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Minnesota Genealogy Databases

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•	Minnesota, 1870 Promotional literature for the state of Minnesota including pictures and maps in 1870
•	Frank Moore, Reminiscences of St. Paul, Minnesota Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul from the perspective of a newspaper writer.
•	Minnesota Land Records Minnesota Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents
•	Minnesota Census, 1835-90 U.S. Federal Census indexes (and other related census indexes) for Minnesota from 1835 to 1890
•	Minnesota County History Name Index Name index for histories of eight south eastern counties of Minnesota
•	Minnesota Civil War Soldiers List of over 26,000 soldiers mustered from Minnesota during the American Civil War
•	Rice County, Minnesota Births, 1870-74 Birth records for over 2100 children born in Rice County, Minnesota between 1870 and 1874
•	Rice County, Minnesota Census, 1900-10 Census records from Rice County, Minnesota for over 34,000 residents in 1900 and 1910
•	Rice County, Minnesota Marriages, 1860-69 Marriage records for persons married in Rice County, Minnesota in the 1860's
•	Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index (Eleven Counties) Listing of over 230,000 persons buried in cemeteries in eleven Minnesota counties
•	Minnesota Newspaper Headline Index Index of over 31,500 names which appear in Minnesota newspaper headlines
•	Bill Ledyard, Health Benefits of Minnesota Narrative describing the beneficial elements of Minnesota's character and climate
•	Harriet Bishop, First Years of Minnesota Historical sketchesof the early years of Minnesota
•	Minnesota Guide, 1869 A hand Book of Information for the Travelers, Pleasure Seekers and Immigrants to Minnesota
•	E. S. Seymour, Sketches of Minnesota Collection of sketches describing Minnesota as the "New England of the West."
•	Minnie Carrigan, Captured by the Indians Recollections by a Minnesota pioneer of capture by Indians
•	Minnesota Naturalization Records Index An index to the microfilmed Minnesota Naturalization Records
•	Andreas Ueland, Recollections of a Minnesota Immigrant Narrative describing the life of a Norwegian immigrant who lived in Minnesota
•	Henry Schoolcraft, Travels in Minnesota and Wisconsin, 1821 Journal of an explorer and Indian agent as he travels from Detroit to Sault Ste. Marie
•	Frank O'Brien, Minnesota Pioneer Sketches Newspaper sketches about early pioneering life in Minnesota
•	Gertrude Vandergon, Pioneering Days in Minnesota Narrative of the life of a Dutch immigrant to Minnesota
•	Henry Sibley, Autobiography Unfinished autobiography of Minnesota's first governor, Henry Sibley
•	Arnold Sevareid, Canoeing with the Cree in Minnesota Narrative account of adventures canoeing up the Minnesota and Red Rivers
•	Maurice Farrar, Five Years in Minnesota Narrative of the life of Maurice Farrar, an English promotion agent
•	Northfield, Minnesota Census, 1920 Federal census records for over 4000 residents of Northfield, Minnesota in 1920
•	Nathan Dally, Tracks and Trails Narrative of the life experiences of a resident of Stearns County, Minnesota
•	James Witham, Fifty Years on the Firing Line Narrative of the life of James Witham, farmer and journalist in Minnesota
•	Nils Ronning, Fifty Years in America Narrative of the life of a Norwegian immigrant to Minnesota
•	Christopher Andrews, Letters from Minnesota and Dakota Collection of letters written while traveling through Minnesota and Dakota in 1856
•	Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. 1 Collection of historical documents published by the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1850s

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Minnesota Genealogy Help

Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, these public records are prime sources of genealogical information. These records are critically important in genealogy research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century.

There are many sources for birth, death and marriage events that are not in the Minnesota vital records office. Cemeteries, church records, newspapers, military records, immigration and naturalization records, as well as family records in letters and Bibles, are all places where evidence of vital events might be found. Once Minnesota vital records have been researched, and especially if none are available for the location and time period required, a good procedure would be to try to locate your Minnesota ancestors using Minnesota census records.

Every state has a division charged with the responsibility of maintaining and dispersing public information from its vital record holdings. Each state page on this website indicates the availability of birth records, marriage records, death records, and divorce records and the agencies responsible for maintaining them.

Minnesota Vital Records Information
(How to contact the Vital Records Department of Minnesota)

Event: Birth

Cost of copy: $14.00

Address:
Minnesota Department of Health
Section of Vital Statistics
717 Delaware Street, SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440

Remarks: State office has had records since January 1900 and death records since January 1908. Copies of earlier records may be obtained from Local Registrar in county where event occurred. Additional copies of the birth record when ordered at the same time are $8.00 each. Additional copies of the death record when ordered at the same time are $5.00 each.

Check or money order should be made payable to Treasurer, State of Minnesota. Personal checks are accepted. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (612) 676-5120. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at Treasurer, State of Minnesota.

Event: Death

Cost of copy: $11.00

Address:
Minnesota Department of Health
Section of Vital Statistics
717 Delaware Street, SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440

Event: Marriage (State)

Cost of copy: See remarks

Address:
Minnesota Department of Health
Section of Vital Statistics
717 Delaware Street, SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440

Remarks: Statewide index since January 1958. Inquiries will be forwarded to appropriate office. Certified copies are not available from State Department of Health.

Event: Marriage (county)

Cost of copy: $8.00

Address: See remarks

Remarks: Local Registrar in county where license was issued. Additional copies of the marriage record when ordered at the same time are $2.00 each.

Event: Divorce (State)

Cost of copy: See remarks

Address:
Minnesota Department of Health
Section of Vital Statistics
717 Delaware Street, SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis, MN 55440

Remarks: Index since January 1970. Certified copies are not available from State office.

Event: Divorce (county)

Cost of copy: $10.00

Address: See remarks

Remarks: Local Registrar in county where divorce was granted.