Minnesota, Douglas County, Obituaries - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains newspaper obituary clippings and other miscellaneous family files from the Douglas County Historical Society in Alexandria, Minnesota. Additional information about the collection and additional records can be found at the society's Cemeteries and Obituaries page.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

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 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Minnesota.
 * Minnesota Guided Research
 * Minnesota Record Finder
 * Minnesota Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Minnesota Research, 1880-Present

Family History Library Holdings

 * Family Files, Douglas County Historical Society, Alexandria, Minnesota
 * Minnesota, Douglas County, obituaries by cemetery, 1800-2005
 * Obituary file, 1874-2004; obituary index, ca. 1874-2004
 * Birth, marriage and death record indexes, ca. 1865-2001
 * Will records, 1867-1982

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002
 * Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990
 * Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001
 * Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916
 * Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001
 * Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955
 * Minnesota, Obituaries 1865-2006

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Constant Larson. History of Douglas and Grant counties, Minnesota, their people, industries and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old familiesIndianapolis, Indiana : B.F. Bowen, 1916
 * Minnesota Historical Records Survey Project, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration. Inventory of the county archives of Minnesota, no. 21, Douglas County (Alexandria) Saint Paul, Minnesota : Historical Records Survey (Minnesota), 1941

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