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== Record Finder Table for Minnesota ==
This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
#In column 1 find the category closest to your research goal.
This Record Finder table links to the Minnesota topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
#In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
#In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
#Look in the section of these Wiki pages that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the ''Place Search'' of the [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]]. Some records are not at the library.


===Vital Events ===
'''Note: '''Records of previous research—genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies—are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
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| Adoptions
| [[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]], [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| [[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]]
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Age
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], Vital Records, Obituaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Cemeteries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Military Records
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Birth date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Birth place  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, Church Records, Census  
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Obituaries, Biography, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Minnesota Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Boundaries and origins
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Maps, Gazetteers
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| History
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| Children
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| Census, Genealogy, Obituaries
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| Probate Records, History, Military Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| City or parish of foreign birth
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| Vital Records, Genealogy, Church Records
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Obituaries, Biography
|-  
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| Country of foreign birth
 
| Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
| Vital Records, Obituaries, Church Records
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| Death information
| Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries
| Church Records, Probate Records, Funeral Homes, Military Records
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| Divorce
| Court Records, Divorce Records, Vital Records  
| Newspapers, Obituaries
|-
| Emigration information
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census
| Obituaries, Biography, History
|-
| Ethnic background
| Minorities, Emigration and Immigration, Native Races
| Census, Societies, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church records
|-
| Historical background
| History, Gazetteers, Biography
| Periodicals
|-
| Immigration date
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census
| Genealogy, Obituaries, Biography, History
|-
| Living relatives
| Obituaries, Genealogy, Directories
| Census, Probate Records, Church Records
|-
| Maiden name
| Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries
| Newspapers, Bible Records, Military Records
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Vital Records, Church Records, Census
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Obituaries, Bible Records, Military Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Migration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Emigration and Immigration, Maps, Census
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| History, Land and Property, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Obituaries  
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Court Records, Biography, Land and Property
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Directories, Biography
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
| Obituaries, Court Records
*[[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Other family members
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Census, Obituaries, Vital Records, Church Records  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Probate Records, Funeral Home Records, Bible Records, Military Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, Church Records, Census  
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Probate Records, Obituaries, Genealogy
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration  
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| Biography, Genealogy
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
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=== Residences and Locations ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Gazetteers, Maps, History
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Places of previous residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Military Records, Obituaries
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
| Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
*[[Minnesota Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
*[[Minnesota Taxation|Taxation]]
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*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Place of residence when you know only the county
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Census, Directories, Biography
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Obituaries, History, Taxation
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Vital Records, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
| Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Minnesota|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Minnesota Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
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*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Previous research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
| History, Biography
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Archives and Libraries, Societies, Periodicals
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
| Genealogy, For Further Reading
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Church Records, Obituaries, Cemeteries  
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
| Biography, Funeral Homes, History, Genealogy
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Biography, Newspapers, Societies
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
| Obituaries, Directories, History
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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[[Category:Minnesota|Record]]     [[Category:Record Selection Tables]]

Revision as of 11:08, 22 June 2015

United States  Gotoarrow.png  Minnesota  Gotoarrow.png  Record Selection Table

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.

  1. In column 1 find the category closest to your research goal.
  2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
  3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
  4. Look in the section of these Wiki pages that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.

Note: Records of previous research—genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies—are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Adoptions Court Records, Vital Records Probate Records, Census
Age Census, Vital Records, Obituaries Cemeteries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Military Records
Birth date Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
Birth place Vital Records, Church Records, Census Obituaries, Biography, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
Boundaries and origins Maps, Gazetteers History
Children Census, Genealogy, Obituaries Probate Records, History, Military Records
City or parish of foreign birth Vital Records, Genealogy, Church Records Naturalization and Citizenship, Obituaries, Biography
Country of foreign birth Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration Vital Records, Obituaries, Church Records
Death information Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries Church Records, Probate Records, Funeral Homes, Military Records
Divorce Court Records, Divorce Records, Vital Records Newspapers, Obituaries
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Obituaries, Biography, History
Ethnic background Minorities, Emigration and Immigration, Native Races Census, Societies, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church records
Historical background History, Gazetteers, Biography Periodicals
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census Genealogy, Obituaries, Biography, History
Living relatives Obituaries, Genealogy, Directories Census, Probate Records, Church Records
Maiden name Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries Newspapers, Bible Records, Military Records
Marriage information Vital Records, Church Records, Census Obituaries, Bible Records, Military Records
Migration Emigration and Immigration, Maps, Census History, Land and Property, Military Records
Naturalization Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Obituaries Court Records, Biography, Land and Property
Occupations Census, Directories, Biography Obituaries, Court Records
Other family members Census, Obituaries, Vital Records, Church Records Probate Records, Funeral Home Records, Bible Records, Military Records
Parents Vital Records, Church Records, Census Probate Records, Obituaries, Genealogy
Physical description Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration Biography, Genealogy
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps, History Periodicals
Places of previous residence Census, Military Records, Obituaries Land and Property, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
Place of residence when you know only the county Census, Directories, Biography Obituaries, History, Taxation
Place of residence when you know only the state Census, Vital Records, Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship
Previous research Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Societies, Periodicals Genealogy, For Further Reading
Religion Church Records, Obituaries, Cemeteries Biography, Funeral Homes, History, Genealogy
Social activities Biography, Newspapers, Societies Obituaries, Directories, History
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Links to Minnesota-related articles
Topics
Counties
Aitkin · Anoka · Becker · Beltrami · Benton · Big Stone · Blue Earth · Brown · Carlton · Carver · Cass · Chippewa · Chisago · Clay · Clearwater · Cook · Cottonwood · Crow Wing · Dakota · Dodge · Douglas · Faribault · Fillmore · Freeborn · Goodhue · Grant · Hennepin · Houston · Hubbard · Isanti · Itasca · Jackson · Kanabec · Kandiyohi · Kittson · Koochiching · Lac qui Parle · Lake · Lake of the Woods · Le Sueur · Lincoln · Lyon · Mahnomen · Marshall · Martin · McLeod · Meeker · Mille Lacs · Morrison · Mower · Murray · Nicollet · Nobles · Norman · Olmsted · Otter Tail · Pennington · Pine · Pipestone · Polk · Pope · Ramsey · Red Lake · Redwood · Renville · Rice · Rock · Roseau · Scott · Sherburne · Sibley · St. Louis · Stearns · Steele · Stevens · Swift · Todd · Traverse · Wabasha · Wadena · Waseca · Washington · Watonwan · Wilkin · Winona · Wright · Yellow Medicine
Extinct
Counties
Major
Repositories
Online Records · National Archives at Chicago · Minnesota Historical Society · MHS Regional Centers: Central · Northeast · Northwest · Southern · Southwest · West Central · Minnesota Genealogical Society · Immigration History Research Center · Iron Range Research Center · Stearns History Museum Research Center · University of Minnesota Wilson Library · Newberry Library · Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library
Migration
Routes
References
  1. ↑ Prior to Minnesota becoming a territory much of north eastern Minnesota was in Saint Croix County (now located only in Wisconsin)
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