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Digital Horizons

An online treasure house of thousands of images, documents, video, and oral histories depicting life on the Northern Plains from the late 1800s to today. Here you'll find a fascinating snapshot of the lives, culture, and history of the people who shaped life on the prairies.

Digital State Archives - Minnesota

Minnesota has a very robust set of archive information online, including both items (photos, documents, etc) and databases (military records, census, gravesites, etc). Best of all, there's a one-stop-shopping name lookup search, where you can easily check all major records for information on your ancestors.

Family History Library Catalog

From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.

FamilySearch - FamilySearch Centers in Minnesota

A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.

FamilySearch Centers in Minnesota

From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

Hill Monastic Manuscript Library

Collegeville, Minnesota. At St. John's University.

Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota

An international resource on American immigration and ethnic history.

James J. Hill Reference Library

James J. Hill was one of the founders of the Great Northern Railroad. This library holds his personal papers and corporate records. Located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Kautz Family YMCA Archives | University of Minnesota Libraries

The Kautz Family YMCA Archives collects the historical records of the Y's national resource office, YMCA of the USA, and also holds records of the Metropolitan Minneapolis and Greater New York YMCAs, as well as those of Y's Men International, a service club in partnership with the Y. The collections document the evolution of the Y from its Protestant evangelical origins, including its contributions to war relief, the invention of basketball and volleyball, public health campaigns in China, rural reconstruction in India and Korea, teaching English as a second language, and much more.

LIBCAT: US - Minnesota

A directory of library resources on the Internet.

LibDex - The Library Index - Minnesota

A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

Minnesota Discovery Center - Iron Range Research Center

Minnesota Historical Society Library

Minnesota North Star : State Government Libraries - CALCO

Minnesota State Archives

MnLINK: Minnesota Library Information Network

Offering the ability to search library catalogs around Minnesota in one step, MnLINK is particularly useful for identifying and locating local history materials and genealogies that may not be owned by larger libraries.

National Archives and Records Administration

PublicLibraries.com - Minnesota

Repositories of Primary Sources: Minnesota

A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.

United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives

List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.