Murray County MinnesotaLinks of Interest

Libraries

• University Of Minnesota Genealogy Web Page
• University of Minnesota Libraries Home Page - catalog and more.
• University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center
• WEBPALS - Minnesota Statewide Project for Automated Library Systems
• PALS Library Catalog System - TELNET SITE - library catalog system for MN History Center and other state library systems.
• Vesterheim Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library, Madison, WI
• Library of Congress

General Information on Minnesota

• Location Finder - county location of townships and cities in Minnesota.
• Minnesota towns/cities with county name - large file!
• Listing of Minnesota Cemeteries with county name - large file!

Additional Minnesota Societies/Organizations

• Directory of Minnesota Historical Organizations
• Nowegian-American Genealogical Association
• Minn Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group
• Genealogical CIGs located in Minnesota
• Irish Genealogical Society, Int'l - based in Minnesota but covering all Irish research, with some extra on Minnesota.
• Minnkota Genealogical Society (East Grand Forks, MN and Grand Forks, ND area).

Databases - US

• Genealogy Helplist for Minnesota
• The Genealogist's Index to the World Wide Web by John Rigdon.  This is where queries and databases are indexed for the entire project.
• ROOTS-L Minnesota databases and files - searchable index and lots of links to Minn genealogy resources.

• Roots-L Surname List from RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative.

• WorldGenWeb - your link to the world.

• Olive Tree Genealogy Home Page - a little of everything - even ships' passenger lists.

• Research Tools - CD Lookups

• Ancestry's Social Security Death Index Search online
• Gene Stark's Gendex Index
• The Viet Nam Veterans' Memorial Wall - searchable database for the more than 58,000 names on The Wall in Washington, D.C. Each name has about 25 facts displayed.
• USGenWeb Archives MILITARY RECORDS
• The American Civil War Home Page
• Civil War Minnesota Roster
• United States Passport Applications - information on records held by the US government.

Genealogy Links

• Computerized Ancestor
• Everton's Genealogical Helper
• Genealogy's Most Wanted
• Ancestry's Home Town
• Genealogical Database Index
• Canadian General Resources
• Daughters of the American Revolution
• US National Archives
• Genealogy Research - National Archives of Canada
• National Archives of Ireland
• Irish Emigrants
• Ireland Passenger Lists
• FREE OnLine Genealogy Class for Ireland Research
• Irish Family History Foundation
  Welcome to the Irish Family History Foundation's presence on the Internet - your gateway to discovering all about your Irish ancestry, roots, genealogy and family history from anywhere in Ireland. A list of the most common surnames in the various Irish counties is given on the pages containing information on the Irish Family History Foundation Centres.
• Ancestors from Norway - an excellent site with pointers to everything you need to help in your search for Norwegian ancestors, including searchable databases, the 1801 census, naming practices, and descendants' groups.
• Norwegian Research Registry
  
• Emigration Archives (Norway) with searchable databases from Sogn & Fjordane.
• Nordicnotes - Genealogy Research Registries for Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.
• Emigrantregistret in Karlstad, Sweden (look under RO:TTER) was founded in 1960. They have registered all emigrated va:rmlanders (ab. 125.000) and created the data base of the more than 1.2 million emigrants who sailed from Swedish ports.
• Native American Genealogy
• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Paula Goblirsch, great list of links by the Morrison Co Coordinator.
• Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites - Minnesota - lots of Minnesota sites related to Genealogy.
• Helm's Genealogy Toolbox - Minnesota Resources
• Lineages' Minnesota Research Room - still a lot of construction to do - it will provide sources of many types of records - part of American Research Room.
• Minnesota Genealogical and Historical Pages - "Gierhart Family Motel" - links for each state - large file!
• The Parchment Pages

Mailing Lists and Miscellaneous

• Minnesota  -  a list for discussion of Minnesota genealogy. Join by sending email to majordomo@listserv.northwest.com.  Leave the subject blank and put subscribe minnesota in the body.  Be sure to turn off your automatic signature.
• Finnish Mailing List - send the message: subscribe finngen to postlist@genealogia.org. To send a message to the list, please use the address finngen@genealogia.org.
• NDSDMN-L- mailing list for North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota Genealogy.
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  • CC: sundance@neosoft.com
  • To send a message to the list, use the address ndsdmn-l@genealogy.org.
• Step-by-step instructions on how-to get homestead records - great web page by Gary E. Krell. Although it was written for persons seeking homestead records for South Dakota, the information contained on this web page is invaluable for anybody, regardless of the state in which they are researching homestead records.
• NGS (National Genealogy Society) statement concerning doing lookups and usefulness of the UsGenWeb.
• Phone Book Search for your town

Publications

• Park Genealogical Books' "Research Notes" webpage -- lots of interesting items updated monthly to help out Minnesota researchers
• Park Books Minnesota County by County - "M" - items related to Murray Co. published by Park Books
• Park Genealogical Books - local resources available for MN, WI, SD & ND, also publishers of Minnesota Genealogical Journal and Research Notes - you really should go through their whole site!
• Minnesota Genealogical Journal
• Everton's Genealogical Helper, "Sources of Genealogical information in Minnesota"
• Genealogy Canada News Online!, a magazine about Canadian genealogy news on the Internet, keeps its readers informed on the latest Canadian genealogical Internet news.

Stores

• Park Books - Minnesota's own Genealogy bookstore
• Family Trails - a gift shop in Minnesota for genealogists and families.

Web Sites Related to Minnesota

• North Star- Minnesota Government Information & Services.
• The Minnesota Page - part of The Woodshed - more links than you'll know what to do with about Minnesota!
• Minnesota - Land of 10,000 Webs - Minnesota Web Project - working towards having web sites for all Minnesota cities
• Minnesota Home Page Listing - a listing of Minnesotans with home pages.

Family History Helps

• Photo Restoration - company has online examples of their work.
• Scrapbooking and preservation

Minnesota Research - offline

• Tracing Your Ancestors in Minnesota - A guide to the Sources Volume 1 by Wiley R. Pope and Alissa Wiener - also regional guides to the counties.
• Minnesota Genealogical Reference Guide by Paula Stuart Warren, CGRS.
• Genealogical Resources of the Minnesota Historical Society, A Guide by Mn Historical Society, Library and Archives Division.

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