Roseau County, Minnesota
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Hello:
Roseau County has been rejuvenated and is available for adoption,
If you have a local connection to Roseau County and web design skils [or wish to learn],
please consider joining the MNGenWeb as a County Coordinator
Please contact the State Coordinator: Tim Stowell for more information.
Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ Lookups ~ What's New
Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images
Cemeteries ~ Military ~ Native American Resources ~ Odds & Ends
This Site is part of
The MNGenWeb and The USGenWeb®
Hello:
Roseau County has been rejuvenated and is available for adoption,
If you have a local connection to Roseau County and web design skils [or wish to learn],
please consider joining the MNGenWeb as a County Coordinator
Please contact the State Coordinator: Tim Stowell for more information.
Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ Lookups ~ What's New
Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images
Cemeteries ~ Military ~ Native American Resources ~ Odds & Ends
| Vital Records ~ Obituaries ~ Family Search: Historical Images Basic Vitals: B ~ M ~ D >>>New<<< Minnesota Birth Files 1990-2020: Reclaim the Records The files are in csv format Uploaded in 2023 Please use this Link If you wish to look at other MN County Birth Records, Please Use This Link Vital Records for Roseau County specifically are in short supply. Your best bet for B ~ M ~ D's is the use the Minnesota State Databases: Minnesota Department of Health Minnesota Historical Society: Birth Records ~ Death Records FS Wki: Minnesota Vital Records, Information and Links Then go to FS for their Collections: These are Searchable Databases. Births & Marriages MN Birth Index: 1935 > 2002 ~ 1840 > 1980 Marriages: 1860 > 1949 ~ 1849 > 1950 ~ 1958 > 2001 North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958 - Collection The nice folks over at Genealogy Trails have quite a few nice pages with great information. Be sure to visit! Thank You!  Family Search ~ "Collections" for Minnesota Neighboring States Iowa ~ North Dakota ~ South Dakota ~ Wisconsin Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages This link is for folks born in Minnesota and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925 [Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses] Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link. Death Records: Family Search and Catalog Films Deaths: 1908 > 2002 ~ Deaths & Burials: 1835 > 1990 Obituaries Heritage Hub: 4 Newspapers Duluth News Tribune ~ Star Tribune, Twin Cities St Paul's Pioneer Press ~ Grand Forks Herald Here is the Index: Updated to 31 December 2023 September 2024 Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years. But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha Here is an interesting sample of the kind of information available: "Grand Forks Herald" and "Rockford Morning Star" 20 September 1930 Body Parts of Slain Girl Found Anna World ~ 19 September 1930 ~ 20 September 1930 Heritage Hub is a fairly new Digital Newspaper Resource, it is available through local Public Libraries, Access with a Library Card. But if you do not have access, I will do a lookup: Contact Martha [MNGenWeb Volunteer] Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves There is no information for Kittson specifically, but check the two Files for 'Birth Place not Identified' and 'Minnesota' Here is the Index for all of Minnesota Here is the Index for the United States Here is an index for Countries of the World The Obituaries indexed on the Nieves Collection may be found using your local Library Resources. Check in with your Library Card and look for "Heritage Hub" which is a digital database for newspapers. Family Search "Collections" - Obituary Databases Obituaries: American Historical Society German's from Russia, 1899-2012 [FS Searchable database with Newspaper Clippings] Here is the WebSite for the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia "Tidbits of Sublette County, Wyoming"span> Compiled by: Anna Lee Woffinden Please use this Link: All Indexes for the Booklets [FS Catalog] They contain all sorts of newspaper articles: Birth, Death, Marriages, Funeral & Burial Announcements and Accidents There is a website dedicated to Canadian Obits from local papers. Please use this link.US Obituaries Obituary Index [Minnesota State University] Minnesota Digital Library The nice folks over at Genealogy Trails have a page for Obituaries, Thank You! Obituaries, Newspapers & Bulletins The Minnesota Historical Society has a great set of Digitized Newspapers. Newspaper Listings for Roseau County Please use this Link for the MN Historical Society Digital Newspaper Hub: Browse Canadian Newspapers - Free Digital Archives https://libguides.fau.edu/Historical-canadian--newspapers/manitoba / Manitoba https://libguides.fau.edu/Historical-canadian--newspapers/ontario / Ontario The nice folks over at Genealogy Trails have a page for Miscellaneous News Articles, Thank You! Minnesota Newspaper Directory Chronicling America ~ Google News Archive Minnesota Historical Society - Old Bulletins Family Search: Historical Images & Catalog Databases Records that are not available with the traditional FS Search Wills ~ Land Records ~ Naturalization & Migration Minnesota, Roseau County, Will records, 1897-1967 Roseau, MN Wills, 1849-1985 - Collection Land Records: 1892 - 1930 ~ More Land Rcords: List of Films Minnesota, Roseau County, naturalization records, 1885-1955, Film or Use This List Minnesota, Roseau County, naturalization records, 1918 - Collection FS Records for Roseau's Neighbors Lake of the Woods Citizenship, Declarations of Intent, Naturalization Records Beltrami Migration, Immigration, Naturalization There are also Wills for Beltrami County: 1897-1926 Marshall Migration, Naturalization Canadian Border Crossings: Roseau County There is a selection of Filmed Records for Roseau Locations: These films are in the 'Images Section of FS' Lancaster / Tolstoi ~ Pinecreek / Piney ~ International Falls / Fort Frances Roseau / South Junction ~ Warroad / Sprague ~ Angle Inlet Films: Vitals Baudette / Rainy River/ Film 004529588, 1911, Items 1-6 / [Marriage] Pinewood, Rainy River / Film 0051075238, 1896-1919/ [Marriage] Rainy River, Rainy River / Film 005107242, 1904-1965 [Bap] Fort Frances, Rainy River/ Film 005107210, 1891-1911, [Bap, Marr, Bur] Note: The Information below is for Kittson, left in place because folks 'traveled...' Canadian Border Crossing Information: Certification ID's ~ Manifests of Alien, 1912-1924 More information on the Canadian Border Crossings Canada, Manitoba, Winnipeg, certificates of identity issued to U.S. citizens pre-examined at Winnipeg, Manitoba who entered the United States at Noyes, Minnesota and Pembina, North Dakota, 1929-1954 Manifests of alien, January 1912-July 1924, and citizen, January 1912-December 1956, arrivals at Noyes, Minnesota, and at Dunseith, Neche, Pembina, Saint John, and Walhalla, North Dakota United States, border crossings from Canada to United States : Collection, 1894-1954 United States, border crossings from Canada to United States, records and certificates of aliens pre-examined at Winnipeg, Manitoba prior to admission at the U.S.-Canada border, 1917-1954 Note: If you want to do the searches for yourself: To acess the Historical Images, log into your FS Account: Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images Enter Location of Interest |
"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: 24 September 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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