Reference and Interlibrary Loan Librarian Bob Gray, Revised June 2012
Bureau
of Land
Management
Access to millions of Federal Land Title Records issued since 1820
Cyndi’s
List
An index to genealogical resources on the Internet and links to online research sites
Dept.
of Veterans
Affairs
Acquire Presidential Memorial Certificates and locate burials in VA National Cemeteries
DistantCousin
Genealogy records & scanned images of historical documents
ELM
(Electronic
Library for MN)
Collection of databases, including Historical Minneapolis Tribune (1867-1922) and Minnesota Reflections
FamilySearch
The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world, courtesy of the LDS Church
Find A Grave
Locate millions of cemetery and grave records throughout the world. Includes photos and “famous grave search”
Iron
Range Research
Center
www.mndiscoverycenter.com/research-center
Extensive collection of genealogy materials, including naturalization records
Minnesota
Genealogical
Society
Minnesota’s largest and most comprehensive family research organization
Minnesota
Historical
Society
Access to the library catalog, archives, and indexes (birth, death, veterans)
Minnesota
Official
Marriage System
Index to marriage certificates on file in MN, includes names and dates
National
Archives
(NARA)
Acquire copies of military, passport, immigration, census, and naturalization records
USGenWeb Project
Links to all the state
genealogy websites which provide gateways to county sites
CastleGarden
Arrivals
at the Port
of New York, 1820-1892
Danish
Emigration
Archives
Access to the National Danish Database on
Private Archives
(in Danish)
Ellis
Island
Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1892-1954
Genline
Swedish genealogy online, including church
records
Genuki
Links to genealogy sites in the United
Kingdom and Ireland
German
Genealogy
Comprehensive site devoted to German records
Immigration
History
Research Center
Archives and research on international
migration
Immigrant
Ships
Transcribers Guild
Research immigration and naturalization
records, ship
passenger lists
National
Archives
www.archives.gov/research/immigration/
How to access “port of arrival” records in
the National
Archives
Norway
Heritage
Access to passenger ships and emigration
lists, 1825-1873
Norwegian
American
Genealogical Assn
Promotes Norwegian research
Norwegian
American
Genealogical Center
Library and research center devoted to
Norwegian heritage
Norwegian
Emigration
Center
Based in Stavanger, the center does genealogy
research
throughout Norway (fee-based)
Online
Passenger
Lists
www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html
US
Arrival
Records, International Arrivals & Departures, and General
Sites
The
Ships List
Access to ship passenger lists and other
immigration records
Swedish
Genealogical
Society of MN
Assists members & friends with Swedish
research
Utvandrarnas Hus
Comprehensive Swedish genealogy and immigrant
site
(fee-based research)