The members of St. Cloud Area Genealogists collaborated with the community to develop and share a newspaper index containing obituaries from St. Cloud Times newspaper. Obituaries index is available to search online at the Great River Regional Library in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

A great collection of research sources tied to European Minnesota roots such as those in Germany, Poland, Austria, Denmark, and France.

The Stearns History Museum is Central Minnesota’s premier destination for experiencing history. It is Minnesota’s only nationally accredited history museum outside the metro area, with a wealth of genealogy research resources.

This site contains tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications. Some of these tools fetch data from other websites but do so in more versatile ways than the search tools provided on those websites.

Faced with boxes of images and not sure how to get them into a digital photo organizer? It’s easier than you can say metadata. You’ve heard me talk about how I use a photo organizer for all my photos–both those of family and those I use for my Photo Detective business. I can find a photo including its metadata in seconds. I can even export all of that information if I need to. I’ve looked for years for a full-service digital photo organizer. That’s why I created this three-part series. This series includes best practices for digitally organizing your photographs.