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::This center serves the counties of Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley, Steele, Waseca, and Watonwan. Holds periodicals, family folders, cemetery transcripts, obituaries, documents, newspapers, local histories, and genealogies.<br> | ::This center serves the counties of Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley, Steele, Waseca, and Watonwan. Holds periodicals, family folders, cemetery transcripts, obituaries, documents, newspapers, local histories, and genealogies.<br> | ||
:'''Southwest Minnesota Historical Center'''<br>Southwest State University<br>Social Science 141<br>Marshall, MN 56258<br>Telephone: 507-537-7373<br>Fax: 507-537-7154<br>[http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/mho/regcent.htm/ Website] | :'''Southwest Minnesota Historical Center'''<br>Southwest State University<br>Social Science 141<br>Marshall, MN 56258<br>Telephone: 507-537-7373<br>Fax: 507-537-7154<br>[http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/mho/regcent.htm/ Website]<br> | ||
::This center is very active in the genealogical community and has a great genealogical collection. It has some county and local government records that would normally go to the Minnesota Historical Society. It serves the counties of Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, and Yellow Medicine.<br><br> | ::This center is very active in the genealogical community and has a great genealogical collection. It has some county and local government records that would normally go to the Minnesota Historical Society. It serves the counties of Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, and Yellow Medicine.<br><br> | ||
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::This center serves the counties of Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stevens, Swift, and Traverse.<br> | ::This center serves the counties of Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stevens, Swift, and Traverse.<br> | ||
'''[[Minnesota Genealogical Society]]'''<br>5768 Olson Memorial Highway<br>Golden Valley, MN 55422-5014<br>Telephone: 612-595-9347<br> | '''[[Minnesota Genealogical Society]]'''<br>5768 Olson Memorial Highway<br>Golden Valley, MN 55422-5014<br>Telephone: 612-595-9347<br>[http://www.mngs.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:info@mngs.org/ Email]<br> | ||
:Their library collection includes ethnic sources, how-to-books, genealogical periodicals, and family surname folders. They also have many indexes of court records, cemeteries, and histories.<ref name="DB63" /> | :Their library collection includes ethnic sources, how-to-books, genealogical periodicals, and family surname folders. They also have many indexes of court records, cemeteries, and histories.<ref name="DB63" /> | ||
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=== Regional === | === Regional === | ||
'''Immigration History Research Center<br>'''826 Berry Street<br>University of Minnesota<br>St. Paul, MN 55114<br>Telephone: 612-627-4208<br>Fax: 612-627-4190<br> | '''Immigration History Research Center<br>'''826 Berry Street<br>University of Minnesota<br>St. Paul, MN 55114<br>Telephone: 612-627-4208<br>Fax: 612-627-4190<br>[http://www.ihrc.umn.edu/ Website]<br>[mailto:ihrc@gold.tc.umn.edu/ Email] | ||
:The Immigration History Research Center’s collection is national in scope but includes European immigration to Minnesota by Czechs, Poles, Byelorussians, Carpath-Rusins, Finns, Greeks, Italians, Russians, also Albanians, Armenians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Estonians, Hungarians, Jews, Latvians, Lithuanians, Macedonians, Romanians, Serbs, Slavs, and Ukrainians. The immigrants are from central, eastern, and southern European countries.<ref name="DB63" /> A majority of their records are in a foreign language. For a guide see: | :The Immigration History Research Center’s collection is national in scope but includes European immigration to Minnesota by Czechs, Poles, Byelorussians, Carpath-Rusins, Finns, Greeks, Italians, Russians, also Albanians, Armenians, Bulgarians, Croatians, Estonians, Hungarians, Jews, Latvians, Lithuanians, Macedonians, Romanians, Serbs, Slavs, and Ukrainians. The immigrants are from central, eastern, and southern European countries.<ref name="DB63" /> A majority of their records are in a foreign language. For a guide see: | ||