Free Online Minnesota Death Records and Indexes

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(This page's most recent update is November 2024)
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Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), many indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information and sometimes scanned images of the actual death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in total.
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There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that is not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the obituary date but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see: 

• 24 Ways to Find Ancestor Death Information

The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Minnesota.

Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.

Minnesota Death Records

• Aitkin County, Deaths
• Amo Township Births and Deaths, 1880-1949; Index, 1914-1949
• Ann Township Births and Deaths, 1880-1941; Index, 1913-1941
• Anoka County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
• Anoka County Registers of Deaths, 1870-1945; Death Index, 1870-1945
• Anoka County, Deaths
• Becker County, Deaths
• Becker County, Detroit Lakes Area, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1954-1979
• Becker County, Township Death Records, 1943-1953
• Becker County, Index Cards of Marriages and Deaths, 1880s-1990s
• Beltrami County, Deaths
• Benton County, Deaths
• Big Stone County, Deaths
• Birth and Death Registers of St. Peter, 1878-1907
• Blue Earth County Births and Deaths
• Blue Earth County Deaths and Obituaries Index
• Blue Earth County Vital Records, ca. 1865-1927
• Blue Earth County, Deaths
• Brown County Death Records, 1870-1993
• Brown County Vital Records and Indexes, ca. 1857-1938
• Brown County, Deaths
• Carlton County, Death Indexes
• Carlton County, Deaths
• Carson Township Births and Deaths, 1880-1908
• Carver County Death Records, 1870-1926; Indexes to Deaths, 1870-1985
• Carver County, Deaths
• Cass County Deaths
• Chisago County, Death Index
• Clay County, Deaths
• Consolidated Chippewa Agency, Agency Records, 1876-1953
• Cook County, Deaths
• Cottonwood County Death Indexes
• Cottonwood County Vital Records and Indexes, 1871-1954
• Cottonwood County, Burial Permits (1916-1947, 1954-1990) and Death Certificates (1929-1947)
• Cottonwood County, Deaths
• Crow Wing County – Early Brainerd Death and Mortuary Records
• Custer Township Births and Deaths, 1907-1952
• Custer Township, Births and Deaths, ca. 1900-1935
• Dakota County, Deaths
• Delton and Rosehill Townships, Births and Deaths, ca. 1850-1935
• Delton Township Births and Deaths, 1907-1944
• Dodge County Death and Birth Records, 1870-1945
• Dodge County Miscellaneous Records, 1856-1943
• Dodge County, Deaths
• Douglas County Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Indexes, ca. 1865-2001
• Faribault County Death Registers, V. A-C, 1870-1910; Index, 1870-1990
• Fillmore County Vital Records
• Fillmore County Index to Death Records, 1870-1916; Register of Deaths, 1870-1940
• Fillmore County Miscellaneous Records, 1853-1901
• Freeborn County Index to Deaths, 1870-1959; Birth Index, 1870-1921; Index to Delayed Birth Records, 1874-1981; Birth and Death Records 1872-1949
• Germantown Township Births and Deaths, 1880-1911
• Goodhue County Deaths 1870-1908; Index to Deaths 1870-1908
• Great Bend Township Births and Deaths, 1881-1900
• Greenfield, Salem Lutheran Church, Records
• Hedberg Public Library Death and Obituary Index
• Hennepin County Death Records, 1899-1915
• Hennepin County Index of Rural Death Returns, 1870-1913; Death Records, 1870-1915
• Hennepin County, Deaths
• Houston County Index to Death Records, 1870-1982; Death Registers, 1870-1942
• Houston County, Deaths
• Hubbard County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
• Hubbard County Deaths
• Hubbard County, Birth, Marriage and Death Records
• Hubbard County, Death Indexes
• Hubbard County, Deaths
• Iron Range Research Center Genealogy Records
• Island Lake Township Births and Deaths, 1879-1953
• Island Lake Township, Births and Deaths,  ca. 1870-1900
• Jackson County Vital Records and Indexes, 1868-1945
• Jackson County, Deaths
• Kanabec County Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1882-2001; Indexes, 1880-1993
• Kanabec County Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1884-2004
• Kittson County, Deaths
• Koochiching County, Deaths
• Lac Qui Parle County, Death Indexes
• Lake Marshall Township Births and Deaths, 1874-1907
• Lake Marshall Township, Births and Deaths, ca. 1870-1945
• Lakeside Township Births and Deaths, 1881-1952
• Le Sueur County Indexes to Death Records, 1870-1949; Registers of Deaths, 1870-1941
• Le Sueur County, Deaths
• Lincoln County Birth and Death Records, 1880-1926
• Lincoln County, Deaths
• Lucas Township Births and Deaths, 1887-1942
• Lynd Township Births and Deaths, 1900-1952
• Lyon County Vital Records and Indexes, 1871-1971
• Mahnomen County, Deaths
• Mankato Registers of Births and Deaths, 1905-1915
• Martin County Death Records, 1870-1992
• Martin County, Deaths
• McLeod County, Deaths
• Meeker County Death Index 1916-1919
• Meeker County, Death Indexes
• Mille Lacs County, Deaths
