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Free Minnesota Obituaries and Obituary Index Links

6/3/2020

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One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family.  This family name information is often not found anywhere else.

Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes or index lists provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping or transcription is even provided.

​​Below is a list of links to Minnesota obituary indexes, an alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information. If the newspaper clippings are available, or if the obituaries are transcribed, they will be denoted. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.​

(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

General U.S.
  • Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
  • United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs and Obituary  Index
  • United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
  • United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012​

Minnesota
  • Aitkin County Obituaries (clippings) 
  • Blue Earth County Deaths and Obituaries Index 
  • Blue Earth County Miscellaneous (transcriptions) 
  • Blue Earth County Miscellaneous Indexes 
  • Brainerd Historic Newspapers Obituaries 
  • Brown County, Mary Zins Obituary Collection and Marriages, ca. 1896-1988
  • Carlton County Obituary Index 
  • Carver County Newspaper and Obituary Index 
  • Clay and Steele County Obituaries, 1865-2006 
  • Clay County, Obituaries, 1950-1990
  • Cottonwood County Obituary file, ca. 1880-2004
  • Crow Wing County, Obituary files, 1890-2004
  • Dakota County Obituary Index (transcriptions) 
  • Dodge County Death and Obituary Index 
  • Douglas County, Obituaries by cemetery, 1800-2005
  • Douglas County, Obituary file, 1874-2004
  • Duluth Area Obituary Index  
  • Goodhue County Deaths and Obituary Index 
  • Hedberg Public Library Death and Obituary Index 
  • Hennepin County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Hibbing Area, R. D. Remington collection : Obituary and Marriage Notice Clippings, 1933-1987
  • Hubbard County Death and Obituary Index 
  • Itasca, Koochiching, and St. Louis counties, Selected obituaries 1966-1990
  • Lake County Deaths and Obituary Index  
  • Lyon County, Obituary files, ca. 1985-1990
  • Mankato Daily Free Press, Obituary indexes ca. 1888-1982
  • Mankato Free Press Obituary Index 
  • Mankato Weekly Review, Obituary index 1869-1879
  • Marshall Area, Obituary file index, ca. 1873-1953
  • Martin County Obituary file index, ca. 1875-2002
  • Minnesota Obituaries - Obit City​​ 
  • Minnesota Obituary file, ca. 1960-2003 (clippings)
  • Minnesota USGenWeb Obituary Project 
  • Minnesota, Obituary Index, 1891-2003
  • Minnesota,  Deaths and Obituaries 1865-2006 
  • Mower County Death and Obituary Index 
  • Mower County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Murray County Obituaries 
  • Norman County Obituary Index 
  • Olmsted County Death and Obituary Index 
  • Olmsted County Personals Index  
  • Otter Tail County Death and Obituary Indexes 
  • Otter Tail County Historical  Society Obituary Index Search 
  • Otter Tail County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Owatonna Public Library - Dalby Database Obituary Index (transcriptions) 
  • Polk County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Portage, Waupaca, and Waushara counties, Cemetery burials and Obituaries, 1971-1978
  • Redwood County Obituaries 
  • Renville County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
  • Rice County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Rochester Newspaper Index 
  • ​Scott County Obituary Index 
  • Scott County Obituary and Marriage Index Surname Search 
  • Sherburne County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Sherburne History Centre Obituary Indexes 
  • Sibley County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Southwest Minnesota Obituary index card file, ca. 1873-1961
  • St. Cloud Daily Times Obituary Index 
  • St. Louis County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • St. Peter and Lafayette newspapers, Newspaper clippings ca. 1900 - 1991
  • Steele County, Obituary file, 1865-2006
  • Stevens County Genealogical Society Records, 1876-2006 
  • Stevens County, Funeral death records; Obituary index, 1811-2006
  • Todd County Obituary Index  
  • Wabasha County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Wabasha County Obituary Directory (transcriptions) 
  • Wadena County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Washington County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Watonwan County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Wilkin County Death and Obituary Index 

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Minnesota Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For other Free Minnesota Links, click on the category of interest:​​
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2 Comments
Linda Hansen
2/17/2019 07:46:58 am

The links took me to familysearch.org's website, not exactly where I was expecting to be directed to. I wanted to also take the time to let you know that when I click on links for other "historical" newspapers, I am directed to the current paper in whichever place I'm trying to research.

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Hilma Jenus link
3/14/2019 02:02:28 pm

Two of my great-grandparents died and were buried in Minnesota. On my maternal side: Dr. Bernhard Gabrielsen Lambrechts, Born: Norway 15 April 1828. Died: Granite Falls, MN 20 March 1907. On my paternal side: Ingebjørg Halvorsdotter Berge Brekke, Born: Morgedal, Norway 27 Feb 1838. Died: MN, USA somewhere near Thief River Falls, 1 June 1916. I'd like to know where I can read the obituary for each of them, since I last saw the printed copy about 25 years ago! From Hilma Jenus

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