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/