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1885 Minnesota State Census Database
KinSource has developed a database containing entries from the 1885 Minnesota Census. This database currently contains over 800,000 entries. KinSource has selected a schedule from this database that you can search at the above link. You can also search all 1885 census transcriptions done by KinSource by becoming a KinSource subscriber.
1875 Minnesota State Census Database
KinSource has developed a database containing entries from the 1875 Minnesota Census. Entries will be added to this database over time. You can search all 1875 census transcriptions done by KinSource by becoming a KinSource subscriber.
Minnesota Birth Records Database
KinSource has developed a database containing entries from Minnesota Birth Records ledgers. Entries will be added to this database over time. You can search all birth record transcriptions done by KinSource by becoming a KinSource subscriber.
1885 Minnesota State Census Statistics
KinSource has compiled statistics from the 1885 Minnesota Census as the counties have been transcribed. These statistics currently include a population count by area within a county (including the post office listed for each area), a summary of birthplaces for residents in each county, and the racial count for each county. Counties will be added as they are transcribed.
KinSource has extracted newspaper articles that provide a description of historical businesses in Minnesota. For historians, they chronicle the changes over time with respect to products and services that the state provided to its citizens. For genealogists, they were the businesses that their ancestors owned or were employed with. You can view these records by becoming a KinSource subscriber.
Minnesota State Reform School Records
Reform school records can be important for locating information about children from broken families or orphans since many of these children ended up in institutions. KinSource has extracted selected records from Minnesota State Reform School Inmate books. These records currently include Reform School inmates listed in the 1885 Minnesota State Census. You can view these records by becoming a KinSource subscriber.
KinSource has created a database containing records from Minnesota City Directories. These records give information about people living an a particular city during a particular year. Some of these directory entries also link to corresponding 1885 Minnesota Census records, providing another method for locating people in the 1885 Minnesota census. You can view these records by becoming a KinSource subscriber.
County history books are very useful in locating genealogical and historical information. Many counties produced county history books in the late 1800's and early 1900's. KinSource has added a section for county history books to this site which will contain county history books that KinSource owns. The content will be added to as time permits.
Old newspaper articles can be interesting and enlightening. They provide a window into the past, not only of historically significant events and people, but also of the lives of the 'ordinary' person. KinSource has selected newspaper articles that hopefully show a slice of Minnesota life in the late 1800's and early 1900's. A new article will be served up each week, so please keep coming back and enjoy!
Finding Aids for the 1910 Federal Census
KinSource has put together some finding aids for Minnesota cities and towns. These may be helpful if you can't find a person in the available census indexes, which sometimes happens due to misspellings by the census taker or census transcriber. If a researcher has an address or approximate understanding of where in a city the desired persons lived, these finding aids can be used to help narrow down the number of census schedules that must be searched.
Note: Reasonable effort has been made to transcribe this information accurately from available records, but there is no guarantee that the information is 100% accurate. There may be some errors in transcription and the original records have been found to contain errors. In some cases, known errors have been corrected in the transcriptions that appear on this site. KinSource takes no responsibility for use of this information; it is provided as is.
The finding aids are as follows:
| General Street Layout |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, Mankato, Winona, Virginia. A general description of the street layout for these cities has been provided to help orient you with the city as a whole. |
| Ward Boundaries |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Mankato, Winona, Virginia. Descriptions of ward boundaries have been provided from resources available for the 1910 time period. In the case of St. Paul, KinSource has added more descriptive descriptions by using city maps and other finding aids. |
| City Maps |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Mankato. KinSource has attempted to find maps as close to the census as possible. The maps have been divided into wards. The maps have been obtained from microfilm and are not of the best quality in some cases, but hopefully they will be of some help in locating streets and addresses for that time period. |
| Enumeration Districts |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Mankato, Winona, Virginia. A description of the 1910 enumeration districts from the Federal Census is provided. Many of the enumeration districts for the 1910 Federal census equated, one for one, to the electoral precincts. However, some of the larger precincts were divided into 2 enumeration districts. These pages show the enumeration districts from the 1910 Federal census and how they equate to the wards and precincts. A description of the street boundaries is included for precincts that were split into multiple enumeration districts. Since many enumeration districts do not have a description of the street boundaries, you can use the street boundaries that are provided to include or exclude enumeration districts to search, thus narrowing down the schedules that need to be searched for a particular address. |
| Street Index |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Mankato, Winona, Virginia. A full street index has been provided for each of these cities. These indices can be used to help locate a particular address within the city. KinSource has also added a designation of the ward or wards in which a street ran for Minneapolis and St. Paul. These designations are meant as an aid in searching and were determined using maps of various time periods. Some streets do not have a ward designation because Kinsource could not locate these streets on the available maps. Reasonable attempts were made to provide accurate ward designations, but they are not guaranteed to be accurate. |
| Buildings, Blocks, Flats |
Minneapolis, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Mankato, Virginia. Sometimes addresses were given as just the name of a flat or building or apartment. KinSource has transcribed this information to help in locating an address that contained one of these designations. |
| Parks, Squares,... |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Mankato, Virginia. KinSource provides descriptions and locations of parks, squares and boulevards in these cities. |
| Cemeteries |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Mankato, Virginia. KinSource provides locations of cemeteries in these cities. |
| Hotels |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Mankato, Winona, Virginia. Many people lived in hotels in the 1910 time period, and their addresses were given as the hotel name. KinSource provides a list of hotels in these cities. These lists come from city directories and contain hotels from other cities that were advertised in the city directories. |
| Asylums, Homes and Hospitals |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Mankato, Winona, Virginia. People of every age were institutionalized for various reasons, sometimes for years. A missing family member might be found in an institution. Therefore, KinSource provides a list of asylums, homes and hospitals in these cities. The listings come from the city directories. |
| Churches |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Austin, Albert Lea, Mankato, Winona, Virginia. KinSource provides a list of churches. The listings come from the city directories. |
| Schools |
Virginia. KinSource provides a list of schools. The listings come from the city directories. |
Miscellaneous Finding Aids for 1910
| Undertakers |
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth. A list of undertakers has been transcribed from available city directories. These transcriptions are listed with the Finding Aids for the 1910 Federal Census. |
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