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History of Roseau County: Wiki
Roseau Cities, Townships & Communities
Please use this link for the Townships
RoseauCounty Historical Society
Biographies ~ Books
Biographies
"Who's Who in Minnesota"
1958: Centennial Edition
Lithographed in USA
Brown Printing Co., Waseca, Minn.
There were a few Biographies for Roseau Folk - Pages 449-450 Ahola, Lydia Seraphia ~ Alley, Archie Lewillin~ Brenden, Gilbert J ~ Christianson, Charles ~ Drown, Mabel R [P265]
Lee, Archie Raymond ~ Peterson, Carl Even ~ Radway, Richard Fremont
Sanders, Ernest Wayne ~ Schultz, Harriet Camille ~ Snustad, Jacob
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Family Search has a selection of Pioneer Biographies compiled by the WPA: Film # 009012289
Use This Link for the WebSite or This Link for a Searchable pdf with links
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"The Book Of Minnesotans"
A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men
of the State of Minnesota
Editor: Albert Nelson Marquis: Chicago, A N Marquis & Company, 1907
There were a few Biographies for Roseau Folk:
Bertilrud, Syver G, P 42 ~ Lofgren, Peter, P 313 ~ Muir, James B, P 366
Sjoberg, Israel, P 467 ~ Sjoberg, Peter, P 468
Stebbins, George M, P 485 ~ Swanson, Frederick William, P 500
Waag, Aasold, P 529
Read Online or Download
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"Compendium of History of Northern and Central Minnesota" George A Ogle & Co., Chicago
Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers, 1904 Andrew Johnson, Page 635 Read Online or Download
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"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication date 1900
Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes]
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The FS Wiki has a long list of Biographical Information for Minnesota / Use this link
Historical Maps
Original Minnesota Pub Land Survey Plats
Standard atlas of Roseau County, Minnesota : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, 1913
FS Catalog: Please Use this Link Minnesota Digitized and Plat Maps & Atlases
Perry - Castaneda Collection/a> ~ David Rumsey Collection
MN Department of Natural Resources ~ Railroad Maps
"NETR" Maps Online: Minnesota
More...
From the Alabama Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps
UWM Libraries Digital Collections ~ Humboldt State University Map Collection ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps ~ MapGoose
Surveyors Maps: 1850's [Base Maps] [Click on 'Download County' at left]
Maplandia for Minnesota
Queries, Mail Lists, Lookup Volunteers
Cyndi's List has a list of Sites that may be used for posting Queries
This is the Mail List for Minnesota: iogroups, Minnesota
Lookup Volunteers and "Help Wanted"
Types of Lookups: Obituaries ~ Books about Roseau County
Military Records ~ City Directories
Please contact Tim if you have access to any of the above resources.
and... 'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK
"What's New"
Medical
Directories: "Medical and Surgical Directory of The United States" R L
Polk & Co, Publishers, 1886
[MN Files]
"Medical and Surgical Register of The United
States" R L Polk, Publishers, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago 1890
[MN Files] Military Information is
also included in these Books. Such As... Officers Of the Medical
Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards. Medical Corps of
the United States Navy Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service.
Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards.
Note: There are
more of these Directories for the following years: Scroll [Archive.org Site]
Years: 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898,1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917
The
National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free
accessed.
Please use
this link for access.
The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be freely accessed.
Please use this link to view and download records
Family Search "Collections"
There is a wealth of Family and Historical information contained on the FamilySearch WebSite.
It can be overwhelming to try and figure out where to start.
Concentrated categories of databases listed below and are accessible via linked pdf files.
Please use this link.
Cemeteries, Etc [Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves]
Church Records[ Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]]
Legal Documents and Resources [Court, Estate, Probate Records]
Migration - Naturalization - Travel [ Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports]
Military [Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]]
Odds and Ends [Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home]
Vital Records [Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records]
And a specific Set of Records
"Minnesota, Church Records, 1798-1991"
Family Search Database: Please use this Link
USGenWeb® Archives: Tables of Contents: Minnesota
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"The Fine Print"
Roseau County Coordinator:
State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
For information about adopting a Minnesota County, Please Contact Tim
If you have an idea or comment please let us know.
Information contained on all of the pages within the Roseau County portion of the MNGenWeb Project
may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes.
Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator.
Any person donating information in the future retains the right to have it returned to them upon request
Site Updated: 29 July 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
All Rights Reserved
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