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Vital Records ~ Family Search Resources ~ Obituaries
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Aitkin ~ Douglas, WI ~ Pine ~ St Louis
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Brief History of Carlton County Carlton County was established, with boundaries as they currently are, in 1857, and is home to over 35,000 citizens, including over 3,200 people of the Fond du Lac Reservation, the Lake Superior Band of Ojibway. Our population is mostly rural, 34.8 persons per square mile, with ten cities. Our largest city is Cloquet, which is home to 12,124 persons and the Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College. You can also visit the City of Moose Lake, one of our many caring communities. The City of Carlton has served as the county seat since 1871.Carlton County is well known for the devastating Fire of 1918. The Carlton County Historical Society and the Cloquet Public Library can provide you with more information on this chapter and other chapters of Carlton County history. |||<?>||| Cities ~ Townships ~ Places ~ Communities [Wiki]  |||<?>||| Carlton County is home to the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation The Fond du Lac Indian Reservation (or Nah-Gah-Chi-Wa-Nong (Nagaajiwanaang in the Double Vowel orthography), meaning "Where the current is blocked" in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation in northern Minnesota near Cloquet in Carlton and Saint Louis counties. Off-reservation holdings are located across the state in Douglas County, in the northwest corner of Wisconsin. The total land area of these tribal lands is 153.8375 square miles (398.437 km2). It is the land-base for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Before the establishment of this reservation, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa were located at the head of Lake Superior, closer to the mouth of the Saint Louis River, where Duluth has developed.  Biographies and Books "History of Minnesota From the Earliest French Explorers To The Present Time" Reverend Edward Duffield Neill Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Company 1883 TOC & Appendix ~ General Index ~ Military Index Read Online or Download |||<?>||| "50 Years in the Northwest" W H C Folsom Pioneer Press: 1888 Index ~ Download [FS] |||<?>||| "Personal Recollections Of Minnesota and Its People" Early History of Minneapolis John H Stevens, Minneapolis, Minn, 1890 The Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download |||<?>||| "History of the Great Northwest and it's Men of Progress" CGW Hyde, 1901 Pub: The Minneapolis Journal - The Index is here. Read Online or Download |||<?>||| "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography " by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Publication date 1900 Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes] |||<?>||| "Encyclopedia of Biography of Minnesota" by Judge Charles E Flandrau Vol I Chicago: The Century Publishing & Engraving Company, 1900 The Index is here: Download or Read Online |||<?>||| "U.S., Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women" There are two Volumes: Vol 1 [Google Books] ~ Vol 2 [Archive.org] Maps Getty Geographical Thesaurus Historical Maps: Perry Castaneda ~ Historical Maps ~ Quadrangles Surveyor's Base Maps Genealogical Maps [NARA] University of Minnesota ~ Maps [Borchert Map Library] Bureau of Land Management ~ Minnesota Undeground Mine Maps [Interactive] USGS Maps ~ 1869 Railroad Map Sanborn Maps: Library of Congress Michael Fox Map Collection ~ Digitized Plat Maps / Atlases Map Goose MN Department of Natural Resources The Alabama Collection ~ Surveyors Maps: 1850's [Base Maps] "Home Town Locator" "What's New" Medical Directories: "Medical and Surgical Directory of The United States" R L Polk & Co, Publishers, 1886 [MN Files] "Medical and Surgical Register of The United States" R L Polk, Publishers, Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago 1890 [MN Files] Military Information is also included in these Books. Such As... Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards. Medical Corps of the United States Navy Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service. Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards. Note: There are more of these Directories for the following years: Scroll [Archive.org Site] Years: 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898,1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1917 The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free accessed. Please use this link for access. The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be freely viewed and downloaded Please use this link for access. Obituaries: HeritageHub January 2017 - 26 December 2023 Please use this Link for Index Lookups Available: Contact Martha [MNGenWeb Volunteer] |||<?>||| "Ancestor Hunt" - All sorts of Free Databases California Digital newspapers This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers, but many of them have articles from other States including Minnesota Use this Link |||<?>||| Carnegie Mellon Library: Digital Collections "Reclaim the Records" The above site uses the 'Freedom of Information' act to initiate access to records. Queries and Lookups Queries may be posted using links on Cyndi's List or They may be posted on the new MN Mail List If there is anyone who has access to local records, and wishes to volunteer, please contact the County Coordinator, the State or Assistant State Coordinators listed at the bottom of this page. |||☺||| Lookups & Free Digital Archival Newspapers I have access to the following Subscription Databases and am happy to do limited lookups: Heritage Hub ~ NewBank ~ Access World News ~ LA Times ~ NY Times Contact: Martha - MNGenWeb Volunteer |||☺||| also... 'History Hub' = New Lookup Service Search for Living People: Zaba Search And RAOGK |
"The Fine Print"
County Coordinator:
State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
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