1. Visit
2. Calendar
3. Library
4. Exhibits
5. Family History
6. People
7. Places
8. Events
9. Collections
10. Education
11. About MHS

SEARCH

Library & Archives Catalog (PALS)
PALS Plus
Archival Finding Aids
Birth Certificates Index
Death Certificates Index
Minnesota State Census Index
Photo & Art Database

Additional Search Tools

• Ancestry.com
• Digital Sanborn Maps
• Digital Newspapers:
  • Newsbank MN newspapers
  • Chronicling America
  • Historic Mpls. Tribune
  • Mpls. Labor Review
  • Proquest database
  • St. Paul Globe
  • Winona Newspapers Project
• FamilySearch
• HeritageQuest Online
• Minnesota History issues & index
• MOMS Marriage Index
• Minnesota Place Names
• Search for articles
• Veterans Graves index (buried in MN)
• WorldCat (OCLC)
  

RESEARCH TIPS / HOW-TO'S

• Building & House History (resources & how-to)
• Civil War Research
• Dakota Family History sources
• Family History Resources & Research
• Legislative History (how-to)
• Oral History (including how-to's)
• Using MN District Court Records
• Using MN Probate Court Records
• Using Owatonna State Public School Records (state orphanage)
  

GENERAL LIBRARY INFORMATION

• Copy Services
• Hours, Directions, Contact Information
• InterLibrary Loan
• Library Classes
• Library Services
• Newsletters: Family History News
• Newsletters: Library & Archives News
• Research Services
• Visiting the Library
• Wireless WiFi FreeSpot

OTHER MHS RESOURCES

• About the Collections
• Search MHS Collections
• Author Biographies
• Christie Civil War Letters
• Duluth Lynchings Resource
• E-Books (MHS)
• Governors of Minnesota
• History Topics
• KSTP-TV Archives
• Maps
• Minnesota Facts and State Symbols
• Minnesota History timeline
• Minnesota Photographers Directory
• Minnesota's Constitutions
• Placeography (wiki)
  

OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES

• American Memory (LC)
• Business name look-up (SOS)
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
• Dakota County obituary index
• Cemeteries:
  • American Battle Monuments Commission (includes overseas burials)
  • Dalby cemetery database
  • Lakewood Cemetery
  • Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery
  • Roselawn Cemetery
  • Veterans Gravesite Locator (nationwide & Ft. Snelling)
• E-Books (Digital Book Index)
• Land Patent search (BLM-GLO)
• Legislative History Step by Step
• Minnesota court forms
• Minnesota Digital Library
• Minnesota Reflections
• Minnesota Registrars/Recorders list
• Minnesota Session Laws online, 1849-
• MnKnows - Dig Deeper @ Your
• LibraryNational Archives (NARA)
• Naturalization index for Minnesota
• Social Security Death Index