Articles about Poles in Minnesota


PGS-MN Newsletter Articles

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newsletterpageTItle/Author
Summer 200810Presentation on Naturalization
by Emilie Trushenski
Summer 200812Minnesota Sources and Records for Research
by Jason Waldowski
Summer 201029Geographic Places in Minnesota with Polish Names
by John Kowles
Summer 201215Analyzing Matrimonial Records to Find Ancestral Villages
by John Rys
Spring 20141Polish Fraternal Insurance Associations: Emphasis on Polish White Eagle Association, a Minnesota Fraternal
by John Rys
Summer 20153 and 7History of Poor Farm Facilities in Minnesota
by Mary Bakeman
Fall 202213Census Records: Clues for Genealogy Research
by Kay Freund

Other Articles

titleAuthor/Publishercomments
Polish Immigration to MinnesotaJohn Radzilowski
MNopedia
November 3, 2020
Link to the article.
Out on the Wind: Life in Minnesota’s Polish Farming CommunityJohn Radziłowski
Minnesota History Magazine,volume 58, no.1, pages 16-28
Minnesota Historical Society 2002
Link to PDF of the article.
Born a Gypsy: Secondary Migration and Spatial Change in Two Polish Immigrant Communities, 1880-1925John Radziłowski
Polish American Studies,Volume 66, No. 2 (Autumn 2009), pages 73-85
University of Illinois Press

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Polish Settlements in Minnesota 1860-1900Sister Mary Teresa, O.S.F
Polish American Studies
Volume 5, no. 3/4, p. 65-73, July-December 1948

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One Community, One Church, Two Towns: The Poles of Southwest Minnesota, 1882-1905John Radzlowski
Polish American Studies, Volume 48, No. 2 , Autumn 1991, pp. 5-25
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Polish Rural Settlement in AmericaDennis Koliński
Polish American Studies
Vol 52, No.2, (Autumn, 1995), pp. 21-55
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