the state, and shed light on the sawmills, lumberyards, and farms where he worked. In addition t...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3839

Arnold Sevareid, Canoeing with the Cree in Minnesota
Newspaper reporters wrote some of the more illuminating accounts of the American Midwest. This database is the narrative of a trip by Arnold Sevareid along the Minnesota and Red Rivers in Minnesota. He succeeded in becoming the first American on record to complete the route, covering over 2,250 miles. Researchers will find descriptions of the settl...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3869

Arthur Le Sueur, Biography
An active socialist, Arthur Le Sueur established a law practice in Minot, North Dakota, edited the agrarian newspaper Appeal to Reason, and served as town mayor. This database is his biography, written by stepdaughter Meridel Le Sueur in 1955. It describes the life of this important leader, including his marriage to Marian, also a social activist. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4134

Augustin Ravoux, Minnesota and Iowa Reminiscences
Responding to a call from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, Monsignor Augustin Ravoux emigrated from France in 1838. This database is a collection of his reminiscences, letters, lectures, and essays between his arrival and 1862. It provides a record of his ministrations among the Sioux Indians in Minnesota and Iowa. Researchers will also ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4140

Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties, Minnesota Farm Directory, 1913-14
Benton, Meeker, and Todd counties are located in central Minnesota. This database is a directory of farmers living in Meeker County in 1913 and in Benton and Todd counties in 1914. In addition to providing the farmers' names, researchers will find each farmer's wife and children's names, other family members living on the farm, township and post of...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5288

Bill Ledyard, Health Benefits of Minnesota
A state rich in natural resources, Minnesota in the nineteenth century was a destination for persons suffering from tuberculosis. This database is a praise-laden tract written to lure many of these people to the environmental benefits of living in the state and includes descriptions of regions of the state, and many tourist attractions. Bill Ledyar...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3797

Charles Lanman, Trip Along the Mississippi River, 1846
A Michigan-born landscape painter, Charles Lanman published several books about his travels throughout the newly developed areas of the American Midwest. This database is a reprint of a narrative about his trip along the Mississippi River in 1846. Journeying from St. Louis, Missouri to St. Peter's River in Minnesota, he describes such locations as ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4318

Christopher Andrews, Letters from Minnesota and Dakota
Future Civil War general, diplomat and state official, Christopher Andrews traveled through Minnesota and Dakota in the fall of 1856. This database is a collection of twenty-six letters he wrote during this trip. In them, he describes the area's economic and institutional development along with opportunities available for pioneers, land speculators...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3994

E. S. Seymour, Sketches of Minnesota
The early settlers to Minnesota found a land rich in natural resources and already inhabited by several Native American cultures. This database is a collection of sketches by E. S. Seymour who describes the territory as "the New England of the west." Researchers will find descriptions of the geography and climate as well as characterizations of som...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3817

Faribault, Minnesota Census, 1920
The largest city in Rice County, Faribault, is about fifty miles south of St. Paul, Minnesota. Taken from microfilm copies of the original records, this database is a collection of federal census records for town residents in 1920. It contains the names of nearly 11,100 residents. Researchers will find the resident's name, sex, race, age, birthplac...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4041

Fort Snelling, Minnesota History, 1825-85
Situated at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers just outside of St. Paul, Minnesota, Fort Snelling was one of the first white settlements in the region. This database is a collection of reminiscences of life at the fort, written by a daughter of an army officer. Coming to the area with the first group of soldiers, Charlotte Van C...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4351

Frank Moore, Reminiscences of St. Paul, Minnesota
Arguably the most important city in the state, St. Paul, Minnesota lies on the banks of the Mississippi River. This database is a collection of reminiscences by Frank Moore, a newspaperman employed at The Minnesotian. This narrative reveals the rich cultural life of St. Paul from the late 1850's through the close of the Civil War, including technol...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3788

