Selected Websites

• Digital Public Library of America  — Get started with your family research in DPLA! The collection contains a variety of resources such as yearbooks, letters, newspapers, military records, and more.
  • https://dp.la/info/help/family-research-at-dpla/

• FamilySearch — Comprehensive database of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world, courtesy of the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) Church
  • www.familysearch.org

• Find a Grave — Locate millions of cemetery and grave records throughout the world.
  • www.findagrave.com

• National Archives (NARA) — Acquire copies of military, passport, immigration, census, and naturalization records.
  • www.archives.gov

• USGenWeb Project— Links to all the state genealogy websites which provide gateways to county sites
  • www.usgenweb.org

Minnesota Genealogy

• Iron Range Research Center– Extensive collection of genealogy materials, including naturalization records
  • www.mndiscoverycenter.com/research-center

• Minnesota People Finder – Searches the research materials of the Minnesota Historical Society for any item associated with that person.  Includes birth and death records and state census records.
  • http://www.mnhs.org/people/

• Minnesota Official Marriage System – Index to marriage certificates on file in MN, includes names and dates
  • https://www.moms.mn.gov/

Foreign Country & Immigration Sites

• Ellis Island– Arrivals at the Port of New York, 1892-1954
  • http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/