The pine trees in the west section of Ogema Point Cemetery, Scandia Valley Township, Morrison County, Minnesota, the final resting place of Rachael Carew. Photo by the Morrison County Historical Society, July 24, 2020.

The Search for Rachael Carew

Over the past three issues of the Morrison County Historical Society’s newsletter, we’ve told the story of Rachael Carew. Rachael moved with her family to…

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Stone Rubbing Class & Cemetery Talk

Calvary Cemetery in Little Falls, Minnesota, is the final resting place of Nathan Richardson, Father of Morrison County. Join the Morrison County Historical Society on…

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New Book Available About the William Gollnik Murder

There is a small cemetery in Elmdale Township, a one-acre plot of land a half-mile south of Elmdale in Section 17 of the township. It…

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Cemetery Pics on Find A Grave

Carl Hoffstedt, one of our faithful Documenting Morrison County Deaths volunteers, is continuing his work to upload cemetery information online. He just contacted us to…

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County Cemeteries on Find a Grave

When we started our Documenting Morrison County Deaths project back in 1997, I outlined the project into three phases, as follows: Phase I A) Preliminary…

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New Cemetery Indexes Available

One of our faithful Documenting Morrison County Deaths volunteers, Kathy D., just dropped off three new cemetery indexes.  She has indexed the two Freedhem cemeteries:…

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More Website Tweaking

Tweaking the website continues. Over the past couple of days, I’ve finished the Museum Life and Preservation sections (lots of articles listed on those pages),…

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Online Resources

The internet is a genealogist’s paradise.  There are so many resources available online that it is difficult to keep track of them all.  Our helpful…

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