Hi Jon, Hopefully some other folks got to your message faster and gave you some MN research tips. But, just in case, here's a few good sites: http://www.mnhs.org/genealogy/index.htm MN Death Certificates Index - Currently, this database indexes the death cards from 1905 to 1907 and the death certificates from 1908 to 1996. MN Birth Certificates Index - This Index currently covers the years 1900-1911. MN NEWSPAPER COLLECTION - Dates range from 1849 to the present day. There's a few "Summit" locations in MN and I'm not sure which one it is that you need: Summit Lake Twp. -- Nobles Co. Summit Twp. -- Beltrami Co. Summit Twp. -- Steele Co. The map at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/ provides links to websites for all the counties in MN Hope that helps a bit. Kathy JonNormandin@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Listers. > > Today I discovered that my Son-in-law's ancestor was born in Anoka, > Minnesota per records, here, in Vermont. His name was James Leroy Cole, born March > 18, 1888 and his parents were listed as James Cole and Minnie Dalglish. There > is a James Dalgleish in Summit, MN in the 1880 census. Are Minnesota > records public for this time frame? Any feedback/ direction/information would be > appreciated. > > Thanks so much. > > Jon Normandin > Burlington, VT > > ==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== > Want to unsubscribe from the Minnesota-L list (Single message mode)? Send an e-mail message to MINNESOTA-L-request@rootsweb.com On the first line of text, enter only the following word: Unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx