St Louis County, Minnesota

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Thank you for visiting the St. Louis County portion of the MNGenWeb.
I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil.
I will do my best to find resources and answer questions and perhaps
help locate that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'
Contact: Martha


Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ 'What's New' ~ Lookups
Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Cemeteries
Military ~ FS Historical Images ~ Naturalization ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds
New Site> 'Minnesota Meanderings' [Off Site] Eclectic MN Resources

Military ~ FS Historical Images ~ Naturalization ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds Military Records One Minnesota Revolutionary War Hero: Stephen Taylor War of 1812 Pensioners in Minnesota, 1883 Minnesota in the Civil War Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals Military data gleaned: Old St Louis Files ~ Military Museum FS Wiki: Minnesota in the Civil War Another MN Site with War Data "Genealogy Village" Minnesota Historical Society ~ Fort Snelling Military Forts in Minnesota Military Land Warrants in MN 1854-1863 Military & Minnesota Territory Minnesota Civil War Units ~ Battlefield Maps Civil War Burials - National Search Engine ~ Civil War Veteran Burials Compiled Service Records: Union Soldiers Civil War Veteran Burial Listings , Vol X Sherman Lee Pompey Covering Men In Regiments From Minnesota Minnesota and 'The Wars' Colonial Wars ~ Dakota War of 1862 ~ 150 Years Later 1862 Indian War Claims ~ Civil & Indian Wars: 1861-1865 Spanish American War & Philippine Insurrection G A R Membership Records Modern Wars, WW I, WW II, Korea [Ralph Carlson] WW II Honor List of Dead or Missing WWII Honor Roll: "In The World War" 1917 ~ 1918 ~ 1919 [FS Book] Union Soldiers - Burial Locations Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville, 1866 Here is the list for Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Here is the List for Army Burials ~ Here is the List for Navy Burials The Book is arranged alphabetically by State and is fully searchable. There are also Army & Navy Burial Lists at the end of the State Lists. Minnesota, Veterans Grave Registration Reports, 1930-1975 "Alphabetical Index To Places of Interment Of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various States & Territories" As Specified in Rolls of Honor, Nos I - XIII Being those issued from the Quartermaster General's Office Between June 15 1865 and August 27 1867 Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868 U.S. Army Generals' reports of Civil War service, 1864 - 1887 [Union Army] Family Search, Catalog: These records are really interesting, Please use this Link FS has Prison Burial Records and Burials in National Cemeteries in their Catalog Homes for Disabled Veterans: 1866-1938: Searchable Database on FS] "Soldiers of the Great War" [MN] Military Headstone Applications: FS 1890 Veteran's Schedule: FS Searchable Database Military Medical Records: National Archives Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Search: DAR ~ GAR ~ SAR MINNESOTA 1st Cavalry [Mounted Rangers] 2nd Cavalry Col. Brackett's Battalion, Cavalry Hatch's Independent Battalion, Cavalry 1st Heavy Artillery 1st-3rd Independent Battery, Light Artillery 1st-3rd Infantry (NARA Series M594, Roll 90) [LDS Film 1488542] Log In, Search, Catalog, Enter Film # in Fiche/Film Slot Naturalization Indexes The following indexes are to be used as a guide only. You must write or visit the US District Court in Duluth MN to obtain the accession number that is needed to obtain a copy of the actual naturalization documents housed in Chicago, IL. The US District Court does not have the naturalization records available for the following index. US District Court 417 Federal Bldg 515 W. 1st Street, Duluth, MN 55802 Contact the court for Costs Please include all the information listed in the index about your ancestor, this will make searching faster. The Iron Range Research Center has an index which can be found here Family Search Naturalization Index See the Section below, There are a lot of Naturalization Records in the Historical Images Family Search: Historical Images The following will help you get a handle on information that could be of value to your search for Family data. This Chart will be a decent guide. To access the Historical Images, log into your FS Account: Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images: You can begin with the search, but if you get lost or cannot figure it all out, use the linked chart and plug in the DGS Film number of interest from the Chart in the 'Fiche-Film' slot. Types of Records: Biographies, History, Naturalization, Military, Obituaries, Vital Records Most of the Digital Films have indexes. If there is no index, investigate to determine if the records were filmed in Chronological Order as many times they are. Naturalization Records: "Old St Louis Files" Index ~ Notes According to the old file, the District Court does not have the files. I cannot find these files anywhere. Supposedly they are available in the Duluth Public Library. Odds & Ends >>>What's New<<< Book Assortment: Biography ~ Crime ~  Medical ~ Who's Who There are  download links for Archive.org & Google E Book Items What's New - Minnesota Books Indexes for Minnesota Books Listed Below: Google Drive All of the Books below may be