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The following resources allow you to conduct self-service genealogic history searches. Call 507-864-7560 to schedule an appointment to search our archives.
Obituaries - These aren’t indexed but are stored alphabetically.
Cemeteries
Historic newspapers - Paper copies stored by year.
Photos
Compiled genealogies - Most were acquired from families who have compiled their own histories and donated a copy to RAHS. They are not indexed but are stored alphabetically in binders. Families who have shared their information with us include:
Anderson, Gaut / Baker, Anna / Tveten, Neri / Anderson, Rachel
Anderson, Magnus
Asgautsen, Ole
Bakken, John / Kristoffersdatter, Joranne
Brand, Albert (Rev) / Schiffer, Brand, Elizabeth
Brunner Family
Buerger, Otto Martin Ernst & E. M.
Bunke, Wilton
Burke Family
Cameron, Duncan & John / Brown, Emma
Christianson, Aage
Colbenson Family
Culhane Family
Dahl, Elling Peterson / Solberg, Kisten Halvorsdatter
Doli, Kristoffer Jakobsen / Elton, Marie Larsdatter
Elefson, Jacob & Marit (1600-1972)
Evavold Family
Ferden - Faerden - Farden (1704-1999)
Gjertson, Gjert / Eide, Aaste Sinnes
Glaim, Hellick - History of Medicine Co., MN 1872-1972
Hanson, Strommen, Dagne & Kittel
Highum, Herb - "This Old House"
Isberg Family
Iverson Family
Jensen, Clifford
Johns, Fred (Family & Descendants of Jacob Johns)
Johnson, Thore Thoreson Rodebakken / Sagen, Ingeborg Pedersdatter
Kjos, Johannes
Landsverk - "From Whence They Came" by Ole Landsverk
Lundblad, Thelma - "Things I Remember"
Magnussen, Gabriel / Thorson, Maria (Mangnusen)
McDermid, Archibald / Bannerman, Barbara / Nestor / McKay / Carrier / Watt
McGrath, Patrick & Susan
Moloney, Dennis Michael / Nestor, Catherine
Oian, Ole O. & Gunhild
Olson, Lars / Torgersdatter, Martha
Olstad, Ole (1 & 2) / Kinneberg
Otis, Vernon & David
Overland
Reishus
Reishus, Slaegten (desc. of Sondre & Ragnild)
Rui / Carlson
Rui, Karl Fransson & Roymal
Runger, Roy / Wronski, Ann M.
Rustad, Ingeborg Maria / Eriksen, Lars / Toresdatter, Inger
Sandsness, Bertha / Johnson, Severin
Sandsness, Gina / Berg, Samuel
Sheldahl, Henryson / Svendsen, Ole / Larsdatter Fossum, Maria - by Stephen A. Sheldahl
St. John Family
Stark, Harriet (Williams)
Sundby, Gunhild Marie (Olsdatter) & Knut C.
Tenborg, Albert & Ethel / Otis, David & Henry / Stage, Mary Jane
Ukestad / Ukkestad (2 books)
Walker, Hiram
Westby, Gulbrand & Maria 1869-1969