This guide is an essential tool for all genealogists researching Minnesota family, local, and state history. Highlighting the many holdings of the society, this unique handbook features a lengthy, annotated listing of resources in subject areas such as: biographical, census, naturalization, cemetery, school, religious, business, court, government, legal, military, and veterans' records; official state-wide death records and index, 1908-96; photographs, personal papers, oral histories, ethnic resources, and local and county histories; family histories, newspapers, directories, passenger ship lists, and publications of genealogical organizations; maps, atlases, and other geographical resources.

This guide "is the first overall view of the vast and varied resources for genealogy research in the holdings of the Minnesota Historical Society". -- p. 1.

"Almost all [entries] are to be found in the library of the Minnesota Historical Society." -- P. 2.