Researching Ojibwe family history - Start with a basic family
history guide and a basic ancestor chart or family group sheet.
- Do not focus just on Indian records; use everything available
from the time period. - Be prepared for variance in names and
spellings. - Fur trade records could be helpful. Many are listed
under Manuscript Collections. - Use military records since
Indians served in the military in many different wars. - For
members of tribes that are not federally-recognized, try the
non-Indian census. The people may be listed, but a tribal
affiliation will not be included. These are a few of the many
books about Ojibwe/Chippewa Indians in the Minnesota Historical
Society Library. To find more, search the Library’s online
catalog by subject headings such as: Ojibwe Indians—Biography;
Ojibwe Indians—Minnesota—Genealogy, etc. Note: Library of
Congress subject headings use the spelling: “Ojibwa” while many
titles and descriptions use “Ojibway” or “Ojibwe”; other terms
and spellings commonly used in sour