Dakota County, Minnesota This County is part of The MNGenWeb And The USGenWeb Project® Dakota County is available for adoption. If you have a local connection to Dakota County and web design skils [or wish to learn], please consider joining the MNGenWeb as a County Coordinator Please contact the State Coordinator: Tim Stowell for more information. Table of Contents History ~ Biographies ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups ~ Queries Vital Records ~ Military ~ Obituaries ~ Cemeteries Native American's ~ Family Search: Films & Historical Images ~ Crime & Punishment ~Odds and Ends Dakota's Neighbors Goodhue ~ Hennepin ~ Ramsey ~ Rice ~ Scott ~ Washington, Minnesota Pierce ~ St Croix, Wisconsin Native American's ~ Family Search: Films & Historical Images ~ Crime & Punishment ~ Odds and Ends Native American Resources Dakota County is host to the Ojibwe Tribe "Tracing Your American Indian Ancestry" There are 11 federally recognized American Indian Tribes in Minnesota A search on Archive.org site using "Indians in Minnesota" gives this result. |||☺||| Native Americans ~ Wiki + Additional History which includes the Dakota Wars There are 11 federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota A search on the Archive.org Site shows these results. News Article: Burial Mounds U.S.,Records Related to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910 WA Indian Enrollment / Allotments, 1911-1919 Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 [Note: There are Bios for Native Americans] XXX//☺\\//~@~\\//☺\\XXX Family Search: Historical Images Family Search has an awesome collection of Resources, many of which are in a separate section: These are filmed records that are not typically found doing generic searches on FamilySearch Here is the list for Dakota County |||☺||| Additionally there is a large list of Military Films Film #'s: 7552389: 1870-1992, 8610801: 1853-1939, 8594290: 1851-1976 8594291: 1819-1975, 8731285: 1919-1962, 8731283: 1917-1990 8731284: 1868-1990, 7796988: 1896-1936, 100132718: 1941-1946 4203990: 1918, 4204051: 1917-1918, 100132717: 1941-1946 Access: Log Into Family Search, Search, Catalog, Insert film # of Interest into 'Fiche/Film Slot |||☺||| Naturalization Records |||☺||| Here are some Tax Record Films FS; Historical Images Tax Records 100857279: 1890-1895 ~ 100857278: 1880-1895 ~ 100857277: 1896-1901 XXX//☺\\//~@~\\//☺\\XXX Crime and Punishment Minnesota Public Criminal Hisotry |||☺||| Family Search FS: United States Prison Records Family Search, Catalog, Film: Prison Records 1617966 ~ Mc Neil Island 1906: Crime Booklet 956170 ~ Territorial Prison at Yuma, AZ 978902 ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, 1851-1867 [Index] 978903 ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, 1851-1867, Register 978904 ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, 1876-1889, Register 978905 ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, 1889-1897, Register 978906 Vol A ~ CA State Prison, San Quentin, List of Convicts, AC 978906 Vol B ~ 978906 Vol C 978907 ~ CA State Prison, Folsom 978907 ~ Register, 1884-1886 [Prisoner #s 11092-12354] |||☺||| Historical Records: FBI "Vault" Historical Information: Minnesota State Prisons Bureau of Criminal Apprehension: Minnesota XXX//☺\\//~@~\\//☺\\XXX Odds and Ends Funeral cards, 1987-1989 Authors: Mankato Mortuary [Mankato, Minnesota] Film # 1651939 Microfilm of original records. The funeral cards are divided into three alphabets, one for each year 1987-1989. The information on the cards are not always complete but could give: the name and address of the deceased and the informant, birthdate and place of deceased, death date and place, where buried, length of residence in community and prior residence, parents' names and birthplace, spouse's name and marriage date, occupation, church membership, survivors' names, funeral costs, and other information. Image Ranges: 1987: 4 - 141 1988: 142-410 1989: 411-644 |||☺||| Canadian Records Canadian Digital Newspapers ~ Canadian Digital Archives ~ Canadian Genealogy There is a website dedicated to Canadian Obits from local papers.Please use this link |||☺||| Newspapers: More Lookups Free Digital Archival Newspapers Minnesota Historical Society - General Resources Minnesota Historical Society: Digital Newspapers |||☺||| Other Sources for Free Archival Digital Newspapers Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free] Carnegie Mellon Library: Digital Collections |||☺||| California Digital newspapers This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers, but many of them have articles from other States including Minnesota |||☺||| "Reclaim the Records" The above site uses the 'Freedom of Information' act to initiate access to records. State Coordinator: Tim Stowell Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote For information about adopting a Minnesota County, please contact Tim: Here is the list of Counties All materials, images, sounds and data contained herein are not to be copied or downloaded for purposes of duplication, distribution or publishing without the express written permission of the Dakota County Coordinator. All data will stay with the MNGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the State Coordinatior. All Rights Reserved Online Continuosly Since 1997 Site Updated: 27 March 2024