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

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Columbia Heights: Bootstrap Town, A Social History
by Irene ParsonsOnline 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

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Fridley: It’s History and Peopleby the Fridley Historical Society
Fridley’s 50th Anniversary 1949-1999