Frank O'Brien, Minnesota Pioneer Sketches
Many settlers to Minnesota came from the northeastern United States. In 1855, Frank O'Brien was twelve when he moved from Maine with his family to the new state. This database is a collection of newspaper feature articles written by O'Brien describing his adventures growing up on the frontier. In addition, he describes farming techniques, transport...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3851

Gertrude Vandergon, Pioneering Days in Minnesota
Encouraged by unreal representations of the Midwest by land agents, many immigrants arrived in America with high expectations. Gertrude Vandergon came to Minnesota from Holland in 1867 with some of these unreal expectations. In this database she reflects upon her early life in Wayne County. Researchers will find experiences from her life, including...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3863

Hans Mattson, Story of an Emigrant
Leaving his native home of Sweden in 1847, Hans Mattson traveled with his family to America to begin a new life. This database is a collection of reminiscences written in his later life. It contains his memories of growing up in Scandinavia, crossing the Atlantic aboard a sailing ship and his appointment as U.S. consul general to India. Researchers...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3974

Harlan Hall, Minnesota Politics, 1860-1900
Founding the St. Louis Dispatch in 1868, Harlan Hall devoted much of his life to journalism. This database chronicles his involvement in the political parties of Minnesota through much of the nineteenth century. Originally published in 1904, it focuses on the various factional struggles, candidates, and important issues. It also connects local poli...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4500

Harriet Bishop, First Years of Minnesota
The lure of land and adventure brought many pioneers to Minnesota before the Civil War. This database is a brief history of these early years by Harriet Bishop, a pioneer from New England. She came to the territory in 1847 and established a school in St. Paul where she taught English and French, among other subjects. Researchers will find brief nar...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3802

Henry Schoolcraft, An Expedition, 1832
In 1832 an expedition commissioned by then Secretary of War Lewis Cass was sent to secure a permanent peace with Native Americans of the upper Midwest. Indian agent Henry Schoolcraft traveled as a member of the group as it journeyed up the Mississippi River. This database is Schoolcraft's account of the expedition and includes extensive description...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4046

Henry Schoolcraft, Thirty Years with Indians
Explorer, government administrator, and scholar, Henry Schoolcraft spent over thirty years with Native American tribes in the Great Lakes region of the United States. This database is an autobiographical account of those thirty years. It includes detailed descriptions of many tribes, particularly the language and customs of Chippewas. It also conta...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4167

Henry Schoolcraft, Travels in Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1821
The upper Mid-West was largely undocumented in the early 1800s. This collection of journal writings, published in 1821, describes the area between Detroit and Sault Ste. Marie as recorded by Henry Schoolcraft. This explorer and Indian agent includes vivid descriptions of the topography and natural history of the area. Researchers will also find inf...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3843

Henry Sibley, Autobiography
In 1858, Henry Sibley was elected the first governor of Minnesota and went on to become one of the most prominent figures in the early history of the state. This database is his unfinished autobiography. In it he recounts his experiences in the fur trade business, leading the state militia against the Sioux in 1862-63, and growing up in Detroit. Re...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3865

Hoffman, Minnesota Tales
The Jewish community of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota is an important part of the city as a whole. This database is a collection of semi-autobiographical vignettes about Jewish life in the area during the early twentieth century. Many of the scenes take place on the old West Side, which was St. Paul's major Jewish neighborhood. It recounts change...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4253

Jacob Brower, Descriptions of the Mississippi River
The source of the Mississippi River was an important discussion among explorers and scientists in the nineteenth century. This database was originally published by the Minnesota Historical Society, and includes Jacob Brower's views on the discussion. It includes detailed descriptions of Brower's hydrographic and topographic surveys relating to the ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4016

James Manahan, Trials of a Lawyer
The first male graduate with a bachelor of law degree from the University of Minnesota, James Manahan was born to Irish pioneer parents in 1866. This database is a collection of reminiscences and memories written in the waning years of his life. It affords the researcher commentary on a wide variety of political, economic, and governmental movement...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4154

