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it be Siocietp of Little Canaba 515 East Little Canada Road Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 City Council City of Little Canada 515 East Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN March 25, 1996 Dear Mayor and Council Members: On behalf of the Historical Society of Little Canada and its members. I would like to express our thanks for your support and interest in our organization and our mission, as we see it, to enrich the community with a knowledge of its past. It is our view that a respect and pride in our community today and in the future, directly relates to our appreciation of our roots in the past. People approaching retirement age have expressed a desire to get involved in our society when they are no longer working. We feel it will be beneficial to our organization, as well as to the city, to proceed with an evaluation of our archival material as well as the artifacts donated by citizens of our community. We have given much thought to the direction we want our historical society to continue to develop. Do we want our extensive French Canadian Genealogical Collection to be transferred to the Ramsey County Historical Society or to the Minnesota Historical Society ? NO !!! The Minnesota Historical Society offers a list of professional Genealogists who, for a fee, will answer queries about family histories. Out of state people, wishing information, usually inquire at the location where their family lived...Little Canada. We feel that the following are of prime importance and should be kept here: The original Township records, copies of Birth and Death records from about 1880 , Cemetery and Marriage records, old Maps dating to 1859 and the Kohlman Hotel Register. If we overrate the value of this archival material, now is the time we should be so informed. Page 2 "La Societe Des Descendant Des Ancien Du Petit Canada"