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 *[http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA].
-== Substitute Records  ==
+=== Substitute Records  ===
-[[Minnesota Church Records|Minnesota Church Records]]
+These links will take you to wiki pages describing alternate sources for birth, marriage and death records.
-[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Minnesota Cemetery Records]]
+*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]: Depending on the denomination, church records&nbsp;may contain information about birth, marriage and death.
-[[Minnesota Census|Minnesota Census]]
+*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]]: Cemetery records are a rich source of birth and death information.&nbsp; These records may also reveal family relationships.
-[[Minnesota Newspapers|Minnesota Newspapers]]
+*[[Minnesota Census|Census Records]]: Census records are a valuable source for birth and marriage information. You may also determine approximate time of death when the individual disappear from the census. This is a good place to begin a search.
-[[Minnesota Periodicals|Minnesota Periodicals]]
+*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]: Besides obituaries, local newspapers may contain birth and marriage announcements and death notices.&nbsp; Also check newspaper social columns for&nbsp;additional information.&nbsp;
-[[Minnesota Military Records|Minnesota Military Records]]
+*[[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]]: Local genealogical and historical societies often publish periodicals which may contain abstracted early birth, marriage and death information.
-[[Minnesota History|Minnesota History]]
+*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]: &nbsp;Military pension records can give birth, marriage and death information,&nbsp; In addtion, soldiers' homes records can included this same information.
+*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]: If no death record exists, probate records&nbsp;may be helpful in estimating when an individual has died. Probate records in the 20th Century&nbsp;often contain the exact death date.
+*[[Minnesota History|History]]: &nbsp;Local histories, family&nbsp;histories&nbsp;and biographies can all be sources of birth, marriage and death information. Often this information is found in county-level records or in surname searches of the Family History Library catalog.
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