James Witham, Fifty Years on the Firing Line
Famous for his St. Paul Daily News column titled "The Cornfield Philosopher," James Witham lived in Ohio, Nebraska and Iowa before settling in Minnesota. This narrative is an account of his life growing up as a farmer, working for local newspapers, and his involvement in politics. It provides descriptions of farm life in the Midwest, farming organi...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3968

Jane Swisshelm, Letters of an Abolitionist
As the tensions surrounding the American Civil War increased, many residents in Minnesota sympathized with the abolitionist cause. This database is a collection of letters written by a prominent abolitionist between 1858 and 1865. Jane Swisshelm was an antislavery advocate, newspaper editor, lecturer, and resident of St. Cloud, Minnesota. The lette...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3790

John R. St. John, Lake Superior Country, 1840s
The area around Lake Superior was once the site of a number of copper and iron mines. This narrative is an account of the author's travels around Lake Superior emphasizing the region's mineral deposits. Despite this emphasis, it is written as a travel narrative describing the area around the lake. Researchers will find notes of what to wear, transp...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3940

Joseph Gilbert, Biography
Joseph Gilbert immigrated to America from England in the late nineteenth century and became a leader of the cooperative movement in the Midwest. This database is a biography of this unwavering supporter of Minnesota farmers. Taken from interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, and transcripts of court proceedings, this well researched account of...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4161

Julian Ralph, South Shore of Lake Superior
As the nineteenth century wore on, Midwestern states began producing promotional guidebooks to draw settlers and vacationers. This database is one such guidebook produced in Michigan describing the area around Lake Superior. It includes information regarding the geology and geography of the Marquette and Keweenawan districts of Michigan. It also fo...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3917

Margaret Fuller, Summer on the Great Lakes
Men were not the only persons to explorer, settle and then write about the new territories of the Mid-West. In this database, Margaret Fuller, writer, editor, critic and social reformer, recounts her travels to the Great Lakes region in 1843. Researchers will find descriptions of the area through which she travels, stories and legends of the region...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3847

Maurice Farrar, Five Years in Minnesota
Maurice Farrar was an Englishman authorized in 1880 by the state of Minnesota to act as a promotion agent. He spent five years in Minnesota during the late 1870s and, upon returning to Great Britain, published a promotional work extolling the farming life in the Midwest. This database is a transcription of that work. He describes the farming center...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3903

Michigan Gallery of Pen Sketches
Newspapers performed a vital role in the expansion of the Midwest. This database is a collection of cartoons and caricatures of Michigan's business leaders, professionals, politicians, and other important persons. Each illustration combines a realistic portrait of the subject in cartoon format, often engaged in activities of their profession. Icons...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3910

Minneapolis, Minnesota Directories, 1889-91
Combined with St. Paul, Minnesota, the Minneapolis metropolitan area is the largest concentration of people in the state. This database is a transcription of two city directories originally published in 1890 and 1891. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides information regarding their address and occupation. This collection includ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4561

Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index (Eleven Counties)
Since being granted statehood in 1858, Minnesota has been home to many people of differing cultural backgrounds and religious sympathies. This database reveals a wealth of information about these state residents. It is an index of cemeteries in Rice, Le Sueur, Scott, Goodhue, Dakota, Steele, Dodge, Blue Earth, Waseca, and Olmstead Counties and con...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3775

Minnesota Census, 1835-90
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3555

Minnesota Civil War Soldiers
When the American Civil War began, Minnesota's population numbered about 172,000. Of these, an estimated 15% were mustered into military service to fight for the Union army. This database is a list of nearly 26,100 men inducted into the army from the state between 1861 and 1865. Researchers will find the soldier's name, rank and induction date. Add...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3729

Minnesota County History Name Index
Throughout the state's storied history, the majority of Minnesota's residents have lived in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area. This database is a name index of eleven county histories and plat books for the area immediately south of St. Paul. These books were published between 1860 and 1910. Researchers will find the name of county resident, th...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3721

