Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery Burial Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Burial (cards and removals) records from the Layman Cemetery (also known as the Minneapolis Cemetery) in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The cemetery was established in 1853 on property acquired from Martin Layman. The cemetery is recognized as a socially significant site in the city, and serves as the final resting place for many pioneers and military veterans. It is also known as Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery. In 2005 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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 * Layman Cemetery. Cemetery records, ca. 1853-1926
 * United States. Works Projects Administration. Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery : marker survey sheets, ca. 1853-1939
 * compiled by Mary Hawker Bakeman and Stina B. Green, St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2 volumes Roseville, Minnesota : Park Genealogical Books, c2002-2004FHL 977.6579 V39b
 * compiled by Mary Hawker Bakeman. St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1851-1995. Roseville, Minnesota : Park Genealogical Books, c1999 FHL 977.6579 V3b

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FamilySearch Digital Library

 * George E. Warner.  History of Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis : including the explorers and pioneers of Minnesota, by Rev. Edward D. Neill, and outlines of the history of Minnesota, by J. Fletcher Williams. Minneapolis, Minnesota : North Star Pub., 1881
 * Horace Bushnell Hudson. A half century of Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minn. : Hudson Pub. Co., c1908.

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