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Guide to Minnesota Online Genealogy Records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth, marriage, death, census, church, military, immigration, and naturalization records.

Minnesota Statewide Online Genealogy Records This chart shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions (such as a county or town), go to Locating Online Databases. Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local family history center or the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Vital Records Births Minnesota, Births and christenings Index, 1840-1980 Index only ($) Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980 Index only. Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949 — index Minnesota, County Birth Records, 1863-1983 Images only. MNHS Minnesota Birth Certificates Index, Pre-1900-1934 Index only. Web: Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934 Index only. ($) Minnesota, Birth Index, 1935-2002 Index only. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002 Index only ($) Marriages Minnesota Official Marriage System Minnesota, Marriages, 1849-1950 Index only. Minnesota, Marriages Index, 1849-1950 Index only ($) Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949 Index and Images; Incomplete. United States Marriages – Minnesota, 1860-1932 ($) index, some images Minnesota, Marriage Index, 1958-2001 Index only. Minnesota, Marriage Collection, 1958-2001 Index only ($) Deaths Online Minnesota Death Records & Indexes Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1900 Index only. Minnesota, Death Records, 1866-1916 Index only. MNHS Minnesota Death Certificates Index, 1904-2001 Index only. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 Index only. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 ($) United States Social Security Death Index. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Incomplete, ($). Divorces Minnesota, Divorce Index, 1970-1995 Index only. Minnesota, Divorce Index, 1970-1995 ($) Native Americans Minnesota Native Americans, 1823, ($), index Minnesota, Indian Allotment Records, 1888-1919, ($), free index Large Websites with Multiple Collections Iron Range Research Center, index Archives and Libraries Minnesota Historical Society Library, Collections Online, Birth and death certificates, state census, veterans graves, newspapers. index/images. Biographies County and Town Histories, with biographies Minnesota's Early Explorers ($) Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. 1 ($) Frank O'Brien, Minnesota Pioneer Sketches ($) Minnesota biographies, 1655-1912, Vol. 14 compiled by Warren Upham, e-book Encyclopedia of biography of Minnesota. History of Minnesota by C.E. Flandrau. v. 1., 1900 e-book Minnesota History and Biography, 1915 ($) Compendium of history and biography of central and northern Minnesota, containing a history of the state of Minnesota ... also ... biographical sketches of hundreds of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of central and northern Minnesota, e-book Encyclopedia of biography of Minnesota : illustrated with steel plate and copper plate engravings.1999 e-book Memorial record of southwestern Minnesota. e-book Who's who among Minnesota women; a history of woman's work in Minnesota from pioneer days to date e-book The book of Minnesotans; a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the state of Minnesota e-book Cemetery Records Online Minnesota Death Records & Indexes, statewide and by county Findagrave.com. Minnesota Cemetery Records at Interment.net. BillionGraves.com Minnesota Cemeteries. BillionGraves Index Linkpendium USGenWeb Tombstone Project Cemetery Junction D'Addezio.com Dalby Database Cemetery Search I Dream of Genealogy - Minnesota Cemeteries, index Minnesota Cemetery Records Census United States Online Census, 1790-1940 Minnesota, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1835-1890 Index and images ($) Minnesota, Territorial and State Census, 1849-1905($) Minnesota, Territorial Census, 1857 Index and images. Also FindMyPast, and MyHeritage, indexing may vary Minnesota, State Census, 1865 Index and images. Also FindMyPast, and MyHeritage, indexing may vary Minnesota, State Census, 1875 Index and images. Also at FindMyPast, and MyHeritage, indexing may vary Minnesota, State Census, 1885 Index and images. Also FindMyPast, and MyHeritage, indexing may vary United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images Minnesota, State Census, 1895 Index and images. Also FindMyPast, and MyHeritage, indexing may vary Minnesota, State Census, 1905 Index and images. Also FindMyPast, and MyHeritage, indexing may vary Church Records Dalby Database, index. Coverage is random. Compiled Genealogies GEDCOM Index Minnesota North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, index and images, ($). Court Records Minnesota Black Sheep Ancestors Directories Fold3 Minnesota City Directories Minnesota Online Historical Directories - listed by county Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups Swedish America Heritage Online - Minnesota Surname Search History Minnesota Encyclopedia. County and Town Histories, with biographies Minnesota County History Name Index ($) Minnesota History, 1655-1908 ($) Immigration and Emigration Index of Wagon Train Emigrants From Minnesota to Montana. Web: Minnesota, Alien Registration Index, 1918, index, ($). Also available at Iron Range Research Center, Minnesota Discovery Center, index, no charge. Minnesota, Duluth and Wisconsin, Superior Crew Lists, 1922-1958 — index and images