Minnesota Genealogical Society
A non-profit, educational organization whose purpose is to foster interest in genealogy by providing an association for those interested in family, state, and local history.
http://www.mtn.org/mgs/

Minnesota Genealogy
The MNGenWeb Project.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/

Minnesota Governors
This publication of the Minnesota Historical Society provides biographical chapters on all Minnesota's territorial and state governors from Alexander Ramsey to John Albert Johnson. The author was a former Secretary of State, and he played an active role in state politics for many years. This publication was produced in a non-partisan spirit, and ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4964

Minnesota Guide, 1869
The promotion of Minnesota as a vacation and settlement destination became an important part of the economy in the mid-1850s. This database is the 1869 version of an annual publication designed to promote the state and provide information about it to prospective settlers. It describes the history and geography of the state and its climate, natural ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3810

Minnesota Historical Society Anniversary
Fifty years since its founding by the territorial legislature in 1849, the Minnesota Historical Society celebrated its golden anniversary. This database is a collection of papers and speeches presented on this occasion to honor one of the oldest historical societies in the Midwest. It includes information significant to the history of the society a...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4021

Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. 1
The Minnesota Historical Society was organized in 1849 by the territorial legislature of Minnesota. This database, originally published by the society in 1872, is a collection of important historical documents published by the society. It contains the annals of the society in 1856, historical sketches of early French missionaries, and descriptions ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4003

Minnesota Holiday Anecdotes, 1805-1900
With a wide variety of settlers arriving in Minnesota in the nineteenth century, the holiday traditions of the residents are equally as varied. This database is a collection of first person descriptions and anecdotes relating to Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's. Drawn from documents at the Minnesota Historical Society, they range from Zebulo...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4620

Minnesota Land Concerns
Originally published by the Minnesota Historical Society in 1905, this volume is a collection of various addresses and papers presented before the society between 1899 and 1904. It contains information regarding the history of Fort Ripley, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, raising wheat in the Red River Valley, steamboats on the Minnesota and Red R...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4026

Minnesota Land Records
http://www.ancestry.com?db=2076

Minnesota Native Americans, 1823
William Keating, a professor of mineralogy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote a two-volume narrative of a 1823 scientific expedition in what later became Minnesota. This database is the first volume of the collection. Commissioned by the War Department, the expedition traveled up the Minnesota River, around Lake Winnepeg, and th...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4184

Minnesota Native Americans, 1851
Baltimore artist and adventurer, Frank Mayer journeyed in 1851 to Mendota on the Minnesota frontier to record meetings between U. S. officials and Indian tribes. This database contains his journal entries and sketches made during the trip. It provides descriptive and visual records of Native American life, as Mayer saw it, particularly the Sioux. T...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4232

Minnesota Naturalization Records Index
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3826

Minnesota Newspaper Headline Index
Claimed by the United States as part of the Northwest Territories, Minnesota has supported numerous newspapers since the early nineteenth century. This database is a name index to the headlines of some of these newspapers. Researchers will find a wealth of information on a wide variety of events, from births and deaths to court records and marriage...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3786

Minnesota Pamphlet for Settlers, 1878
As the East Coast filled with immigrants from Europe, increasing numbers of settlers came to the Midwest seeking land and opportunity. Published in 1878, this pamphlet was produced for these settlers coming to Minnesota. It describes the climate, mineral resources, and educational facilities of the area and provides specific information regarding p...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4057

Minnesota Progressive Men
With a population approaching nearly 2 million at the start of the twentieth century, Minnesota had grown from a territory of less than six thousand residents in just fifty years. This database is a collection of brief biographical sketches of important men from the state. Originally published in 1897 by The Minneapolis Journal, it includes men fro...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4270

Minnesota Railroads, 1849-75
Founded before the territory became a state, the Minnesota Historical Society is an important preserver of a wide variety of historical documents from the Midwest. This database contains a series of articles presented in the nineteenth century dealing with the railroads of the state between 1849 and 1875. They include descriptions of state legislat...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4040

