Our research note for March explains how to read Minnesota land descriptions and find clues for additional research. There is also information about on-line landowner maps for Minnesota. You can find it at http://www.parkbooks.com/Html/res_l_ds.html Other notes are linked through our research page http://www.parkbooks.com/Html/research.html I've started a new blog too, looking forward to the upcoming sesquicentennials of the Civil War (Minnesota offered the first troops for the Union Army) and the Dakota War of 1862. You can find that at http://parkbooks.blogspot.com Happy researching! Mary Bakeman Park Genealogical Books Mary Bakeman <mbakeman@parkbooks.com>