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Local and Internet Genealogical Research
Opportunities Obituaries - Legacy.com - - http://www.legacy.com/ns/ Cemetery
markers - graves - obituaries - FindaGrave.com - - http://www.findagrave.com/ Cemetery
markers - BillionGraves.com - - http://billiongraves.com/ Obituaries - Goggle a local newspaper A list of Genealogy websites from the Duluth Public Library - - click
here An expanded list of websites for Jewish Genealogy - -
click here courtesy and with permission of Jewish
Genealogy Society Los Angeles Compilation of 3700+ links to genealogy pages on Facebook -
- click here Katherine
R.
Willson has compiled 3700+ links to genealogy pages on Facebook. The list is organized by US
states and several countries. More than 60 of the pages
include the term "Jewish". Click for a free pdf download of the "Genealogy Links on Facebook". The Ancestor
Hunt - - click
here Find your ancestors in
Historic Jewish Amarican Newspapers. Your local library online - check their website - your
library card may give you access to subscription databases The Minnesota History Center For those interested in history--family history or otherwise--a
wonderful venue is the Minnesota History Center at 345 W. Kellogg Blvd.; St.
Paul, Minnesota; 651/259-3000. You may wish to explore the Minnesota History Center web
site: http://www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/ Saturday, June 21: The library hours on Saturday are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Arrangements have been made for staff members on the 2nd floor library of the
History Center to be available for those who wish to use computers and
microfilm. It will be helpful if you are prepared ahead of time with a
list of things you would like to accomplish. Admission to the Minnesota
History Center is $11 for adults; $9 for seniors 65+ and college students; $6
children 6-17; free for children under 5. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
There are several exhibits on view such as "Toys of the '50's,
'60's and 70's; Weather; The War of 1812; and Minnesota Immigration".
You can also witness new Americans taking the Oath of Citizenship at a
naturalization ceremony going from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. too! The Minneapolis Central branch of the Hennepin County
Library The
library will be open June 21, 2014, from 9:00am-5:00pm. Gayle Wolfson will
set aside any information on the Minneapolis Jewish community for us if we
ask. They do not have material for Duluth. On the 4th floor they have 4
computers with ancestry.com site. First come, first served. This floor
is open from 10:00am-4:30pm. Volunteers are there from 1:00pm-4:00pm to
assist. Their address is: 300 Nicollet Mall Phone: 612-543-8200 e-mail address: specialcoll@hclib.org; website:
https://www.hclib.org/pub/search/specialcolletions/ Minneapolis Central Library We are very fortunate to have another location for family
research on June 21, 2014 at the Minneapolis Central Library. “Trudi,
librarian and genealogist extraordinaire is working that day.” She will be
able to give us a tour of the genealogy resources on the 4th
floor. A time has yet to be determined. Also there will be a genealogy
volunteer from 1:00pm to 4:00pm and a staff member available for an
orientation to the collection. Please let us know if you are interesting in
attending. Minneapolis
Central Library My contact: JoEllen 4th floor genealogy collection phone number: 612 543-8181 4th floor Special Collections 612
543-543-8200 Note: It will be very helpful if you
prepare yourself for the visit by making a list of things that you would like
to accomplish. It has been my experience that the time goes very quickly. Submitted by Karen Entous - May 16, 2014 Listing of more Genealogy Resources from Minneapolis Central
(pdf) - click
here Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest Located
at the Andersen Library at the University of Minnesota. Kate
Dietrick, Archivist, Nathan
and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives Assistant
Archivist, ASC Central Processing 320
Elmer L. Andersen Library 222
21st Ave S. Minneapolis,
MN, 55455 612/625-0192 https://www.ib.umn.edu/umja The Jewish Historical Society of the
Upper Midwest will be open June 20, 2014 for those who would like to do
research. Please call ahead and tell them that you are coming. Iron Range Research Center Minnesota Discovery Center 1005 Discovery Drive Chisholm, MN 55719 800 372-6437 218 254-1222 Instructions
for searching Alien Registration of 1918 and Naturalization Papers http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/ Type in last name, first name, and county if you know it. Duluth is St. Louis. Search for Alien Registration of 1918. Search for Naturalization Records. Becoming a citizen was a 2 step process. Copy and paste the information in a word document. Write down the microfilm code as well so that when you are in St. Paul at the Minnesota History Center you will be ready for your search. When looking at the reel, there maybe more than one document next to each other for your family. You want to capture all of them. If you need help finding this information, Sue, from the Iron Range Research Center will assist us. Her phone and e-mail address is: Phone: (218) 254-1222 Here is a
sample of what I found for my great grandfather Abraham Coran. Naturalization Record - #306724
Here is a
sample of what I found for my grandfather Samuel Hoffman. Alien Registration of 1918 - #162170
Naturalization Record - #277383
Naturalization Record - #308992
Perhaps Sam had to go through the process more than once. From Steve
Heifetz: I also note that
when you get to the history center, they have bound books by county (duluth
is St Louis county-Duluth not St Louis County) of the reel number etc. I can help because
there is something called the SAM number that isn't on the website and we
need the sam number to then find the reel. But I urge people to
"pre-search" and be creative in the spelling,. Remember the
ancestors came from Europe and didn't speak/spell their names like they do
now. EXAMPLE my grandfather Harry Heifetz was listed
as Girsch Chaifetz, his brother that came on the same
ship/same time is listed as Movsa Cheifec and his sister
came later the same year and is listed as Anna Haifetz
One of the Garon's is listed as Garan etc It is easier to do
background search before coming to the library and be creative on spelling
and using "soundex" and also if you go to the duluth book in the
library it narrows the search (versus on line search) I tried the
ironrange website and it wasn't searching until I went to "all
" counties, not just st louis county/duluth--but the ancestry site
did work. If they list alien
registration and naturalization you want both but usually they are next to
each other on the reel. I think when the relatives came they signed an intent
to become citizen--"alien registration" then 7 years later they
were naturalized. Also useful to see who witnessed the paper since
that is probably a relative Contact the Research Center Phone: (218) 254-1222 Email: yourroots@mndiscoverycenter.com The Iron Range Research Center is located at Minnesota Discovery Center and
is three hours north of the Twin Cities and 1.5 hours north of Duluth.
Please, follow signage to our entrance.
Submitted
by Karen Alpert Entous April
29, 2014 |
