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This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.
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#In column 1 find the category closest to your research goal.
== Record Finder Table for Minnesota ==
#In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
#In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
=== Order of Records ===
#Look in the section of this outline 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 Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog. Some records are not at the library.
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.


<br>'''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. <br>
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Minnesota topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


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===Vital Events ===
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|-
| '''1. If you need'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| '''2. Look first in'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| '''3. Then search'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| Court Records, Vital Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Probate Records, Census
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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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| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| Census, Vital Records, Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Cemeteries, Naturalization and Citizenship, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Vital Records, Church Records, Census
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Obituaries, Biography, Military Records, Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Maps, Gazetteers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital 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]]
|-
|-
| Children
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Census, Genealogy, Obituaries  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Probate Records, History, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| City or parish of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Vital Records, Genealogy, Church Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Obituaries, Biography
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
*[[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 ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
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| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Vital Records, Obituaries, Church Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Vital Records, Cemeteries, Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Church Records, Probate Records, Funeral Homes, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Divorce
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| Court Records, Divorce Records, Vital Records  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Newspapers, Obituaries
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[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]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Obituaries, Biography, History
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Ethnic background
| align="left" | Residence
| Minorities, Emigration and Immigration, Native Races
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Census, Societies, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church records
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
*[[Minnesota Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| History, Gazetteers, Biography
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Periodicals
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Census  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Genealogy, Obituaries, Biography, History
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| Living relatives
*[[African American Resources for Minnesota|African Americans]]
| Obituaries, Genealogy, Directories
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota|Indigenous Peoples]]
| Census, Probate Records, Church Records
*[[Minnesota Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
|-
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Vital Records, Church Records, Obituaries
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
| Newspapers, Bible Records, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Occupation
| Vital Records, Church Records, Census  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Obituaries, Bible Records, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Migration
| align="left" | Religion
| Emigration and Immigration, Maps, Census
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| History, Land and Property, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Naturalization
| align="left" | Social activities
| Naturalization and Citizenship, Census, Obituaries  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Court Records, Biography, Land and Property
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Occupations
| align="left" | Physical description
| Census, Directories, Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Obituaries, Court Records
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
| Other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| Census, Obituaries, Vital Records, Church Records  
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| Probate Records, Funeral Home Records, Bible Records, Military Records
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| 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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[[Category:Minnesota]]
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
 
 
{{Minnesota|Minnesota}}
 
[[Category:Minnesota Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Latest revision as of 18:39, 25 January 2021

Minnesota Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Minnesota Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Minnesota[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Minnesota topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption[edit | edit source]

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research.


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  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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