In a message dated 9/27/2005 8:01:56 AM Central Daylight Time, MINNESOTA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: 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. Jon Minnesota did not require records to be kept prior to 1907. However, towns and counties did normally keep such records. Some people did not report the events, or they could report them at a town or county other than where they resided. Which basically means, you have to check areas other than the seemingly obvious town or county if you can not locate them in the logical place. Anoka county did maintain records and they have books of records that you used to be able to request and review, I do not know if that is still the case, I have not done so for many years. You might want to check the Anoka county website, or Cyndi's List - _www.cyndislist.com_ (http://www.cyndislist.com) and see if you can determine how you can obtain those records from Anoka County - I do not know if they have a look-up service. jo Hogle