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The information for this file was ‘hand set’ type… each letter was put in place with tweezers. Mistakes happened quite easily.  When the information was transferred to this file the eye and the hand could easily add to the errors.

Please be careful, and consider all possibilities. Sections within a township (six miles by six miles) are numbered thusly:

Between the map & the listing… you might be able to find out who the neighbors were!

Township information concerning some of those listed included place of birth (abbreviated b/the year when given), immigration date (e/the year) and the year settled in Polk County (s/).

You may wish to search for land records at www.glorecords.blm.gov/

If you are researching Townships on Polk’s far eastern edge (Johnson, Gully, Eden, Queen & Columbia)

You might want to check Clearwater (Bagley 56621) & Beltrami (Bemidji 56601) Counties. Clearwater split off (1902) from Beltrami so you might have to check both…

If you’re checking to the north Higdem, Sandsville, Farley, Brislet, Helgeland

Still north… Belgium, Brandt, Helgeland, Johnson you need to check

Pennington which split off (1910) from Red Lake; & Marshall (Warren 56762) which split off (1910) from Kittson.

Still north… Belguim, Parness, Gentilly, Tilden, Grove Park Badger, Lessor, Chester you’ll want to check Red Lake (Red Lake Falls 56750) which split off (1896) from Polk;

& if you’re checking to the south… Hubbard, Scandia, Reis, Liberty, Garfield, Garden, it’s Norman County ((Ada 56510) which split off from Polk (1881)

Still south… Winger, Sletten, Rosebud & Columbia it’s Mahnomen (created from Becker & Norman 1906) (Mahnomen 56557)

to the west… Higdem, Esther, Grand Forks, Rhinehart, (maybe Huntsville), Bygland, Tynsid, Roome, Vineland and Hubbard it will be Trail (was a split off from Grand Forks, Burbank & Cass counties (1875) & Grand Forks (Grand Forks, ND 58201) Counties. You may also wish to contact the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Liberty Memorial Bldg., Bismarck, ND 58501

Alien Registration is indexed - and at MHS. If one was not a citizen, one was required to fill it out. It would list place of birth, date of arrival, wife, children & everyone's ages, reason for not becoming a citizen, occupation, a question about whether they had a relative serving in the military. - it's a 4-page document.

You may wish to contact the MN Historical Society (345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102-1906 1-651 296 6126). All research conducted by Minnesota Historical Society Library staff is done on a fee basis.  Pre-payment will be required for all searches. Search fees include up to five standard-sized copies. Additional copies will be charged separately. You may want to visit the Library's web page at http://www.mnhs.org/library/about/email.html to see more information about this service. Forms are provided there to enable you to submit all requests by regular mail.

WHO LIVED IN POLK COUNTY IN 1896??