The 1885 Minnesota State census is being transcribed. There is a small fee to access the census data at this website: http://kinsource.com/index.htm It looks like most of the Counties have been completed. Here is the page with subscription information. http://kinsource.com/MinnesotaCensus/Census1885Fr.htm The census fee is very minimal. $9.00 for a 30 day trial and $25.00 for 6 mos. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Van Essen" <vanes002@umn.edu> To: <MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Halbostad entries in the 1885-1895 Minnesota State Census > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Betty Ann <bamedhat@telus.net> wrote: >> Hi >> >> I live in Canada and would really be interested in knowing where it >> might be possible for me to access the Minnesota 1885 and 1895 State >> Censuses. > > The state censuses are all available on microfilm at the Minnesota > History Center in St. Paul. But if that's not convenient for you... > > They are also available via LDS Family History Center microfilm rental. > To find the film numbers: > > - Go to http://www.familysearch.org/ > - Click on Explore the Family History Library Catalog (in right column) > - Select Place Search > - Enter Minnesota > - Click on the single match that is returned > - Scroll down to the census year of your choice and click on that. > - When you get to a page that has a [Film Notes] button at the top, > click on that to explore which films have which counties. > > There's no state-wide indexes for state censuses (that I'm aware of). > > Good luck. > -- > John Van Essen, Fridley, MN (native of Brainerd) <vanes002@umn.edu> > Crow Wing County USGenWeb Pages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mncrowwi/ > Crow Wing County Gen & Hist Soc: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mncwcghs/ > > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > To view completed census transcriptions online, go to: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >