MINNESOTA STATE ARCHIVES Series Summary Sheet

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1 MINNESOTA STATE ARCHIVES Series Summary Sheet Record Group: Health Department Subgroup: Series: Death registers, Dates: Quantity: Location: 3 microfilm reels. Death Registers Arrangement: Organized by place of death into two units: 1) counties and 2) cities, each arranged differently. The counties are arranged alphabetically. Within each county, registers are grouped by village and then by township, each in alphabetical order; entries for each village and each township are chronological. The cities unit begins with Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth (in that order), followed by smaller cities in no apparent order. Entries for each of the three large cities are grouped by cause of death and listed thereunder by date; entries for each of the smaller cities are chronological. The register pages are numbered in a single numerical sequence. Summary: Death registers containing information on deaths that occurred in Minnesota during the year 1899, compiled from certified copies of death registries sent to the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics (Health Department) by local registrars. The compiled registers are incomplete; they do not list all deaths that occurred in the state during the year. They are not considered official death records. Register entries include, in addition to place of death, some or all of the following information: date of death; full name of the deceased; decedent's sex, color or race, age, marital status, place of birth (state or country, occasionally city if in Minnesota), and occupation; cause of death; names and birthplaces (state or country) of the deceased's parents; and name and address of the attending physician. Most entries consist of a one-line register entry, but some are recorded on cards containing the same information as the one-line entries that are attached to register pages. Related materials: See also the following records of the Health Department (cataloged separately): Death record cards, ; Death certificates, , ; Delayed death certificates, (bulk ); and Native American death certificates, 1900, (bulk ). Acc. No(s) PALS ID No Main entry: Minnesota. Dept. of Health. statearchives/findaids/microfilm/deaths1899.cat

2 Finding aids: A reel contents list and an expanded description for the death registers are available in the repository; filed under Health Department. Microfilm producer: Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, The originals (4 cu. ft.) are in the Minnesota Historical Society (closed to general use). Subject and author headings Death records--minnesota. Death registers--minnesota. Vital statistics records--minnesota. Microforms. Acc. No(s) PALS ID No Main entry: Minnesota. Dept. of Health. statearchives/findaids/microfilm/deaths1899.cat

3 Death Registers, p. 1 ROLL CONTENTS LIST Roll No. Counties Page No. 1 Aitkin County 1 Anoka County (excluding Anoka) 8 Becker County 15 Beltrami County 30 Benton County 39 Big Stone County 46 Blue Earth County (excluding Mankato) 56 Brown County (excluding New Ulm) 71 Carlton County (excluding Cloquet) 80 Carver County (excluding Chaska) 87 Cass County 97 Chippewa County 99 Chisago County 110 Clay County (excluding Moorhead) 119 Cook County 136 Cottonwood County 137 Crow Wing County (excluding Brainerd) 147 Dakota County (excluding Hastings, South St. Paul) 153 Dodge County 167 Douglas County (excluding Alexandria) 176 Faribault County (excluding Blue Earth) 188 Fillmore County 201 Freeborn County (excluding Albert Lea) 219 Goodhue County (excluding Red Wing) 231 Grant County 246 Hennepin County (excluding Minneapolis) 257 Houston County 272 Hubbard County 284 Isanti County 291 Itasca County 299 Jackson County 302 Kanabec County 314 Kandiyohi County (excluding Willmar) 320 Kittson County 334 Lac Qui Parle County 346 Lake County 360 Le Sueur County (excluding Le Sueur borough) 362

4 Death Registers, p. 2 Roll No. Counties Page No. 1 Lincoln County 373 (cont.) Lyon County 382 McLeod County (excluding Glencoe, Hutchinson) 395 Marshall County Martin County (excluding Fairmont) 425 Meeker County (excluding Litchfield) 438 Mille Lacs County 450 Morrison County (excluding Little Falls) 457 Mower County (excluding Austin) 471 Murray County 484 Nicollet County (excluding St. Peter) 497 Nobles County 505 Norman County 518 Olmsted County (excluding Rochester) 531 Otter Tail County (excluding Fergus Falls) 543 Pine County 578 Pipestone County 589 Polk County (excluding Crookston) 599 Pope County 630 Ramsey County (excluding St. Paul) 644 Red Lake County 649 Redwood County 661 Renville County 678 Rice County (excluding Faribault, Northfield) 697 Rock County 707 Roseau County 714 St. Louis County (excluding Duluth, Ely, Virginia) 724 Scott County 742 Sherburne County 752 Sibley County 759 Stearns County (St. Cloud, Sauk Centre) 772 Steele County (excluding Owatonna) 800 Stevens County 808 Swift county 818 Todd County 832 Traverse County 850 Wabasha County (excluding Lake City, Wabasha) 859 Wadena County 872 Waseca County (excluding Waseca) 882

5 Death Registers, p. 3 Roll No. Counties Page No. 2 Washington County (excluding Stillwater) 890 (cont.) Watonwan County 901 Wilkin County 909 Winona County (excluding Winona) 920 Wright County 935 Yellow Medicine County 952 Roll No. Cities Page No. 3 Minneapolis 967 St. Paul 1074 Duluth 1176 Winona 1205 Stillwater 1215 Mankato 1220 St. Cloud 1226 Red Wing 1229 Faribault 1231 Brainerd 1235 Rochester 1238 Little Falls 1244 Austin 1246 Owatonna 1248 New Ulm 1250 Fergus Falls 1252 St. Peter 1256 Albert Lea 1259 Crookston 1261 Hastings 1263 Anoka 1265 Virginia 1267 Northfield 1268 Moorhead 1270 Waseca 1272 Lake City 1273 Wabasha 1275 Chaska 1277 Ely 1278 South St. Paul 1279 Sauk Centre 1280

