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Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstones inscriptions. The USGenWeb Archives have records from more than 70 cemeteries listed on their Internet site at: | Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstones inscriptions. The USGenWeb Archives have records from more than 70 cemeteries listed on their Internet site at: | ||
*''The Minnesota Tombstone Transcription Project''. In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [Internet site]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 17 February 1999– [cited 26 October 1999]. Available at: [http://usgwtombstones.org/minnesota/index.htm | *''The Minnesota Tombstone Transcription Project''. In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [Internet site]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 17 February 1999– [cited 26 October 1999]. Available at: [http://usgwtombstones.org/minnesota/index.htm '''minnesota''']/ This is a county-by-county list of scores of cemeteries. The highlighted cemeteries include tombstone abstracts. Abstracted cemeteries are indexed in: | ||
*''Search the USGenWeb Archives Digital Library'' In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library | *''Search the USGenWeb Archives Digital Library'' In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library http://usgwarchives.net/search/searcharchives.html This indexes cemetery abstracts and other items. Select the state, type the name of your ancestor in the "Query" field, and click the Search button. For best results use the "Search Tips" and examples at the bottom of the web page. The computer will list any matches it finds and give you the option of viewing the full transcript. | ||
The DAR collection contains tombstone inscriptions from Minnesota cemeteries (see the "[[Minnesota Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section). The [http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm Minnesota Historical Society Library] has a Works Projects Administration card file that lists the locations of cemeteries in the state. This file is not available at the Family History Library. A bibliography of published cemetery inscriptions is: | The DAR collection contains tombstone inscriptions from Minnesota cemeteries (see the "[[Minnesota Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section). The [http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm Minnesota Historical Society Library] has a Works Projects Administration card file that lists the locations of cemeteries in the state. This file is not available at the Family History Library. A bibliography of published cemetery inscriptions is: | ||
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*''Minnesota Cemetery Locations''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Family Tree, 1988. (Family History Library {{FHL|461368|title-id|disp=book 977.6 V34p; microfiche 6110646}}). Identifies over 4,000 cemeteries arranged by county. This book was revised and reprinted with the same title and authors in 1998. It is available at the Minnesota Historical Society Library but is not yet at the Family History Library. | *''Minnesota Cemetery Locations''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Family Tree, 1988. (Family History Library {{FHL|461368|title-id|disp=book 977.6 V34p; microfiche 6110646}}). Identifies over 4,000 cemeteries arranged by county. This book was revised and reprinted with the same title and authors in 1998. It is available at the Minnesota Historical Society Library but is not yet at the Family History Library. | ||
The [http:// | The [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/ Minnesota Genealogical Society] has had an ongoing project for the last 20 years of identifying transcribed cemetery records and who holds the transcriptions. These lists are organized by county. They have some of these transcriptions. | ||
[http://people.mnhs.org/vgri/ Minnesota Veterans Graves] Registration index - a list of Veterans buried in Minnesota - 1857 - 1975. It also includes a birth and death index. | [http://people.mnhs.org/vgri/ Minnesota Veterans Graves] Registration index - a list of Veterans buried in Minnesota - 1857 - 1975. It also includes a birth and death index. | ||