CHISAGO COUNTY: FRANCONIA TOWNSHIP:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

Part or all of this collection is restricted.
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Creator: Franconia (Minn. : Township).
Title:Records.
Dates:1858-1973.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Clerk's record books and registers of orders (1858-1973); clerk's road record books (1870-1957); treasurer's account books (1897-1926); registers of births and deaths (1870-1953); chattel mortgage file book (1884-1896) and related records (1877-1919); and record of board of health proceedings (1894-1899).
Quantity:3 microfilm reels.
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Access Restrictions:

Unrestricted. Birth record pages that contain protected data have been excised from the public use copy of the microfilm. The restricted copy of microfilm reel 3 is located in the Chaney room.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Franconia (Minn. : Township). Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 978-39

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017289210104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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SAM 21Clerk’s Books, 1858-1943. 10 volumes:
Volume 1. Clerk’s Record Book and Miscellaneous Records, 1858-1870, 1874.
Includes minutes of township meetings, township accounts, records of School District No. 10, two contracts, and personal property rolls for 1874.
Volume 2. Clerk’s Record Book, November 19, 1870–March 2, 1897.
Volume 3. Clerk’s Register of Orders, March 1884–March 1902.
Volume 4. Clerk’s Record Book, March 9, 1897–June 23, 1913.
With miscellaneous enclosures, undated and 1892.
Clerk's Record Book, 1913-1921, including minutes of board meetings, is missing from the microfim.
Volume 5. Clerk’s Register of Orders, March 1903–March 1921.
With miscellaneous enclosures, 1906, 1915-1919.
Volume 6. Clerk’s Record Book and Register of Orders, March 1921–March 1924.
Includes letter to clerk, September 20, 1924.
Volume 7. Clerk’s Record Book and Register of Orders, March 1924–March 1928.
Volume 8. Clerk’s Record Book and Register of Orders, March 1928–March 1933.
Volume 9. Clerk’s Account Book and Record Book, March 1933–March 1938.
With miscellaneous enclosures.
Volume 10. Clerk’s Account Book and Record Book, March 1938–March 1943.
With miscellaneous enclosures, 1941-1943, including clerk’s annual reports to the Public Examiner.
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SAM 22Clerk’s Account Book and Record Book, 1943-1973. 7 volumes:
Volume 11, March 1943–March 1948.
With miscellaneous enclosures, undated and 1948-1949.
Volume 12, March 1948–March 1953.
Volume 13, March 1953–March 1957.
With miscellaneous enclosures, undated and 1954, 1957.
Volume 14, March 1957–March 1962.
With miscellaneous enclosures, undated and 1960-1962.
Volume 15, March 1962–March 1967.
Volume 16, March 1967–March 1970.
Volume 17, March 1970–March 1973.
With miscellaneous enclosures, 1970-1971.
Volume 18. Clerk’s Road Record Book, July 1870–October 1939.
With miscellaneous enclosures, undated and 1874, 1939.
Volume 19. Clerk’s Road Record Book, September 1940–June 1957.
With miscellaneous enclosures.
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SAM 23Volume 20. Treasurer’s Account Book, March 1897–March 1916.
Volume 21. Treasurer’s Account Book, March 1916-1926.
Birth and Death Records:
Volume 22. Register of Births and Deaths (Township), 1870-1899.
Volume 23. Register of Births and Deaths, Village of Franconia, 1877-1896.
There is considerable overlap with Volume 22.
Volume 24. Register of Births and Deaths, 1900-1907.
With miscellaneous enclosures, 1905-1913. Page 5 contained protected data and has been excised from the public-use copy. The excised page contained 17 entries, #19-27 covering August-December 1905 and #1-8 covering January-August 1906, only 1 of which was restricted. Consult the Reference staff for access to unrestricted information on the excised page.
Volume 25. Birth Certificate Record, 1908–September 13, 1913.
Three unnumbered pages contained protected data and have been excised from the public-use copy. Excised were certificates #6 (1908), #8 (1910), and #7 (1911).
Volume 26. Birth Certificate Record, September 1913–November 11, 1914.
OPEN; contains no protected data.
Volume 27. Death Certificate Record, February 18, 1908–November 19, 1914.
Volume 28. Birth and Death Certificate Record, December 1914–1941.
With miscellaneous enclosures, 1918-1933. Page 12 contained protected data and has been excised from the public-use copy. The excised page contained #12-13 for 1916, only one of which was restricted. Consult the Reference staff for access to information on the unrestricted certificate on the excised page.
Volume 29. Birth and Death Certificate Record, 1942-1949.
Births, 1942-1946; deaths, 1942-1949. With miscellaneous enclosures, 1942, 1947. OPEN; contains no protected data.
Volume 30. Death Certificate Record, January 29, 1950–May 1953.
Volume 31. Chattel Mortgage File Book, 1884-1896.
With enclosures (mortgage certificates and related documents), 1877-1919.
Volume 32. Board of Health Record of Proceedings: March 6, 1894; January 17, 1898; December 15, 1899. 3 pages.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Chattel mortgages -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Finance, Public -- Minnesota -- Franconia Township.
Local officials and employees -- Health and hygiene -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Public health -- Minnesota -- Franconia Township.
Road records -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Places:
Chisago County (Minn.) -- Statistics, Vital.
Document Types:
Birth records -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Death records -- Minnesota -- Chisago County.
Microforms.

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