Online Minnesota Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Minnesota Death Indexes and Obituaries

Minnesota Vital Records Indexes at Ancestry (these require payment)
- Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2017
- 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 Deaths, 1887-2001 at FamilySearch (free with registration; coverage may vary by county; you must be at a Family History Center or FamilySearch affiliate library to view the images)
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 with registration; coverage varies by county; some counties have very few or no records)
Minnesota Will Records Index, 1849-1985 at FamilySearch (free with registration; missing 3 counties; coverage may vary by county)

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 deaths and probate records
Blue Earth County...
- Blue Earth County Historical Society: Wills Index 1858-1973, and Cemetery Index
- Blue Earth County: Mankato Free Press (and its predecessor newspapers) Obituaries Index (for assorted years with some gaps)
- Blue Earth County, Glenwood Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1869-1990 in Mankato, Minnesota; from FamilySearch
Carver County Newspaper Index Search includes death notices
Clay and Steele County Obituaries, 1865-2006 at FamilySearch
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)
Duluth - see St. Louis County below
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, Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery Burial Records, 1860-1926 from FamilySearch; also known as the Minneapolis Cemetery
- 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
Minneapolis: see Hennepin County above
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
Olmsted County, Oakwood Cemetery Records, 1863-1998 at FamilySearch
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: Duluth Public Library Obituary Index, 1948-present; and Death Records Index, 1870-2000 Obituary index is for the Duluth News-Tribune with some from the Duluth Herald, 1954-present
- St. Louis County: Hibbing Park Cemetery Database
- St. Louis County Death Index, 1870-1899 at Ancestry/free to search with registration
St. Paul: see Ramsey County above
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...
- Steele County: Dalby Database - Cemetery Records cemetery and other records for Steele, Rice and other nearby counties
- Steele County - also see Clay County above
Todd County Cemeteries (partial listing)
Wabasha County Cemetery Records Index
Wadena County Death Index, 1880-February 1994
Waseca County Historical Society, Burial Cards, ca.1860-1992 at FamilySearch
Wilkin County Historical Society Obituaries Index Excel file
Wright County, City of St. Michael and Frankfort Township, Birth and Death Records, 1900-1953 from FamilySearch includes some entries prior to 1900
Yellow Medicine County Death Records, 1872-1910 Excel file

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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