Minnesota Historical Records

Minnesota, a midwestern U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, borders Canada, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," it actually has 14,380 lakes. The state is the 12th largest by area.

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Minnesota vital records Minnesota, Births 5,264,147 records available Minnesota, Marriages 4,520,117 records available Minnesota, Death Index, 1904-2001 4,460,573 records available Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934 3,647,886 records available Minnesota, Marriages, 1976 - 2003 1,883,186 records available Minnesota Deaths 1,653,574 records available Minnesota, Divorces, 1970 - 2003 970,299 records available Minnesota, St. Louis County Obituaries 347,969 records available Minnesota Obituaries 149,770 records available Minnesota, Veteran Grave Index, 1857-1975 72,102 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in Minnesota	Minnesota census records 1905 Minnesota State Census 1,966,609 records available 1895 Minnesota State Census 1,558,286 records available 1885 Minnesota State Census 1,120,291 records available 1875 Minnesota State Census 610,958 records available 1865 Minnesota State Census 245,836 records available 1857 Minnesota Territorial Census 150,235 records available See the entire collection catalog of census records in Minnesota
Minnesota schools and universities records Minnesota, St. Louis County, Hibbing High School Students 87,776 records available See the entire collection catalog of school and universities records in Minnesota	Minnesota directories, guides and references St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, City Directory, 1938 2,008 records available St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, City Directory, 1944 1,436 records available Minnesota State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1880, Volume 2 1,257 records available St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, City Directory, 1939 1,083 records available St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, 1939 925 records available St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, 1937 753 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Minnesota
Minnesota government, land, court & wills records Land Patents - Minnesota 140,699 records available See the entire collection catalog of land records in Minnesota	Minnesota military records Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861 - 1865 858 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in Minnesota
Minnesota immigration & travel records Minnesota Naturalizations 950,396 records available Minnesota, Alien Registrations, 1918 180,406 records available Minnesota, Naturalization Card Index, 1930-1988 71,268 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Minnesota	Minnesota newspaper records Minnesota, Scott County Newspaper Announcements 154,743 records available Minnesota Newspapers, 1902-2009 5,552 records available See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in Minnesota
Minnesota histories, memories and biographies History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota: Its People, Industries and Institutions 1,882 records available History of Douglas and Grant Counties, Minnesota: Their People, Industries, and Institutions 1,352 records available History of Mower County, Minnesota (1911) 1,237 records available History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, Volume 2 1,152 records available History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume 2 (1915) 1,100 records available History of the Minnesota Valleya (1882) 1,034 records available Child's History of Waseca County, Minnesota, 1854 - 1904 (1905) 929 records available History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume 1 (1915) 928 records available Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Volume 14, Part 2 (1912) 908 records available History of the Welsh in Minnesota (1895) 796 records available History of Douglas And Grant Counties, Minnesota, Volume 2 (1916) 788 records available A Pioneer History of Becker County, Minnesota 778 records available Pioneer History of Becker County, Minnesota (1907) 772 records available History of Faribault County, Minnesota (1896) 770 records available The History of Fairbault County, Minnesota: From its First Settlement to the Close of the Year 1879 760 records available History of Hennepin County And the City of Minneapolis (1881) 740 records available History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1878) 730 records available History of Wright County, Minnesota, Volume 1 (1915) 730 records available History of Olmsted County, Minnesota 726 records available History of Ramsey County And the City of St. Paul (1881) 670 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in Minnesota

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