Genealogy Information
Several times this month something has happened while I was helping researchers, and while talking with Ann Marie this morning about it, she thought I…
View More Genealogy InformationBig Ideas for Small Museums Coming Soon
Small museums often don’t have time to root around for resources that will help them in their work. The Small Museums Committee of the American…
View More Big Ideas for Small Museums Coming SoonAtlas of Historical County Boundaries
Another online resource has come to our attention, this one via the Minnesota Historical Society’s Local History News e-newsletter. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries…
View More Atlas of Historical County BoundariesNewspaper Research Tip
I’ve been researching the construction of the Highway 10/371 bypass around Little Falls, patiently flipping through each issue of the Little Falls Daily Transcript between…
View More Newspaper Research TipCollections Carousel – The Odd Shop Bag
The Odd Shop got its start in 1929 when Ida Caroline McCauley and her niece, Clara (McCauley) Guerin, organized the Guerin McCauley Company. The company…
View More Collections Carousel – The Odd Shop BagLegacy Funding Input Meetings
In November 2008 the citizens of Minnesota voted to pass the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment as part of the Minnesota Constitution. The Legacy…
View More Legacy Funding Input Meetings“Year by Year” Events in History
I had a call this morning from a researcher wanting a timeline of events from the past several decades. The researcher didn’t want a timeline…
View More “Year by Year” Events in HistoryOnline Resource for Early Minnesota Maps
While doing research for an upcoming newsletter article, I found another interesting online resource. This one shows digitized images of early Minnesota maps down to…
View More Online Resource for Early Minnesota MapsCollections Carousel – Dairy Queen Spoon
This small pale pink plastic spoon from the Dairy Queen in Little Falls, Minnesota, was manufactured by Lind Plastic Products of Chicago, Illinois. The spoon…
View More Collections Carousel – Dairy Queen SpoonSpooky Coincidences All Too Common
I’m currently researching the construction of the Highway 10 / 371 bypass around Little Falls, Minnesota. The process seems to have been long and involved,…
View More Spooky Coincidences All Too Common