Lake County, Minnesota:
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Projects

• Lake County Genealogy and History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lake County MNGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Cook County, MN  to the east
• Saint Louis County, MN  to the west

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

• Lake County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries

• Lake County  Minnesota Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lake County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Lake County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Lake County, MN Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (33)

Court and Legal Records

• Lake County Courthouse 

History

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • The History of Silver Bay 

• Library

  • Silver Bay Library History and General Information 

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

  • Lac Qui Parle, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln and Lyon County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Lake County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Silver Bay, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Two Harbors, Minnesota Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Two Harbors, MN (Lake Superior) Steamer BENJAMIN NOBLE Wrecked, Apr 1914      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Two Harbors, MN Train Accident, Nov 1910      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Lake County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Northeast Minnesota Historical Center 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lake County, Minnesota     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MNLAKE-L Lake County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Lake County  Minnesota Maps Online     (Source: Minnesota Historical Society)
• Lake County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Lake County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Lake County Post Offices 
• Lake County Postal Covers      ($)
• Lake County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Lake County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Lake County, Minnesota  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• 1885 Birthplaces  A breakdown of where 1885 county residents were originally born     (Source: KinSource)
• Lake County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Lake County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Lake County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Lake County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Lake County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Lake County News-Chronicle 
• Lake County News-Chronicle      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lake County obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Two Harbors, Minnesota Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Lake County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lake County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Lake County  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Lake County Historical Society Images  Minnesota Reflections
• Minnesota--Winton.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Northeast Minnesota Historical Center Images  Minnesota Reflections
• Poorhouse pictures      (Source: The Poorhouse Story)
• Two Harbors  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Lake County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)

Societies

• Finland Minnesota Historical Society 
• Lake County Historical Society 
• Lake County Historical Society 

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

• Biography of Thomas A. Ambler  The Presbyterian Ministerial Directory, 1898     (Source: Google Books)
• Amundson family history in South Dakota 
• Jennings Family 
• Biography of Thomas Owens  Railway Officials in America 1906     (Source: Online Biographies)
• Waldron's of Two Harbors, MN      (Source: Family Tree Maker User Home Pages)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lake County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lake County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Minnesota Historic Light Station Information & Photography 
• Patents  Lake County, Minnesota     (Source: Google Patents)
• Split Rock Light 
• Two Harbors Light 

Vital Records

• Lake County  Minnesota Births
• Lake County Births      (Source: Minnesota Births)
• Lake County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Minnesota Marriages  Lake County     (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Minnesota Official Marriage System  Lake County     (Source: Minnesota Official Marriage System)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Lake County, Minnesota     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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