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 == Historical Background  ==
-Minnesota became a state in 1858.&nbsp; The land area that we now know as Minnesota was once a part of Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin Terriroties.
+'''1686-1762--'''The French established a chain of forts and small settlements in the area of Minnesota.
-Minnesota has an 1850 federal territorial census, but the first federal census taken for the state of Minnesota was in 1860.&nbsp;<br>Although most of the 1890 census was destroyed, small portions do exist for Minnesota:
+'''1783--'''Great Britain grants eastern portions of Minnesota to the United States.
-*United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. ''Population Schedules of the Eleventh Census of the United States, 1890''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M0407. Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1962. (FHL film 926499 is for Minnesota.) The schedules for parts of Rockford, Wright County, Minnesota start on page 1017. For an every-name index to the 1890 census see:
+'''1787-1800--'''Minnesota is part of the Northwest Territory.
+'''1800-1809--'''Minnsota is part of Indiana Territory.
+'''1809-1818--'''Minneosta is part of Illinois Territory.
+'''1818-1836--'''The area that is now Minnesota is in Michigan Territory.
+'''1836--'''All of Minnesota is in Wisconsin Territory.
+'''1840--'''Some Minnesota residents are listed in the 1840 territorial censuses of Wisconsin and Iowa.
+'''1849--'''Congress creates Minnesota Territory.
+'''1858--'''Minnesota gains statehood.
 == Indexes  ==