Minnesota Vital Records: Difference between revisions

[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Minnesota.htm Minnesota Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.  

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'''Early - 1908'''  

[http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm?bhcp=1 Minnesota Death Certificate Index 1904-2001]. This database indexes the death cards from 1904 to 1907 and the death certificates from 1908 to 2001.  

Some counties began recording births as early as 1864 (Redwood County), but most counties began in 1870. Compliance was not good in the early years. The Family History Library has been acquiring microfilms of these county records from the earliest dates to about 1925. For examples, see the following:  

[[Minnesota County Births (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Minnesota County Births (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]  

There is no centralized registration for Minnesota marriage records. The state has kept a statewide index to marriages from 1958 to present. Each county generally began keeping marriage records soon after the creation of the county. Some county marriage records begin in the late 1840s. The Family History Library has been acquiring microfilms of these records. For example, marriage records of Ramsey County (including St. Paul) are in:  

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Benton County death records were kept from 1867, but 1870 was the general starting date for most counties. Compliance was not good in the early years. The Family History Library has been acquiring microfilms of these county records from the earliest dates to about 1925. For examples, see the following:  

*[http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA].

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The Minnesota Department of Health has a divorce index from 1970 to the present.  

In many cases, children were raised by relatives or interested families without a formal adoption taking place and no official adoption records being created. <br>

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*Information listed on vital records is given by an informant.&nbsp; Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record.&nbsp; The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record.  

*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records.&nbsp; Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative.<br>

For a list of record loss in Illinois counties see the following:  

*[[Minnesota History|History]]: 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.

*USGenWeb.org [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mngenweb/ Minnesota Site] - Free  

*[[Minnesota Municipal Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Minnesota Municipal Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]

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