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Projects

• Dakota County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Dakota County MNGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Dakota MN GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)
• Dalby Database  Cemeteries, Civil War, Census, City Directory, Births, Marriages, Newspaper Articles, People in Books, Church Records, Obituaries
• Friends of the Highland Cemetery  Lakeville, MN
• Wahnata MN GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

Adjacent counties

• Goodhue County, MN  to the southeast
• Hennepin County, MN  to the northwest
• Pierce County, WI  to the east
• Ramsey County, MN  to the north
• Rice County, MN  to the southwest
• Scott County, MN  to the west
• Washington County, MN  to the northeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• 1881 Dakota County Citizen's Biographies 
• Dakota County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Dakota County GEDCOM Index 
• Kevin Geraghty's Histories of the Dakota County Irish 

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (32)

Church Records

• Dakota County Historical Society Catholic Church Records Search 
• St. Peter and St. Paul  Selected Parish Records

Court and Legal Records

• Dakota County Courthouse 
• Dakota County Sheriff's Office History 
• History of the Dakota County Attorney 
• South St. Paul Police Department History 

Directories

• 1915 South St. Paul City Directory Database 

Ethnic

• Dakota County Native American Census db  1900 and 1910

History

• Dakota County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Dakota County History 
• Dakota County History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • History of the Catholic Church of St. Peter, Mendota 
  • The Twin Churches of Christiania, Minnesota from 1854 to 1864  A Study of the Causes of Immigrant Church Conflicts

• Histories of specific towns and townships (12)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Dakota County Storms      (Source: NCDC Storm Events)
  • Dakota, Dodge and Douglas County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Minnesota locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Cyndi's List of Wahnata County links links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Dakota County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Dakota County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Dakota Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Dakota County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Dakota, Washington Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Dakota, Ramsey Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Dakota, Hennepin Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Dakota, Goodhue Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Dakota, Scott Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Dakota County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Holz Farm  Eagan, Minnesota
• LeDuc Historic Estate  Hastings, Minnesota
• Pioneer Room  Hastings City Hall
• Pye Room  Northfield Public Library
• Sibley House Historic Site  Mendota, Minnesota
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Dakota County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Dakota County, MN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MNDAKOTA-L Dakota County genealogy

  • MNDAKOTA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MNDAKOTA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MNDAKOTA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (14)

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • Dakota County Historical Society Civil War Newspaper Items Index  includes WWII

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Dakota County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Dakota County Historical Society Civil War Newspaper Items Index  includes WWII
  • Dakota County, Minnesota  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Dakota County Historical Society Artifact Search 
• Dakota County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Dakota County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Dakota County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Minnesota County History Name Index      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Dakota County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (13)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Dakota County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Dakota County Historical Society Images  Minnesota Reflections
• Historical Postcards of Dakota County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Minnesota--Dakota County.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Minnesota--Farmington.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Minnesota--Farmington.--Dakota County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Rivers of Life Historical Postcards  Hastings, Minnesota

School Records and Histories

• 1938 So. St. Paul High School      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Societies

• Dakota County Genealogical Society 
• Dakota County Historical Society 
• The Farmington Area Historical Society 
• Farmington Heritage Preservation Commission 
• Lakeville Area Historical Society 
• Rosemount Area Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (52)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Dakota County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Dakota County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Gopher Ordnance Works  Condemnation, Construction, and Community Response, by Patricia L. Dooley

Vital Records

• Dakota County  Minnesota Births
• Dakota County Mortality Census 1870 & 1900 Database 
• Dakota County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Minnesota Marriages  Dakota County     (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)

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