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== Record Finder Table for [STATE] ==
== 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.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the [STATE] topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Minnesota topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Minnesota Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]  
|}
|}


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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Minnesota Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]  
*[[[STATE] Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Minnesota Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[[STATE] Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Minnesota Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
|}
|}


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| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or Race
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[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)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Minnesota Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[[STATE] Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Census|Census]]
*[[Minnesota Census|Census]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Minnesota Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Minnesota Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]  
*[[[STATE] Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Minnesota Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[[STATE] Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Minnesota Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Minnesota Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[[STATE] Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Minnesota Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[[STATE] Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Minnesota Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[[STATE] Directories|Directories]]
*[[Minnesota Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Minnesota Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[[STATE] Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Minnesota Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[[STATE] Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Minnesota Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[[STATE] Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Minnesota Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[[STATE] Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Minnesota Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-  
|-  
|}
|}

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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Counties
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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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