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= Minnesota Genealogy Research =

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List of Counties  Extinct or Renamed Counties: 
 * 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
 * Yellow Medicine
 * Andy Johnson
 * Big Sioux
 * Breckenridge
 * Buchanan
 * Davis
 * Doty
 * Mahkahta
 * Manomin
 * Midway
 * Monongalia
 * Newton
 * Pembina
 * Pierce
 * St. Croix
 * Superior
 * Toombs
 * Wahnata



Minnesota's most unique Genealogical feature
Minnesota was formerly claimed by France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Quebec, unorganized U.S., Northwest, Indiana, Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin territories.

Lost relatives?
By studying the Minnesota population migration patterns using the railroads, Mississippi and Minnesota River travel, ship travel across the Great Lakes, entry to the US from Canada via the Red River, the westward expansion across the St._Croix_River from Wisconsin and early trails and roads in combination with known immigration settlements for various nationalities it may be possible to pin down areas within the state where they may have traveled. Travel through or beyond the state can also be aided by using the railroad migration routes which headed westward during the 1800s.

Did you know?
The largest ethnic groups in Minnesota are Germans, Swedes, and Norwegians. By 1880 the foreign-born population in Minnesota included nearly 108,000 Scandinavians, many of whom were Norwegians; 66,000 Germans; and about 39,000 British, most of whom were Irish. Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans had come from Canada, most of whom were British and French Canadians. There were nearly 8,000 Bohemians (mostly Czechs) and 1,000 or 2,000 each from Switzerland, Poland, Russia, and France.



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