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Minnesota is a state in the Midwestern region of the United
States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the
twenty-first most populous, with 5.2 million residents. Minnesota was carved
out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and
admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. Known as
the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", the state's name comes from a Dakota
word for "sky-tinted water". The
state’s most famous nickname, is an understatement, for Minnesota has more
than 15,000 lakes, three-fourths of which are 4 hectares (10 acres) or more
in size year round. Those waters, together with forests, parks, and wilderness areas, offer
residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities. Minnesota is also known as the Gopher
State. There are varying interpretations about the source of the nickname.
Some say it comes from the gophers commonly found in the southern part of the
state; others say it is from a political cartoon in the 19th century that
depicted dishonest railroad union organizers as gophers. Minnesota is also
known as the North Star State, a translation of the French inscription on the
state seal, L’Etoile du Nord. Near the geographic center of North
America, it is bordered on the north by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba
and Ontario, on the west by North Dakota and South Dakota, on the south by
Iowa, and on the east by Wisconsin and Lake Superior. |
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GENEALOGICAL ARCHIVES |
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Minnesota
State Archives, 345 W.
Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102-1906 • 651-259-3260 ·
National Archives - Great Lakes Region (Chicago), 7358 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois
60629-5898; 773-948-9001; E-mail: [email protected] ( |
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HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES |
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Minnesota Regional Research Centers 1. Central
Minnesota Historical Center, Centennial Hall, Room 148,
St. Cloud University, St. Cloud, MN 56301 2. North Central Minnesota Historical Center, The A. C. Clark Library, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN 56601 Serves Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, and Lake of the Woods counties. 3. Northeast
Minnesota Historical Center,
University of Minnesota-Duluth, Library 375, Duluth, MN 55812 4. Northwest Minnesota
Historical Center, Livingston
Lord Library, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN 56560 Serves Becker, Clay, Kittson, Mahnomen,
Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and Wilkin
counties. 5. Southern Minnesota
Historical Center, Mankato
State University, Mankato, MN 56001 6. Southwest Minnesota
Historical Center, Southwest
State University–BA 509, Marshall, MN 56258 7. West Central Minnesota Historical Center, University of Minnesota–Morris, Morris, MN
56267 8. Minnesota
Historical Society Research Center,
1500 Mississippi Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, (612) 296-6980 Serves Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston,
Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona counties. |
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Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac Qui Parle
Lake
Lake Of The Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
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surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born,
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To find out more about each surname listed above
click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information regarding these
surnames may also be found at: |
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Free
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Use this free
genealogy site to help you get the best genealogy searches from Google™ by using your family tree, for your research. It will create a series of different
searches using tips or
"tricks" |
that will
likely improve your results. The
different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and the
Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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The following named counties are associated with the history of our DIRECT
ancestors. To select a specific ancestral
county, click on the following link. Here you will find additional links to
our county pages where you can obtain information about our family gen-sites,
images of localities, and surnames of persons, in our database, who have
lived in the selected county. |
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The links below may assist you with your research within the various places of
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The following Links will take you to gazetteers that identify places
within this U.S. State. These
resources feature profiles of cities, towns, neighborhoods and
subdivisions. In addition this site
contains maps, data and directions for a wide variety of physical, cultural and
historic features. |
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List of cities in Minnesota and
List of townships in
Minnesota |
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Minnesota Cities -
profiles of 2,564 Minnesota cities, towns & neighborhoods Minnesota Physical
Features such as lakes, islands &
steams Minnesota Cultural Features such as schools,
parks, hospitals & airports Minnesota Civil Features such as Native
Areas and Political Subdivisions |
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Clicking on a Link (below) will take you to
the County’s website. Here you will find
additional links to more information specific to that location. The USGenWeb Project also sponsors
important Special Projects, at the national
level, that were created to collect and disseminate data that goes beyond
county and state lines. |
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Aitkin; Anoka; Becker; Beltrami; Benton; Big Stone; Blue
Earth; Brown; Carlton; Carver; Cass; Chippewa; Chisago; Clay; Clearwater; Cook; Cottonwood; Crow Wing; Dakota; Dodge; Douglas; Faribault; Fillmore; Freeborn; Goodhue; Grant; Hennepin; Houston; Hubbard; Isanti; Itasca; Jackson; Kanabec; Kandiyohi; Kittson; Koochiching; Lac Qui Parle; Lake; Lake of the Woods; Le
Sueur; Lincoln; Lyon; McLeod; Mahnomen; Marshall; Martin; Meeker; Mille
Lacs;
Morrison; Mower; Murray; Nicollet; Nobles; Norman; Olmsted; Otter Tail; Pennington; Pine; Pipestone; Polk; Pope; Ramsey; Red Lake; Redwood; Renville; Rice; Rock; Roseau; St. Louis; Scott; Sherburne; Sibley; Stearns; Steele; Stevens; Swift; Todd; Traverse; Wabasha; Wadena; Waseca; Washington; Watonwan; Wilkin; Winona; Wright; Yellow
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Wikipedia is
a multilingual, Web-based,
free-content
encyclopedia
project based mostly on anonymous contributions. Clicking on a Link (below) will take you to the Wikipedia article about the county. Here you will find
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Aitkin · Anoka · Becker · Beltrami · Benton · Big Stone · Blue Earth · Brown · Carlton · Carver · Cass · Chippewa · Chisago · Clay · Clearwater · Cook · Cottonwood · Crow Wing · Dakota · Dodge · Douglas · Faribault · Fillmore · Freeborn · Goodhue · Grant · Hennepin · Houston · Hubbard · Isanti · Itasca · Jackson · Kanabec · Kandiyohi · Kittson · Koochiching · Lac qui Parle · Lake · Lake of the
Woods · Le Sueur · Lincoln · Lyon · Mahnomen · Marshall · Martin · McLeod · Meeker · Mille Lacs · Morrison · Mower · Murray · Nicollet · Nobles · Norman · Olmsted · Otter Tail · Pennington · Pine · Pipestone · Polk · Pope · Ramsey · Red Lake · Redwood · Renville · Rice · Rock · Roseau · St. Louis · Scott · Sherburne · Sibley · Stearns · Steele · Stevens · Swift · Todd · Traverse · Wabasha · Wadena · Waseca · Washington · Watonwan · Wilkin · Winona · Wright · Yellow
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Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free Genealogy Search Help For
Google ·
Linkpendium
> Genealogy > USA ·
Ancestry.com
(Reference Materials & Finding Aids) |
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Cyndi's List - United States Index ·
IGI
Batch Numbers - British Isles & North America ·
Libweb
- Libraries on the Web ·
50states.com - States and Capitals |
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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Snail Mail: Fred USA |
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