Online Minnesota Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Minnesota Death Indexes and Obituaries

Minnesota Vital Records Indexes at Ancestry (these require payment)
- Minnesota Death Index 1908-2002
- Minnesota Marriage Index 1958-2001 (except 1996) also included: MN Divorce Index 1970-1995
- Minnesota Birth Index 1935-2002
- Minnesota Wills and Probate Records 1801-1925 coverage varies by county

Minnesota Historical Society Death Certificate Search, 1904-2001 (Index is free. Copies of the death certificates can be ordered for a fee.)
Minnesota Death Search, 1997 to Recent (Index is free. You must have the person's date of birth or Social Security number to do a name search. Copies of the death certificates can be ordered for a fee. There are restrictions on who can order the records.)
Minnesota: County Deaths, 1850-2001 at FamilySearch (free; not all counties included; coverage varies by county) These digitized records are currently not indexed, but you might be able to find copies of some death certificates here by using one of the indexes from Ancestry or the Minnesota Historical Society listed above as a guide.
Minnesota Will Records Index, 1849-1985 at FamilySearch (free; missing 3 counties)

Minnesota Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes: Cloquet Pine Journal (5/17/2006-Current); Duluth News-Tribune (1/1/1995-Current); Minneapolis and St. Paul Star Tribune (1/21/1986-Current); St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/25/1988-Current); Two Harbors - Lake County News-Chronicle (5/11/2006-Current)

Minnesota Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Anoka County Genealogical Society Indexes includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths and probate records
Blue Earth County Historical Society: Wills Index 1858-1973, and Cemetery Index also has some obituaries indexes
Blue Earth County: Mankato Free Press (and its predecessor newspapers) Obituaries Index (for assorted years with some gaps)
Carver County Newspaper Index Search includes death notices
Clearwater County: Burials in St. Joseph's and Our Lady of Victory Catholic Cemeteries lists of names only, no dates; St. Joseph's is in Bagley, and Our Lady of Victory is in Shevlin
Crow Wing County: Evergreen Cemetery Association Directory of the Dead - Burials (Brainerd, MN)
Hennepin County...
- Star Tribune: Newspaper of the Twin Cities - Obituaries 1/21/1986-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Minneapolis and St. Paul Death Records Index 1866-1916 from FamilySearch
- Hennepin County: St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis - Burials 1874-1894 (Catholic cemetery)
- Hennepin County: Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery Burials Catholic cemetery in Osseo, Minnesota
- Hennepin County: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis - Burial Search 1872-present
- Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery - Burial Search
Hubbard County Cemeteries and Death Indexes includes Greenwood Cemetery, largest cemetery in Park Rapids
Meeker County Influenza Epidemic Deaths, 1916-1919
Morrison County Early Death Records Index starts with the 1870s
Mower County Cemeteries
Norman County Death Index 1871-1981 also has other genealogy indexes
Olmsted County Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for Rochester Post Bulletin newspaper articles and obituaries, and more
Otter Tail County Genealogy Database includes newspaper indexes with birth, marriage and death notices, plus Perham births and deaths 1882-1900
Otter Tail County Historical Society Cemeteries and Obituaries fee required for full results
Pennington County: Historic St. Pauli Church, Thief River Falls, Minnesota (includes baptisms, funerals and other listings)
Ramsey County...
- Ramsey County: St. Paul Pioneer Press Obituaries 3/25/1988-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) also includes Star Tribune obituaries 1/21/1986-Current
- Ramsey County: Roselawn Cemetery Burials (Roseville, MN)
- Minneapolis and St. Paul Death Records Index 1866-1916 - see the Hennepin County section above
St. Louis County...
- St. Louis County Death Records Index 1870-2000
- St. Louis County: Duluth Public Library Obituary Index indexes obituaries from the Duluth News-Tribune and some from the Duluth Herald, 1958-present
- St. Louis County: Hibbing Park Cemetery Database
Scott County: Calvary Cemetery Burials, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Jordan, MN
Scott County Historical Society Newspaper Index - Marriages and Obituaries
Sherburne County Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for obituaries, deaths 1870-1923, cemetery burials and more
Stearns County: St. Cloud Daily Times Obituary Index 1928-recent
Steele County: Dalby Database - Cemetery Records cemetery and other records for Steele, Rice and other nearby counties
Todd County Cemeteries (partial listing)
Wabasha County Cemetery Records Index
Wadena County Death Index 1880-February 1994
Wilkin County Historical Society Obituaries Index

Minnesota Cemeteries - General Listings

Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties (at Ancestry/requires payment) Indexes cemeteries in Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur, McLeod, Olmsted, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Steele and Waseca counties, and also in the cities of St. Paul and Winnebago, Minnesota; and Beloit, Illinois. Has more than 600,000 entries. (Look in the Steele County section above for a free version of this database.)
Minnesota Veterans Graves Registration Index Search 1857-1975 (most are from 1927-1969) not a complete listing of all MN veteran burials
Germanic Genealogy Society of Minnesota Cemetery Transcriptions includes transcriptions for 8 primarily German cemeteries in Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott and Todd Counties; PDF files

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