A Guide to Family History Resources at the Minnesota Historical Society


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This guide is an essential tool for all genealogists researching Minnesota family, local, and state history. Highlighting the many holdings of the society, this unique handbook features a lengthy, annotated listing of resources in subject areas such as: biographical, census, naturalization, cemetery, school, religious, business, court, government, legal, military, and veterans' records; official state-wide death records and index, 1908-96; photographs, personal papers, oral histories, ethnic resources, and local and county histories; family histories, newspapers, directories, passenger ship lists, and publications of genealogical organizations; maps, atlases, and other geographical resources.







Josie Dances


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An Ojibwe girl practices her dance steps, gets help from her family, and is inspired by the soaring flight of Migizi, the eagle, as she prepares for her first powwow.




Encyclopedia of Minnesota


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Métis Families: General index


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The word métis was originally used to identify children of French Canadian and Indian parents. It is now widely used to describe any of the descendants of Indian and non-Indian parents.




Genealogical Resources of the Minnesota Historical Society


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This guide "is the first overall view of the vast and varied resources for genealogy research in the holdings of the Minnesota Historical Society". -- p. 1.




The Genealogy of the First Metis Nation


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Contains 100 page introduction outlining the development of the Red River Metis and their dispersal in what is now Saskatchewan, Alberta and the NWT. Also contains 300 pages of tabular material related to marriage units, employment records, personal and real property in 1835 and 1870, as well as geographical location of Red River residences of whatever ancestry.







The Dakota Indian Internment at Fort Snelling, 1862-1864


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Comprehensive account of the internment of 1600 Dakota Indians at Fort Snelling, Minnesota during the Dakota Uprising of 1862. Illustrated with maps and period photographs.