St Louis County, Minnesota

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History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ 'What's New' ~ Lookups Brief History of St Louis County [Wiki] Saint Louis County was founded on February 20, 1855, as Doty County, and had its name changed to Newton County on March 3, 1855. It originally consisted of the area east and south of the Saint Louis River, while the area east of the Vermilion River and north of the Saint Louis River was part of Superior County. Superior County was renamed Saint Louis County. Then on March 1, 1856, that Saint Louis County became Lake County, and Newton County was renamed Saint Louis County and had that eastern area added to it; it was also expanded westward by incorporating parts of Itasca County, which then also included most of Carlton County. On May 23, 1857, Saint Louis County took its current shape when Carlton County was formed from parts of Saint Louis and Pine Counties. St Louis County Neighbors: Aitken, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, and Lake Counties, MN and Douglas, WI Maps Getty Geographical Thesaurus ~ Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles Surveyor's Base Maps Historic Map Works ~ Genealogical University of Minnesota ~ Maps ~ Bureau of Land Management Minnesota Mining Maps ~ USGS Maps ~ 1869 Railroad Map Sanborn Maps: Library of Congress Michael Fox Map Collection ~ Digitized Plat Maps / Atlases Map Goose ~ 1869 Railroad Map Townships in St Louis County 1916 Township Plat Map & Interactive Map of Minnesota <<<What's New>>> 31 May 2025 Also New... Tutorial on How to Search PDF Books and Publications on the Archive.org Site "Minnesota Medical Magazine" [Archive Link] Here is the Link at the Harvard Library, all of the Issues are linked to the Archive.org Site Volume 17-25 (1897-1905) of Northwestern Lancet, 26-31 (1906-1911) of the Journal of the Minnesota State Medical Association and Northwestern Lancet, 32-43, 45, 48-84, 86-88 (1912-1923, 1925, 1928-1964, 1966-1968) of Journal-Lancet, and 1-83 (1918-2000) of Minnesota Medicine are available online Owned and Published by The Minnesota Medical Association There are three 'Versions' beginning with the:  "Journal Lancet" [3 Issues] "The Journal Of The Minnesota State Medicae Association The Northwestern Lancet" [9 Issues] Then the final Version:" Minnesota Medical Magazine" [Still in Publication] These Magazines vary widely in Topic, but the baseline is Medical in Nature. When I began digging into them I discovered a unique window into Minnesota's Medical History. There Journal Articles about Diseases, Maladies, Surgical Procedures, along with the growth of the Medical Industry. There is such a wide variety, it was difficult to figure out what to share and leave the rest of the information for the Individual Researcher to glean. I have parsed out the Indexes: Please use this Link Along with the Indexes, there are Obituaries and Memorials. Some of the Memorials were lenghty: They can be found Here The Minnesota Medical Association has the Authority to prosecute persons who violate their laws. In almost every Volume there were Criminal Prosecutions. Some of the Cases were included on the pages with the memoirals Because there were dozens of Magazines to go thourgh, I created Yearly Sections of Information Indexes, Medical Rosters, Memorials, Obituaries, Articles 1904 - 1650 ~ 1951 - 1960 ~ 1961 - 1970 ~ 1971 - 1975 ~ 1976 - 1999 Lastly, There were Histories of Medicine  written for some Counties: The Chart Below gives the Year when the Article was Written and the Name of The MN County There are also Articles on Homeopathic Medicine, Lake Superior, Missabe Range, Pioneer Doctors . Also a History of the MN Medical Association and Early MN Hospitals Please Use This Link for the County Histories   Medical Directories: "Medical and Surgical Directory of The United States" R L Polk & Co, Publishers, Military Information is also included in these Books. Such As... Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards. Medical Corps of the United States Navy Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service. Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards. Note: There are more of these Directories for the following years: Scroll [Archive.org Site] Years: 1886, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898,1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917 "American Women : The official who's who among the women of the nation" by Howes, Durward, 1899- Publication date, 1937 - V2 There are two interesting Indexes: Geographical, Occupational There is one page of Necrology [Names, no Dates, A - K] The Indexes are Here [Begins Page 766] Read Online or Download [Archive.org] Biographies and Books "Minnesota and It's People" By John H Stevens Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1890 The Index is Here, Download [Archive.org] "History of Duluth and St Louis County Past and Present" Editors: Dwight E Woodbridge and John S Pardee Volune II, 1910 C F Cooper & Company, Chicago The Index is Here : The EBook Edition of this book is available on Google Play Books Please use this link "History of Duluth and St. Louis County, Minnesota" Vols. 1 2 & 3. Walter Van Brunt The American Historical Society. Chicago: 1922 The Index is here ~  Biographies begin on Page 739 The Volumes are available to Download. "History of the Great Northwest and it's Men of Progress" CGW Hyde, 1901 Pub: The Minneapolis Journal - The Index is here. "American Women : The official who's who among the women of the nation" by Howes, Durward, 1899- Publication date, 1937 - V2 There are two interesting Indexes: Geographical, Occupational There is one page of Necrology [Names, no Dates, A - K] The Biographies are Alpha and split into Sections. The Indexes are Here Read Online or Download [Archive.org] "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography " by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Publication date 1900 Includes Biographies of Native American Folk Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Vol's] "More New Items" The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be freely viewed and downloaded Please use this link for access. The Information below included because there is wide variety in the locations of the folks Funeral Cards, 1987-1989 Authors: Mankato Mortuary [Mankato, Minnesota] Film # 1651939 Microfilm of original records. The funeral cards are divided into three alphabets, one for each year 1987-1989. The information on the cards are not always complete but could give: the name and address of the deceased and the informant, birthdate and place of deceased, death date and place, where buried, length of residence in community and prior residence, parents' names and birthplace, spouse's name and marriage date, occupation, church membership, survivors' names, funeral costs, and other information. Image Ranges: 1987: 4 - 141 1988: 142 - 410 1989: 411 - 644 {{{>?<}}} Updated Obituaries for 2023 Dates: 2000 - December 2023 3 Local Newspapers were gleaned: Duluth News Tribune [1985 - Current] Star Tribune, Minneapolis & Twin Cities [1986 - Current] Lookups or Check your local Public Library, many of them have a Subscription to Heritage Hub {{{>?<}}} Family Search "Collections" There is a wealth of Family and Historical information contained on the FamilySearch WebSite. It can be overwhelming to try and figure out where to start. Here is the link to all of the Collections for Minnesota {{{>?<}}} There is a great site that has all sorts of links to free Historical and Genealogical Data "The Ancestor Hunt" Scroll down, left side has the menu Digital Newspapers ~ Year Books & Alumni Books School Records ~ Obituaries ~ Coroner, Mortuary & Cemetery Records BMD's ~ Birth & Marriage Records ~ Divorce & Death Records ~ Probate & Tax Records ~ Institutional & Military Records Naturalizations & Immigration ~ Criminal & Digital Archives ~ Directories ~ Photos & Voter Records Lookup Volunteers St Louis County Volunteers [List updated-March 2023] Linkpendium ~ Minnesota Mail List & Queries Questions? Contact Martha Lookups & Free Digital Archival Newspapers I have access to the following Subscription Database and am happy to do limited lookups: Heritage Hub [Includes NewBank] ~ Access World News ~ LA Times ~ NY Times Lookups for Heritage Hub: Contact Martha and... 'History Hub' = New Lookup Service Search for Living People: Zaba Search And RAOGK Free Digital Historical Newspapers Minnesota Historical Society - General Resources Minnesota Historical Society: Digital Newspapers Other Sources for Free Archival Digital Newspapers Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free] California Digital Newspapers This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers, but many of them have articles from other States including Minnesota - Use this Link

"The Fine Print"

County Coordinator: Martha A C Graham
State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
For information about adopting a Minnesota County, please contact Tim
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