Luxembourg American Resources - Minnesota
Minnesota
Brown County Historical Society
The Brown County Historical Society collection contains census data and family histories that may be useful to researchers of Luxembourg Americans.
Materials in the collection include: census data, and family histories.
Address: 2 North Broadway, New Ulm, MN 56073
Phone: 507-233-2616
Email: ResearchLibrary@BrownCountyHistoryMNUSA.org
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Hours: Mon - Fri: 10am-5pm, Sat: 1pm-5pm winter
Cottonwood County Historical Society
The Cottonwood County Historical Society collection contains books, family histories, census data, and legal documents that may be of value to Luxembourg American researchers.
Materials in the collection include: books, census data, family histories, and legal documents.
Contact: Linda Fransen
Address: 812 Fourth Avenue, Windom, MN 56101
Phone: 507-831-1134
Email: cchs@rrcnet.org
Hours: Mon-Fri: 8-4
Houston County Historical Society
The Houston County Historical Society collection contains clippings, ephemera, genealogy and family history files, county histories, yearbooks, and 12,000 obituaries. Research files of others doing family research is available to locate other people researching the same family.
Materials in the collection include: books, census data, family histories, newspapers, legal documents, and photographs.
Contact: Anita Lee Palmquist
Address: 104 History Lane, Caledonia, MN 55921
Phone: 507-725-3884
Hours: Mon-Wed: 10am-4pm year round; Sat-Sun 1pm-4pm June-Sept.
Minnesota Historical Society Library
The Minnesota Historical Society Library collection contains many useful items including: correspondence, reports, research and interview notes, statistical data, chapter drafts, and other related material created by the Minnesota Ethnic History Project (MEHP). The project operated under the auspices of the Minnesota Historical Society from 1973 to 1981 and culminated in the publication of the book They Chose Minnesota: A Survey of the State's Ethnic Groups. Other items include a biographical sketch of John Berschen, The Marnach House, September 1990: yesterday, today, and tomorrow!, census data, Minnesota history, and photographs.
Materials in the collection include: books, census data, church histories, church records, diaries, family histories, immigration records, letters/correspondence, manuscripts, newsletters, newspapers, organization records, legal documents, art work, audio tapes/CD, memorabilia, photographs, and videotape/DVD/Film.
Contact: Ms. Kathryn Otto
Address: 345 Kellogg Blvd, West, St. Paul, MN 55102
Phone: 651-296-2143
Email: Kathryn.otto@mnhs.org
URL: http://www.mnhs.org/library/index.html
Hours: Tues: 12 –8, Wed-Sat: 9 –4
Scott County Historical Society
The Scott County Historical Society collection includes Germans to America resource books, Scott County newspapers and census on microfilm. It also has the Scott County Catholic Church and other churches records, family histories, one item of memorabilia (accessible through the office/curator).
Materials in the collection include: books, census data, church histories, church records, family histories, newspapers, and memorabilia.
Contact: John Gutteter
Address: 235 Fuller Street South , Shakopee, MN 55379
Phone: 952-445-0378
Email: info@scottcountyhistory.org
Hours: Tues, Wed, Fri: 9am-4pm; Thurs: 9am-8pm; Sat: 10am-3pm
Stearns History Museums
The Stearns County Historical Society collection includes the Luxemburg Gazette, 1871-1918 (index); Grand Duchy maps; biographical files of Luxembourg families; printout of all Luxembourg households, 1880, 1930, & 1984; and the reference set Germans to America which includes Luxembourgers.
Materials in the collection include: books, census data, church histories, church records, family histories, immigration records, letters/correspondence, manuscripts, newsletters, newspapers, organization records, legal documents, art work, audio tapes/CD, memorabilia, photographs, and videotape/DVD/Film.
Research, photocopies and reproductions are available for a fee. See the website for current fee schedules. http://www.stearns-museum.org/index2.html.
Contact: Robert J. Lommel
Address: 235 South 33rd Avenue, Saint Cloud, MN 56301
Phone: 320-253-8424
Email: info@stearns-museum.org
URL: http://archives.stearns-museum.org
Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am-4pm; Sun: 12-4
University of St. Thomas
The Bach-Dunn Collection of Luxembourgiana at the University of St. Thomas includes microfilm of the Luxemburger Gazette (indexed in Vol. 2 of Nicholas Gonner’s Luxembourgers in the New World) and the Remsen (IA) Bell-Enterprise (1915 - 1994) as well as numerous published family histories, church histories, cemetery records, and city/county histories. Additionally, the collection holds microfilm copies the Luxembourg civil/parish records (1580 - 1890) produced by the LDS. Specific information on the holdings of book collection can be found by searching the University of St. Thomas’ Library catalog http://clicnet.clic.edu/search~S22/.
Materials in the collection include: books, census data, church histories, church records, family histories, newsletters, newspapers, and organization records.
Contact: Ann Kenne
Address: 2115 Summit Ave. Mail #5004, St. Paul, MN 55105-1096
Phone: 651-962-5467
Email: amkenne1@stthomas.edu
URL: http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/collections/special/collections/bachdunn/default.html
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9am-12pm, 1pm-4:30pm
Winona County Historical Society
The Winona County Historical Society collection contains several books, including biographies and local histories relating to the Luxembourg experiences in Rollingstone, Winona County. Other useful information includes vertical files, newspaper accounts, and information regarding Nicholas Marnarch and the Marnarch House. The holdings also include many photographs of the region and the Luxembourger experience.
Materials in the collection include: books, census data, church histories, family histories, manuscripts, newsletters, newspapers, and photographs. Research, photocopy and reproductions are available for a fee. For current fees consult their website at http://www.winonahistory.org/.
Contact: Mark Peterson
Address: 160 Johnson Street, Winona, MN 55987
Phone: 507-454-2723
Email: wchs@luminet.net or archives@hbci.com
URL: http://www.winonahistory.org/
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
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