Carlton County, Minnesota
This County is part of
The MNGenWeb And The USGenWeb Project
My name is Martha and I am your host for 'All things Cloquet".
I do not live in Minnesota, but have roots deep in her soil.
I will do my very best to answer questions and perhaps assist in locating
that missing piece of your "Ancestral Pie."
Contact: Martha
 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. 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. Carlton County Neighbors Aitkin ~ Douglas, WI ~ Pine ~ St Louis Search Carlton County History of Minnesota From the Earliest French Explorers To The Present Time Reverend Edward Duffield Neill Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Company 1883 Index ~ Military & Native Americans Lookups Available or Download 50 Years in the Northwest W H C Folsom Pioneer Press: 1888 Index ~ Lookups ~ Download NEW>>>"Crime & Punishment" Crime & Prison Records: Family Search / Ancestry Records from CA, IA, ID, MO, NM, NY, PA and a file called: "FBI - Deceased Criminals" I found no list of Volunteers for Carlton County. If you have access to local information and are willing to be a resource, please contact Martha Queries may be posted on the MNGenWeb iogroup. Lookup Resources I have access to the following Subscription Databases [Library Editions] Newspapers.com ~ Fold3 Historic Map Works ~ Heritage Quest Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals Source: Gale Primary Sources [Online Library] "Archives Unbound" Lookups: Contact Martha Getty Geographical Thesaurus Historical Maps ~ Perry Casta??eda Historical Maps ~ Quadrangles Surveyor's Base Maps Historic Map Words ~ Genealogical University of Minnesota ~ Maps Bureau of Land Management Minnesota Mining Maps USGS Maps ~ 1869 Railroad Map Carlton County is home to the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation Eastern Cherokee Enrollment: 1910-1911
Miscellaneous: Family Search / Ancestry Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 Passenger Lists, RR Employees, Border Crossings American Red Cross Nurse School Records Base Ball Team Applications, Post Office Employees & Locations Voter Registrations, Prohibition Agents, Homestead Records Quaker Periodical Records, WA Indian Enrollment Cherokee Enrollments
| Stephen Taylor Military Museum ~ DAR Lineage Records: Minnesota Search the GAR ~ Search the SAR Carlton Specific Military Records: 1890 Veteran's ~ Headstone Applications Soldiers of the Great War, V2 - Minnesota Military Records & More Homes for Disabled Veterans1866 > 1938 Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812 - 1934 US Naval Hospitals - Patients Military Forts in Minnesota Military Land Warrants in MN 1854-1863 Military & Minnesota Territory Cemetery Information: Find~A~Grave: Carlton County "The Dalby Database"
US Cemetery & Funeral Records:
1847 > 2015 Carlton County, MN - This Link is for all of the MN Files There were links for the Cems below, but they are no longer valid. The Web page is gone, so the Chart is for reference only
Gary Peterson has completed a great project The 4 Cemeteries in Lakeview Township have been researched, photographed and indexed - There are almost 1,000 burials represented! Lakeview ~ Lakeside ~ St Mary's ~ Wright All Files are on my IceDrive, Searchable and Downloadable Please use this Link The information includes: Names, Dates of Birth, Death, Cause of Death, Grave Locations, Plat Maps and Find-A-Grave Memorial Numbers. Links: Introduction & Explanation and a full Alpha List. [Searchable pdf's] Thank you Gary, your diligence, expertise and willingness to donate these records to the Carlton County portion of the MNGenWeb are sincerely appreciated. Minnesota Historical Society - General Resources Minnesota Historical Society: Digital Newspapers Minnesota Genealogical Society Other Sources for Free Archived Digital Newspapers Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free] and just for fun: Fulton "What's New" "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. "Minnesota Only" Vital Record Databases Family Search
There is a great set of booklets I found in the FS Catalog: Books Tidbits of Sublette County, Wyoming Compiled by: Anna Lee Woffinden Please use this Link: All Indexes for the Booklets They contain all sorts of newspaper articles: Birth, Death, Marriages, Funeral & Burial Announcements and Accidents The Booklets are in the FS Catalog: Log into your account: Search, Catalog, Enter 'Woofinden' in the Author Slot, Big Piney Examiner will be listed. |