• Minnesota Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916
• Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002
• Minnesota Death Search, 1997-
• Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990
• Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001
• Minnesota Historical Society Death Records Index, 1904-2001
• Minnesota Korean War Deaths
• Minnesota Vietnam War Deaths
• Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001
• Minnesota, Death and Cemetery Index, 1900-1999
• Minnesota, Death and Obituary Index, 1891-2003
• Minnesota, Genealogical Collection
• Minnesota, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, Deaths, 1917-1919
• Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
• Morrison County Deaths
• Morrison County, Deaths
• Mower County Death Index
• Mower County Death Records, 1870-1993; Index, 1870-1993
• Mower County, Deaths
• Murray County, Deaths
• New Haven Township, St. Michael’s Catholic Church Cemetery Records
• Nicollet County Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1900 – 1991
• Nicollet County Index to Deaths, 1870-1981; Death Records, 1870-1914
• Nicollet County Newspaper Clippings from St. Peter and Lafayette Newspapers, ca. 1900 – 1991
• Nobles County Death Records, 1870-1910; Index, 1870-1983
• Nobles County, Deaths
• Nordland Township Births and Deaths, 1884-1941
• Nordland Township, Births and Deaths, ca. 1870-1945
• Norman County Marriage and Death Index
• Norman County, Deaths
• Olmsted County Newspaper Index
• Olmsted County Death Records, 1871-1997; Indexes, 1870-1984
• Online Searchable Death Indexes
• Otter Tail County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
• Owatonna Library/Dalby Database – Death Records
• Pennington County, Deaths
• Pine County, Death Indexes
• Pipestone County Vital Records and Indexes, 1877-1945
• Pope County, Deaths
• Posen Township Births and Deaths, 1882-1940
• Posen Township, Births and Deaths,  ca. 1870-1940
• Preston Lake Township Births and Deaths, 1870-1943
• Ramsey County Births and Deaths, V. 2-A & 3, 1911-1915
• Ramsey County Death Records, 1870-1914
• Ramsey County Mounds View Births and Deaths, 1900-1907
• Ramsey County, Deaths
• Red Lake Indian Agency Death Certificates 1915-1932
• Redwood County Vital Records, ca. 1864-1940
• Renville County, Deaths
• Rice County Death Records, 1870-1909; Death Index, 1870-1910
• Rochester City Birth & Death Registers, 1928-1940
• Rochester Public Library Personals Index
• Rock County Death Records, 1873-1940; Index to Death Records, 1873-1983
• Rockford, Wright County, Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Synod, Jan 1907 thru Jan 1998
• Rosehill Township Births and Deaths, 1879-1951
• Scott County Vital Records and Indexes, 1853-1972
• Scott County, Deaths
• Sherburne County Vital Records Indexes
• Sibley County Death Certificates, 1946-2001
• Sibley County Death Records, 1870-1992; Death Record Index, 1870-1992
• Sibley County Township Birth and Death Records, 1864-1910
• Southbrook Township Births and Deaths, 1900-1952; Index, 1915-1952
• St. Louis County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
• St. Louis Death Index
• St. Michael and Frankfort Townships Birth and Death Records, 1900-1953
• Stanley Township Births and Deaths, 1889-1941
• Stearns County Death Records, 1870-1909
• Stearns County, Paynesville, Methodist Church Records, 1869-1969
• Steele County Death Records, 1870-1993; Indexes, 1870-1954
• Steele County, Deaths
• Stevens County Genealogical Society Records, 1876-2006
• Stevens County, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1876-2007
• Stevens County, Death Records Index, 1882-1950s
• Stevens County, Deaths
• Stevens County, Funeral Death Records; Card Index, 1811-2006
• Storden Township Births and Deaths, 1880-1935
• Traverse County, Deaths
• United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
• United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
• United States Social Security Death Index
• United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
• Vallers Township Births and Deaths, 1877-1952
• Wabasha County Death Registers, 1870-1922; Index, 1870-1923
• Wabasha County, Deaths
• Wadena County Deaths 1880 – 1994
• Wadena County Death Records, 1880-1994
• Waseca County Death Index
• Waseca County Death Index, 1870-1982; Death Record, 1870-1940
• Waseca County, ca. 1860 – 1992
• Waseca County, Death Records, 1850s-1990
• Waseca County, Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1856-1920
• Washington County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
• Washington County Death Records and Certificates, 1870-1994; Indexes, 1870-1981
• Washington County Township Death Records, 1870-1945
• Watonwan County Registers of Deaths, 1870-1906; Index to Death Records, 1870-1986
• Watonwan County, Deaths
• Wilkin County Death and Obituary Index
• Wilkin County, Deaths
• Winona County Vital Records and Indexes, 1854-1929
• Winona County, Deaths
• Wright County, City of St. Michael and Frankfort Township, Birth and Death Records, 1900-1953
• Wright County, City of St. Michael and Frankfort Township, Birth and Death Records, 1900-1953
• Wright County, Deaths
• Wright County, Delano, Birth and Death Registers, 1908-1954
• Yellow Medicine County Death Records_1872-1910
• Yellow Medicine County, Deaths