Additional ALLCounties History, Genealogy and General Resources

• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Department of Health
• How to order a birth or death certificate from the Minnesota Department of Health.

Contact the Minnesota Department of Health for certified Birth records from 1900 and certified Death records from 1908.  Certificates may be ordered by mail, phone, fax, and in person at the office.  There is a fee for obtaining birth or death certificates.
Minnesota Department of Health
  Attention: Vital Records
  717 Delaware Street Southeast
  P.O. Box 9441
  Minneapolis, MN  55440-9441
  Phone: 612-676-5120 (For birth records, press 4; For death records, press 5)
Records prior to these years, may be requested from the County  Registrar/Recorder in the county where the event occurred.
Instructions on obtaining certificates of marriage or divorce decrees and index search.

• Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
• Library of Congress - Pioneering and History of the Upper Midwest : An Overview
• State of Minnesota - North Star, Minnesota State Government Online.
• Minnesota State Legislature
• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
• Minnesota Elections and Voter Registration information.
• Minnesota State Archives - Collection - and Site Map.
• Minnesota's State Government Libraries.
• North Star: Minnesota Libraries.
• LDS: Minnesota Regional Public Library Systems Directory and MAP.
• Minnesota Secretary of State STUDENT PAGE! - includes the following and more:
• State Symbols
• History and Old Stuff :  Minnesota Timeline; Narrative;
• Constitution of the State of Minnesota
• MAPS : 1851 Territorial - 1857 Territorial - 1858 Territorial - 1895 MN State.
• Origin of Minnesota County Names.
• Association of Minnesota Counties
• The Towns of Minnesota Online.
• National Park Service : Map and Guide to Minnesota's National Parks
• MNDNR : State Parks Map - State Forests Map -
• Minnesota Newspapers Online.
• Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Minnesota* + Page.
• Explore Minnesota: Tourism - Search by location - Order free publications & travel guides.
• Minnesota Historical Society Library.
• MHS: Minnesota Women's History

Minnesota State History.
The AskRon Newspaper Database
• Minnesota Genealogical Society Library

   5768 Olson Memorial Highway - Golden Valley, MN 55422 Phone: (763) 595-9347.
• MNGenWeb for Minnesota Genealogy
• The Political Graveyard, for Minnesota, created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
• USGS - Geographic Names Information System - use the query form to locate geographic features, such as lakes, cemeteries, towns, and more.
• 1895 County Maps for Minnesota, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
• Ancestry.com: Minnesota Resources
• NARA: National Archives and Records Administration.
• The Genealogy Page.
• Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Massachusetts town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
• U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for Minnesota.
• USA Veterans' Administration
• Request Deceased USA Veterans' Records? Phone: 1-800-827-1000.
• Animated MAPs: The Formation of the Contiguous States through additions of territories andstates and The Evolution of United States County Boundaries by Ed Stephans.
•   Local Directory & Maps - type in city, state to go to maps and directories for that area.
• Yahoo Get Local Directory for Minnesota Counties and Regions.

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Professional  Research
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America.  Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.

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Printed resources for this page include:

School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.
 
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