Minnesota, Waseca County Historical Society, Burial Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains burial cards for Waseca County Minnesota. The original records come from the Waseca County Historical Society. Records will be added if more become available.

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

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s death record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the information found on the burial card to locate an obituary
 * Use the information found to locate the family in census, church, and land records
 * Use the information found to locate mortuary records

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

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names
 * Check for an index. There are often indexes at the beginning or end of each volume. In addition, local historical and genealogical societies may have indexes to local records
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Minnesota.
 * Minnesota Guided Research
 * Minnesota Record Finder
 * Minnesota Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Minnesota Research, 1880-Present
 * Cemeteries
 * Sexton Records

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Waseca County, Cemetery Records, 1850s-2006
 * Cemetery records of Waseca County, ca. 1860 - 1992.
 * Waseca County, will records, 1886-1979
 * Waseca County. Will records, 1858-1963
 * Waseca County. Probate case files (estates), ca. 1856-1916 ; indexes ca. 1856-1951
 * Waseca County, Probate records, 1903-1925

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery Burial Records, 1860-1926.
 * Minnesota Obituaries, 1865-2006
 * Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * James Erwin Child. Child's history of Waseca County, Minnesota : from its first settlement in 1854 to the close of the year 1904. A record of fifty years. The story of the pioneers. Owatonna, Minn. : Press of Owatonna Chronicle, c1905

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