6 Death Registers, p. 4 Roll No. Cities Page No. 3 Le Sueur (borough) 1281 (cont.) Cloquet 1282 Alexandria 1283 Willmar 1284 Blue Earth 1286 Fairmont 1287 Litchfield 1288 Glencoe 1289 Hutchinson 1290

7 Death Registers, p. 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEATH REGISTERS This microfilm reproduces registers containing information on deaths that occurred in Minnesota during the year The information was compiled from certified copies of death registries that were sent to the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics by local registrars (township clerks and village, borough, and city health officers). These local officials were required by state law (General Laws: 1870, chapter 25; l871, chapter 49; 1887, chapter 114; and 1899, chapter 337) to maintain birth and death registries for their jurisdictions and to submit certified copies of them to the state board each month. Researchers should be aware, however, that the compiled registers are incomplete; they do not list all deaths that occurred in the state during the year, either because the deaths were not reported to the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics by local registrars or because information received from the registrars was not recorded by the board. The register pages are numbered in a single numerical sequence, beginning with number 1 and ending with number These numbers appear in the upper right corner of each page. Arrangement The death registers are organized by place of death into two major units 1) counties, and 2) cities each of which is arranged differently. The counties extant in 1899 are arranged in alphabetical order (see pages 4-6 for the order in which the counties appear on the microfilm and the register page number at which each begins). Within each county, entries are grouped first by village of death and then by township of death. The villages and townships are usually, but not always, arranged alphabetically; entries for each village and each township are listed in roughly chronological order. The cities begin with the records for Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth (in this order); they are followed by those for 37 smaller cities, arranged in no apparent order (see page 6-7 for the order in which the cities appear on the microfilm and the register page number at which each begins). Register entries for each of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth are initially grouped according to disease or cause of death (loosely defined), with entries for each disease/cause of death listed in roughly chronological order. Register entries for each of the

8 Death Registers, p. 6 smaller cities are arranged in a single, roughly chronological sequence. The cities of Rochester, Fergus Falls, St. Peter, and Faribault have separate entries each month for deaths that occurred in the city proper and for those that occurred at the state institution in the city (generally marked insane or feeble minded, as appropriate). Researchers should be aware of the following anomalies in the records when searching for a particular death: Not all of Minnesota s 87 counties were established by Clearwater County was formed from Beltrami County in In 1906 Koochiching County was formed from Itasca County and Mahnomen County was formed from Norman County. Pennington County was formed from Red Lake County in 1910, and Lake of the Wood County was formed from Beltrami County in Researchers should search for death entries under the parent counties of the more recently organized counties. The legal status, boundaries, and names of some counties, townships, villages, boroughs, and cities changed over time. The publications listed on page 8 are helpful in identifying these changes. Contents The register entries are recorded on pre-printed forms that include, in addition to place of death and name of the reporting official, some or all of the following information: date the report of death was received; date (month and day) of death; full name, sex, color, marital status, age (in years, months, and days), place of birth (usually state or country only; occasionally city if in Minnesota), and occupation (rarely filled in) of the deceased; disease or cause of death; full names and birthplaces of the deceased s parents (usually state or country); and name and address of the attending physician. Most of the entries consist of a one-line register entry; a few, however, are recorded on pre-printed 3 x 5 cards attached to register pages that contain the same information as the one-line entries. Unless otherwise noted on the microfilm, information recorded on the back of a card appears on the film frame that follows the one containing the front of the card.

9 Death Registers, p. 7 The Microfilm Some filled-in information on the registers may be difficult to read on the microfilm due to handwritten entries in faint, smudged, smeared, or different colors of pencil lead and/or ink, especially when the information is recorded on age-darkened or colored paper or card stock. These conditions can produce poor contrast between the color of the text and the color of the paper, making legible photographic reproduction especially difficult. In an effort to increase the legibility of the information on the microfilm, some register pages and cards may be filmed more than once at different camera settings, with a target identifying the intentional duplicate exposure. Some information may be obliterated by ink stains or lost due to paper tears. The death registers for each county and each city are preceded on the microfilm by an introductory target. A running target at the bottom of each film frame gives the title and publisher of the microfilm and the frame number. A roll contents list enumerating the contents of each microfilm roll is filmed following this description on roll 1; a list of the counties and cities, in the order in which they appear on the microfilm, is filmed following the description on rolls 2 and 3. A selected list of publications relating to changes in the boundaries, names, and legal status of Minnesota places follows both the roll contents list and the counties/cities list.

10 Death Registers, p. 8 PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO CHANGES IN BOUNDARIES, NAMES, AND LEGAL STATUS OF MINNESOTA PLACES Long, John H., ed. Atlas of Historical Boundaries: Minnesota, compiled by Gordon DenBoer. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, Minnesota Legislative Manual, Saint Paul: State of Minnesota, Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. 3d ed., rev and enl. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, An electronic version is available at: