| A Guide to Family History Resources at the Minnesota Historical Society Contributor(s): Minnesota Historical Society (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873514696 ISBN-13: 9780873514699 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2003 Annotation: This book is an indispensable guide to a personal journey into the past for both beginning and experienced researches who have discovered the value and pleasure of genealogy. Other researchers will also find in it wealth of sources for topics of the new social history--studies of gender, families, ethnic groups, the urban and rural pasts, labor, material culture, and everyday life. Based on their many years of assisting researchers. the Society's reference staff has collaborated to produce a unique guide to the immense resources available in the Society's collections at the Minnesota History Center. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes |
| Dewey: 016.929 |
| LCCN: 2003017204 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.40 lbs) 105 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This guide is an essential tool for all genealogists researching Minnesota family, local, and state history. Highlighting the many holdings of the society, this unique handbook features a lengthy, annotated listing of resources in subject areas such as: biographical, census, naturalization, cemetery, school, religious, business, court, government, legal, military, and veterans' records; official state-wide death records and index, 1908-96; photographs, personal papers, oral histories, ethnic resources, and local and county histories; family histories, newspapers, directories, passenger ship lists, and publications of genealogical organizations; maps, atlases, and other geographical resources. |