Carlton County, Minnesota
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Welcome to the Carlton County portion of the MNGenWeb.
Carlton County is available for adoption:
If you have a local connection to Carlton County and web design skills [or wish to learn] please consider joining the MNGenWeb
as a County Coordinator.
Requirements are simple, peruse them here.
and... Contact Tim if you are interested.

Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies & Books ~ Maps ~ Native Americans ~ What's New ~ Lookups & Queries
Vital Records ~ Family Search Resources ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Cemeteries ~ Odds and Ends

Carlton County Neighbors
Aitkin ~ Douglas, WI ~ Pine ~ St Louis
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Here is the List of Counties


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History ~ Biographies & Books ~ Maps ~ Native Americans ~ What's New ~ Lookups & Queries

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
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Cities ~ Townships ~ Places ~ Communities [Wiki]



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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.
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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

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"50 Years in the Northwest"
W H C Folsom
Pioneer Press: 1888
Index ~ Download [FS]
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"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

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"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

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"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]
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"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
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"U.S., Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women"
There are two Volumes: Vol 1 [Google Books] ~ Vol 2 [Archive.org]
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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"
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"What's New"

The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free accessed.
The Chart below is linked to each resource: Entitled: "Browse by Category"
Genealogy/ Personal History Private Sector Wars/ International Relations Time Spans
Businesses Civil War 1800 –1900
Foundations World War II 1900 –1940
Casualties Labor Unions Korean War 1940 –1955
Civilians Securities Vietnam War 1955 –1965
Military Personnel Places Cold War 1965 –1975
Immigrants Countries Diplomatic Records 1975 –1985
Prisoners of War States Government Spending 1985 –1995
Indexes to Counties Contracts 1995  present
Photographs Cities/Towns
Textual Records Zip Codes Grants and Assistance Browse by Subject

Obituaries: HeritageHub
January 2017 - 26 December 2023
Please use this Link for Index
Lookups Available: Contact Martha [MNGenWeb Volunteer]
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"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
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Carnegie Mellon Library: Digital Collections

"Reclaim the Records"
The above site uses the 'Freedom of Information'
act to initiate access to records.

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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.
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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
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My Heritage: Library Edition - Collections
Census & Voter Lists ~ Histories, Memories & Biographies ~ Birth, Marriage & Death
Public Records ~ Schools & Universities ~ Directories, Guides & References
Maps ~ Immigration & Travel ~ Books & Publications
Military ~ Newspapers ~ Family Trees ~ Photos ~ Government, Land, Court & Wills

I will do limited lookups on My Heritage: Contact Martha


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
For information about adopting a Minnesota County, please contact Tim Stowell

All materials, images, sounds and data contained herein are not to be copied or downloaded for purposes of duplication, distribution or publishing without the express written permission of the Carlton County Coordinator. All data will stay with the MNGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.
Site Updated: 27 March 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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