Genealogy Resources

The Duluth Public Library collects basic genealogical references for the city of Duluth and the surrounding region.

Available for use in the Library on microfilm reader-printers:

• Duluth City Directories, 1883-1999
• Naturalization papers filed in the St. Louis County Duluth Courthouse, 1867-1955
• Duluth newspapers, 1870 to the present
• Special Schedule of the 11th Census (1890): Minnesota Union Veterans & Widows
• Minnesota State Census 1865-1905
• Federal Census for Minnesota, 1857, 1860-1930 (not 1890)
• Soundex index 1880 and 1900

North Shore Room materials include:

• Duluth City Directories, 1930 to the present
• Superior (WI) City Directories, 1922 to the present
• St. Paul (MN) City Directories, scattered years
• Passenger lists
• DAR Lineage Books
• Genealogy magazines.

Other useful sources in the Reference Collection include clipping files on local history and biography. For more information, call 218-730-4200/option 5.

Other genealogical contacts and resources in Duluth are:

• the Family History Center-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (521 Upham Rd. Duluth, MN 55811, tel. 218-726-1361)
• Twin Ports Genealogical Society (P.O. Box 16895, Duluth, MN 55816).
• Northeast Minnesota Historical Center
  

Electronic Resources:

• Ancestry Library Edition - Provides access to U.S. Federal Census records, passenger lists, birth, death, marriage and military records, family and local history collections, and more. Available at the Library only. Subscription provided by the City of Duluth.
• Biography File Index - a list of people about whom the Duluth Public Library keeps a file of information, mostly newspaper clippings and magazine articles. The focus of the collection is people who have had a connection with Duluth or Minnesota. Developed and maintained by Duluth Public Library staff.
• HeritageQuest - Provides access to over 25,000 digitized books containing family and local histories from around the country, the PERSI™ index to genealogy and local history periodicals, many U.S. Census records, and select Revolutionary War era pension and grant records. Available to Duluth Public Library cardholders. Subscription provided by the City of Duluth.
• Internet Genealogy Sites - use this list of websites to further your online research. Includes the LDS FamilySearch Service, Cyndi's List of genealogy sites and the Minnesota Death Certificate index.
• Iron Range Resource Center - A special library that focuses on the regional, local and personal history of Minnesota's iron ranges and the people who settled here..
• Obituary Index - This on-line file contains names and dates for obituaries printed in the Duluth News-Tribune and Duluth Herald newspapers.
• St. Louis County MNGen Website - A wide range of genealogy resources specific to St. Louis County, including links to cemetery listings, courthouses, historical societies, newspapers, church records, and more.
• War Casualties and P.O.W.s - an index to information published in Duluth newspapers on some of the military personnel from the Duluth area who were killed or captured during World War II and the Korean War. Information on purchasing photocopies of articles is included. Developed and maintained by Duluth Public Library staff.

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