Anoka County
Columbia Heights Mailboxes, 1923 – Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
Towns where Poles settled in Anoka County include:
Columbia Heights, and Fridley
County-Wide Resources
Vital Records and Land Records
The Anoka County Property Records & Taxation Division oversees property and land records. The Department of Vital Statistics manages birth, marriage and death records.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management has General Land Office Records where you can pick the state and county, then type a surname. If an ancestor purchased land, you will likely be able to see the document and details about the land and purchase.
Genealogy Societies and Libraries
General Genealogy Links
The following are websites with general resources and genealogy information about Anoka County:
Maps
Plat maps are helpful in showing who owned the land that year. Click on the area you are interested in until you get to the detail level with names.
Columbia Heights
Columbia Heights Relationship with Poland
The mission of the Sister Cities International Program is to create world peace and understanding through economic development, youth and education, arts and culture, and humanitarian assistance. Columbia Heights has partnered in this program with the city of Lomianki, Poland. See links below for more information.
General Genealogy Links
The following are websites with general resources and genealogy information about Columbia Heights:
Columbia Heights Historical Society
The Historical Society provides resources related to genealogy and the history of Columbia Heights.
Book
| TItle | Author | COmments |
|---|---|---|
Columbia Heights: Bootstrap Town, A Social History | by Irene Parsons | Online Version |
Fridley
Historical Society
The Fridley Historical Society provides resources related to the history of Fridley and its people.
General Genealogy Links
The following are websites with general resources and genealogy information about Fridley:
Books
| title | author |
|---|---|
| Fridley: It’s History and People | by the Fridley Historical Society |
| Fridley’s 50th Anniversary 1949-1999 |