Minnesota Biographies: Difference between revisions

Andreas, A. T.,''Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota''. Chicago, Illinois, 1874. (Family History Library [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH35&CISOPTR=92132 book 977.6 E7i; microfilm 896864].) This atlas has about 15,000 names of persons, by town, frequently giving their place of birth and occupation. A published index is:  

Burnquist, Joseph Alfred Arner, ed. ''Minnesota and Its People''. Four Volumes. Chicago, Illinois S.J. Clarke, 1924. (On 2 Family History Library microfilms. Volumes 1–3 are on microfilm [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=199682&disp=Minnesota+and+its+people%20%20&columns=*,0,0 928372]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=199682&disp=Minnesota+and+its+people++ Volume 4 is on microfilm 928374 item1]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=199682&disp=Minnesota+and+its+people++ Volumes 1–4 are on microfiche 6051360].) Volumes 3 and 4 are biographical. This contains 700–800 biographies of men who helped build the state, up to and including World War I. Each volume has its own index.