The Family History and Genealogy Room houses a variety of primary and secondary resources useful to family historians.
Primary materials are regional in scope and emphasize North and South Dakota, as well as Minnesota.
The records include Federal Manuscript Population Census Schedules from 1840 to 1920, Ontario and Manitoba Provincial Population Census Schedules from 1831 to 1891, North Dakota and western Minnesota Land Tract Books, the Ontario Computerized Land Record Index, American Lutheran Church Records for North Dakota, and naturalization records for several Red River Valley counties. The Family History Room also contains over 4650 volumes of published material.