Talk:Minnesota

United States   Minnesota Welcome to the Minnesota page, the Land of 10,000 LakesMost unique genealogical features:
 * MN was formerly claimed by France, Spain, United Kingdom, Quebec, unorganized U.S., Northwest, Indiana, Louisiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
 * Michigan Censuses 1710-1830 indexes 16 pre-statehood censuses.
 * Michigan's county and township governments were patterned after New England and New York.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties: Andy Johnson | Big Sioux | Breckenridge | Buchanan | Davis | Doty | Mankahto | Manomin | Midway | Monongalia | Newton | Pembina | Pierce | St. Croix | Superior | Toombs | Wahnata

Major Repositories
Minnesota Historical Society· Minnestoa Genealogical Society· Iron Range Research Center· National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago)· Mid-Continent Public Library· Newberry Library

Migration Routes
Lake Superior· Mississippi River· St. Croix River· Minnesota River· Dubuque-Fort Snelling Road· Fort Snelling-Superior Road· St. Paul-Pembina Road· Northern Pacific Railway· Great Northern Railway (U.S.)

Research Tools



 * Find which county a town is in, what town a cemetery is in, even where a postoffice or building is by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System.
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * The Minnesota GenWeb Project has a wealth of information and is a part of the larger USGenWeb Project. The USGenWeb Project provides internet information on every county in every state in the United States.
 * Family History 101 - My Minnesota Genealogy contains Minnesota state history, links to counties, county histories, where to find records in each county and online links.
 * Minnesota State Archives
 * Minnesota Official Marriage System is an index to marriage certificates on file within Minnesota.
 * BYU Minnesota Research Outline largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.

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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