Family History News
Family History News is published bi-monthly for genealogists and family historians who are interested in what's new in the Minnesota Historical Society's collections, research tips, records you might not thought of to use for genealogy, how-to's and guides to using records, and upcoming genealogy classes, lectures, and conferences.
It publishes: January, March, May, July, September, and November. The Library & Archives News publishes the other six months.
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Past Issues
2009
May 8 Special Edition
April 3 Special Edition
March 2009 - "Penny Pinching for Genealogists" (what's free or cheap on the Internet)
January 2009 - "Courting Your Ancestors" (court records)
2008
September 2008 - "Take it on Faith" (religious records)
Special Edition, September 10
July 2008 - "An Immigrant Nation" (immigration records)
May 2008 - "Happy Birthday Minnesota!" (territorial records and newspapers)
March 2008 - "Potpourri" (Cookbooks and Irish sources at MHS)
February 2008 - "Love, Marriage, etc." (Love letters, marriage, birth, and divorce records)
2007
December - Staff share their favorite links
September - "Recent Genealogy Acquisitions"
July - "Family Reunions and Genealogy"
May -"Memorial Day Memories" (death/burial records, Veterans Graves Registration, etc.)
March - "Women's History Month" (women in naturalizations, Women's Committee Records)
February - Evoking family history through events
2006
December - Evoking family history through photographs
September - New in the collections
April - Cemetery records
February - Native American death certificates
January - Researching Dakota family history, newspapers add historic dimension
