Resources for: Genealogy & Family History

FamilySearch is a nonprofit genealogy organization sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Search the catalog of genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) made available by FamilySearch online and in libraries and centers worldwide.

Links to Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.

The world's largest gravesite collection, with over 190 million memorials created by the community since 1995.

A comprehensive, referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.

Provides information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death, marriage cetificates, and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States.

Ancestry.com's interactive site. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Full access to the records requires a paid subscription to Ancestry.com.

Use Minnesota People Records Search to exclusively research birth, death, and state census records, as well as Veterans Graves Registration and World War I Gold Star Rolls.

The IHRCA collects, preserves, and makes available archival and published resources documenting immigration and ethnicity on a national scope. These materials are particularly rich for ethnic groups that originated in eastern, central, and southern Europe and the Near East -- those who came to this country during the Great Migration that gained momentum in the 1880s and peaked in the first decades of the 20th century.

The Norwegian bygdeboker is one of the best sources of Norwegian genealogical information. This is a guide on finding this resource at the University of Minnesota Libraries and elsewhere.

The Minnesota Historical Society Library is the most complete genealogical resource in the area. Included in its collections are Minnesota state and federal census records, 1850 through 1910, and SOUNDEX indexes, when available, on microfilm; history of Minnesota, its counties, cities, towns, communities, and churches; city directories; family histories; and publications of state and local historical societies.

Staffed by volunteers from the Minnesota Genealogical Society, this library has a growing collection of genealogical materials, including CD-ROM resources. As part of its service through the library, the Society conducts classes in beginning and more advanced areas of genealogy research. This is the first place you should contact if you are beginning your research. Call ahead for library hours.