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Vital Records and Resources If there is a 'Ancestry' notation, the files are 'Pay-Per-View' Everything else is on Family Search "Born in Carlton County" is the search parameter used to create all of the Indexed data below Birth Records can be found on FS or Ancestry Minnesota Birth Index, 1935 > 2002 Minnesota Births & Christenings:1840 > 1980 Marriage Records & More: See Link, top right Idaho Church Marriages, 1864-1976 Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992 Indiana Marriages, 1811 > 2007 Kansas Marriages, 1811 > 1935 Michigan Marriages Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950 Pennsylvania County Marriages: 1845>1963 [Anc] Pennsylvania County Marriages: 1709>1950 Washington Marriages: 1854 > 2013 Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911 Death Records & More: See Link top right Born in Carlton County, Died Elsewhere Arizona Coroner Records, 1881 > 1971 SF [CA] Coroner Records, 1824 > 1997 Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994 Born in Carlton Co, died in IL Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 Born in Carlton Co., MN, Died in IL Nevada Death Certificates, 1911 > 1965 Vital Data can be found in a wide variety of documents: Baseball Questionaires, Draft Registrations, Employment Applications, Passenger Lists, PassPort Applications, Mortality Schedules, to name a few. 'Gleanings' : Minnesota Only See the links for Ice Drive Files below All Records in one Directory for Each Web Site Family Search: Gleanings Ancestry: Gleanings |
Vital Records: Gleanings Ancestry / Marriages, Deaths, Obituaries, Vital-Odds Family Search: Marriages, Deaths, Obituaries Obituaries from NewsBank For the 5 Mn Counties I host: Blue Earth ~ Carlton ~ Dakota ~ Hennepin ~ St Louis 1986 > 2020 Contact Martha for Obit 1980 > 2014 ~ Obits 2015 & 2016 Family Search: Genealogy Bank Note: Some of the Obits from GB can be found in other databases. Arizona, Payson, Obituaries, 1948-2008 Obituaries and Death Notices: Carlton Co., MN - GB 1900>1993 United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 Idaho, South East Counties, Obituaries: See Gleanings link below "Carlton Only Gleanings" But...there are a lot of vital records for Carlton County on Family Search. Use the FS Catalog & Book Search for more More "What's New" "Alien Registration: Naturalization Records, 1918" Family Search: Catalog
Social Security Applications: Born in Carlton County, MN 1940 > 2000 Index [Files on Ancestry] |
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Carlton County
Family Search Historical Images
Did any of your Family go to Colorado? Here is info on Colorado Divorces: State Wide Filmed Records: Family Search 1900 > 1939 & 1975 > 1992 Information Entered: CO County of Divorce ~ Date & Place of Marriage Number and Names of Minor Children, if any Maiden Name Restored ~ Date of Decree Film Numbers are Here |
Family Search Historical Images: "How To" The Resources are wonderful, but the search parameters and functions are intimidating to the novice FS Catalog Researcher. So... The following will help you get a handle on information that could be of value to your search for Family data. The chart to the left will be a decent guide. To access the Historical Images, log into your FS Account: Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images: You can begin with the search, but if you get lost or cannot figure it all out, then use the chart I have created to access the information. So...Then... Backtrack to Search, Catalog, and plug in the DGS Film number of interest from the Chart in the 'Fiche-Film' slot. Most of the Digital Films have indexes. If there is no index, investigate to determine if the records were filmed in Chronological Order as many times they are. Need Help? Contact Martha The Chart to the left contains Vital Record Historical Images for Davidson, Aitkin, MN & Douglas Co., WI The St Louis, MN Historical Image Records are here. More FS Catalog Resources Carlton County Wills
The Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub has early copies for the following Counties, which are Neighbors: Aitkin County, 3 Titles: 1883 - 1922 Pine County: 2 Titles 1873 - 1885 St Louis, There are a lot! |
"The Fine Print"
Carlton County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
State Coordinator: Tim Stowell
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
For information about adopting a Minnesota County, please contact Tim
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Site Updated: 6 May 2022