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Fuzzy searches return stemmed versions of the name where ever they appear in the field. For example a fuzzy search for the last name "burtness", will return the names "burt", "burtness", "sebring (burt)", etc.

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Collections to Search

The default collections all have defined names and name parts. Your search terms will be used as entered.

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Minnesota Historical Society Birth Records Index
http://people.mnhs.org/bci
The Minnesota Birth Records Index provides access to birth certificates from 1900-1934. You may order electronic copies of non-certified records through this index.
For keyword searches: Keywords are searched for the name fields.
For people searches: Names are searched as entered.

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Minnesota Historical Society Death Records Index
http://people.mnhs.org/dci
The Minnesota Death Records Index contains information about death certificates from 1904-2001. You may order non-certified copies of records through this index.
For keyword searches: Keywords are searched for the name fields.
For people searches: Names are searched as entered.

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Minnesota Historical Society Veterans Grave Registration Index
http://people.mnhs.org/vgri
The Minnesota Veterans Graves Registration Index contains information about many of the military veterans buried in Minnesota from 1857 to 1975. Copies of the full veterans grave record may be ordered.
For keyword searches: Keywords are searched for the name fields.
For people searches: Names are searched as entered.

 

Additional information may be found in the collections below. These collections may not contain defined names or named parts.


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Minnesota Historical Society Photo & Art Database
http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources
The Photo & Art Database contains descriptions and images of select photographs, artworks and posters from our collections. Also known as the Visual Resources Database (VRDB), selected images are available for purchase.
For keyword searches: History Finder searches for words anywhere in the record withhin a certain proximity.
For people searches: Names are used as keywords for the search.

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Minnesota Historical Society Finding Aids
Finding aids describe the contents of some of the Society's manuscript, government records, newspapers, and sound and visual collections.
For keyword searches: History Finder searches for words anywhere in the record withhin a certain proximity.
For people searches: Names are used as keywords for the search.

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Minnesota Historical Society Place Names
mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham
Minnesota Place Names is an online encyclopedia of place-name information on Minnesota's cities, towns, townships, lakes and streams derived from the book Minnesota Place Names A Geographical Encyclopedia, by Warren Upham.
For keyword searches: History Finder searches for words anywhere in the record withhin a certain proximity.
For people searches: Names are used as keywords for the search.

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Minnesota Historical Society Library Catalog
http://mnhs.mnpals.net/
The MHS Library Catalog contains descriptions of printed materials, including books, pamphlets, serials, microfilm and newspapers.
For keyword searches: History Finder searches for words anywhere in the record withhin a certain proximity.
For people searches: Names are used as keywords for the search.

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Minnesota Historical Magazine
A lively, richly illustrated magazine published quarterly by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Each issue offers a variety of topics drawn from more than 150 years of state and regional history.
For keyword searches: History Finder searches for words anywhere in the record withhin a certain proximity.
For people searches: Names are used as keywords for the search.

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Minnesota Historical Society Web Site
http://www.mnhs.org
The MHS web site provides access to the news, events, library, education, exhibitions and collections of the Minnesota Historical Society.
For keyword searches: History Finder searches for words anywhere in the record withhin a certain proximity.
For people searches: Names are used as keywords for the search.

 

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