found either in the FS Catalog, Archive. org Site or Google Books ~ They are fully searchable pdf files. "Men of Minnesota A Collection of the portraits of men prominent in business..." Published By The Minnesota Historical Company 215 Nat. Ger. Am. Bank Bldg: 1902 "Memorial Record Of Southwestern Minnesota, Illustrated" Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company: 1897 "Minnesota and Its People" Illustrated: Vol's III & IV Chicago: The S J Clarke Publishing company: 1924 "The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men" Minnesota Volume New York and Chicago American Biographical Publishing Company: 1879 "Who's Who in Minnesota" Centennial Edition: 1858 - 1958 Hugh L White, Publisher ~ Bernice White, Editor ~ Avis Person, Assoc. Editor "Who's Who Among Minnesota Women..." Compiled and Published By Mary Dillon Foster: 1914 "The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States" Edited By: William B Atkinson, M D: Author of "Hints in the Obstertic Procedure," etc... Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878 There are three Indexes, "Alpha", "Local" & "Analytical" The two most useful are Alpha and Local The Indexes are Here The Book can be read online or downloaded. "Woman's Who's Who of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada 1914-1915: John William Leonard, Editor-in-Chief New York: The American Commonwealth Company There is no Alpha Index, instead the Authors saw fit to make one that is titled: "Her Married Name". There is an Addenda - Corrections set of pages. The Bios are listed Alphabetically. The Addenda and 'Married Name' The book can be read online or downloaded "Men of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries Edited By: John W Leonard L R Hamersly & Company One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1908 There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical : Google Books: Read Online or Download "Men and Women of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries L R Hamersly & Company One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1910 Copyright 1909 By L R Hamersly & Company, New York There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical Read Online or Download "The American Bar" The Professional Directoy of Lawyers of the World Sarah Livermore: Editor Sixty-Second Annual Edition: 1980 Published by: Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates, Inc Minneapolis, Minnesota Please use this link for Index and Split Sections >>>New<<< A new Archive Service: Archive-It Here is a new way to search MN Digital Newspapers Please use this Link "Crime & Punishment" Minnesota Public Criminal History ~ Search Prison Records: Family Search Films - Please use this link for a Chart with film Numbers and... Prison Records can be found in the FS Catalog, but they take a bit of tweaking to find them. Please use this link for Prison Records that can be found on Family Search: Google Drive Link with Folders The links include Film Numbers Listed Below LDS Films: 956170 Records of Yuma territorial prison, 1884-1910 [Search] and 978903: San Quentin Records Records of the Dead in Federal Prisons - Index 978907: Folsom Prison Family Search: Prison Record Databases: Chart with Database Names and Dates "Professional Criminals of America" By Thomas Byrnes Inspector of Police and Chief of Detectives: New York City Cassell & Company, Limited 739 & 741 Broadway, New York Copyright, 1886 By Thomas Brynes Index and Sections are Here Read Online or Download [FS] Miscellaneous [Thanks, Tim Stowell] Duluth Public Library [Biography File] ~ Genealogy Trails Polish Names in the 1875, 1885 Minnesota State Census, and more [Reformatted] Duluth 1949 Telephone Book: converted to Linked & Searchable pdf. Links to each page are on the web page Minnesota was home to many people from foreign lands. The Polish Links Page is updated. Miscellaneous Polish Resources: Reformatted to linked & searchable pdf Churches & Church Records, Lodges & Schools There was some interesting Church pages found in the old St Louis Web Files. They have been combined and can he found here. Minnesota Church Records: Family Search has an impressive collection of Church Records in their Catalog: A Search produces this List Swedish Mission Church 1899 - Duluth, MN Choir Member Photos Records & Links Below: Old St Louis County Files Miscellaneous Lodge Information School Indexes ~ An eclectic assortment The School Files have been reformatted to searchable pdf's All of the School Files may be found here: Google Drive Denfield Highschool: Classes 1922 - 1979 Duluth Highschool: 1897 - 1949 State Teachers College: 1938 - 1941 Gilbert Highschool: 1936 The other portion of School Indexes were combined and converted to a pdf. Archive.org has State Normal School Records [Link for Duluth Schools] The above are interesting and include students. Have folks in other States? Need a New Place to Search? Try: Reclaim the Records and "Ancestral Findings"

"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

All materials, images, sounds and data contained herein are not to be copied or downloaded for purposes of duplication, distribution or publishing without the express written permission of the St Louis County Coordinator.
All data will stay with the MNGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.
Site Updated: 21 August 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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