Minnesota Region, 1823
William Keating, a professor of mineralogy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote a two-volume narrative of a 1823 scientific expedition in what later became Minnesota. This database is the second volume of the collection. Commissioned by the War Department, the expedition traveled up the Minnesota River, around Lake Winnepeg, and t...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4191

Minnesota Volunteers in the Spanish American War and the Philippine Insurrection
Debra Graden extracted this database from the book "Minnesota in the Spanish American War and the Philippine Insurrection" by Franklin F. Holbrook, M. A. published by the Minnesota War Records Commission, Riverside Press, St. Paul, 1923. There are a total of 9,846 records which each include the Name, Unit, Company, Rank, Age (if given), Birthplac...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4816

Minnesota's Early Explorers
Originally published by the Minnesota Historical Society in 1905, this volume is a continuation of various addresses and papers presented before the society between 1899 and 1904. It contains information regarding the Minnesota State Legislature, the lumber industry, state boundaries, and mills erected by federal troops at the Falls of St. Anthony....[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4031

Minnesota, 1870
As the bulk of western settlers sought locations farther west following the American Civil War, some states, like Minnesota, began to promote the beneficial aspects of living in their area. This database is a promotional tract produced by some businessmen in the state and seeks to draw more immigrants and settlers to the area. It provides detailed ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3805

Minnesota, Advantages to Settlers, 1869
With the population of the state nearly quadrupling in the 1860s and 1870s, Minnesota sought to bring even more people to the state. This database, originally published by the state in 1869, is a guidebook intended to attract settlers to the area. It contains a brief synopsis of the history and progress of the state, as well as descriptions of the ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4173

Minnesota, An Anecdotal History
In the middle of the nineteenth century increasing numbers of settlers moved to the frontier territory of Minnesota This database is an anthology of anecdotes about the Minnesota frontier in the 1840s and 1850s. Collected in the early twentieth century from original settlers in the region, it provides descriptions of early logging operations, agric...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4276

Minnie Carrigan, Captured by the Indians
Narratives of being captured by Indians are nearly as old as the first English settlements in North America. This database is the story of Minnie Carrigan's captivity among the Sioux following the 1862 uprising in Minnesota. In it she describes her life as a young German immigrant girl prior to her capture and the ten weeks she lived with her capto...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3820

Nathan Dally, Tracks and Trails
For many white settlers in Minnesota in the late 1800s, their lives became intertwined with those of their Native American neighbors. This database is the account of Nathan Dally who settled in the Stearns County area of Minnesota. In it he recounts his travels from Putnam, Illinois to Clearwater Lake in 1856. He includes descriptions of his encoun...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3952

Nicholas Brewer, American Painter
Raised on a farm along the Root River in southeastern Minnesota, Nicholas Brewer was a successful nineteenth century artist. This database is an autobiography of this talented and interesting man. It describes his life growing up in rural Minnesota, his travels to St. Paul and later to New York, and his attempts to provide for his family while beco...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4146

Nils Ronning, Fifty Years in America
Minnesota was the destination of numerous Scandinavian immigrants in the nineteenth century. Nils Ronning immigrated to the area from Norway in 1887 to settle with his brother who already lived there. This database is a narrative account of his adjustment to his new home. It provides descriptions of his education at Red Wing Seminary and the Univer...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3982

Northfield, Minnesota Census, 1920
Located in Rice County in Minnesota, Northfield is home to the private colleges of Carleton and St. Olaf's. Extracted from existing records for the entire county, this database is a collection of federal census records from the town in 1920. It provides the name of resident, relationship to the head of the household, sex, race, age, place of birth,...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3942

Ojbwe Info
Ojibwe.info focuses on the genealogy of the Ahnishinahbaeotjibway, Ojibwe, and Metis people, especially at Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservation. The site includes extensive databases, and links to genealogical and historical information at http://www.maquah.net/ for treaties, \'negotiation transcripts,\' Red Lake and Pembina annuity payrolls...[More]
http://www.ojibwe.info/

