Minnesota Genealogy

Minnesota Genealogy is being developed as a genealogical and historical resource for your personal use. It contains information and records for Minnesota ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Specifically, it provides sources for birth records, death records, marriage records, census records, tax records, court records, and military records. It also provides some historical details about different times and people in Minnesota history.

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Biographies of Minnesota

Miscellaneous History of Minnesota

Meeker County Immigration

Neighboring States Genealogy

The following states neighbor Minnesota and are not included in the list of Great Lakes Genealogy below.

Great Lakes Genealogy

Biography of Dr. Frederick Noah Ripley

Dr. Ripley arrived at Shakopee, Scott county, Minnesota, in September 1853, and resided at that place, boarding at the “Warren House” during the years 1853-4. He came from New York city, where he was educated, and where he left a mother and an intended wife. In 1855, he first made…

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Biography of Lucy Ann Lobdell Slater

Biography of Lucy Ann Lobdell Slater – A Wild Woman’s History: The Slayer Of Hundreds Of Bears And Wild-Cats! As published by A. C. Smith, A random historical sketch of Meeker County, Minnesota: from its first settlement to July 4th, 1876, p. 98-111. Litchfield, Minn.: Belfoy & Joubert, 1877.
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Elected Military Officers, Meeker County, Minnesota

The following is a list of men who served as elected military officers for Meeker County in the Civil War. J. B. Atkinson 1st LieutenantH.. Stevens 2nd LieutenantWm. Branham 1st. SergeantH. S. Howe 2nd SergeantDan. McGraw 3d SergeantF. G. Gould 4th SergeantA. F. Heath 1st CorporalH. J. Hill 2nd CorporalT….

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Mustered in August 24th 1862, Meeker County, Minnesota

The following is a list of men who were mustered into service for the Civil War from the county of Meeker on 24 August 1862. J. B. AtkinsonM. GortonJas. M HarveyO. B. ToddA. F. HeathG. W. WaggonerJ. HeathWm.. CaswellH. J. HillJ. V.. Branham jr.G. S. Sholes sen.Jerome RogersS.W. WhiteChas. D….

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Volunteers from Meeker County in the Civil War

Volunteers from Meeker County who served in the Civil War. NamesRegiment &c.Angier, AlbertThirdAllen, L. DFourthAtkinson, J. B.Capt. ArtilBradshaw, J. H .ThirdButler, DanielFourthBrink, J. A.ScoutBaldwin, S D LFourthBorgusrode, RFifthBennett, Wm PHatch Bat.Branham, E. F.SecondBranham, Wm2d CavalryCampbell. DanSecondCampbell, Wm M. (re-enlisted as Vet’n)CavalryCampbell, E A  (re-enlisted as Vet’n)CavalryClinton, HSecondChapin, IsaacSecondCates, W SFourthCaswell,…

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Meeker County Immigration-Norwegians-Trondheim Port

Meeker County Immigration-Norwegians-Trondheim Port, in order of departure. DepartureNameOccupationAgeResidenceShip17.07.1879Peder Pedersen Haavelaborer20SelboTasso11.05.1880Eli Florenyoung woman64Ovre StordalenPacific04.05.1881Petrus Arntsenlaborer21TromsoTasso04.05.1881Ingeborg H. Saethernaeswife29BodTasso05.05.1881Lars Olsenlaborer21StrindenArgo05.05.1881Esten Vigenlaborer27StrindenTasso05.05.1881Ole Vigenlaborer25StrindenTasso18.05.1881Ingeborg Tomassenyoung woman33SaelboTasso23.06.1881Hans K. Hanssenlaborer21TromsoDomino21.06.1881Jakob M. Johansenfisherman35Tromsovia Christiania & Bremen21.06.1881Marie Johansenwife32Tromsovia Christiania & Bremen28.07.1881Peder A. Hemmingsenlaborer27BalsfjordenTasso28.07.1881Elen Hemmingsenwife27BalsfjordenTasso28.07.1881Allette Hemmingsendaughter3BalsfjordenTasso28.07.1881Hans Hemmingsenson6mBalsfjordenTasso07.07.1881Hans Olsenfisherman17MalangenDomino07.07.1881Konstanse Olsenwife17MalangenDomino07.07.1881Ole A. Olsenfisherman30BalsfjordenDomino07.07.1881Ole E. Olsenfisherman23BalsfjordenDomino07.07.1881Peter Larssenfisherman28BalsfjordenDomino14.07.1881Martin Larssenlaborer22BalsfjordenTasso14.07.1881Nikoline Larssenwife24BalsfjordenTasso14.07.1881Ingebrigt Jenssenfisherman40BalsfjordenTasso14.07.1881Lars Larssenfisherman25BalsfjordenTasso14.07.1881Petrine Larssenwife26BalsfjordenTasso14.07.1881Lorine…

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Towns of Meeker County

Cedar Mills Cedar Mills town took its name from Cedar Lake, situate in that locality, and the lake received its christening at the hands of Nicollet and Fremont, from the fact of an island in the lake covered with red cedar. It was hence designated on the old map as…

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Supreme Court of Meeker County

Something is due to our “Supreme Court,” presided over at times by Judges Butler, Ritchie, Geo. Frid, Robson, Griswold, Atkinson, Stevens, Walker, Campbell, Hutchins and a host of others. Jurisdiction depended somewhat on who got hold of the case first. In 1859 a case came before Judge Ritchie of Acton….

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Indian Troubles in 1862

On the morning of the second day of September another detail of twenty soldiers and twenty citizens was sent out for the purpose of rescuing the family mentioned before, and as all could not be mounted it was thought best to go in wagons. The detail had proceeded as far…

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Protestant Episcopal Church

Rev. T. G. Crump commenced holding Episcopal services in the Masonic Hall in Litchfield in July 1870. At the time of the morning service on Sunday the 5th, and 12th, days, of March 1871 notice was publicly given for a meeting of the male members of the Protestant Episcopal Church…

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