Carlton County, Minnesota
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The MNGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb® Project

Hello,
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
Interested in another Minnesota County?
Here is the List of Counties


Military ~ Cemeteries ~ Odds and Ends

Military Records and Resources
One Minnesota Revolutionary War Hero:
Stephen Taylor
War of 1812 ~ Minnesota in the Civil War ~ 1883 Pensioners
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
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Military Records: Family Search Collections

Military Forts in Minnesota
Military Land Warrants in MN 1854-1863
Military & Minnesota Territory  ~ 1883 Pensioners
Here is a link all of the Family Search Military Resources
Please Use This Link for the National Archives
GAR Records [NARA] ~ Search the DAR ~ Search the SAR
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Minnesota 1st Cavalry [Mounted Rangers] 2nd Cavalry Col. Brackett's Battalion,
Cavalry Hatch's Independent Battalion, Cavalry 1st Heavy Artillery 1st-3rd Independent Battery,
Light Artillery 1st-3rd Infantry (NARA Series M594, Roll 90) [LDS Film 1488542]
Log In, Search, Catalog, Enter Film # in Fiche/Film Slot
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"Alphabetical Index To Places of Interment Of Deceased Union Soldiers
in the Various States & Territories"

As Specified in Rolls of Honor, Nos I - XIII
Being those issued from the Quartermaster General's Office
Between June 15 1865 and August 27 1867
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868 Introduction
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Miscellaneous Burial and Grave Registration Records
Civil War Veteran Burial Listings
Vol X
Sherman Lee Pompey
Covering Men In Regiments From Minnesota
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Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville, 1866
Here is the list for Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
Here is the List for Army Burials ~ Here is the List for Navy Burials
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Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations

Here is a link with a lot more Military Resources
[Note, this info is on the Hennepin County Web Page, but the information is General as well as specific]
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This is really Interesting:
Subject file of the Confederate States Navy, 1861-1865
A whole batch of Films: FS Catalog Link
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The Cemeteries of Carlton County
Find~A~Grave: Carlton County
"The Dalby Database"

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Gary Peterson undertook and 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 the MNGenWeb Server
The information includes: Names, Dates of Birth, Death, Cause of Death, Grave Locations, Plat Maps and Find-A-Grave Memorial Numbers.

 Thank you Gary, your diligence, expertise and willingness to donate these records to the Carlton County portion of the MNGenWeb are sincerely appreciated.

Minnesota Cemetery Records in the Family Search Catalog

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Odds and Ends

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Funeral cards, 1987-1989
Authors:
Mankato Mortuary [Mankato, Minnesota]
Film # 1651939
Microfilm of original records.

The funeral cards are divided into three alphabets, one for each year 1987-1989. The information on the cards are not always complete but could give: the name and address of the deceased and the informant, birthdate and place of deceased, death date and place, where buried, length of residence in community and prior residence, parents' names and birthplace, spouse's name and marriage date, occupation, church membership, survivors' names, funeral costs, and other information.
Image Ranges:
1987: 4 - 141
1988: 142-410
1989: 411-644
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Minnesota Historical Society - General Resources
Minnesota Historical Society: Digital Newspapers
Minnesota Genealogical Society
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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

The Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub
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!

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"Ancestor Hunt" - All sorts of Free Databases
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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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"Crime & Punishment"
Family Search Catalog of United States Crime Records


FBI "Vault"
FBI Records: The Vault The Vault is our new FOIA Library, containing 6,700 documents and other media that have been scanned from paper into digital copies so you can read them in the comfort...
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Wills, Naturalization Records & Alien Registrations : FS Films
Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog
Enter Film of interest into the 'Fiche/Film' slot









"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: 30 December 2023
Online Continuously since 1997
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