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Researching Minnesota Newspapers

Paula Stuart-Warren  Minnesota  ,  Leave a comment

Need Minnesota historical newspaper research? Check out these pages on the Minnesota Historical Society’s website.  https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/ndnp https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/hub   Don’t forget to check newspapers in bordering states and provinces, too. City and county libraries, college and university libraries, and county historical societies have a variety of indexes, microfilmed newspapers, and some have digitized newspapers. Some have subscriptions […]

Washington County, Minnesota photos travel to North Dakota and back. Thankfully.

Paula Stuart-Warren  Minnesota, North Dakota, Photographers  Leave a comment

Where have your ancestral family photos ended up? With a relative, friend, several states away in a historical society, or in a box somewhere that was thankfully saved? From today’s Pioneer Press: “When a plastic Rubbermaid garbage can and a cardboard box full of unidentified black-and-white photos were dropped off at the Barnes County Historical […]

Eden Prairie, Minnesota (Hennepin County) roots? Ongoing oral history project

Paula Stuart-Warren  Hennepin County, Historical Societies, Minnesota  Leave a comment

Eden Prairie, Minnesota is a suburb of Minneapolis. It was once a rural area but has grown into a place with a large population and the stores and activities to match. I lived there for a couple years and my ex-husband worked there for many years. There isn’t an old main street with quaint stores, […]

Saint Paul, Minnesota city directories 1856-1922 digitized and free online!

Paula Stuart-Warren  City directories, Libraries, Minnesota, Saint Paul, St. Paul  3 Comments

It has finally happened! Saint Paul city directories have been digitized by the Saint Paul Public Library with the aid of a Heritage Preservation Grant. The years digitized are 1846-1922. Why not later years? The answer is simple, the later years are still under copyright. Last week, I tried to find an easy way to […]