Land Records U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908 Images only. Minnesota, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 ($) Pre-1908 Minnesota Land Records, ($), index Bureau of Land Management Land Patents, index Maps Maps of Minnesota from MapofUS.org. Includes boundary changes map. Military Records General Records Veteran's Grave index, Minnesota Historical Society. Set filter for Collections, Veteran's Graves Index United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783 — images U.S., Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 Index and images. U.S., Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926 Index Only. U.S., General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Partial index and images. U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index only. U.S., Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 Index only. U.S., Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 Index and images. Indian Wars, dates vary Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865 ($) U.S., Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 Index only. War of 1812, 1812-1815 U.S., War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815 Index only. Mexican War, 1846-1848 U.S., Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848 Index only. U.S., Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926 Index only. Civil War, 1861-1865 United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934 Index (free) and images ($); INCOMPLETE. Minnesota Civil War Soldiers ($) U.S., Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 Index (free) and images ($) U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Images only. Minnesota, Civil War Records, 1861-1865 ($) Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865 ($) Minnesota, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1869-1940 Index and images. U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index only. United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database. Spanish-American War, 1898 Minnesota Volunteers in the Spanish American War and the Philippine Insurrection ($) Minnesota in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection ($) Minnesota, Spanish American War Muster Rolls and Casualty Lists, 1898-1899 ($) U.S. Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898. World War I, 1917-1918 U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index only. U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Index and images. Minnesota, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 — images World War II, 1941-1945 U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Index only. United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945 — index United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Image Browse). United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (images with partial index). Korean War, 1950-1953 U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Minnesota, index Vietnam War, 1964-1972 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Minnesota, index U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Minnesota, index Naturalization Records Minnesota, Naturalization Index, 1849-1985 Index ($) Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, 1854-1957 Index ($) Minnesota, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920 index and images, ($). Iron Range Research Center Alien Registrations 1918 Index. Select Alien Registrations 1918 under Record type. Minnesota Naturalization Card Index, 1930-1988 index only. Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, 1930-1988 ($) Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, 1930-1988 ($) Iron Range Research Center Naturalization Records Index. Select Naturalization Record under Record type. Newspapers Minnesota Digital Newspaper Hub Minnesota Online Historical Newspapers Chronicling America - Minnesota Newspapers Minnesota Newspapers ($) Dalby Database Newspaper Articles Minnesota Newspaper Archives (1849 - 1923), GenealogyBank.com Minnesota Online Historical Newspapers Summary - The Ancestor Hunt NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Minnesota, index, ($) Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers in Minnesota, , index ($) Minnesota Newspapers Obituaries Online Minnesota Death Records & Indexes, statewide and by county Genealogy Buff - Obituary Library - Minnesota Genealogy Data US Gen Web Archives Obituary Project Dalby Database Obituaries Fargo Forum Obituary Index, covers Northwestern Minnesota ObitsArchive.com - Minnesota, ($), index ObituariesHelp.org - Minnesota Newspaper Obituaries Listings, index The Obituary Link Page - Minnesota Obituary Links Minnesota Obituaries Web: Minnesota, Obituary Index, 1891-2003, index, ($) United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 — index and images Periodicals PERiodical Source Index, index and images, ($) Probate Records Minnesota, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1925, ($), index and images, incomplete. Minnesota, Will Records, 1849-1985 Index only. Tax Records U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874 Images only.

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