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 HeritageQuest
Search US Federal census records from 1790-1930, family and local history books, and genealogical and local history publications. Details
Subscription purchased with funding from Hennepin County property taxes.

Available on Library workstations only Ancestry Library Edition
Provides a wide range of information of interest to genealogists including U.S. Federal Census records, passenger lists, birth, death, marriage and military records, family and local history collections and more. Available only on library workstations. Details
Subscription purchased by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), with funding from state and federal tax revenues.

 Biography & Genealogy Master Index
Index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 reference books. Details
Subscription purchased with funding from Hennepin County property taxes.

 Biography Resource Center
Information on more than one million people from throughout history. Details
Subscription purchased by the Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA), with funding from state and federal tax revenues.

  Atlas of Historical County Boundaries 
This interactive map provides comprehensive information about the evolution of the state's counties from the c...more

Castle Garden (Port of New York) 
Search over 10 million names of immigrants who arrived in New York before Ellis Island opened in 1892.  C...more

Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database 
Find information on 35,000 slave trade voyages to the Americas, Europe and beyond, between the 16th and 19th c...more

Minnesota Genealogical Journal - Index of Back Issues 
Find out what articles appeared in the back issues of the Minnesota Genealogical Journa...more

Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center 
Located at Augustana College in Rock Island Illinois, the Center is a national research looking at Swedish imm...more

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