Rice County, Minnesota Births, 1870-74
Created in the 1850's from nearby Wabasha and Dakota counties, Rice County, Minnesota had a population of just over 16,000 in 1870. Compiled from existing records, this database is a collection of births in the county between 1870 and 1874. It contains valuable information regarding over 2100 children born to residents of the county. Users of this ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3735

Rice County, Minnesota Census, 1900-10
Located about fifty miles south of metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul, Rice County, Minnesota was created in 1855, three years before statehood. This database is a collection of census records from the county in 1900 and 1910 and includes information on over 34,000 residents. In addition to a resident's name and relationship to the head of household...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3743

Rice County, Minnesota Census, 1920
Home to the private colleges of Carleton and St. Olaf's, Rice County is located about fifty miles south of St. Paul, Minnesota. Extracted from microfilm copies of the original records, this database is a collection of federal census records for the county in 1920. Researchers will find the resident's name, sex, race, age, birthplace, and occupation...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4188

Rice County, Minnesota Marriages, 1860-69
Formed from nearby Wabasha and Dakota Counties in 1855, Rice County, Minnesota was home to about 7,500 persons in 1860. This database is a collection of records, compiled from existing documents, of persons married in the county between 1860 and 1869. Researchers will find the bride and groom's names along with the date of marriage for nearly 800 p...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3754

Sons of the American Revolution
This work contains the entire list (thousands of members) of the membership of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution to December 31, 1901, including deceased members, with their line of descent from their Revolutionary ancestors. Search this database if you have ancestors who participated in the Revolution or who were members of the...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3072

St. Olaf College, Minnesota, 1874-1925
Founded in 1874 by Rev. Bernt Muus, St. Olaf College is located in Northfield, Minnesota about forty miles south of Minneapolis. This database chronicles the first fifty years of the college. Written in 1925, it emphasizes the relationship between the school and the Norwegian immigrant experience in Minnesota. It provides a brief history of the col...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4312

St. Paul, Minnesota City Directories, 1889-91
Combined with sister city Minneapolis, the city of St. Paul is the largest metropolitan area in Minnesota. This database is a transcription of two city directories originally published between 1889 and 1891. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides information regarding their address and occupation. This collection includes the nam...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4491

USGenWeb Project - Minnesota
The USGenWeb Project State web sites are your starting points for finding genealogical and historical information. Each state site features state information and also provides you with links to each county web site within the state....[More]
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/

William Folsom, Fifty Years in the Northwest
The development of Minnesota from a frontier territory to an established state stretched over many years and took the concerted efforts of many pioneers. William Folsom came to the territory from Maine in 1836 as one of these pioneers. He worked in the lumber business and later became a state legislator. This database is his autobiography and provi...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3791

William Warren, History of the Ojibwe Nation
Organized by the territorial legislature in 1849, the Minnesota Historical Society is among the important preservers of Midwest history. This database is a volume published by the Society discussing the history of the Ojibwe (or Chippewa) Nation of Native Americans. Willliam Warren provides a detailed history of the tribe based upon a variety of re...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4011

Winona and Wabasha Counties, Minnesota Farmers Directory, 1914
Located in the southeast corner of Minnesota and across the Mississippi River from Wisconsin, Winona and Wabasha Counties were home to over 13,000 rural residents in the early 1900s. This database is a directory of farmers living in these two counties in 1914. In addition to providing the farmer's name, researchers will find his wife's name, chil...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5019

Winona County, Minnesota Census, 1920
Bordering Wisconsin in southeastern Minnesota, Winona County boasted a population of over 33,000 in 1920. This database, now updated with the second of three parts, is a collection of census records for county residents in that year. Providing the names of over 21,000 individuals, it also contains information about the resident's sex, race, age, bi...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4304