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


#In column 1 find the category closest to your research goal.
== List of Topics ==
#In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
This Record Finder table links to the Minnesota topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
#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.


'''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.
===Vital Events ===
 
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]], [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
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| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Military Records|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]]
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|-
| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]],[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]], [[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]],[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Minnesota Maps|Maps]], [[Minnesota Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota History|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
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Minnesota History|History]], [[Minnesota Military Records|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
| [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Biography|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]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]], [[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Minnesota Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Minnesota Military Records|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
| [[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]], Divorce Records, [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|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:'''
| [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]], [[Minnesota History|History]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Ethnic background
| align="left" | Residence
| [[Minnesota Minorities|Minorities]],[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration,]] [[Indians of Minnesota|Native Races]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Societies|Societies]], [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Church Records|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 ===
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| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Minnesota History|History]], [[Minnesota Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]], [[Minnesota History|History]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
|-
*[[African American Record Finder]]
| Living relatives
*[[African American Resources for Minnesota|African Americans]]
| [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota|Indigenous Peoples]]
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]],[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Minnesota Military 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]]
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Migration
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Minnesota Maps|Maps]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Minnesota History|History]], [[Minnesota Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[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]]
|-
|-
| Naturalization
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]], [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]], [[Minnesota Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]  
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Directories|Directories]], [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Other family members
|-  
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Minnesota Funeral Homes|Funeral Home Records]], [[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
| Parents
| [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]], [[Minnesota Census|Census]]
| [[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
| Physical description
| [[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]], [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]], [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
| Place-finding aids
| [[Minnesota Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Minnesota Maps|Maps]], [[Minnesota History|History]]
| [[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Places of previous residence
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| [[Minnesota Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the county
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Directories|Directories,]] [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
| [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota History|History]], [[Minnesota Taxation|Taxation]]
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| [[Minnesota Census|Census]], [[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
|-
| Previous research
| [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
| [[Minnesota History|History]], [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
|-
| Record-finding aids
| [[Minnesota Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Minnesota Societies|Societies]], [[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Minnesota For Further Reading|For Further Reading]]
|-
| Religion
| [[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]], [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]], [[Minnesota Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes,]] [[Minnesota History|History]], [[Minnesota Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
|-
| Social activities
| [[Minnesota Biography|Biography]], [[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
| [[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Minnesota Directories|Directories]], [[Minnesota History|History]]
|}
|}
=== 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, United States|Record]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
[[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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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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