TYPES OF FAMILY HISTORY RESOURCES

Works Projects Administration (WPA) Resources

Federal Writers' Project

Annals of Minnesota: Chronological, Subject, and Geographical Files (M529)
County Histories
- Published
- Unpublished: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 218-225). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
Ethnic Groups
- Finns in Minnesota: Interviews and Biographies: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 227-229). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
- Indians in Minnesota: Interviews and Reminiscences: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, box 230). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
- Lithuanians in Minnesota: Reminiscences and Biographies: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, box 230). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
- Negroes in Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, box 230). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
- Yugoslavs in Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, box 230). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
General Published Materials
- Minnesota: A State Guide
- Publications of the Minnesota Works Progress Administration and the Minnesota Work Projects Administration (Microfilm 717)
- The WPA Guide to Minnesota
- Search the library catalog for other titles

Historical Records Survey

Cemeteries
- Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 306-310, 324). There are no cemetery listings for Mille Lacs, Nobles, Rock, Stevens, or Watonwan counties. Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
- Other states
  - Cemetery Readings in West Virginia
Churches
- Directory of Churches and Religious
  Organizations in …
  - Minnesota
  - Other states
- Guide to Church Vital Statistics Records in …
  - Minnesota
  - Other states
- Inventory of the Church Archives of …
  - Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 285-305). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
  - Other states
City, Town, Village Records
- Inventory of the Municipal Archives of …
  - Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 270-275). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
  - Other states
- Inventory of Duluth city offices
- Public records inventory (inventory cards for cities and for villages starting with H-Z; A-G are missing; also inventory cards for birth and death records in villages)
- Surveys of St. Paul (including a set of census tract maps for 1938)
County Records
- Inventory of the County Archives of …
  - Minnesota. Inventories were published for only 43 counties; the remaining counties have unpublished manuscript versions: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 232-265). The unpublished manuscript survey materials also contain extracts from Board of County Commissioners' minutes for some counties. Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
  - Other states
- Files of Oscar Dickson (extracts from county records from Pine, Isanti, and Chisago counties)
Federal Archives
- Inventory of Federal Archives in the States:
  - Minnesota (Also see the unpublished "federal archives survey records" in the State Archives.)
  - Other states
Manuscripts
- Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in …
  - Minnesota
  - Other states
Newspapers
- Other states
Organizations
- Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 283-284). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
School Districts
- Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 276-282). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
- Minnesota consolidated feeding program records (school lunch program)
- Public records inventory (inventory cards for school districts, for Moorhead College, and for universities in St. Paul)
State Archives
- Inventory of the State Archives of …
  - Other states
- Employees Files, 1930-1939, for persons employed by the Road Inventory Section of the Minnesota Dept. of Highways, Planning and Programming Division, for WPA projects
Township Records
- Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 266-270). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.
- Public records inventory (inventory cards for birth and death records in townships)
Vital Statistics Records
- Guide to Church Vital Statistics Records in …
  - Minnesota
  - Other states
- Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in …
  - Minnesota
  - Other states
- Public records inventory (inventory cards for birth and death records in villages, townships, and state institutions)

Historic Sites Survey

Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 311-312, 322-323). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.

Historic Buildings Survey

Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (BC8.1 .W956, boxes 313-316, 323-324). Note: BC8.1 .W956 is available for use, but is not listed in the library catalog.

Historical Markers and Monuments Survey

Minnesota: see the Manuscripts Notebooks (both BC8.1 .W956, boxes 316-322 and P308). Note: Both BC8.1 .W956 and P308 are available for use, but are not listed in the library catalog.